May 31
Nook Bed
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The bed NOOK offers more than it appears at first glance. The upper spacious storage area of the headboard provides plenty of space for books, alarm c..
May 30
Citybook
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Citybook is a new modular bookcase designed by Antonella Di Luca and Ubaldo Righi. Flexible and suitable to any space, it grows out of a new interpret..
May 30
Snobar Furniture
Posted in: magnetik, Snobar, Snobar FurnitureDécouverte de Snöbär : un meuble inspiré par la plante Symphoricarpos, aussi appelée Snowberry en anglais. Réalisé par Yonder Magnetik, ce fauteuil en chêne propose à la fois un design élégant et sympathique mais aussi un maximum de confort. A découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.
May 29
Bendy and Beautiful
Posted in: UncategorizedComposed of individual strips of bent eucalyptus wood laminate, the Eira chair’s unique form and material flexibility make it one of the the most comfortable rigid chairs out there. Surprisingly “soft,” the user will feel the wood flex to the curves of the body with each change in position. While somewhat large in size, the chair is distributed unassembled in a compact box where each component fits snugly for easy shipping and construction.
Designer: Oitenta
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May 29
Tres Stool
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Três Stool has 3 sides, 3 legs, but many forms of fit that adapts to any person and posture. The imagination is the limit.It is a modular stool ..
May 28
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: Zaha Hadid has opened a gallery in Clerkenwell, central London, to display her furniture and design to the public (+ slideshow).
The ground floor and lower floor of the Zaha Hadid Design Gallery contains furniture, lighting, jewellery and paintings by the architect.
There’s also a floor of architectural models upstairs, available to view by appointment.
The space was previously home to a pop-up hair salon designed by Hadid during last year’s London Design Festival.
Following the launch during Clerkenwell Design Week, the gallery and showroom is now open to the public from Tuesday to Saturday between midday and 6pm at 101 Goswell Road, London, EC1V 7EZ.
We reported on the highlights from the design fair last week, including lamps that look like vats from a milking parlour and a target made of reflective pixels that change with the light – see all products and events from Clerkenwell Design Week.
Last week two temporary wing-like seating stands were removed from Hadid’s Aquatics Centre at the London 2012 Olympic Park, allowing the building to be seen for the first time as it was originally designed.
Developers recently unveiled images of Hadid’s proposed 60-storey residential skyscraper in Miami, USA – see all architecture by Zaha Hadid.
Photographs are by Luke Hayes.
Here’s some more information about the gallery:
Zaha Hadid Design Gallery
Zaha Hadid Design opens a new Gallery and Showroom featuring innovative product and furniture designs over 2 floors. Also featuring paintings and other artwork by Zaha Hadid.
Zaha Hadid Design creates a wide variety of pieces for living and for the home, from sculptural jewellery to limited edition furniture, experimenting with architectural projects at a small scale, exploring the latest technological and material innovations, as well as responding directly to commercial briefs.
Her portfolio spans a concept for an entire room to bespoke jewellery commissions. The gallery, arranged over two floors, is the first opportunity to view exclusive new designs recently shown in Milan, alongside a showcase of iconic products and original artwork.
Many of the products are available to buy so if you are interested please ask. The space hosts an ever-changing programme of exhibitions and collaborations. We have recently hosted a pop-up hair salon and we regularly showcase emerging fashion and jewellery designers.
As an architect and designer, Zaha Hadid’s designs explore spatial concepts at all scales, from the city to individual product, interior and furniture commissions.
Her projects are internationally renowned and have won the Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize in two consecutive years.
She was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2004, becoming the first woman to receive architecture’s highest honour, and her Aquatics Centre was the centrepiece of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She is also engaged in experimental research, leading an architectural practice and teaching.
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May 28
Motek by Luca Nichetto for Cassina
Posted in: Milan 2013, Product news
Product news: the seat of this chair by Venetian designer Luca Nichetto is made of folded felt.
Called Motek, the design by Stockholm-based Luca Nichetto for Italian brand Cassina is pressure-moulded to make it rigid enough to support a person’s weight without losing the lightweight qualities of the fabric.
Origami-inspired folds give extra support to the structure.
The design comes with wooden or steel legs and there’s also a version upholstered in leather.
Nichetto presented the chair at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last month, where he also showed cabinets carved with geometric patterns for Casamania and a TV-like lamp for Foscarini – see all design by Luca Nichetto.
Read our interview with the new Salone del Mobile president on how he plans to tackle issues that “damage Milan” and see all our stories about Milan 2013.
Other felt products we’ve featured recently include a chair with a pressure-moulded seat by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso and a seed-shaped pod for working or napping in peace – see more stories about designs in felt.
Here’s some more information from Luca Nichetto:
The inspiration behind Motek chair is a sheet of paper, which is flexible and lightweight by its very nature. Originally, a sheet of paper cannot bear weights, but the Japanese art of origami – which, with a series of folds, creates forms and structures that can support weights – the same sheet takes on a new lease of life.
Thanks to a new technology for Cassina, such as pressure molding, a sheet of felt is folded, which will bring the necessary rigidity to the body of the chair for it to support weights without losing the lightness of the original material.
In this project, the search for details and the experimentation with materials typical of the collaboration between Nichetto and Cassina led to a felt version of the chair, which comes in three different shades, as well as to a leather version, where the seams highlight the folds characterizing the aesthetics of the seat.
The adaptability to the different consumers’ tastes is yet another feature sought by Nichetto for Motek, which was obtained through a series of combinations of structure, legs and body.
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May 27
Windworks furniture by Merel Karhof
Posted in: UncategorizedBy setting up a small factory at the historic side of the Zaanse Schans, in the province of North Holland, Merel Karhof was able to use only WIND to make this incredible collection furniture. One sawmill for cutting the wood and another mill that ground the minerals for the paint with which she dyed wool upholstery fabric produced through her own wind-powered knitting machine. An amazing story. Last week she gave an online interview at the New York Times. I enjoyed reading it.
Now I need to know where I can buy one of these stools, the bench or just a tiny stool 🙂 They are all very welcome in my home.
Merel Karhof is a 34-year-old Dutch designer who lives in London and studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven in NL and at the Royal College of Art in London. And it was here that she did her firsta big research about wind… the rest is history!
images via designboom
.. Merel Karhof
May 27
Swing-Air Cantilever Chair
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Swing-Air is a contemporary in & outdoor Lounge Cantilever chair. The chair provides a maximum in comfort and rocking ability supported by air fil..
May 27
Butter Chair by DesignByThem
Posted in: DesignByThem, Product newsProduct news: Australian company DesignByThem has added a range of bright recycled-plastic chairs to its collection.
Like the studio’s earlier Butter Stool, the Butter Chair is made of 100% recycled HDPE plastic, mainly composed of milk containers and factory waste.
“We created the original Butter Stool in a response to the many plastic stools available today that use virgin non-recycled materials,” say designers Nicholas Karlovasitis and Sarah Gibson of DesignByThem.
“Although these stools are recyclable they are only adding more material to the recycling stream. That is why the Butter Stool and Chair are not only recyclable but also made from post-consumer recycled plastic.”
DesignByThem also offers a product stewardship program, where it takes back products to be either repaired, reused or recycled.
The chair is suitable for indoor and outdoor use, and comes flat-packed in a range of mix-and-match colours: yellow, orange, red, blue, grey, green, white and biege.
Karlovasitis and Gibson met whilst studying at university and formed DesignByThem in 2006. Their collection is now expanding to include the work of other Australian designers.
Photos are by Pete Daly.
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