Cende: Bed
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Design duo Lanzavecchia + Wai‘s updated PLAYplay collection features bright clashing sections and “huggable” furniture.
The range – which was created for Singapore furniture store Journey East – is aimed at people living in compact homes, with pieces designed to be lightweight and versatile.
It includes shelving with red and orange parts that jut out, as if “two separate forms have collided and coalesced”. The effect is further emphasised with the contrast between the wood grain and the coloured sections.
A media console follows a similar style, appearing as a standard wooden table sat on top of a smaller bright yellow one. According to Lanzavecchia + Wai, the pairing of forms is designed to give “the illusion of objects in motion”.
The collection is a follow-up to the pair’s first PLAYplay collection, which debuted in 2015 and included a range of stackable designs based on hamburgers and ping-pong tables.
Also part of the updated range is a cabinet that has brightly coloured striped accents – similar to the lenticular-patterned console from the first PLAYplay collection – and is surrounded by a section of lightweight metal piping.
“The rail seems to lift and suspend the wooden volumes, with round corners that are friendly and beckoning,” said the pair, who set up the studio after meeting at Design Academy Eindhoven in 2006.
Tubular details similarly feature in a pair of desks, which have wooden tabletops above brightly coloured legs that extend up and around the back of the furniture.
Lanzavecchia + Wai also used rounded forms for the collection’s Polqa Sofa, which has a purposefully inviting shape and generous “huggable” proportions. A miniature tabletop can also be mounted on either arm to store drinks, books or snacks.
Other furniture designed by the studio has taken a similarly playful approach, including a series of edible pieces that featured a coffee table topped with a giant boiled sweet.
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Elliott Architects has completed a family home in Northumberland made up of two intersecting volumes clad in opposing materials of slate, cedar and brick to represent different elements of its forest setting.
The Dell was designed by local practice Elliott Architects in response to the uneven terrain of the site, which is located near the market town of Hexham in northern England.
The pair of gabled blocks that form the 220-square-metre plan are arranged in crucifix formation, with a portion of the ground floor raised on a concrete platform.
“The client’s vision was for a building sympathetic to the sensitive setting whilst embodying a sense of fun, and the excitement of a magical secret woodland home,” said the architects.
“The cruciform arrangement divides the site into areas of varying privacy and the material treatments give the appearance of a series of single-storey volumes.”
The architects used a variety of natural-toned materials that relate to the environment.
Slate shingle and masonry form the ground floor walls, while horizontal slats of cedar-clad the first floor creating contrasting materialities that define the different volumes while remaining sensitive to their surroundings.
“Slate and brick belong to the earth while the timber elements are of the woods and sky, like a treehouse floating above,” explained the architects.
“Setting harmoniously into its site, the project develops new detailing and ways of using materials with traditional skills,” they added.
The residents enter at the north of the building into a space finished with white walls and a polished concrete floor.
Minimal interiors punctuated by accents of oak in the form of furniture and door frames pay tribute to the woodland setting.
In the open-plan kitchen and dining area, an exposed-brick splashback continues the line of the exterior wall. This materiality contrasts with the clean lines of the white cupboards and stainless-steel worktops beneath.
At the other end of the space, a wood burner accompanied by a mustard corner sofa sits adjacent to sliding glass doors.
These open out onto a concrete platform where further seating creates a space for summer dining.
Four bedrooms and bathroom are located along a stretch of corridor on the first floor. The master bedroom is placed at one end of this upper volume, which cantilevers over the garage below. A timber-lined balcony is set into the gable, framing views out into the treetops.
Skylights dotted along the pitched roof allow natural light to flood the first floor, which would otherwise be overshadowed by the neighbouring forest.
“The planning appears effortless but is perfectly honed to the site and the way the family use the home,” said the practice.
The Dell is shortlisted for a 2017 Regional RIBA Award alongside Westonbirt Tree Management Centre by Invisible Studio and Dyson Campus expansion by Wilkinson Eyre.
Photography is by Jill Tate.
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Swedish furniture giant IKEA is taking over a warehouse in Milan’s Lambrate district for a festival of design and live performances during Milan design week.
IKEA Festival – Let’s Make Room for Life will present a programme of installations, talks, workshops and interactive acts in a 3,500-square-metre warehouse at Via Ventura 14 in Milan from 4 to 9 April.
Dezeen will be broadcasting video updates live from the festival each day, documenting the eclectic range of activities taking place on Dezeen as well as our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter channels.
The festival is intended as a celebration of IKEA‘s founding principle of democratic design and will be laid out around four main areas that reflect different aspects of the brand’s philosophy.
