Le studio Twentysix2 est né de l’esprit de Tom Davie passionné par l’art et le design. Il fait des typographies très intéressantes en jouant avec les matières pour créer son propre alphabet. Un S formé par un pancake, un P incrusté dans un livre, et bien d’autres typographies à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
Cette oeuvre architectural est une parfaite integration à la nature New yorkaise. Transparente, cette grange invisible se confond avec le paysage environnant. Cette création à été réalisée en bois puis bâchée avec du film miroir pour ne faire plus qu’un avec la nature, refléter les arbres et le ciel bleu.
Gravity keeps the aluminium and timber components of these lamp shades by industrial designer Nick Sadowsky locked together.
The pieces on the Spindent Light don’t use any screws or adhesives, instead relying on aligned component parts that slot into each other and are kept together by gravity and their own weight.
The light’s soft triangular shape features two pieces of anodised aluminium, separated by a thin strip of timber to create a minimal shade for either the home or office. A black fabric electrical cord completes the monochrome look.
“I was originally inspired by the aluminium spinning process and its capabilities,” said Australian designer Nick Sadowsky. “I looked at how I could make something both visually engaging and sustainable.”
The polished sheen of the metal is interrupted by the warm tones of the wood and its rough grain.
“I had a low-impact material and finishing process,” said Sadowsky. “It was then a matter of developing the form and I liked the idea of combining another material I really like, timber.”
The wood element connects the aluminium together, creating a small lip between the two pieces.
“Its qualities are warm and organic and could provide an interesting detail in the form and become part of the assembly, as I was trying to avoid any adhesives or screws,” explained Sadowsky.
The Spindent Lights are available in either black or silver from Sadowsky’s website.
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Le photographe américain Cody William Smith a réalisé quatre séries très belles intitulées « A Moment of Reflection ». Il prend des photographies de paysages impressionnants vus à travers des miroirs : la mer, un coucher de soleil, le désert ou des montagnes, un éventail de lieux différents. A voir ci-dessous.
Milan 2014: Japanese architect Jo Nagasaka has created a collection of spongy seats by tying up blocks of foam and dipping them in rubber.
Nagasaka, who is principal of architecture studio Schemata Architects, based the Shibari series on the traditional Japanese art form of the same name, which means “to tie something with string”.
The series, created for Japanese design brand Ichiro Inc, was presented at Spazio Rossana Orlandi during the Salone del Mobile in Milan earlier this month.
To create the pieces of furniture, foam sheets were folded and tied up into bulging forms with rope. They were then dipped in a rubber coating. Each piece is a different irregular shape and comes in black or white.
Different types of furniture – stools, sofas or tables – can be created by varying the way the foam is folded and tied. The lightweight items can then be carried around by using the knot as a handle. “We are envisioning furniture that generates different activities according to what we tie and how we tie,” said Nagasaka.
Shibari is reputed to have evolved from Hojo-jutsu, the martial art of restraining captives by tying them up with rope. Samurai warriors honoured high-status captives by binding them in elaborate and flattering ways.
This later evolved into Shibari, an erotic form of bondage that involves tying up the human body in such a way that the knots and ropes act upon pressure points to create an effect similar to shiatsu or acupuncture.
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Photography is by Hirotaka Hashimoto.
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Milan 2014: Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has created a tableware collection of vessels with metal stands that reference the pottery and architecture of ancient Rome.
Jaime Hayon‘s New Roman collection for Italian brand Paola C is a series of containers in shapes that reference the forms of ancient carafes, plates and large amphorae storage vessels. It was exhibited at Paola C’s showroom in Brera during Milan design week.
“Inspired by the vessels of the Roman Empire, this collection transforms antique references into a celebration of contemporary craft,” said Hayon Studio.
These containers were often originally created with rounded bottoms, so Hayon designed a set of metal stands his designs to stand up on their own.
Each round-bottomed vessel is made from either metal, ceramic or glass and sits on pedestals in a range of metals, creating a contrast of different textures.
The largest piece in the collection is Colosseum, a large silver-plated bowl atop a brushed brass base shaped like the famous amphitheatre in Rome. There are two smaller versions of Colosseum as well as other plates on simpler bases.
Titus is a vase that sits on a metal stand with four skinny legs. It is available in pale-coloured glass, silver, copper or ceramic, while the base comes in four types of metal.
