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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: HOF, Italy, Theater
The Borgobello Puppet Theatre (the first of its kind in Italy) regards the restructuring and conversion of an old military stables building and aims at providing puppet show companies with a stable base in comparison to the former provisional conditions. The original nineteenth century building is located in the historical city centre of Perugia in an picturesque [...]
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Category: Design, Industrial Tags: Hong Kong, Netherlands, WallArt, Wallpaper
New Waves design introduction of eco friendly 3d-wallpanels made out of recycled Sugarcane bagasse ! Eco 3d-wallpanels give an extra dimension to your walls! We have the pleasure to introduce you to the brand new waves design as one of the newly presented models within our product range of 3d wall panels. In total this [...]
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Category: Interior Tags: New York, Perforated, Valerio Dewalt Train, Workplace
Valerio Dewalt Train Associates shared with us a new office that expresses a networking solutions provider’s innovative culture of collaboration and doubles as a showroom. Juniper Networks is a provider of networking solutions headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For an office in New Jersey, Juniper leased 16,000 square feet in a large office park thirty minutes [...]
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Category: Architecture, Culture Tags: Competition, MenoMenoPiu Architects, New York
Paolo Venturella & MenoMenoPiu Architects shared with us their finalist entry for the LAND ART GENERATOR INITIATIVE in FreshKills Park, New York City. The aim of the “Solar Loop” is to expose more surface as possible to the southern solar rays. The shape comes directly from the solar diagrams, and deals easily with the sun [...]
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Category: Architecture, Interior, Office Tags: Mexico
Placed on the back part of a terrain, a volume is partially buried leaving the visual depth of the existing backyard free, becoming an extension of it. This volume accommodates two working areas. A service module that contains a bathroom, a storage room and a cleaning area divides them. A manual skylight ventilates the module. [...]
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Category: Design, Industrial Tags: Clock, Creative design, Netherlands, Studio Toer
Studio Toer has designed the clock “Shaped-by-time”. “Shaped-by-time” is a clock that shapes itself by the passage of time. It looks for the most efficient way to move itself through the matter. By the slow repetitive movement it will create an organic shape. Time is slightly visible when the clock starts running. After a few days [...]
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Category: Design, Industrial
Haworth joins designer Marie-Virginie Berbet to present CalmSpace, a stand alone, “plug & play” power nap capsule for the office, at Orgatec 2012. Individuals searching for rest enter through an acoustic curtain and lay down on a fabric-upholstered mattress. The user is able to select a power nap period – from 10 to 20 minutes [...]
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Category: Design, Furniture Tags: Archidea, Modern sofa, Paris
“Apollo” – is a new sofa concept created by Tatiana Bortkevica. Inspired by modern architectural forms Apollo sofa has clean and smooth surface. The main concept of Apollo sofa is followed by minimalist lines. With its sophisticated and unusual form Apollo breaks the rule of traditional sofa design.Main body line bends forming two surfaces of [...]
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Category: Events/News Tags: Dutch Design Week, Events/News
Dutch Design Week: Izabela Boloz in collaboration with Kasia Zareba have created an outdoor installation ‘Waiting Spot’ to mark the waiting area for Mini Design Rides – free taxis cruising around the city of Eindhoven during the Dutch Design Week. The blue spot appeared on the street opposite Klokgebouw in Eindhoven. Blue tire tracks emerge [...]
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Category: Architecture, Residential Tags: USA architecture
Merritt Crossing is a new high-density, transit oriented development by a non-profit providing affordable apartments and services for low-income seniors in downtown Oakland. Located at the edge of Oakland’s Chinatown neighborhood near the Lake Merritt BART station, the project transforms an abandoned gas station site by an interstate highway into a new community asset. The [...]
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Category: Design, Furniture Tags: Events/News, Italy, Milan, Modern Chair, Modern furniture, Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2012
Salone Del Mobile, Milan Pavilion 12 stand E14 17- 22 April, 2012 Conceived as an island of comfort from simple organic forms the bed “Dot” is made by the producer Esedra and designed by Leonardo Rossano. Various artisans handcrafted each piece, which is an expression of Italian “know how”, to realize the bed. The simplicity [...]
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Category: Design, Industrial Tags: Hong Kong, Netherlands, WallArt, Wallpaper
Eco friendly 3d-wallpanels made out of Sugarcane bagasse Eco 3d-wallpanels give an extra dimension to your walls! WallArt will bring your walls to life with their eco friendly 3d-wallpanels made out of the fibrous residue of sugarcane also called bagasse. This fibres of crushed sugarcane stalks, remaining after raw sugar is extracted from the juice [...]
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