Le cabinet d’architecture Abaton a développé cette maison « Compact Portable House », un lieu de résidence parfait pour un couple. Cette construction APH80 propose une structure simple, avec des matériaux choisis avec intelligence. Plus d’images de ce joli concept dans la suite de l’article.
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Voici ce nouveau projet du duo français Zim And Zou qui a réalisé la vitrine de la boutique d’Hermès à Beverly Hills. Intitulée « Atlantis », ces superbes créations tout en collages nous plongent dans de superbes cités aquatiques. A découvrir en détails et en images dans la suite de l’article.
Graphic designer Cristina Vanko has been writing out all the SMS messages she sends by hand with a calligraphy pen.
Calling the project Modern Day Snail Mail, Cristina Vanko began to answer friends’ text messages with photographs of handwritten replies after finding her father’s old calligraphy pen.
“Basically, calligraphy is something that people just don’t get enough of today,” Vanko said in a post about the project on her blog, explaining that the soft gold tip of the pen allows for different thicknesses of stroke.
“The harder you press down on the pen’s nib, the thicker the line. When less pressure is given, the thinner the line,” she explained.
“I quickly began creating illustrious letterforms with the perfect balance of thick and thin strokes,” she continued. “I wrote out the alphabet, popular phrases, curse words (that looked beautiful might I add) and then I sent doodle-filled text messages to a couple of my design-y friends notifying them about the magic of this pen.”
“After texting some doodles, I decided to send handwritten messages to people for that next week,” she said.
Some friends responded with their own hand-written messages and the designer concluded that “people feel more ‘special’ when they received handwritten messages.”
She also noted that accuracy in spelling and grammar matter much more in a handwritten note and that modern culture relies heavily on emoticons for communication.
Cristina Vanko graduated in graphic design and Spanish from Indiana University in 2011 and now works as a multidisciplinary designer in Chicago.
Other stories about lettering on Dezeen include a typeface with strands of human hair, a font made of impossible 3D shapes and another font made of sugar.
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Product news: London architect Zaha Hadid has designed a curvaceous wine bottle for Austrian winemaker Leo Hillinger.
Zaha Hadid created the limited-edition design for Leo Hillinger‘s Icon Hill 2009 vintage red wine, of which 999 bottles were made.
One side has a concave indentation with the same curve as the back of the bottle so a row of them can interlock. A dimple in the base allows sediment to gather and provides a thumb hold for pouring.
“The elongated volume of the bottle has been derived from the profile of liquid droplets,” said Hadid. “A continuous spatial curve was then projected onto the bottle’s surface, defining areas for the concave indentation and suggesting the waves created when droplets break a liquid’s surface.”
The shape was created using NURB-based software, then the glassware was formed in cast-iron moulds.
It comes in a box with the form of the bottle cut from striations, a common feature of Hadid’s designs. See our feature on striations in architecture and design here.
Other designs for alcohol we’ve featured include packaging for coffee-flavoured beer designed by Nendo and a set of seven wine glasses inspired by the seven deadly sins.
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Icon Hill is an exceptional red wine cuvee of 2009 vintage, produced by the renowned Austrian winemaker Leo Hillinger in a limited edition of 999 bottles that have been designed by Zaha Hadid Architects to reflect the wine’s bold and distinctive character.
The elongated volume of the bottle has been derived from the profile of liquid droplets. A continuous spatial curve was then projected onto the bottle’s surface, defining areas for the concave indentation and suggesting the waves created when droplets break a liquid’s surface.
The concave indentation and the bottle’s surface have the same curvature, enabling a set of bottles to interlock and be perceived as singular whole. A smaller indent and volume has been created at the base of the bottle for correct handling and to accommodate any tartrates.
To achieve the precision and accuracy required for production, the shape of the bottle was created using NURB-based CAD software. The bottle manufacturer directly implemented this 3D master geometry to produce the cast iron moulds for the glass forming process.
