Portuguese designer Gonçalo Campos has recently created the Placa Lamp. The lamp shades simply placed on a wooden board. The impact that such a simple premise brings is unexpected. Besides creating a “stage” for placing other objects of interest, (effectively turning into a plinth) it provides room for the relationship between its elements to develop. [...]
Portuguese architectural firm André Espinho Arquitectura has designed the School Center Paredes – Alenquer. School Center Paredes is composed of a white volume resting on four black volumes, thus marking the separation between floors. The majority of the project works around the creation of three patios/playgrounds and the relationship of the building with the slope [...]
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 [...]
“PARATELIER”, founded in 2007 in Lisbon (Portugal), is now presented in the exhibition “PROGETTI DI GIOVANI ARCHITETTI ITALIANI”, held in Milan between 2nd of December 2010 and 10th of January 2011 as a part of Triennale di Milano. This is an exhibition of work organized by the GiArch (National Coordiantion of Young Italian Architects) and [...]
Portuguese photography studio FG+SG shared with us their latest work of Casa Fez which was designed by Alvaro Leite Siza. + Project credit / data Project: Casa Fez Location: Porto, Portugal Architect: Alvaro Leite Siza Photography: FG+SG | http://www.ultimasreportagens.com + All images courtesy Fernando Guerra / FG+SG
Dedo is an innovative message board designed by Portuguese designer Gonçalo Campos. It provides an easy, intuitive, and fun way to express ideas, leave messages and play, just by simply dragging your finger trough the fur you leave a trail, a drawing… By using artificial fur it functions both as a basic communication device and [...]
In Portugal, Lara | Sara (Lara Plácido – Architect and Sara Bento Botelho – Sculptor) designed the Natureza em risco. The design was developed by the idea of “Art in the Garden” to interact with the behavior of its visitors, thus creating a drawing of their journey. … as we walk past it, will grow [...]
Oly disposable Bracelet is a latest creation by Portuguese designer Gonçalo Campos. A paper bracelet that anyone can download and build, like a children’s game, using glue and scissors. It’s a really special and distinct accessory, to be used anytime you feel like it, without being afraid of losing or breaking, because it’s just paper [...]
Portuguese designer Acácio Viegas Pereira has designed the Ethanol Fireplaces. Clean, burning is based on denatured ethanol, a solvent composed of ethyl alcohol, no smell and no smoke. + All images courtesy of Acácio Viegas Pereira
Portuguese designer Gonçalo Campos has designed the Comion Jewelry Collection. + Design description courtesy of Gonçalo Campos Made in 3D printing technology, representing the amazing possibilities offered by this new technology that makes virtually any shape possible to build. All of these objects where designed and modeled in the computer, and after printed in steel. [...]
Portuguese architectural studio Spaceworkers has designed a Footpath and Cycling Bridge proposal for the competition sponsored by the city of Maribor in Slovenia within the European Capital of Culture 2012. The challenge was to create a Footpath and cycling bridge in a place where once existed the first bridge in this city. The dynamics of [...]
Portuguese architectural studio Spaceworkers has designed a house 07CBE located in Urbanização da Pena, Paredes Portugal. + Project description courtesy of spaceworkers The idea of a vernacular architecture (forgotten) and how it seeks to form a clear speech between the landscape and programmatic needs is something that we always admire. A very successful example of [...]
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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 [...]
