Located in the heart of Brooklyn, the Wythe Hotel is an 8-story hotel on the Williamsburg waterfront. Built in 1901, this former cooperage has been meticulously converted into a 72-room hotel offering service and amenities yet to be seen in the borough, while the building’s industrial character – including its concave corner entrance, original pine [...]
Margot Krasojevic recently designed the the interactive Lumia Canopy in Pioneers park Belgrade. The Piezoelectric playground is a temporary structure designed for the Pioneers park in Belgrade, Serbia. It will be used as a bandstand and playground. The canopy is a hyperbolic structure which folds in on itself draining rain water into the pool directly [...]
Kuwait-based designer Farah Al Humaidhi has created this 3 pieces design. THE SHY PIECE A table lamp made of solid teak wood base, metal holder & hardened crochet shade. The light given out of the shade is intricate & each piece gives a different design. ### ### ### THE ROSE ON TABLE PIECE A table [...]
This project is preparing with ARUMJIGI Culture Keepers Foundation for discovering practicality in tradition. Beauty in Everyday Living Furniture : Discovering Practicality in Tradition In the process of discovering the identity of Korean furniture while working on this project, I found it very interesting that the archetype of tradition ironically has elements of contemporary design [...]
The initial Woven Series project was launched in November 2010; an experiment focused on hand weaving and wrapping techniques. The project was extensively covered by international publications and the Deviant clock was showcased at the Su Nero Nero exhibition in Italy in late 2011. Inspired by the overall reaction, the Woven Collection was born. The [...]
This 3d printed light acts as a vertical axis wind turbine. The form of the light uses the properties of aerodynamics to behave like a wind propeller, in principal the design is inspired by the Ropatec wind rotor. The ceramic body of the light is attached to a vertical axis which turns a diode rotor [...]
Last year, we introduced Ka-Lai Chan‘s SheLLf which was presented at Object Rotterdam 2011. Further to this, she is going to show the sheLLf limited edition AND sheLLf standard edition for KRISTALIA during the upcoming International Furniture fair in Milan. This bookcase creates a sensation of movement, as it captures the eye with its dynamic [...]
Lincoln Kayiwa has recently created the DOM•I•NO & FAITH Candle Holders + JOKI Bench. DOM•I•NO Candle Holder Inspired by dominos, the minimalist tealight candle holders may be arranged and/or used as many as one pleases. The classic model’s black groove not only holds the burnt out matchstick, but it also conceals its burn marks. The [...]
YASUAKI ONISHI reverse of volume RG 13 APRIL – 24 JUNE 2012 OPENING CELEBRATION Friday, 13 April 5:00 – 7:00 pm Talk by Yasuaki Onishi at 6:00 pm GALLERY TALK AND REFRESHMENTS Saturday, 14 April 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Talk by Yasuaki Onishi at 12:00 pm NEW ART/NEW MUSIC: CASTING THE INVISIBLE Saturday, 14 [...]
CityVision magazine is pleased to share with you the Issue #5. Out now! The magazine introduces new special projects, interviews, columns and photo-issue collected during last four months. Special Project An editorial intro named Past Shock (pastshock.tumblr.com) collected quotes by important architecture protagonists to introduce the launch of New York CityVision Competition, the fourth international [...]
Korean designer Kim Jun Pyo has designed the patrol unit “NR-02” for police department. NR-02 is concept patrol robot unit for police department based on UCAS -Unmanned Combat Air System-. Autonomous flight through A.I and GPS and navigation equipment, flight by radio controlled in limited range. To quick realizing of situation and prompt response, realization [...]
IFAC (International Festival of Art & Construction) is focused on 200 young and dynamic people from the world of art and architecture from different parts of Europe. They will live and work together for 10 days in August 2012, in a creative and integrated space of different art programmes, to debate, work and exchange experiences, [...]
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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 [...]
