L’installazione ad opera dell’artista Steed Taylor rappresenta un gigantesco intreccio celtico dipinto sulla Vermont avenue di Washington DC. L’opera è dedicata all’onore dei recenti soldati uccisi. Il nome dei bambini di ogni soldato fu scritto all’interno della sagoma e successivamente coperto durante la cerimonia di inaugurazione.
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Questa è una delle migliori sedie in cartone che ho visto ultimamente. Disegnata dai fortunati studenti della scuola finlandese aalto university industrial design (segnatevela per il vostro prossimo erasmus) Alexander Brink e Antti Pulli.
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Irriverenti come al solito, Diesel ora ci insegna da dare calci nel deretano. I video sono molto divertenti, ho scelto questo in particolare, tutti gli altri potete vederveli qui, qui e qui.
Tra l’altro dal 4 al 10 ottobre, negli store di Milano, Firenze, Genova, Roma, Bergamo, Torino, Verona, Padova, si potranno testare le nuove sneakers con una vera e propria Kick Ass Machine.
La marque Kia vient de lancer son concept-car électrique “Pop”. Un travail du constructeur coréen en matière d’identité et de design, sous la direction de Peter Schreyer et Gregory Guillaume. Des formes arrondies, un toit panoramique en verre et des finitions chromées.
London Design Festival 2010: at Variability in London last week designer Simon Donald presented new additions to his Stanley collection, which includes this candle holder with sandpaper for striking matches on.
Above: Swan and Night Light. Candlesticks with a place to keep your matches and a bright yellow sandpaper detail on which to strike.
The range is made of oak combined with materials and mechanisms found in the workshop.
Above: 1,2,3 coat hooks. Three of the same but all different. These coat hooks are all identical in shape but hang in different positions to create this mixed set.
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Above: Mitre Mirror. Reminiscent of a woodworker’s mitre block this free-standing mirror is adjustable to three angles for personal grooming. Below: Salt and Pepper shakers. These shakers feature a removable nylon plug. Twisting the plug sets the shaker to open or closed, or pull it out completely to refill.
The information that follows and captions are from Donald:
Straightforward geometry and material interventions are the basis of the Stanley homeware collection.
Solid oak combined with workshop materials (and mentality) such as household sandpaper have resulted in a range of work that could simply be described as ‘common sense design’.
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| Candle with a Handle by Jon Harrison | Basic Series by StokkeAustad and Frost Produkt | Ground by Michael Antrobus |
Dezeen promotion: design brand Luminaire present a lecture and reception with furniture and rug designer Paola Lenti at Outdoor Therapy in Miami on 7 October.
The evening coincides with an exhibition of Lenti’s work at Outdoor Therapy that will run 1-31 October.
Click here to RSVP for the lecture.
The information that follows is from Luminaire:
LUMINAIRE WELCOMES PAOLA LENTI TO MIAMI OCTOBER 7, 2010
Highlighting a month-long exhibition of Paola Lenti’s furniture during October at Outdoor Therapy, Luminaire is pleased to announce a special speaking engagement with the designer on Thursday, October 7th.
Founded in 1994, Paola Lenti’s eponymous company specializes in outdoor furniture and rugs with a focus on the innovative exploration of both natural and synthetic materials. Sourcing both traditionally produced fabrics of the highest quality as well as adapting contemporary, technologically- advanced textiles, her products are unlike any others on the market. The pieces comprising Lenti’s lines have become new classics that can be seamlessly integrated within the domestic landscape, bringing sophisticated elegance to exterior as well as interior environments. Extremely resist- ant to the elements and maintaining their integrity from season to season, each collection features both materials and colors developed by Lenti, and which are exclusive to her company.
