Bright and breathable, MAAP’s Allied Cap is a 100% cotton cycling cap perfect for riding even in the hottest temperatures. The Melbourne, Australia-based brand combines their signature comfort fit, a striking color combination of electric blue, khaki, orange, lilac and neon green, and lightweight Italian fabrics for a functional yet fun addition to any ride. Price is in Australian dollars.
Here’s a handy way to get up and over a difficult-to-access engine:
That’s the Elevated Creeper, made by Nomad Manufacturing.
While it was invented for working on trucks, I could also see this coming in handy for architectural modelmakers working on sprawling dioramas, or model train hobbyists completing their miniature worlds. I bet Rod Stewart’s got one of these.
Dezeen promotion: Italian furniture brand Arper is exhibiting a curated selection of its chairs and sofas at this year’s Salone del Mobile, including its production of Lina Bo Bardi‘s Bowl Chair.
Arper’s new ranges launching at the Supersalone, which is taking place from 5-10 September, will include Kata, Kinesit Met, Mixu, Adell and Aston Club.
The brand’s iconic product collections on show will be Catifa 46, Catifa 53, Cila, Saya, Leaf and Steeve.
This selection, which will also be on display at Arper’s showroom on Via Pantano 30, has been made to align with an overarching theme called Re(new) Together.
“(Re)new Together aims to stimulate a reflection on relationships in all shapes and forms,” said the brand. “Relationships between objects, people and the environment that surrounds us and beckons our attention.”
The new Kata range comprises solid wood lounge chairs designed for Arper by Barcelona design studio Altherr Désile Park, which also designed the shell-like Adell chair with Lievore.
Adell’s seat is made from 80 per cent recycled polypropylene while Kata’s is crafted from a tailor-made 3D knit textile made from recycled polyester and converted into lightweight and durable fibres.
Jean Marie Massaud designed the Aston Club lounge chair, which is composed of an adjustable backrest and four-legged base in shiny or painted aluminium.
“Each component of the Aston Club lounge chair can be disassembled and reupholstered as needed to ensure the longevity of the piece and reduce its environmental impact,” explained the brand.
The Mixu collection includes chairs and stools designed with US architecture studio Gensler. Designers can customise the chair by mixing and matching materials and colours.
The Kinesit Met is an evolution of the Kinesit office chair design by Lievore Altherr Molina in 2014, which is now available in a new colour palette.
According to Arper, these newest products have been chosen as they demonstrate the brand’s commitment to material recycling and reuse.
Meanwhile, Arper’s classic products Catifa 53, Catifa 46, Cila, Saya, Leaf and Steeve are designed for flexibility and are intended to portray the brand’s effort to create furniture that can be adapted to “ever-changing requirements”.
Also on show is Steeve – a modular sofa system designed by Jean-Marie Massaud in 2015 for use in both home and work environments.
The Catifa 53 chair, which was also made for residential and commercial spaces, features a curved seat and slender clean-cut profile. It is designed by studio Lievore Altherr Molina, which also created Catifa 46 – the “little sister of Catifa 53” that has the same profile but is smaller in size.
Lievore Altherr Molina also designed Cila, a collection of chairs with curved polypropylene shells. Also on display is Saya – a wooden chair that boasts a graphic quality.
The final classic range on show is Leaf, which comprises stackable chairs made from painted steel with a sledge-like base alongside matching minimalist tables.
As part of Arper’s presence throughout the Supersalone edition of Salone del Mobile, the brand will also pay homage to Bo Bardi in a special exhibition located in a pop-up space adjacent to its current showroom.
This exhibition, named Lina Bo Bardi In Full Color, will focus on Bardi’s Bowl Chair that she designed in 1951 and feature models upholstered in Rubelli fabrics, launched in 2021.
Arper’s exhibition spaces at Salone del Mobile have been developed with the artistic direction of Jeannette Altherr and are styled by Leandro Favaloro.
Arper will host a series of events at its showroom through the festival, including a panel discussion with Altherr, Massaud and Daniel Stromborg and a cocktail party.
The brand’s showcase will be located in pavilion 4, hall D02. To find out more visit the Arper website.
The photography is by Salva Lopez unless stated.
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A play on the words CITY and SEATING, Savio Firmino and Cosimo de Vita’s CITYNG series of chairs take you on a tour around the world. The backrests on each of the chairs pay tribute to 16 different iconic monuments across cities like Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Moscow, Petra, New York, Agra, etc. By immortalizing these architectural marvels in his furniture series, designer Cosimo de Vita hopes that each chair becomes a symbolic representation of its monument and location’s cultures and traditions. Lined together the chairs capture the multicultural beauty of history and architecture in one single photo, presenting an incredibly diverse skyline of the world’s architectural wonders.
The chairs wonderfully do justice to their architectural inspirations with the way they’re made. The seats come with a stepped design, mimicking the steps leading to a building, while the backrest explores the monument’s architectural styles and details with meticulous engraving. The chair below, for instance, represents the Duomo di Milano, while you’ve got the Florence Cathedral right below that. Other iconic architectural marvels include the Notre Dame in Paris, the Taj Mahal in Agra, the Chrysler Building in New York, the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, the Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, and the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan.
