Tim Steiner, a 40-year-old former tattoo parlor manager, lent his back to artist Wim Delvoye. The ensuing work, tattooed over two years, has been sold to a German collector—who will have Steiner skinned after his death. The work, titled “TIM,” sold……
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MAGGIE is a versatile piece of furniture, able to act as a stool, a bed side table, an auxiliary storage module or a magazine rack.
Its minimal, warm and easy language makes it ideal to a wide range of atmospheres—from domestic to hospitality—and its simple construction permits serial fabrication.
The bent plywood boards, the legs and the cork seat can modify their tint or material, so a series of MAGGIE options can be achieved, making it suitable in many occasions.
When the Goby electric toothbrush first debuted, we were taken by its effectiveness and reasonable price-point. We have continued to use it, all with appreciation for the brand’s commitment to health and hygiene. Now, there’s a new limited edition……
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Below you’ll find the most popular designs we’ve tracked over the last 30 days – an overview of designs you shouldn’t have missed in January 2017.
Unlike Tesla cars, the all-electric Tesla Model Y yacht is a self-sustaining design that charges itself… with a little help from the sun and sea, that is.
The 48Hr Switch allows you to switch between work, play and travel by putting a backpack, messenger-bag, and briefcase all in one.
Calculator 2.0 is just mesmerising to look at, and it comes with an incredibly sleek design that even makes use of a touch bar below the screen.
The Boeing 777 (don’t be deceived by the name, it’s not a plane) is designed to be an extension of a carrier’s flight service once business class passengers hit the runway… and it’s entirely autonomous!
The Titanium Peeler can peel a goddamn tree.
Juno is a smart mirror that mimics outdoor lighting on your dressing table, allowing you to apply make-up under suitable lighting conditions.
This gizmo allows you to plug BOTH headphone cable and lightning connector into your iPhone, while also working as an audio amplifier for your phone.
This little piece of metal fits all the tools you need to survive in the wild. Weighing in at a mere 0.7 ounces (20grams) this bad-boy fits in 10 different pieces of camping equipment into one slick, pocketable mass.
Linnaeus is a drone that’s designed to monitor large open green spaces to make sure that plants are healthy and well irrigated.
The Swash is a device that attaches itself over any bucket, turning it instantly into a makeshift washing machine.
Alors que le Centre Pompidou fête ses 40 ans ce week-end, les architectes Renzo Piano et Richard Rogers ont dévoilé de rares photos d’archive du musée. Prises de l’extérieur le contraste entre son architecture futuriste et les immeubles haussmanniens de Paris se révèle fortement. Avec sa tuyauterie apparente – bleu pour l’ai conditionné -, vert pour pour l’eau, jaune pour l’électricité et rouge pour les ascenseurs et célèbres escalators mécanique, Beaubourg, construit comme un gage vers l’avenir a longtemps été controversé jusqu’à devenir l’un des lieux culturels les plus fréquentés de France.
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Dezeen promotion: Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, Snøhetta‘s Kjetil Thorsen and Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson will present at this year’s Design Indaba conference in Cape Town.
The annual Design Indaba Conference of Creativity is set to take place at Cape Town’s Artscape Theatre from 1 to 3 March 2017.
In addition to Eliasson, Thorsen and Gebbia, Dutch artists and filmmakers Lernert & Sander, Pentagram partner Marina Willer and London-based Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori will also make presentations during the event.
“The Design Indaba audience can look forward to a stellar selection of speakers with compelling multimedia presentations that combine performance, storytelling, career-changing insights and the most cutting-edge creative work on the global circuit,” said the organisers.
Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort will return to present her annual seminar, while the search for this year’s Most Beautiful Object in South Africa will challenge notions of beauty in design.
Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane is the guest creative director of the after-hours Nightscape event, which includes the FilmFest showcase of indie and creative films on African soil for the very first time.
Other activities include a programme of music concerts, a festival of food and an exhibition of up-and-coming South African design.
The Design Indaba Simulcast provides a live screening of the main conference to various venues. The initiative was developed by Design Indaba to distribute the knowledge to a younger audience and to those unable to attend the conference in Cape Town.
For further details about the festival, a full list of events and speakers plus registration information, visit the Design Indaba website.
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Products at last month’s Maison&Objet furniture fair ranged from a coffee table based on Shaker design principles to a hand soap by British designer Tom Dixon. Following our coverage of the Paris event, we’ve rounded up the best in show.
The January edition of the fair, which took place in Paris from 20 to 24 January, saw over 2,800 exhibitors presenting new furniture and homeware.
Our top eight picks from the thousands of products and collections on show include a series of puffed-up plates and a range inspired by Denmark’s modernist design legacy.
