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. [...]
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: [...]
Dea Luce, a leading player in the blown-glass lighting industry is making its mark from Santa Monica with a freshet of innovative designs. The organic, nature-inspired forms of designer Daniel Issak represent an intense yearning to balance the values imbibed from his childhood in an artistic Spanish family and those derived from his fascination with [...]
Shared by Jagoda Szymkowiak, this is a master diploma project from University of Fine Arts in Poznan – Poland. + Design statement by Jagoda Szymkowiak The inspiration for the project was the space of international airports. While travelling we spend most of time in a sitting position, which has the negative effect on the human [...]
Designed by a South Korean fashion designer Minwoo Lee, this fashion item called ‘Savage Hood’. The design’s motive came from the animal skin coats, imagining human species surviving during the cold winter seasons during the cave man era. It is a small winter item, but it will do more than a small job. Covered by [...]
Designed by Angela and Mark Gilbert, pageCUES are graphical card markers which slide onto the pages of books and magazine to highlight things of interest. A set consists of 10 pageCUES and each one has a different graphic image based on a central theme. Currently there are 4 ranges available to buy Architecture, Woodland, Parklife [...]
Introducing J Schatz Hummingbird Feeders, the most popular flower in the garden. Hummingbirds love it the best. J Schatz Hummingbird Feeders are what design enthusiasts and hummingbird lovers have been waiting for: a modern, colorful, gorgeous feeder that attracts hummingbirds and looks beautiful in the backyard. The hummingbird feeders are finely handcrafted in durable stoneware [...]
Portuguese designer Gonçalo Campos, in collaboration with Maria Bruno Néohas recently has created Pano Candleholders. A collection of candle holders in porcelain, made in a very unusual way, called Pano (the Portuguese word for cloth). These are made by using cotton fabric as the temporary structure to hold the porcelain and at the end of [...]
South Korean industrial designer Ramei Keum (Co-work with Jungjin So) has recently designed the XY door handle. The door viewed from the front executes its function through rotation against the Z axis, and the door handle executes its function with the X axis rotating against the Y axis. The interpretation about axis is the beginning [...]
Inspired by the experimental nature of Harvey Nichols latest pop up space ‘Taste Lab’, multidisciplinary London design practice in square lab intricately crafted a fluid wavelike chandelier using more than 540 chemistry laboratory test tubes. ‘Taste Lab’ is an initiative of Global Food Consulting to introduce the latest food news and trends from around the [...]
The Residences at hu’u is pleased to announce the unveiling of 10 individual private villas located in one of the most desirable addresses in Seminyak, Bali, and available for ownership, beginning today. Each of the 10 residences – one-bedroom lofts, dual-level two-bedrooms and a penthouse villa – enjoys a private pool with tranquil landscaped gardens [...]
3M Architectural Markets introduces the 3M™ Sunlight Delivery System, this daylighting solution captures and harnesses sunlight in an energy-efficient lighting system for commercial buildings. It is a sophisticated hybrid system combining multiple technologies to bring sunlight deep into interior spaces and provides consistent light levels throughout the day. The technology holds promise for both energy [...]
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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 [...]