Paola Lenti was born in Alessandria, Italy, where she focused on classical studies before moving to Milan. Graduating from the Politecnico di Milano, she initially worked as a graphic designer and art director for event and fashion companies. In the 1990s, Lenti decided to produce her own objects, experimenting with both pieces in Limoges and biscuit porcelain as well as Murano glass vases. Creating her first collection of rugs in 1995, Lenti turned to felt, which would become one of her signature materials and inspire her first foray into furniture design. Soon beginning her fruitful col- laboration with designer Francesco Rota, their Linea lounge chair garnered the 2003 Compasso d’Oro Award’s Mention of Honor. During the same year, after three years of research and development, Lenti launched Rope, a high-performance yarn that became the basis for her outdoor collection Aqua. Ground-breaking in the arena of outdoor furniture and com- prising both furniture and rugs, her Island series went on to receive the 2004 Compasso d’Oro Award’s Mention of Honor. In 2005, Rope earned Wallpaper* magazine’s award for best fabric and for 2006/2007, the rug Crochet was named “best flooring” by Elle Decor. Recent material investigations include Aquatech, a durable, synthetic yarn similar in appearance to straw and the innovative Cabanne, a modular structure comprised of wood, steel and Lenti’s textiles that can be configured in a number of ways to define exterior space.
LECTURE & RECEPTION
Thursday, October 7, 6-8p
Outdoor Therapy Showroom
161 NE 40th Street, Suite 100 Miami (Design District)
EXHIBIT
October 1 – 31, 2010
Outdoor Therapy
161 NE 40th Street, Suite 100 Miami (Design District)
La vidéo “Strange Arrangements”, conçue pour le festival OnedotZero, est une série de scultpures en mouvement basée sur l’approche de l’art. Une collaboration entre Radium Audio Ltd et le studio Weareseventeen. A découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.
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Round windows in black and red are plugged into the facade of this wood-clad house by Australian firm Judd Lysenko Marshall Architects that sits on the outskirts of Melbourne.
The three-storey residence, called Ormond Esplanade, is split across four levels with a half-level rise between the second and third floor.
The main stairwell has open risers and ascends through a void.
The timber-clad house sits on a sloping site with a low-level garden to the rear, which can be accessed via an external stair.
Here’s some more from the architects
Ormond Esplanade
No, they (the client) said. Make it Saint Kilda.
And, make it light. Make it bright. Make it tight. Add all of the green stuff too, please. And, we want it beachy. Maybe like a boat? And it better be fun. Serious fun.
Hmn. How about spotted gum? Or even better, spotty gum.
Skin
A tight wrapped skin creates a shell for this vertical house. Like real skin, it’s blemished and rough. Something to protect the delicate inside, at once tough and resilient, but still stretchy, smooth, supple and tactile.
Baroque
Though seemingly abstract, this house is multilayered, replete with veiled secrets, like a dreaming or wandering left for the occupant to decode – a chain of intimate revelations.
Vertical Living
A tight block turns the circulation on its head. A three level stair rises behind the circular windows providing a connection between the four distinct zones.
The screen-printed hoop pine balustrade links the levels through a carefully constructed narrative of image and colour.
Zones for Living
A garden room lands the ground floor. A grand stair is mirrored inside and out and connects the lofty living to both the beach and the backyard.
The kid’s bedrooms are fun, exciting and colourful and the parent’s garret is necessarily moody, sexy and private.
Lean and Green
The void also provides passive stack ventilation, grounded in a masonry level and a permeable lid. Glazing is optimised and daylight carefully controlled.
A 2.0kw solar system provides energy. Rainwater flushes and washes while grey water keeps the grass green.
This is sensory architecture that cannot be engaged in a single eyeful.
A home of full of wonder and anticipation for a young family.
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| Smokey Town by Judd Lysenko Marshall Architects | Mole by Ninkipen! | More architecture stories |
Coup de coeur pour le décalage de ces très belles séries, à découvrir sur la galerie de portraits de Jason Lee. Un attachement tout particulier avec des mise en scènes originales de ces 2 filles. Des instants de leur quotidien, à travers plusieurs exemples en images dans la suite.
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