“Open Tap Project“, is the opensource laboratory for the development of sustainable furniture, designed by DOSUNO Design. They have created the MT 01 table model, ET 01 shelf model & ST 03 chair model for the “Open Tap Project”. We are aware that what we have in our hands is but a seed, an idea. An idea [...]
Gonçalo Campos has recently created the XI bookshelf. A bookshelf designed to be very simple to assemble, without the use of any screws or fixtures. Its assembly becomes very simple due to the very carefully placed fittings that allow for the parts to lock together, like a wooden puzzle. The carving of the assembly instructions [...]
‘Lotus‘ merges nature and architecture in a futuristic way, pushing the Renaissance architecture of the Sainte Marie Madeleine church into a contemporary, interactive experience. Daan Roosegaarde LOTUS DOME is a living dome made out of smart foils which fold open in response to human behavior. As a futuristic vision on the Renaissance LOTUS DOME merges [...]
The MINO garden gnome takes care for your plants. The garden dwarf tradition is older than what is commonly believed. Originating in XVII century Germany, garden dwarfs were exported by an English nobleman to decorate his garden, and they have now become the globally widespread kitsch ornaments that we all know. Despite its jazzy colours, [...]
LAVA’s school relocatable is a learning space for the future. The classroom for 21st century learning is sustainable, integrates with the landscape, connects with the school environment, and is suitable for prefabrication and mass customisation. Relocatables are the decades old solution to changing demographics, remote community needs, and natural disasters. Unsightly, they are perceived as [...]
ALLIED WORKS DESIGNS NEWLY OPENED CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM IN DENVER, COLORADO New York City – Following an invited international competition in 2006, Allied Works was selected to design the Clyfford Still Museum, a single-artist institution devoted to the life and work of the 20th-century painter. Opened to the public on November 18th, the museum houses [...]
South Korean design studio dialoguemethod has created the “H-Supplies Kit”. “H-supplies kit” is started out the trouble for South Korea’s traditional paper Hanji’s new using beyond paper. Hanji paper has excellent lightweight and natural patterns compared to other papers. Hanji (1mm) and birch plywood (4mm) were repeatedly stacked. so, the product has lighter weight and [...]
We have accepted the gravity as an imperative for too much time. There´s no reason to believe that the weight of an apple has to tie up the architecture to the floor; those things who makes us humans consist in transcend what seems natural. Block house materializes the freedom that creation gives to the man. [...]
This recently completed project designed by Aziz AlHumaidhi (NHEC CONSULTANTS) is for an exclusive personal training gym in Kuwait city- INSPIRE pure fitness. Spread over two levels, the design accommodates two main areas. The first is located on the ground floor. A large open and brightly lit cardio space is directly accessible from the main [...]
It’s a hood with flawless and stunning view and octopus-like arms which works by directing the dirty air to density area. Octopus is composed of 4 pieces of flexible arm and a main body and its main control is conducted trough the main body. Upon request, the arms can work individually and thanks to its [...]
Japanese architect Takashi Yamaguchi has completed the a private house located in Matsusaka, Mie, Japan. The structure consists of double skin system of the main frame and a surface of aluminum panels. To reduce the amount of radiant heat in summer, west and south sides are designed without openings and the width of space in [...]
Baltasar Portillo is a furniture designer born in El Salvador, he has recently designed the Armadillo and Lodge Chair. Art, sculpture, furniture, all three terms are important in the description of the Armadillo and Lodge chairs, part of a series of unique pieces by Salvadorian artist Baltasar Portillo. The architectural form, brings to mind a [...]
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PALAZZO DEL LAVORO (Palace of Labour) \ Alberto Apostoli
Italian Architect Alberto Apostoli signs the renovation of a building in which colors and details of the facade redefine the volume through a geometrical but refined language. The project starts from a building renovation from the 60’s that was partially wrecked by the terrible earthquake that seriously damaged the old town of L’Aquila (the heart [...]
Private Colege in Oporto \ OVAL – Avelino Oliveira
Photographer João Morgado shared with us his recently photography of the Private Colege in Oporto designed by OVAL – Avelino Oliveira. A group of buildings for the new facilities of the College Cebes (secondary school), which is situated in Foz do Douro, in the municipality of Porto. The project proposes a building that is based [...]
Sejong Art Center Winning Proposal / designcamp moonpark dmp
Sejong Art Center (hereafter SAC) is designed for various performing arts such as musical, ballet, dancing and etc. There are two theaters, a main theater with more than 800 seats and a medium sized theater with 300 seats, and a film theater with 250 seats and art gallery in SAC. It is located in the [...]
