For those that prefer to be on their feet when they work, the minimalist elevated Higher Desk makes for the perfect place to read or use a laptop. Its modest dimensions make working while standing possible even in the most confined spaces. Better yet, with one optional “short leg” it can be adapted to any table or desk!
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Kitchen and bathroom equipment is lowered into islands made from engineered quartz material Caesarstone in this animated preview of an installation for the brand by London studio Raw Edges, to be unveiled in Milan next month (+ movie).
Raw Edges designed a series of islands using Caesarstone, which have sections removed for slotting in storage units, appliances and accessories.
The movie shows models of these items attached to clasps or tied onto strings and lowered into the holes incorporated into each design.
Sinks, shelves and plants pots are all dropped into their specific places in the units. The animation will be realised as an interactive installation in Milan.
“For the Milan presentation we want to further-explore the concept of the sliding of objects into Caesarstone Islands,” said Raw Edges founders Yael Mer and Shay Alkalay.
“The focus will be on the kitchen, which will be set as a working station – a stage for performing cooking.”
The full Islands range includes units for the kitchen and bathroom, as well as sideboards and a ping pong table.
All the designs comprise a thin surface supported on two slices of the material and feature rounded corners.
Different units in the collection are made in various colours from the Casearstone range.
Following a preview of the products at the Interior Design Show in Toronto earlier this year, the installation will be presented at the Palazzo Clerici in Milan’s Brera district from 9 to 13 April during the city’s annual design week.
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Visible brush strokes pattern the surfaces of this furniture collection by Japanese studio Nendo for Italian brand Glasitalia (+ slideshow).
Nendo’s boxy Brushstroke tables and seats for Glasitalia are formed from rectangular sheets of glass, which are decorated with streaked colours created by dragging layers of paint across the material.
“We brushed colour onto the transparent glass surface, then blew another layer of coloured paint on top,” said the designers.
Scraped across in one direction, the resulting effect resembles the texture of wood grain.
“The tense perfection of glass’ glossiness and smoothness fuses with handwork’s imperfect texture to create an unusual material,” added the designers.
The eight-piece set includes a side table, console, bench and dining table, and the top of each design overhangs its base.
A range of blue, grey and beige hues have been used for the different designs.
The collection will be shown in Milan in April, at both the Salone Internazionale del Mobile and Nendo’s solo exhibition taking place at Via delle Erbe 2.
News: American furniture brand Emeco has reached a settlement in its legal dispute with two companies that were allegedly copying the company’s Navy Chair and Kong Chair.
Pennsylvania-based Emeco issued a press statement detailing the agreement, which declares that East End Imports and Sugar Stores will permanently cease “selling, offering, distributing and marketing reproductions from Emeco’s Navy Chair and Kong Chair line.”
Restoration Hardware’s imitation Naval Chair. Main image: Emeco Navy Chair
The agreement also outlined that the two companies will not “copy, import, manufacture, induce the manufacture of, distribute, import, advertise, market, promote offer for sale or sell any chair or article of furniture that is identical to, confusingly or substantially similar to any article of furniture designed and sold by Emeco.”
The financial details of the agreement have not been disclosed. The dispute was first filed in July last year in New York.
The Kong chair, originally designed by Philippe Starck for the Chinese restaurant Kong in Paris, is made by hand-welding 24 separate pieces of aluminium together and costs £2700. Lexmod, one of the subsidiary companies of the accused, has been producing a chair of similar design made from injection-moulded plastic that retails for £50.
Emeco CEO Gregg Buchinder has said his aim is to set an industry standard by continuing to bring actions against any companies who infringe on the company’s trademarks or designs.
Appropriately named Steps, this ingenious children’ss s eating system grows up with your kids! From newborns to toddlers (and all in between), it gives kids the active comfort and freedom to move about safely and securely. The all-in-one modular solution starts as a bouncer and into a highchair, followed by a regular chair, keeping them close, comfortable and happy all along the way!
A continuous ribbon of steel forms two legs of this simple table by French designer Eric Jourdan.
