Simona Sacchi won the SUN.LAB 2012. The SUN.LAB contest was conceived in reference to the theme of “Nature Inside“, nature inherent in the product, nature as material, nature as a resource to be protected, both in terms of aesthetic appeal and form. The project takes its name from the natural element that inspired the Balanus [...]
D23 is a 7 meter lenght tender type boat designed and produced in Barcelona by Ubica designers team for a new motor boats brand, ideal for day trips and coastal sailing, as well as a tender for mega yachts or water taxi for resorts, channels and harbor areas of touristic interest. The D23 simple lines [...]
These contemporary crates and trays are made from thin laser-cut plywood which are assembled with finger joints, exposing a geometric detail on the edges. The series is designed with a lozenge or rhombus pattern, with cut-outs that vary in size to create a gradient of opacity. The cut-outs allow the contents to peek through, adding [...]
An innovative outdoor sculpture at Washington University School of Architecture: This is a class project with mixed media (mixed media: plywood and plastic), under the direction of Joe MacDonald of Urban A&O. It is an organic shape of concave shapes that play with light and shadows. Designed, fabricated and assembled by Zephyr Anthony, Andrew Davis, [...]
New collection of projects that designed by Studio 06 for Youtool and produced by Curti Metallo in 2012, italian manufacturer of Bologna. There are 3 products in this collection: EL SOMBRERO (coffee table): The purity of form and proportion studied in detail make EL SOMBRERO an ironic object of desire. The low table, powder coated [...]
Once again mode:lina accepted a challenge, to create a temporary store for Swedish watch brand TRIWA. Goals, similar to previous year, were: Use of renewable materials Low cost Speed of constructing … but above all, to further increase global brand awareness. Previous cooperation between the two exceeded by far client’s expectations – pictures of the [...]
Jonathan Dorthe recently has created the Standing Clock. These small Standing Clocks have a simple and minimalist design. The dial is etched on silver or black frosted acrylic that captures the light. They can be hung on a wall or stand alone on a shelf.
Expo CIHAC is the biggest annual architecture and construction exhibition in Latin America. Like many other exhibitions, it creates large-scale contamination due to the excess waste it generates. Almost all the pavilions of the different brands and products related to the architecture and construction industry, end up in the trash. Deeply concerned by this, we [...]
Thanks is proud to release the ‘Sidekick Stool’, designed by Mt. Maunganui-based furniture designer Timothy John for the Thanks retail stores. The Sidekick is visually light, unimposing and is easily incorporated into any space. It is inspired by the silhouette of a glass science beaker, resembling a 3D line drawing of its form. As the [...]
We always put books on a bookshelf uprightly, but when looking at them, casually, we see them falling down, again. Unlike normal bookshelves, ‘LEAN Bookshelf’ has the bottom which inclines to keep books uprightly. It has bilateral symmetry and towers over, based on the central point. Therefore, it is possible to load books without difficulty. [...]
After two years of development, Festka Bicycles presents an ultimate carbon frame. Carbon couplings are used to connect tubes, which allows for tailor-made construction. The carbon tubes are a result of cooperation with CompoTech, a company which focuses on advanced solutions from sports to robotics. Using carefully-selected composition of high-strength fibres, the new tubes set [...]
New Approach: the celebration of geometry as an aesthetic act. The New Approach project was born as a challenge to develop stimulating items with an essentially geometrical system that can be redefined with every new piece. I understand space as a shifting entity. Lines merge to create planes, planes join and become volume, volume changes [...]
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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 [...]
