Via DeMilked

Historia das Americass

Ryoanjis

Waterlands

Official Reports

Grand Larousse

Via Architizer

By Alice Rosignoli

Via The Cool Hunter

By Emmanuelle Moureaux

« A rainbow-like stack of 12 colored layers, peeking out from the facade to welcome visitors. Upon entering the building, three elliptical skylights bathe the interior in a soft light. Visitors spontaneously look up to see a cut-out piece of the sky that invites them to gaze languidly at it. The open sky and sensation of openness prompts you to take deep breaths, refreshing your body from within. The ceiling is adorned with dandelion puff motifs that seem to float and drift through the air. Three long glass airwells thread through the first and second levels of the building, flooding the interior with natural light as well as « blowing » air through it. »

Photos : Nacasa & Partners

Sugamo Shinkin Bank / Niiza Branch

Photos : Hidehiko Nagaishi

Sugamo Shinkin Bank / Tokiwadai Branch

Photos : Nacasa & Partners

Picnic Modern Table

Plane bed

Farm House Modern Sideboard

Farm House Modern Chair

« Set in the woodlands of The Netherlands, the program of Villa 1 is oriented optimal towards the views on the terrain and the sun. Half of the program is pushed below ground to meet local zoning regulations. This creates a clear dichotomy in the spatial experience of the house – a glass box ground floor where all mass is concentrated in furniture elements and a ‘medieval’ basement, where the spaces are carved out of the mass. »

« For The Practice of Everyday Design, the Log Chop Bench represents an exploration in process-based design. They decided to approach the concept of this one-off piece by setting up a series of parameters that would define the final product without them relying on drawings or a concrete final image. The project was a fluid evolution from an abstract idea into a physical sculpture that represents a dialogue between the designers and their collaborators.

Inspired by the long-standing tradition of logger sports, the Log Chop Bench was premised on using a logger’s brute strength and surgical precision to carve out seats on a reclaimed log. They began by contacting the City of Toronto to find out where all the good trees go to die and learned about the different tree graveyards (as well as tree nurseries) run by the City’s Parks and Recreation department. The designers selected a log that roughly matched the dimensions they had in mind and had it transported to their work site.

Next The Practice of Everyday Design hired a professional Lumberjill. Given little instruction and a few hours, the Lumberjill interpreted their concept and made it real, going wild on the log with her axe at competition speed, shaving off the bark and hacking out the three spots where the seats would be inserted. The user’s experience of the roughly chopped log seats is mediated by the fine, hand-sewn upholstery by a motorcycle saddle maker. The designers planned for their collaborators to adapt the design to create a custom piece that reacts to its particular constraints. »

Via Yanko Design

Maarten De Ceulaer pours plaster mixed with food colorants into balloons to create beautiful and unique bowls.
Watch the process in this great video made by Victor Hunt

Maarten De Ceulaer will create Balloon Bowls on site during an exhibition at Salone Del Mobile 2011 in Milan on the 12th of April.

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« Forest light is a new system for ceiling lights. The possibilities are unlimited. The design consists out of different parts, which can be connected at the ceiling. Step by step the light system is overgrowing the ceiling as it were.
It is possible to get one ore much more light points exactly where you want them. Also a wall light is possible. Obstacles or height differences are beautiful to use with these lights. »
material: coated aluminium, copper and PU
photo’s: Marly Gommans

Merchant no.4