Sebastian Herkner’s “playful and brutalist” Mira collection for Pulpo
German designer Sebastian Herkner presented his latest creations for the Pulpo brand during the fair – a series of chubby coffee tables and shallow bowls called Mira.
Described by the brand as “playful and brutalist”, both the coffee table and bowl are made up of two geometric shapes – a cuboid that forms the base and a half-sphere that creates the top.
Find out about Sebastian Hernker’s collection for Pulpo ›
Ferm Living’s Scenes of Splendour homeware collection
For its latest collection, Danish brand Ferm Living took a step away from its typical pared-back Scandinavian style and looked to the “decadence of bygone eras”.
These past eras were reflected through the use of traditional textile-making techniques, seen in new bedding collections and an outdoor rug made from upcycled threads.
Find out more about Ferm Living’s Scenes of Splendour collection ›
Constance Guisset’s puffed-up plates for Moustache
French designer Constance Guisset’s Canova collection of plates have the illusion of being soft and malleable, but they are actually solid ceramic.
The plates, designed for French brand Moustache, were based on visual trickery, and Guisset used hand moulding to create the plates’ uneven, puffy-looking surface.
Find out more about the Canova collection ›
Petite Friture’s Villa PF collection
French design brand Petite Friture presented its new collection against a backdrop styled on a vibrant, modernist home.
Among the new products were Constance Guisset’s series of mirrors that resemble a face wearing tasselled earrings, and Norwegian duo Morten & Jonas’ modular furniture pieces named Hoff.
Find out more about Petite Friture’s Villa PF collection ›
Menu’s furniture collection inspired by Denmark’s modernist design legacy
At the fair, Danish brand Menu extended its collection of minimal furniture, lighting and accessories.
The Modernism Reimagined collection is based on the modernist principles of Scandinavian designers and architects. Each piece is tailored to modern living, with furniture intended to suit both large and small homes.
Find out more about Menu’s Modernism Reimagined collection ›
A somewhat unexpected launch was Tom Dixon’s range of home products, which included washing-up liquid, hand washes and balms.
Dixon’s design brand aimed to “explore the bathroom and the kitchen sink” with its latest offerings, with the move prompted by the number of hotel projects his studio is working on.
Find out more about Tom Dixon’s washing-up liquid ›
Alain Gilles’ W8 table for Ligne Roset
During the fair, iconic French brand Ligne Roset launched a wide selection of products – one of our favourites being the W8 table by Belgian designer Alain Gilles.
Its name derives from the weighty base made from turned grey Tuscan stone, which supports a series of slim black or white lacquered steel rods that reach up towards a table top.
London design studio Pinch based this simple coffee table on the “restraint and detailing” of a bentwood box associated with Shaker folklife.
The Rodan coffee table was designed using a single material formed into a simple shape. It has a solid wood base and tabletop, and the top features a lipped edge, secured using the swallowtail technique that gives it an overlapping, tapered join.
Find out more about Pinch’s Rodan coffee table ›
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Danish furniture brand Carl Hansen & Son has relocated its showroom in Manhattan, filling a loft-style space near Gramercy Park with its modernist Scandinavian products.
The new space on the 13th floor of a pre-war building replaces the brand’s SoHo location, which opened in 2011.
Located on Park Avenue South, it joins countless other design stores and showrooms in the Flatiron District, including recent move-ins Pelle.
“New York is a renowned centre for modern design,” said Thomas Vagner, Carl Hansen & Son’s president of Americas. “Our timeless aesthetic has been so well received here, perfectly complementing both contemporary and classic interiors.”
The company designed the showroom in-house, transforming the dilapidated interior that had sat vacant for around two decades with white walls and a light-toned flooring.
The 7,659-square-foot (703-square-metre) floor plate is naturally divided into different areas by the building’s structural grid, which the team used to delineate separating black-framed glass walls and doors.
These glazed partitions create rooms within the otherwise open plan, but allow the natural light entering from two sides to permeate.
Furthest away from the windows is a kitchen, enabling the space to host catered events, while open lounge areas are intended to give the showroom a “relaxed, residential atmosphere”.
Closest for the entrance and opposite a reception desk is the area for presenting contract furniture, where material samples adorn the walls.
A corner room is dedicated to the furniture of revered Danish modernist Hans J Wegner, who worked for Carl Hansen & Son from the early stages of his career and is perhaps best for the iconic Wishbone Chair.
Since marking what would have been Wegner’s 100th birthday in 2014 by adopting a 1950s logo he designed for the company, Carl Hansen & Son has reissued and updated a series of his designs.
Many of these pieces are displayed in the new showroom, including the CH22 lounge chair, and the Oculus armchair that was recently refreshed with a black frame.