Two of the four legs supporting Eric Jourdan‘s Gilda table are created from one strip of thin steel, connecting them along the ground.
The other two legs are angled outward slightly to help the table balance. All the base elements are coated with epoxy resin.
“Gilda is a simple and basic table, with a very assertive character,” said Jourdan. “A tricky exercise, since basics have no room for a glut of features.”
Made from ash or lacquered okoumé wood, the circular top has a slight lip around its bottom edge.
“After having constructed the table around a modern base, I sought to tackle the table top – to be more precise, its border – in a virtually traditional way with an outline that readily reflects the world of traditional cabinet making,” Jourdan said.
The table is produced by young French brand Super-ette. Photographs are by Felipe Ribon.
At first glance, Misko looks like your average bedside drawer table… minimal and well-balanced. But, flip the switch and that’s when you’ll fall in love! An internal LED shines bright from within, illuminating the translucent top and peeking through the handle space. Combining these two functions keeps your bedroom space uncluttered but just as bright. DO WANT!
This collapsible table by Berlin-based designer Jakob Timpe is made from nine pieces of wood that simply slot together with no screws, glue or tools (+ slideshow).
Frustrated by having to handle a large drawing table every time the designer moved, Timpe created an easy-to-assemble trestle-style frame that can be taken apart in seconds and flat-packed for easy storage.
The underframe of the STAND table consists of four horizontal bars that pierce right through slots in the tops of the four legs. The structure is jammed together when pressure is applied by the weight of a tabletop.
“The appearance can be determined by sliding the legs along the frame,” said the designer. “The table permits the legs to protrude from under the top or to disappear beneath it.”
The basic STAND comes without a surface, but the designer has produced a white table top made of particle board and coated with melamin resin available.
The kit weighs just 7.5 kilograms and can support a table top between 170 by 80 centimetres and 240 by 100 centimetres.
To transport the pieces, the STAND comes with a sewn cotton case inspired by brush bags used for the storage of art supplies.
“It works as a wooden dining table, as constructional working table or as a conference table which can be set up and taken down in seconds,” explained Timpe.
The trestle is made in Berlin from solid ash sourced from local forests. Each piece has not been surface treated to emphasise the natural variation in grain and colour in the wood.
“Over time, the wood will take on a natural patina,” said Timpe. However, there is also a white stain finish option available.
The table is available through the young Berlin-based design brand vondingen.
Brazilian architect Paulo Kobylka has designed sofas with cantilevered cushions that look like long concrete slabs stacked on top of one another (+ slideshow).
Paulo Kobylka created two sofa, PK1 and PK2, which have offset cushions and bases respectively that slot together to form an L-shaped design.
Both designs are upholstered in grey canvas and are separated it into three main sections: a horizontal base and seat, plus a low vertical back.
The two sofas are arranged so the cushion of the PK2 model fits over the corner of the PK1 so they form a continuous seat.
“The two parts can be used together when jointed at their ends, coming up with an L-shaped single unit,” Kobylka explained. “The sofas received a grey canvas finishing that refers to structural parts of exposed concrete of buildings.”
PK1 sofa
“The mismatches between the pieces generate small spaces to house furnishings,” he added.
PK2 sofa
The sofa cushions are rigid enough to support a person’s weight when they sit on the overhanging sections.
Photography is by Renan Klippel.
Here’s a short description from Paulo Kobylka:
PK1 and PK2 sofa
The PK1 and PK2 sofas were designed by Brazilian architect Paulo Kobylka.
The inspiration comes from structural elements in concrete, found in architecture of buildings. The sofas are designed with simple lines, purely structural: the structure is exactly what shapes it.
Diagram showing the two sofas fitted together
As well as a suspended slab of a building, the PK1 sofa has part of its seat cantilevered. The sofas are basically assembled by three main volumes: base, seat and back. The “mismatches” between the pieces generate small spaces to house furnishings.
The two parts can be used together when jointed at their ends, coming up with an “L” shaped single unit. The sofas received a grey canvas finishing that refers to structural parts of exposed concrete of buildings.
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