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Category: Architecture, House Tags: Concrete, Courtyard architecture, Japanese architecture, Mitsutomo Matsunami Architect, Timber
Japanese architectural firm Mitsutomo Matsunami Architect & Associates have completed a residence in Kishigawa. The owner of the house is a Sushi chef from Wakayama. Dressed in coveralls most of his spare time, he is a big car lover and a mature man who enjoys both his work and hobby. With masculine clarity, his wishes [...]
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Category: Events/News Tags: Events/News
Moving Design 2011: An Intervention on Bicycle Safety has begun! The new program is aimed at advancing powerful ideas in response to the need for bicycle safety and awareness in the City of Chicago. During 12 evening sessions over six weeks, 30-40 moving designers/artists will convert design into tangible and real social currency. Participants will [...]
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Category: Events/News Tags: Events/News
Rick Valicenti, founder and principal of Chicago design firm, Thirst, has been recognized for excellence in Communication Design for the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s 2011 National Design Awards program. This year is the twelfth anniversary of the Awards, which will be bestowed at a gala award ceremony in New York City on October 20, 2011. [...]
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Category: Design, Sanitary Tags: Christian Harrup
Christian Harrup Design has designed the new tapware design called Regulator 1. Regulator 1 is mixer tap that embodies the principles of a conventional mixer tap yet redefines it functionality. The designs key aims are to create elegant tap ware that is equally engaging when in use. The hot and cold taps are integral to [...]
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Category: Interior
Evocative and Parisian inspired new lingerie label Bellechasse has opened its first store in High Street, Armadale, Melbourne. Decorated Interior Designer, David Hicks was commissioned to outfit the store, which was loosely designed to reflect the title of the brand ŒThe Beautiful Hunt¹ Bellechasse. The store was divided into three zones. The first, being fashioned [...]
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Category: Interior Tags: Berlin, Berlinrodeo, Color, Germany
Berlin-based architecture & interior design firm BERLINRODEO recently has completed the PUFF BAR located in Berlin Schöneberg – one of the new hotspots of the fashion week in Berlin. The style is glamorous, white-red-gold color through the combination highlighted. The colored LEDs in the ceiling let you feel the bar in any color. A special [...]
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Category: Architecture, Hotel Tags: Hirsch Bedner Associates, Iconic architecture, Swimming pool, Waterfront architecture
Trump Ocean Club Panama, designed by HBA / Hirsch Bedner in collaboration with Ivanka Trump opened in July 6th. HBA, one of the leading global hospitality design firms, drew inspiration from Panama’s rich culture and history to create a dramatic and vibrant hotel. During the initial stages, HBA designers immediately connected with the local culture [...]
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Category: Design, Furniture Tags: Counter-Design, Fluid form, Italy, Studio06
Italian firm STUDIO 06 shred with us their latest project of a Coffee Bar inside shopping center near “Juventus Arena” in Turin, Italy. + Design: Studio 06 | http://www.studio06.it/ + All images courtesy STUDIO 06
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Category: Architecture, Office, Selected Tags: China architecture, Lattice screen, Peter Ruge Architekten, Pysall Ruge Architekten
Our aim is to combine and express all the regional natural features within the Centre, so that the local people will be able to identify themselves with the City of Hangzhou. Peter Ruge Architekten After perennial design and construction phase the congress center of the new city administration of Hangzhou, China is completed. The concept [...]
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Category: Design, Lighting Tags: Creative design, Ilanel design studio, LED
Australian lighting designer ilan.el has created the nu lighting. It is an adjustable lighting piece inspired by the contemporary Japanese dance ‘Butoh’ – Four elongated rays of light representing limbs and joints, creating formations of expression linking body and mind in a form of dance with light. Materials: Bamboo timber, Acrylic Light: LED + Designer: [...]
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Category: Installation, Landscape Tags: Pavilion, Spain
In December 2010, a French Architecture and Landscape office Oglo‘s La Muñeca project were selected by the Municipality of Allariz, Spain, to be built for the 2011 Allariz Garden Festival with the theme ” Fashion in the garden”, regarding the industrial textile past of this old village of Galicia. The garden just opened to public [...]
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Category: Design, Industrial, Technology Tags: Choi jinyoung, Creative design, Korea
People drink around 1L of water a day on the average, but they don’t drink a full glass of water always. Water is discarded after drinking and cannot be used again. Assuming that only 5 percent of 1L of water is discarded daily, it will increase by 18L within a year and 109,500,000,000L of water [...]
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