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By Italian designer Alessandro Andreucci and German designer Christian Hoisl for EMU
« The Cantilever series springs from the idea of a chair made entirely in steel with a cantilever structure, combining the company’s manufacturing tradition with its vocation toward experimental design. The result is an extremely comfortable chair, which gives an oscillating effect, almost as if gently rocking whoever sits in it. The lightness and transparency of the structure led to the developing of a complete line: chairs, in the armchair and low armchair versions, a large rectangular table and a lounger. The chairs are completed with cushions in the new Emu outdoor fabrics (solid color and stripes) providing the greatest comfort in use and a pleasing aesthetic detail. »

Pieke Bergmans is a young product designer from the Netherlands.

Crystal Virus
« A series of virus-formed crystal vases are fluently crawling over tables and chairs. They leave black burned stains in their confrontation with the furniture, but still they must be regarded as friendly beings.
This series of crystal vases is made by hand at Royal Leerdam Crystal. Big hot crystal bubbles are pressed onto wooden furniture and while the crystal burns into the wood, some of the woods texture is integrated into the vase. Vase and furniture are then displayed together as an installation. »
There are special events in which people are able to obtain a personalized Crystal Virus. They can submit their own piece of furniture, that will be infected with the Crystal Virus. On a set date, all people are invited to come to the old heart of the Royal Leerdam Crystal factory (one of the largest and oldest glass-factories in the world). »

Light Blubs
« The Light Blubs are a series of crystal lamps, designed by Pieke Bergmans, in cooperation with Royal Crystal Leerdam. The lamps are all unique handcrafted crystal pieces, equipped with leds by Solid Lighting Design. » 

After a post about the Wireframe Table, here is a new project by German designer Ismail Özalbayrak
« Steckbar » can be used as a book shelf, room partitioner or as a sideboard and is easily assembled without the need of any tools. Up to four modules can be placed on top of each other. The modules are made of bended, welded and powder coated steel plates.

BookBook is a one-of-a-kind, hardback leather case designed exclusively for MacBook and MacBook Pro. Available in Classic Black or Vibrant Red, BookBook brings three levels of security to your prized Mac. First, the hardback cover and spine provide solid protection from the rigors of the road. Second, the vintage book design disguises MacBook for superior security. And third, the stylish case protects you from being like everyone else because BookBook is totally original, just like you.

Available at TwelveSouth

via SwissMiss.

Swedish design company LOTS recieves first prize for the OPENbike concept in The City of Copenhagen open design competition. 127 entries from five continents participated in the competition. The OPENbike concept have been developed in cooperation with Koucky & partners and Green Idea Factory.

Winner at the World Architecture Festival 2009 in Barcelona in the category Holiday, this mountain restaurant is located in Ramundberget, Sweden.

Architect: Murman Arkitekter ab, Stockholm, Sweden.

Two desks and some bubble lamps from american designer George Nelson in the 50’s.

via ISO50, Modernity, Herman Miller.

The Dutch version of the finnish sauna. You do not have to have a large garden or a great deal of space to accommodate it: the dressing room and the bathing space are integrated in a single large closet made of larch wood. The specially designed joints expand when they become wet, ensuring that the bath closet remains fully watertight. The wood, taken from a single larch tree, gives out a pleasing pine aroma when the bath is filled. The doors at both the front and the back of the closet can be opened. You hang your clothes above the bath, so they are gently steamed while you are bathing.

Designed by Anna van der Lei, freshly graduated from the Design Academy of Eindhoven.

By Italian designer Stefano Soave
Three legged chair 

Winner in the House category at the World Architecture Festival 2009 in Barcelona, this amazing holiday house is situated in Australia, 2 hours from Melbourne.

Architects: McBride Charles Ryan, Melbourne, Australia.