About the CITYNG series, designer Cosimo de Vita says “CITYNG is a journey between West and East, between tradition and modernity; the chairs are handcrafted in solid wood, but also decorated with a numerical control pantograph”. The chairs are crafted using a combination of techniques, including handiwork as well as CNC-machining. Florence-based company Savio Firmino, which partnered with Cosimo de Vita over the CITYNG series, will be displaying the entire collection of furniture at Supersalone during the Milan Design Week 2021.
Hessa Al Amjani est une artiste visuelle émiratie née à Abu Dhabi et basée à Ajman. Elle réalise des œuvres céramiques délicates et originales, en s’appuyant sur plusieurs sources d’inspiration qui lui sont fécondes. En effet, sa pratique artistique est fortement influencée par « la curiosité de la psychologie humaine et du monde naturel, et par l’idée d’observer des choses qui ne sont pas si visibles, mais qui sont souvent présentes dans les interactions humaines et les déplacements quotidiens.
Son travail pose également des questions sur la notion de patrie par rapport au choix conscient d’y être », comme elle l’explique. Pour réaliser son travail actuel sur la céramique, Hessa imprime des plantes indigènes et des fleurs sauvages sur des objets fonctionnels « comme une forme de recherche pour mieux comprendre la flore indigène présente dans les Émirats arabes unis ». En 2019, Al Ajmani a fondé Clay Corner Studio, le premier studio artistique public d’Ajman dédié à la céramique et à la peinture, qu’elle gère actuellement et dans lequel elle donne régulièrement des cours de céramique. Le studio s’adresse aux artistes professionnels et amateurs et propose des installations, des espaces privés, des adhésions et des cours. Depuis lors, le studio est devenu un espace communautaire à part entière pour les résidents d’Ajman.
Pour en découvrir plus, rendez-vous sur le site internet, son compte Instagram. ou son shop.
Forget Ikea’s pictographic instructions. Instead every bookshelf should be designed to be assembled in this manner, while you hum a certain tune:
It would be hilarious, if it wasn’t so infuriating for the original designers. The Design Within Copy Instagram account is dedicated to posting the incredibly numerous incidents of piracy within the furniture design world.
Sadly, Design Within Copy is updated frequently.
Dezeen Showroom: Cassina is presenting the geometric Utrecht armchair, an icon of neoplasticism designed by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld in 1935.
Rietveld originally created the upholstered Utrecht chair for the Metz & Co department store in Amsterdam.
The designer made the chair suitable for large-scale distribution by dividing it into four puzzle-like parts – a seat, back and two angular armrests – which could be assembled on site.
The chair is seen as an example of neoplasticism, also known as De Stijl, a Dutch art movement defined by its use of bright colours and austere geometries as seen in the work of Piet Mondrian.
The Utrecht armchair has been produced by Cassina since 1988. It is available in five colours with a zigzag or blanket stitch upholstery detail.
Cassina recommends the chair for executive offices and lounge areas. It is also available as a two- or three-seater sofa.
Product: Utrecht armchair
Designer: Gerrit Rietveld
Brand: Cassina
Contact: info@cassina.it
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Is it a marketing ploy to harvest e-mail addresses? Maybe. But few can resist the lure of winning an expensive tool for free, so this announcement by Festool is sure to have many applicants.
“Become a product tester for our Cordless Impact Driver TID 18! We are looking for ten trade professionals or advanced DIYers to put our TID 18 to the test!”
To apply, you basically need to fill out a form describing your qualifications. They’ll pick ten testers, and send them the $349 TID 18 for free. Testers are required to provide “written feedback on the tool and also submit a photo- and/or a video,” and yes, you get to keep the tool.
They’re taking applications until Sept. 12th, and will notify selectees by Sept. 17th. You can give it a shot here.
Normalize adults living and chilling in treehouses because we are certainly going through a lot more than children and this is the escape we need! Cassiopeia is one such shelter that every grown-up dreams of having, it is a treehouse that was born in a garden without a tree for us to disconnect from the virtual world. It has multiple levels, a fire-man pole, a slide, a swing, a zip-line, a net bed, monkey bars and a climbing wall in sculptural form with legs that grow in the garden!
It has utmost privacy and was constructed with a very low impact on the territory. Cassiopeia is a playground for kids at its core but has been designed to provide the same nostalgia and whimsy for adults too. It seeks to touch the ground lightly through clever architectural design and woodworking which also ensures that it is durable and environmentally sustainable.
The contemporary treehouse aims to blend into its surroundings while providing a sanctuary for adults and kids to escape the monotony of everyday life. Especially since the pandemic, people are avoiding public spaces which restrict outdoor activities but Cassiopeia brings that adventure back to your backyard!
Cassiopeia, in astronomy, is a constellation of the northern sky easily recognized by a group of five bright stars forming a slightly irregular W. The multi-level playground is a privileged place to watch the complexity of the universe through the telescope lens.
The foundation of the treehouse is the invisible metal ground screws that give support to columns and beams. “At the top of it, we built the skeleton (interior frame) that receives the skin (walls and roof) that are built with CLT panels painted black that receive a horizontal slatted wood system that follows the treehouse shape,” adds the team.
This project highlights Madeiguincho’s combined heritage of both architecture and carpentry. The Portugal-based studio retains the charm of a traditional treehouse with the warm wooden aesthetic but brings modern architecture into play without needing a tree in the first place. The angular shape, systems for multiple activities, large windows and doors truly encourage us to take a break, play and bring back the innocent joy from our childhood.
Designer: Madeiguincho
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