American design studio NunoErin recently has launched the new Interactive Light Products line at NeoCon 2012 this week in Chicago. An imaginative collection of furniture that offers unforgettable sensory experiences. Each piece from this line features unique interactive light behaviors that respond to the electrical field within the human body. When softly touched , the [...]
SNITT is a cross disciplinary collaboration between architects, product-, furniture-, industrial, graphic- and stage/set- designers. The initial brief for the project was to design an installation that could be utilized in areas accessible by the public, where people are either passing through or in need of a quiet area to sit down and take a [...]
As part of the season Art and Archaeology in Cugnaux (France), Les nouveaux voisins have created the installation architectural strata. Strates is an accumulation of strata that are slightly shifted from each other, producing an imprecise outline that reminds us that archeology is a science based on constantly evolving theories. This layering represents the stairwell [...]
Zurich-based Studio KMJ recently has completed Chocolate-Boutique in Zermatt, Switzerland. + All images courtesy Studio KMJ
+Quespacio just finished a new store in the City of Science, Valencia, called Piccino. Piccino is a store that brings kids clothes from Italian brands to the city of Valencia, like Brems and Bimbus. Giving major importance to the clothes exposed in the store, the interior space is left mostly white. However 2 kids, inspired [...]
Every year at Coverings – the premier tile and stone show in the U.S. – Ceramics of Italy hosts thousands of guests in a bustling 3,000 square foot exhibit in the heart of the Italian Pavilion. Since 1991, prominent architecture studios – from Bernard Tschumi and Arquitectonica to Aldo Rossi and Gaetano Pesce – have [...]
Designed by Portuguese Meikstudio, REBIRTH Table is the new piece from 2012 exclusive collection. Inspired by the desire of changing the human being, the changes that we submit, in happiness and sadness of these changes comes the new exclusive piece of meikstudio, a table inspired by the act of rebirth, the simplicity of the act [...]
Two new awards confirm: The insulating glass producer OKALUX is a much sought after and competent partner when it comes to developing modern and complex insulating glass and integrating it in exciting projects. In the ‘Cité de l’Océan et du Surf’ designed by Steven Holl Architects, functional glass from OKALUX supports the extraordinary atmosphere. The [...]
Cecconi Simone has designed the model for a community of thirty-seven contemporary townhouses – ranging from 2,654 s. f. to 3,705 s. f. – by Treasure Hill Developments in Downtown Toronto. Showcasing a portion of a typical residence, the 662 s.f. model is a careful study in urban living, its manifest simplicity belying its essential [...]
The Petal Velomobile is the beginning of the new iconic brand of affordable, ultra-lightweight and aerodynamic vehicles developed around a diverse amount of user preferences and personality types, to usher in a new era of human powered mobility. We have focused on solving our problems with the same toolset for far too long, while electric [...]
Italian design studio msX2 recently has completed the restyling of a interior project for a software engineering company office in San Miniato (PISA), Italy. The neutral environment proposes a silent welcome, giving the sensation to enter an empty space, where the human and technological presence is shrank, hide and embedded into the habitat elements: behind [...]
Designed by Jeong Yong, DORA is a CD player that rotates on 23.4 degree slanted axis like a globe. The front body has a speaker and the back side has a part to insert a CD. It can be used by a remote control. It has a composition of simple designs, such as a cylinder [...]
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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 [...]
