Siamo in estate, il periodo migliore per presentare Dondolo, un porta zampirone semplice e bello, oserei dire addirittura perfetto per la funzione che deve svolgere. Dondolo è un piccolo cestino metallico di forma semisferica con un supporto centrale dove incastrare la spirale dello zampirone.
Tutto qua, ma tutto estremamente efficace per queste ragioni: – Dondolo non si ribalta, perché quando lo si calpesta inavvertitamente la forma semisferica lo riporta nella posizione originaria – Il manico superiore permette di spostarlo e di appenderlo dove vogliamo, oltre che di proteggere lo zampirone dagli urti accidentali – La calotta semisferica raccoglie la cenere, impedendone la dispersione all’esterno
Oltre a questi evidenti vantaggi pratici, ELMANCO apprezza naturalmente la forma pulita ed essenziale di Dondolo, priva di orpelli, che anzi fa della spirale dello zampirone l’unico vero elemento decorativo. Un difetto di questo prodotto? Il prezzo di 20 euro mi sembra alto: questa volta è proprio il caso di dire che l’idea si paga.
The Porcelain Shoes are each as light as one kilogram due to the half-centimetre-thick heel walls and a pair can withstand weights over 160 kilograms.
Contrasting with the rough heels, smooth white leather is used for the vamps. Each has a different style of opening and slashes up the ankle at various offsets.
The platforms are angled inward from the heel and toe to create smaller soles, which are formed from rubber.
This experimental project was for my bachelor degree. My inspirations were the stone surfaces of dripstones and Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia. My goal was that the rustic features would show up in the heels. I imagined it in white, because it shows the plastics best. The right material was porcelain as it is able to imitate any fine surface, and one of the strongest materials.
The shoes could hold more than 160 kilograms but the platform is not heavy, only one kilogram, because the heel wall is only half a centimetre thick. Finally, three pairs of shoes are made from different gauzes. The vamp is made of leather, which contrasts with the platform. The homogeny and the rustic reinforce each other. The sole of the shoes are made of rubber.
Coup de cœur pour le studio Snarkitecture basé à Brooklyn et qui a imaginé cette superbe table de ping-pong appelée « Slice ». Cet objet noir composé de richlite, d’acier et de caoutchouc offre un design très impressionnant. L’ensemble est à découvrir en détails et images dans la suite de l’article.
Product news: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec’s minimal suspension lamps that create a tangle of wires to produce a climbing plant effect have gone into production.
The lamps have been stripped back to their fundamental elements – a wire and a light source. Based on the Bouroullec‘s original Liane model light, which was covered in leather and featured in an exhibition of their work in 2010, the Aim lamp for Italian lighting brand Flos is an industrial version that has been designed with tougher materials such as polycarbonate and die-cast aluminium.
The fixation points can be attached to any number of surfaces and long cables flow to create a natural effect of branches or climbing plants. “We have developed a new type of lamp that is naturally positioned in space – like a plant,” say the designers.
The tying points and diffuser set on the suspension wire make it easy for the user to orientate the lamp to the required height and position, allowing for greater adaptability in different settings.
“The general idea underpinning this project is to offer a lamp which can be infinitely adjusted to satisfy all lighting needs,” continue the designers.
In this movie filmed at Clerkenwell Design Week last month, BarberOsgerby’s Jay Osgerby tells Dezeen that he wanted to design comfortable, understated sofas rather than statement pieces for their new collection for American furniture brand Knoll.
“You don’t want to live with something that is a huge statement. So we decided that we should try to make something that was super comfortable, something that sat back,” he continues.
The furniture collection includes a range of different sizes, from an armchair to a three-seater sofa, which feature prominent cast aluminium legs that can be finished in red, white or black paint.
“We looked at developing a series of cushions as individual objects that seem to be held together by a detail,” says Osgerby. “The foot detail is like a clip holding the pieces together. Because the sofa is really understated – it’s quite quiet – we felt [the foot detail] should be something recognisably BarberOsgerby.”
This tricycle designed for children by Vietnamese firm a21studio has been crafted from bamboo and finished with ropes.
a21studio used bamboo to form the frame because it is a versatile, solid, and sustainable material abundantly available in Vietnam.
The tricycle has been locked together with bolts that are also fashioned from bamboo, which have then been covered by rope. It has not been exposed to chemical treatments so will weather and decay over time.
The rope securing the bamboo bolts can be loosened, encouraging children to modify or re-design the tricycle.
“By designing this bike with materials, which can be easily found everywhere, we hope not only to bring true happiness to children but also remind us about our childhood,” say the designers.
The tricycle is a long story attached to each child’s memories. It is interesting to see village children playing with bamboo bikes. The simplicity of the vehicles and happiness of children are the inspirations of this design.
Made by bamboo with wooden wheels, which are popular materials in Vietnam, the tricycle is threated with care in every detail without any chemical treatments. The bike may be decayed with time but the kids will learn showing consideration for its nature. Moreover, all the parts are linked by bamboo bolts and then covered by ropes so that kids would be excited to assemble and repair the bikes themselves or modify the design to their needs.
By designing this bike with materials, which can be easily found everywhere, we hope to not only bring true happiness to children but also remind us about our childhood.
YIU Studio, spécialisé dans la communication visuelle, a conçu une vidéo time-lapse qui retrace la production du design mural dans leur locaux, une pièce qui s’inspire d’éléments relatif au « Kung-Fu » et de citations qu’ils affectionnent. Design Fu est une création très graphique à découvrir en images dans la suite.
1. Robot Drawing Machines Creating new forms of art by exploring new mediums including glow paint and coding, Chicago-based multimedia artist Harvey Moon is best known for his homemade robot drawing machines. The thought process behind which is particularly fascinating: favoring Arduino-powered, algorithm-reading…
Focus sur le concept « Period Clock », une horloge au design très réussi. Minimaliste, cette horloge se compose de trois cercles afin d’indiquer les heures, les minutes et les secondes. Pensée par le créatif Tamer Koseli, découvrez une série d’images de cet objet sur son portfolio et dans la suite de l’article.
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our third report from New York, Willy Wong, chief creative officer for the city’s marketing and tourism agency, introduces the new NYCxDesign festival and explains why the city is starting to put more money behind its design industries.
Wong explains that one of the motivations behind NYCxDesign was a report by the Centre for an Urban Future think tank, which identified the untapped economic potential of New York’s design sector.
“A few years ago there was a report that identified design as an industry that the city should really embrace,” says Wong. “There should be a moment in time when the city actually celebrates all of the great design that happens in New York.”
“In 2009 they discovered that there were almost 40,000 designers in New York, and that’s a huge concentration compared to other cities in the US,” he continues. “So there’s a real reason to invest in the sector.”
The influx of visitors that come to New York each year for the big design shows is also good for the economy, Wong goes on to explain.
“Events like ICFF bring in close to 30,000 people a year, and that’s just for ICFF,” he says. “Whenever we are taking on an initiative, we are looking at both the qualitative cultural effects but at the same time the economic impact.”
Wong believes that the city’s current mayor, Michael Bloomberg, who has been in office since 2002, has “focussed on design as a competitive advantage for the city,” citing the High Line as an example of the kind of project that has helped to improve New York’s built environment. “There’s a real consideration on transforming what it means to be a city.”
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