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Metallo, pietre, stoffa, plastica… ormai i gioielli si possono trovare nei materiali e nelle forme più disparate. Ma la vera rivoluzione nel campo degli accessori è l’utilizzo della Stampa 3D sulla quale sta puntando .bijouets, marchio di .exnovo, specializzato in complementi d’arredo in 3D Printing come lampade, vasi e vassoi, che ha deciso di estendere questa avanzata tecnologia al campo del fashion.
L’azienda trentina si è affidata all’architetto e designer Selvaggia Armani, già con un buon bagaglio di esperienza nel campo della moda, che ha disegnato la linea .bijouets dalle forme classiche ma anche estrose, come il bracciale Robot, e arricchite dall’ampia gamma di colori disponibili.
.bijouets unisce le tecnologie avanzate del professional 3D printing con l’artigianato italiano creando una linea di oggetti in poliammide sinterizzata, l’inchiostro base delle stampanti 3D.
Con questa tecnica il processo di produzione viene industrializzato, garantendo qualità e continuità degli standard produttivi ma con la possibilità di sperimentare forme che difficilmente sarebbero realizzabili con stampi tradizionali.
Quindi tutti i gioielli sono perfettamente identici tra loro? Non esattamente perché, anche se il file di stampa è lo stesso, c’è sempre qualche piccolo particolare che li distingue, inoltre è possibile intervenire con altri strumenti per personalizzarli ulteriormente.
Il bracciale Dentelle e la collana Merletto richiamano i classici ricami anche se rivisti in chiave moderna.
City è un bracciale che vuole rappresentare una città stilizzata, mentre Shangai si rifà all’omonimo gioco.
Questo progetto è partito da poco, ma la crescita non tarderà a venire, grazie alla qualità, al design e all’innovazione sulle quali punta l’azienda.
Per chi fosse interessato a vedere la collezione può andare nell’area shop del sito, oppure si possono vedere dal vivo nel temporary store in Corso S.Gottardo 19, a Milano. I prezzi partono da un minimo di 49 €.
.bijouets non è il solo a proporre questo tipo di accessori, anche altri marchi si avvalgono di questa tecnologia. Ad esempio hot pop factory, nervous e fathomandform propongono gioielli dalle forme più geometriche e con meno scelta di colori, ma comunque molto interessanti e innovativi.
Faite en acier inoxydable, le projet « Tone » est une belle horloge pensée par le designer Wiebe Teerstra pour la marque Leff Amsterdam. Avec un choix de ton-sur-ton entre le cadran et les aiguilles, cet objet design proposé dans trois coloris est à découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.
L’étudiant allemand en design Simon Frambach a imaginé ce nouveau projet « Soft Light » de lampe modelable, pouvant ainsi être utilisée dans diverses situations. Un concept et un design très intéressant à découvrir en détails et en images dans la suite de l’article.
Our new Pinterest board is full of design by Japanese studio Nendo, including a fluffy-looking chair, a range of cutlery that looks as though it’s been carved from flint and a retail interior for shoe brand Camper. See our new Nendo Pinterest board »
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Product news: British furniture brand Very Good & Proper has started producing this table by Australian designer Henry Wilson, which incorporates his trademark A-Joint.
Henry Wilson designed the A-Joint as a system for joining various standard cuts of timber.
The joint consists of a metal body and wedge that fix pairs of legs in an A shape. Horizontal braces beneath the table surface are then screwed into the top of the metal piece, locking all the elements together.
Very Good & Proper is now producing the A-Joint Table in the UK. It is available in lengths from 1.5 to three metres in oak, ash or sapele wood, plus others on request.
Earlier this week we featured a chair that Very Good & Proper designed for a Shoreditch restaurant, which they recently put into production.
Other recent table designs on Dezeen include a ping-pong table that has been pared down to look like a domestic table and a table designed on a surfboard.
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