Antonio Ravalli Architetti’s hostel where guests sleep in fabric pods was our most-clicked story this week so here’s a selection of stories from the Dezeen archive featuring fabric interiors. See all the stories »
Colorful scrunchies reinvented in Maharam fabric by a crafty Ohio mom
Last but not least in our series of limited-edition collaborations, the Maharam and Cool Hunting hair scrunchie (or Ma-hair-am Scrunchie, as we like to call it) is the upshot of a typical late night at the office when we were sourcing the items for our pop up shop with the Gap. When CH editor Ami Kealoha whipped out a scrunchie to keep her hair back, it sparked a nostalgic conversation about the beloved hair tie that ruled the ’90s.
“Wouldn’t it be great to make scrunchies out of
Maharam fabric?” was all it took for us to reach out to the NYC textile legend. Once they were on board, we tapped the woman who made over 100 scrunchies to hold up my side ponytail for all of fifth grade (aka my mother Debbie), who whipped up a batch of the fabric-covered hair-ties for us.
A fourth generation family-run business, as the major fabric supplier for much of NYC’s fashion and furniture industries, Maharam is a perfect example of one of NYC’s enduring brands and a great fit for the project.
Despite the infamous scrunchie episode of “Sex & The City,” we’re here to tell you that girls in NYC do wear them. A well-made throwback and the perfect stocking stuffer to add a little splash of colorful fun, the Maharam and Cool Hunting scrunchies sell online and in our pop up with the Gap for $6 each.
It’s here. The annual awards program that represents the best in industrial design by the organization that’s helped shape the industry for longer than anyone else. IDSA is now accepting entries for it’s 2011 International Design Excellence Awards , and it’s your time to select and submit your best in-production work from the past year. With categories spanning every aspect of the field, your product has the chance to garner international business and design acclaim from audiences that matter. This is more than a chance to show off amongst your peers, but an opportunity to let the world know why our work makes a difference.
Visit IDSA for complete details on registering and entering. The deadline for entry is January 28th, 2011.
Almost too simple to be worthy of note, but we definitely got a kick out of the “Rudi” paper bag redesign by Austrian talent Gerlinde Gruber.
An extra gusset gives Gerlinde’s bag a bit of extra capacity and a slightly different character to the ordinary brown paper variety. We particularly appreciated the touch of futuristic styling in the handle.
Win our exclusive prize pack—a limited-edition chocolate bar, caramel sauce, and iPhone case
In an effort to treat our loyal readers outside of NYC right, we’re giving away three items that are otherwise only available at our Cool Hunting for Gap shop to one lucky winner. The triple threat prize includes the insanely delicious Happy Goat caramel sauce infused with Macallan scotch, an equally mouthwatering chocolate bar by Mast Brothers and June Taylor and lastly the Cool Hunting iPhone case by Uncommon, boasting a Spirographic-style snowflake and created for either the iPhone 3 or 4.
To win this giveaway, you must follow us on Twitter and Tweet @coolhunting with #chforgap in your reply. We will choose one person at random on Monday, 20 December 2010, at 10am.
Generally, I’m not one to sport some middle-earth-looking orange-milky way-splashed brown borderline-KKK outfit, but under a sky suddenly darkened by black-edged clouds, on streets where all others have run for cover, well, hell yeah! Just need a good 1000-yard stare to accessorize it with. “Breathable micro polyester (100%) Water and wind resistant with an extra extension for backpacks” Perfect.
Here is an instructional video on how to rock the look.- though these guys need a bit more solemnity in their steps IMO.
Looks to be a limited edition art product by Ole Jensen
New York practice Reiser + Umemoto have won the first prize in a competition to design a new port terminal for the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
The Kaohsiung Port Terminal will feature a series of undulating horizontal structures, each with glazed facades at the ends, merging together towards the centre and shooting up to form a tower at the opposite end.
The building’s facade will feature an array of slim glazed slits, following the curves of the structure.
An elevated boardwalk at street level will provide pedestrian access in and around the building.
This will be separated from the arrival and departure areas for the ships and ferries, which will be located below.
Construction is due to start in 2012.
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The following information is from the architects:
Reiser + Umemoto Awarded First Prize in the Kaohsiung Port Terminal Competition
NEW YORK, NY — Reiser + Umemoto (RUR) has been awarded First Prize in the international competition for a new Port and Cruise Service Center in the city of Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan, ROC.
For this project, RUR will partner with local architects Fei and Cheng and Associates (Taipei), with whom they are also working on their first-place winning Taipei Pop Music Center project. Also on the project team is Structural Engineer Ysrael A. Seinuk, PC (New York); Reiser + Umemoto and Ysrael A. Seinuk also collaborated on their O-14 office tower, which is currently nearing completion in Dubai, UAE. Rounding out the team in other engineering disciplines is ARUP Hong Kong.
The project is scheduled for construction in 2012 and expected to be in operation by 2014, with a construction budget of approximately $85,000,000 USD. The competition was sponsored by the Kaohsiung Harbor Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Taiwan, ROC.
About the Project
For the Kaohsiung Port Terminal, RUR proposes a dynamic 3-dimensional urbanism that takes advantage of the site’s unique lateral positioning with respect to the city grid. Existing public pedestrian flows along the proposed elevated boardwalk can be amplified, rather than interrupted by creating a continuous elevated public esplanade along the waterfront. Cruise and ferry functions, meanwhile, are located just below the public level and are kept distinct to maintain secure areas for departing/arriving passengers.
The Main Hall splits up into three different partitions, each related to a different itinerary for travelling by ship, while the concourses are oriented parallel to the waterfront to maximize the interface between water and land. By vertically separating the functions of the general public, port business, and travelers along this waterfront edge we are able to keep the various operational uses highly efficient while at the same time allowing for the synergy of mixed functions for the general public.
Vertical circulation is organized around thickened zones in the building’s skin which also house structure, utilities, and ventilation. The structure is a system of nested, long-span shells, which are composed of an underlying steel pipe space frame which is sandwiched by cladding panels to create a useable cavity space. Overall an experience of directed yet functionally separated flows will lend an aura of energy to the point terminal space.
An essential component to the vitality of the Port Terminal Project is the connection to a proposed elevated public space along the waters’ edge. The importance of this waterfront space which is distinct yet connected to the city of Kaohsiung is inestimable. The boardwalk links the new Pop Music Center, the arts and shopping districts within a green necklace along the waterfront. The boardwalk will be a 24 hour space that fosters shopping, dining, and recreation. Moreover, connection to this vital public conduit will ensure the continuous economic viability of the port terminal, sustaining and amplifying the periodic maritime uses of the cruise terminal and ferries.
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