Ostrea sofa by Annika Göransson

Swedish design student Annika Göransson has created a sofa inspired by an oyster shell and using traditional upholstery techniques. (more…)

FattyShell (v.01) by Kyle Sturgeon, Chris Holzwart and Kelly Raczkowski

Here’s another student project that involves filling stitched structures with concrete (see Grompies by AA students in our earlier story), this time by architecture students Kyle A. Sturgeon, Chris Holzwart and Kelly Raczkowski from the University of Michigan. (more…)

Hiding in Triangles by Philip Modest Schambelan and Anton Fromm

Here’s another triangulated outcrop: Technische Universität Dresden students Philip Modest Schambelan and Anton Fromm have designed a hotel for mountain bikers for the edge of a cliff in Pregasina, Italy. (more…)

Grompies

Brendon Carlin and fellow students at the Architectural Association Design Research Laboratory have generated an architectural structure by filling Lycra with liquid plaster and then letting it set. (more…)

Hand in Hand Clock Yen-Wen Tseng

Taiwanese designer Yen-Wen Tseng has designed a clock where the hands are linked by two more pivoting arms. (more…)

Brick Tectonics by Ricardo Ploemen

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven student Ricardo Ploemen has designed a conceptual chapel with wavy brick walls, using an AutoCad script to determine the structure of each facade. (more…)

School in Chimundo by Bergen School of Architecture

Students from the Bergen School of Architecture in Norway have built a school building in a Mozambique village using sand bags, bottles and grass. (more…)

Temporary Bar by Diogo Aguiar and Teresa Otto

Designers Diogo Aguiar and Teresa Otto of Portugal have designed and built a temporary bar made of 420 IKEA storage boxes for a competition organised by the architecture faculty at the Universidade do Porto in Portugal. (more…)

Booth-generator by students from Trier University of Applied Science

Cologne 2010: students at Trier University of Applied Science in Germany have built a stand at design fair imm Cologne by stacking up pizza boxes. (more…)

Alfashion by Sophie Lepinoy

Graphic design student Sophie Lepinoy has created a typeface that incorporates silhouettes of shoes and accessories.  (more…)