Titus is also available in various sizes and with the option of two handles, resembling the amphorae used to transport and store mostly wine by the Romans.
One of the vessels, Aether, is an oil lamp that comes in either copper or polished ceramic and rests on a brushed brass or copper stand.
Hayon has also created Sagunto, a polished ceramic candle holder with a brushed brass base.
The only object without a separate base is Augustus, a large silver-plated pitcher decorated by Hayon with a comic smiling face.
Jaime Hayon also presented a table for furniture company Republic of Fritz Hansen in Milan last week.
Photography is by Klunderbie, unless otherwise stated.
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Derek Muller du site scientifique Veritasium a rendu visite à une équipe de physiciens et chimistes qui ont construit une « Pyro Board » : un panneau audio qui contient 2 500 flammes variant selon le son auquel elles sont connectées. Une association insolite du design et de la science pure à découvrir.
Milan 2014: this plastic table by Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka for Italian brand Kartell resembles cut glass.
Tokujin Yoshioka‘s Twinkle table for Kartell refracts light in a similar way to crystal glass. “The table explores a new possibility of plastic,” said Yoshioka. “Twinkle is a table that shines like a crystal by reflection of light.”
The polycarbonate breakfast table is made using injection moulding, a manufacturing process that allows for a table size that would not be possible to create from glass.
Changes in the thickness of the material created by the shape of the mould produces a prism effect.
With a square base, the table features shallow grooves that run along the single pedestal leg and spread out from the centre beneath the larger square table top.
The table was exhibited at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2014, which concluded on Sunday.
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Milan 2014: cushions scattered on the Nubilo sofa by French designer Constance Guisset look like a collection of giant pebbles (+ slideshow).
Constance Guisset designed the Nubilo sofa for French brand Petite Friture, with round cushions in different sizes and colours that can be rearranged to optimise comfort.
“Nubilo is a sofa made of several round and organic cushions that can be arranged to maximise cosiness,” said Guisset.
The cushions rest against a gently curving back of upholstered foam, which surrounds one side of the elliptical seat.
Coloured fabric covers and the imagination of the sitter can transform the grey pebble-shaped cushions into other objects and create different settings.
“It becomes the place where dreams take the occupant, a springboard to imagination and musing,” said the designer. “Either a cloud, balloons, a sea, anemone, an algae, pebbles…”
The sofa is fully upholstered, with the back and seat available in different shades. It was exhibited on Petite Friture’s stand at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, which concluded on Sunday.
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Milan 2014: dripping water from ice-encased tropical plants and quietly rotating feather-patterned fans featured in this climate-themed exhibition by Italian research centre Fabrica (+ slideshow).
Industrial, graphic and interactive designers at Fabrica created a series of sensory installations that aimed “to give a visual and experiential form to temperature” for air conditioning brand Daikin, in Milan last week.
Thirty-six exhibits were installed within a laboratory-like setting entitled Hot & Cold.
Following research into the effects of temperature, the designers curated a series of kinetic, material and sound-based works led by the project’s creative director Sam Baron.
“In this project we conceived design as a practice that must communicate through form and function, a design that sets out from an object, and reaches towards sound, graphics and interactivity,” said Baron.
Works on display included Migration, which comprised five motorised exhibits with hand-illustrated feathers. These represented the migration patterns of birds, characterised by height, distance and flock sizes during flight, said the project team.
“We loved the idea of birds migrating from one climate to another, as an expression of cold to hot and vice versa,” design team member Dean Brown told Dezeen.
The Solar exhibit used NASA’s interpretations of what planets sound like. In the centre of the exhibition, the team hung a mechanical model of Venus and Neptune, the hottest and coldest planets, orbiting the sun.
A sculpture called Air was made from suspended borosilicate glass letters, a material which is typically used in laboratories and resists extremely high temperatures.
“We discovered that you can burn the glass on the inside,” said Brown. “These oil lanterns are slowing charring the inside of the glass and by the end of the exhibition, the letters will become totally black.”
A series of tropical plants entitled Flora were encased in ice, which gradually melted away and collected in a glass vessel to reveal the plant.
Smaller objects were displayed on white metal stands with perforated tops, while larger exhibits were protected by low metal barriers designed to evoke a museum environment. “We took these references like these fences and plinths and framing objects the way you might do in a natural history museum,” said Brown.
The exhibition took place at the Garage Milano show during the city’s design week, which concluded on Sunday.
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