Portuguese ceramic maker Carla Santiago from Estudio BIS//CUIT designed 2 tableware sets, Patterned Face and Patterned Smile. The homeware pieces are inspired by the virtual and digital imagery taken from computer graphics, video games and fashion editorial images. + Product description by ESTUDIO BIS//CUIT PATTERNED SMILE – porcelain tableware set Inspired by virtual imagery and [...]
Between paper clay and porcelain ware, the unique ceramic art of Paola Paronetto, on display at Maison & Objet. Italian ceramist Paola Paronetto is glad to announce her participation in Maison & Objet, the International home fair in Paris, scheduled from January 21st to 25th, 2011. Part of “Scènes d’intérieur” section, dedicated to artistic and [...]
SEMdesign has developed a new product. We proudly present Fruit bowl 128. The fruit bowl that never looks empty. This fruit bowl is handmade by gluing different pieces of recycled cardboard or plywood together. Because of the different levels in the fruit bowl you will be able to ‘play’ with the pieces of fruit and [...]
Hugon Kowalski of UGO architecture and design recently completed the The Christmas Tree Lantern. + Design statement by UGO architecture and design The Christmas tree lantern is something you can do on your own using very simple materials. You only need a lamp, natural fabric that easily absorbs water, clothes pegs and a PVC tube. [...]
Dutch designer Floris Wubben recently has created Bench No. 3. The graceful lines of Bench No. 3 bring to mind a wave cascading over driftwood or as Rob Cassey from England’s prestigious Garden Design Journal puts it This is an incredibly beautiful and potentially iconic object that reminds me both of Issey Miyake’s work and [...]
“Recent Uploads“, is the Israeli designer Ronen Kadushin‘s latest exhibition for a collection of Open Design chairs at the Appel Design Gallery in Berlin. + Design description courtesy Ronen Kadushin This collection of chairs is an upbeat design exploration into the opportunities Open Design presents. The playful mode of the development process invites broad expression, [...]
This ceramic relief sculpture entitled “Hydrolith” was designed and fabricated by Los Angeles based artist Dakota Warren. This piece was commissioned by the City of Oakland for the Fremont public swimming pool in 2009. Warren expanded the scope of the project to include a series of youth ceramic workshops to create artwork for a nearby [...]
Seoul Korean designer Heera Jeong recently has completed Zi-Ut Chair. This is basic dining chair design inspired by Korean letter shape called “Zi-Ut”, featuring special shape of arms that curves contrast straight line structure. + Designer: Heera Jeong (Korea, South) | http://www.jheera.com + Material: wood + Dimension: W540 H755
Swedish designer David Cathro designed the Blomp Coat Hanger. You can hang your jackets and scarves on the outside and put your keys, gloves or credit cards on the inside. They are hand cast in Polyester resin with the size of 16.5cm x 16.5 cm. + Designer: a Cathro DESIGN | http://acathrodesign.com
Whether you have visited the Degree Shows Exhibition in Bangkok Design Festival 2010 during 20-30 Nov 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. Here is the chance to take a look the installation and exhibition of the shows designed by Apostrophy’s. Degree Shows is a yearly thesis exhibition which features the graduate work of the best students from [...]
Kinetic Vapor, created by NunoErin for the Jackson Convention Complex, Jackson, MS USA, 2010. The project was commissioned by the Capital City Convention Center Commission. Kinetic Vapor is an experiential artwork inspired by the sultry atmosphere and colorful palette of Mississippi. This monumental landscape reveals an elusive image of water vapor that is made of [...]
In Milan, Chris Bosse of Laboratory for Visionary Architecture [LAVA] has created a window installation for the famous Italian department store la Rinascente for its Contemporary Christmas Art windows. LAVA’s window installation is an origami coral reef using 1500 recycled and recyclable cardboard molecules that explores the intelligence of natural and architectural systems. In urban [...]
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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 [...]