The Soft Spot stage will be a calm space for hanging out and recharging, featuring morning yoga sessions and a daily programme of seminars with international design figures such as Tom Dixon and Mette and Rolf Hay.
Swedish synthesiser company Teenage Engineering will also be hosting collaborative digital workshops in the space.
The Rooms for Life stage will feature an interactive set made up of conceptual living rooms created by guest stylists.
It will include an installation by Faye Toogood called Enfant Terrible, featuring sculptures made from hacked IKEA flatpack furniture as well as interiors curated by editors from Open House magazine and the IKEA Livet Hemma blog.
The IKEA Today stage will offer a behind-the-scenes look at IKEA’s product development and a chance for visitors to meet the designers, developers and engineers behind IKEA products.
A number of workshops and prototyping sessions will be taking place in the space, while students from Swiss design school ECAL will be demonstrating a painting robot.
Located outside of the warehouse, the fourth area is called IKEA Food and will feature a pop-up restaurant serving an Italian take on Swedish meatballs as well as drinks and fika – Swedish coffee and cake.
A host of other installations and acts will be taking place throughout the festival site, including live drawing sessions with artist Kevin Lyons.
IKEA will also present its latest collections, including a smart lighting system called Trådfri, its Ypperlig collaboration with Danish brand Hay and the Delaktig modular bed designed by Tom Dixon, which can be modified into different styles of furniture throughout its lifetime.
Look out for Dezeen’s broadcast tower logo (above) at the festival, which will identify the Dezeen lounge where you can watch all the videos as we produce them throughout the week.
There is also still time to register for the Dezeen at IKEA Festival party on 5 April from 7pm to 10pm.
IKEA Festival – Let’s Make Room For Life
4 to 9 April 2017, 10am-8pm
Via Ventura 14, Milan
The venue is a 15-minute walk from the Lambrate FS metro station. There will also be a free shuttle bus service from the Tortona district and Teatro Manzoni, where Tom Dixon will be showing Delaktig as part of his Multiplex exhibition.
More information can be found at IKEA.today/festival.
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Potted plants and herbs clip onto a gridded metal structure inside this London cafe by local architects Neiheiser Argyros, which also features exposed ductwork and wood-panelled walls.
The London-based architecture studio, directed by Ryan Neiheiser and Xristina Argyros, was commissioned to design a neutral backdrop to the vibrant produce on the menu at the Olive+Squash cafe.
The cafe comprises two spaces with contrasting finishes – a dining area and take-out area – that are visually connected by a floor-to-ceiling metal grid designed to resemble the trellises used by vegetable farmers.
The ground floor features all-white finishes, while the dining area of the first floor is lined with wooden boards.
Neiheiser Argyros chose brightly coloured stools and hanging bulbs for the first floor seating area, adding vibrancy and a sense of playfulness to the otherwise simple space.
“The space below is neutral, cool, and hard, allowing the bright colours and geometries of the raw produce to be the primary material. Above, the palette is warm, textured, and soft, inviting visitors to gather and linger over their meal,” Neiheiser told Dezeen.
“A contemporary echo of the traditional farmer’s trellis, the grid hosts plants, flowers, herbs, menu signage, and integrated seating,” he added. “We developed a series of custom metal objects that could clip onto the metal grid, giving it a flexible functionality.”
The gridded framework forms a balustrade to the wooden staircase, and its contents is intended to grow and adapt with the cafe to meet its changing needs in the future.
Inside a custom-designed serving counter on the ground floor, stepped display areas are designed to ensure food is always visible to the customer.
“While all the ingredients are displayed together in three terraced rows, we wanted each one’s colour and texture to stand out,” said the architects.
“We therefore carefully calibrated the spacing between each ingredient with visual gaps that allow each ingredient to read independently from the rest of the group.”
Minimal finishes also offer a muted backdrop for the food on offer at Ritz&Ghougassian’s cafe in Melbourne, which features concrete and terrazzo details and an abundance Australian ferns.
Photography is by Ioana Marinescu.
Project Credits:
Architecture: Neiheiser Argyros
Structural engineer: Webb Yates Engineers
Contractor: Own Developments
Graphic designer: Mind Design
Client: Olive+Squash
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This is the officail trailer for ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’, Guy Ritchie’s upcoming 2017 epic adventure drama film based on the legend of Excalibur. The film stars Charlie Hunnam as King Arthur, Jude Law as Vortigern, and Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey as Guinevere, and is scheduled to hit U.S. theaters on May 12th, 2017.”When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy…whether he likes it or not.”..(Read…)
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