Dutch designer Marc Th. van der Voorn has recently designed the BRANCH dining table. The tabletop seems to float above the legs. All steel parts are black oxided to protect them and to give them a nice mat finish. This table is made with beautiful craftsmanship. + Designer: Marc Th. van der Voorn | http://www.marcvandervoorn.nl [...]
An exhibition of Brazil’s most iconic designers and architects Opening reception for the designers: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 from 6-9pm ESPASSO is pleased to announce ETEL for ESPASSO – an exhibition of Brazil’s most iconic designers and architects, brought together for the first time in the US, beginning September 20, 2011. This group show comprises [...]
fferrone design created the Revolution Collection. Revolution is in the permanent design collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and awareded a prestigious GOOD DESIGN AWARD in 2004. Strikingly simple in form, the Revolution Collection is handcrafted in the Czech Republic by master glassblowers, and formed from a pure extrusion of hand-blown borrosilicate glass. This [...]
The ContestA platform organizes the new contest ROOFTOPS WHY NOT? + A brief description of the contest: Roofs are spaces on the way of desertification. Do the rooftops deserve any usage? This competition requires a functional and architectural consideration of any kind of roofs (flat roofs, sloped, gabled, rooftops… on towers, houses, blocks, urban centers [...]
London- and Hong Kong-based experiential designers MET Studio have been commissioned to create the new War Horse: Fact & Fiction exhibition at London’s National Army Museum in Chelsea. The exhibition is initially scheduled to run for a one-year period from Autumn 2011 and is aimed at a family audience. ‘War Horse: Fact & Fiction’ will [...]
Designed by MICHAEL LAU, the project is involved in totally paper design. The point of these designs is they are made of cardboard and Tyvek. Maybe the designs might not belong to the top tier. But the purpose of this idea is to use total sustainable paper-like materials to generate a real green and noble [...]
The Manta is a sculptural table lamp that draws attention by its natural organic form. A beauty for the eye inspired by (& tribute to) one of the most exceptional fish on our planet today: the Manta Ray. The Manta is a charming and handsome lamp that gives that extra touch or eye catching element [...]
Internationally renowned design brand Cappellini joins forces with the leading virtual store for multi-brand fashion and design in the world, yoox.com, in the creation of a unique new product, MULTIBONG, available in a strictly limited edition exclusively on yoox.com from September 2011. New York Design Week, played host to the worldwide debut of a new [...]
Designed by Visiondivision, Tower Town is a competition entry for the Taiwan Tower competition in Taichung. Instead of doing one skyscraper, Visiondivision did a cluster of slender ones, creating a much more urban feeling for the designated area. A tall building is simply not enough in the endeavour for an emblematic skyscraper in the 21st [...]
Designed by Korean desinger Joongho Choi. Bachag was a part of iDEALGRAPHY project, 2010, to create mix & match style within furnitures and fashion. It was aimed to show the contrastive image in between much different expressions. It was designed to express structures, usability and looks of bags and to provide comfort and unity when [...]
Lucrecia moribunda has created the “Pagoda” floor lamp. + Design statement by Lucrecia moribunda Again utilizing modern ceramic dishes from the depths of the cupboard I have fashioned a grandiose, ever extending, seven tiered floor lamp profusely immersed in suede floral at every juncture; the piece intrepidly stretches upward bearing similitude to some decorative tower [...]
The Austrian architects Coop Himmelb(l)au has been awarded Two International Awards. The Dedalo Minosse International Prize COOP HIMMELB(L)AU received the Dedalo Minosse International Prize for commissioning a building for their design of the BMW Welt in Munich on June 24, 2011 in Vicenza, Italy. The Dedalo Minosse International Prize was handed over by Bruno Gabbiani, [...]
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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 [...]