For its opening this month, the space has been styled with spring shades – lots of light woods and pastel-coloured upholstery.
Carl Hansen & Son is one of many European design brands capitalising on success in the US.
Moooi, Arper and Lee Broom have all opened showrooms in New York over the past couple of years, while Tom Dixon has recently expanded his retail offering to both coasts.
“After years of success and significant growth in the US market, it is time to strengthen our presence in New York with a new and larger showroom,” said CEO Knud Erik Hansen.
“New York is a hub for furniture design with some of the world’s best architects and interior designers working out of this design-led city,” he added.
“At the same time, interest in sublime craftsmanship and quality is also on the rise in the US.”
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A spoof of an IKEA flat-pack furniture kit shows how to cheaply build Donald Trump‘s proposed Mexican border wall.
The Börder Wåll offers a “practical, ready-made solution” to the US president’s plans for a continuous barrier between the two countries, according to satirical news site The Postillon.
At just $9,999,999,999.99, the IKEA product would be a steal compared to a traditional wall, which is currently estimated to come in between $15 and $25 billion (£12 and £20 billion).
A graphic mimicking a typical minimal instruction sheet provided by the Swedish furniture giant has been mocked up for the builders.
It lists hundreds of thousands of panels and barbed-wire coils, along with millions of screws, but only specifies a single Allen key for assembly.
The Postillon suggests that the partition modules would be pressboard with a birch effect, and would connect to form a blockade that measures 33 feet (10 metres) tall and 1,954 miles (3,144 kilometres) long.
Trump first proposed the border wall as a solution to curbing immigration from Mexico during his presidential campaign. Since then, a host of designers have responded to the plans.
Mexican firm Estudio 3.14 visualised the “gorgeous perversity” of the plan by proposing a pink barrier inspired by the work of architect Luis Barragán, while Miami studio DOMO Architecture + Design created renderings of landscaped features along the border instead of a fence or wall.
IKEA’s previous spoofs have included a response to a collaboration request from rapper Kanye West, for which they similarly created a version of an instruction sheet for a “Yeezy” bed – based on one shown in his Famous music video.
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A London house extension with a sunken, Japanese-style bath recently won this year’s Don’t Move, Improve! competition, so we’ve picked the best ten interiors from our Pinterest boards that borrow styles from Japanese homes.
Clay House, UK, by Simon Astridge
Architect Simon Astridge layered the walls of this London apartment with rough clay to give it an unfinished appearance typical of Japanese homes, and added a bathing area with tatami matting.
Find out more about Clay House ›
Sunken Bath Studio, UK, by Studio 304
A glazed bathroom featuring a sunken bath with garden views was added to this London flat by Studio 304, who wanted to create a space for Japanese ritual bathing.
Find out more about Sunken Bath Studio ›
Southern Sunshine Home, Taiwan, by HAO Design
This family home in Taiwan features an entrance that references old Japanese structures, allowing residents to sit and enjoy expansive garden views. The original entrance has been converted into a raised washitsu room.
Find out more about Southern Sunshine Home ›
Weekend House, Belgium, by GAFPA
This Japanese-inspired weekend retreat designed by GAFPA for a woodland site in northern Belgium features a slender spiral staircase and inexpensive plywood walls.
Find out more about Weekend House ›
Cross Stitch House, Australia, by FMD Architects
Slender lengths of timber stitch together this narrow Melbourne house and its garden extension, leading one reader to comment that “even the Japanese” would be proud of its internal joinery.
Find out more about Cross Stitch House ›
Apartment in Moscow, Russia, by M17
Traditional Japanese interiors and natural landscapes influenced the design of this Moscow apartment, which local studio M17 renovated for a client interested in Zen Buddhism.
Find out more about Apartment in Moscow ›
Bathing Bikou, Netherlands, by Hanna Maring
Timber-framed screens in colours that reference sunset and sunrise create a Japanese feel inside this Amsterdam hotel room by Hanna Maring, which also features a large wooden bathtub.
Find out more about Bathing Bikou ›
Annis Road, UK, by Scenario Architecture
This blackened-wood extension in Hackney for a young Japanese couple features a dedicated walkway for cats and a private room for reading and relaxing.
Find out more about Annis Road ›
Yasuragi, Sweden, by White Arkitekter
Traditional Japanese decoration is paired with raw concrete and pine-clad walls inside this hotel near Stockholm by local firm White Arkitekter, who incorporated the seigaiha pattern onto the wallpaper.
Find out more about Yasuragi ›
Casa Bulcke, Chile, by Cristian Hrdalo
Perforated panels of weathering steel protect this concrete house in Chile by Cristian Hrdalo from sunlight and are reminiscent of shoji screens used to create private spaces in Japan.
Find out more about Casa Bulcke ›
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