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WALLPAPER
RICHARD SERRA EXHIBITION, LONDONRichard Serra is among that rare breed of artist whose work captures the minds and hearts of jaded critics and the imaginations of lazy four-year-olds in equal measure. His mammoth steel creations, as much feats of industry as art, at once beg and defy rigid explanation. Click here to see more fr...Date: 07 Oct 2008 11:43:00 ESTPARIS FASHION WEEKNews and trend analysis from the front rows, courtesy of Wallpaper's fashion experts, on the final week of the Spring/Summer '09 ready-to-wear collections, in the French capital. Click on the designers' names to read our reviews and see our favourite looks. …...Date: 06 Oct 2008 14:07:01 ESTOSBERT LANCASTER EXHIBITIONTruly pithy chroniclers of the modern condition are few and far between. Osbert Lancaster was one such man. Waspish, moustachioed and superficially a paragon of the British architectural establishment, Lancaster was an illustrator with a sharp eye and even keener wit. Click here to see more of O...Date: 06 Oct 2008 10:49:01 ESTOSBERT LANCASTER EXHIBITION, LONDONTruly pithy chroniclers of the modern condition are few and far between. Osbert Lancaster was one such man. Waspish, moustachioed and superficially a paragon of the British architectural establishment, Lancaster was an illustrator with a sharp eye and even keener wit. Click here to see more of O...Date: 06 Oct 2008 10:31:02 ESTOSBERT LANCASTER BIOGRAPHYTruly pithy chroniclers of the modern condition are few and far between. Osbert Lancaster was one such man. Waspish, moustachioed and superficially a paragon of the British architectural establishment, Lancaster was an illustrator with a sharp eye and even keener wit. Click here to see more of O...Date: 06 Oct 2008 09:55:00 ESTCALVIN KLEIN HOME FURNITUREThe construction rubble and safety barriers along Wooster Street weren?t going to deter any New Yorkers last night from being the first to cast their discerning eye on Calvin Klein?s brand new furniture line. Click here to see more from the collection. Housed in one of the spanking new town ho...Date: 03 Oct 2008 13:31:00 ESTPORSCHE 911 TARGA 4 AND 4SPorsche introduced an innovative open-air driving experience in 1965 when it positioned the new 911 Targa as 'neither a cabriolet nor a coupe, neither a hardtop nor a saloon.' By mounting a flexible, manually removable folding glass roof on the 911, the niche carmaker gave the world the option of sa...Date: 03 Oct 2008 10:49:00 ESTVIDEO: MIGRATION BY HELLOVONArt is sometimes most inspiring when it appears unexpectedly, a whimsical adjunct to the everyday spied on the run that makes you stop, for a minute, and smile. Click here to view pictures of Hellovon's work. Young London-based illustrator and occasional Wallpaper* collaborator Hellovon (aka Vo...Date: 02 Oct 2008 12:01:05 ESTVIDEO: NEW HELLOVON PROJECTArt is sometimes most inspiring when it appears unexpectedly, a whimsical adjunct to the everyday spied on the run that makes you stop, for a minute, and smile. Click here to view pictures of Hellovon's work. Young London-based illustrator and occasional Wallpaper* collaborator Hellovon (aka Vo...Date: 02 Oct 2008 11:43:01 ESTROBIN DERRICK EXHIBITION, LONDONA series of new work by photographer and British Vogue Creative Director Robin Derrick, currently on show in London, offers a visually stunning take on a relatively mundane, albeit beautiful, subject ? floral arrangements. Click here to see more of Robin Derrick's photography Set against stark...Date: 02 Oct 2008 08:07:00 ESTMARTIN MARGIELA EXHIBITION, ANTWERPMaison Martin Margiela, the eponymous Paris-based fashion house known for its rough avant-garde couture, understated branding and mysterious leading man (the Belgian designer almost never makes public appearances and you'd be hard pressed to find a photograph) is the fascinating and inspired subject...Date: 01 Oct 2008 06:55:00 ESTYOSHIHARU TSUKAMOTO Q&AWallpaper* talks to Yoshiharu Tsukamoto of Tokyo-based Atelier Bow-Wow. W*: What was your concept? YT: The brief was ?Beyond Architecture?, and I asked Aaron Betsky if I could do something about the concept of ?at home? in the new, globalised world. I am always interested in furniture, and the arr...Date: 30 Sep 2008 12:02:03 ESTERLEND BLAKSTAD HAFFNER Q&AWallpaper* talks to Erlend Blakstad Haffner, one half of the Fantastic Norway duo. W*: Is this your caravan? Your mobile office? EBH: This is the one! We drove it from Oslo, via Copenhagen, then Hamburg, and down to here. W*: How long does it take? EBH: It takes 24 hours driving non-stop. W*: I...Date: 30 Sep 2008 12:01:24 ESTDESIGN CITIES, LONDONIf you are a creative professional and you want to get on in the world, apparently the place to be based right now is London. This is the city where it?s at. It is ? according to a new exhibition at London?s Design Museum which runs until January ? the world?s current and most prominent Design City...Date: 30 Sep 2008 11:43:00 ESTMILAN FASHION WEEKNews and trend analysis from the front rows, courtesy of Wallpaper's fashion experts, on the third week of the Spring/Summer '09 ready-to-wear collections, in Milan.…...Date: 29 Sep 2008 11:25:00 ESTANDREU WORLD CHAIR COMPETITIONThe Spanish design company, Andreu World, knows a thing or two about chairs. They?ve been making them for 51 years and won our coveted ?Best Dining Chair? prize for ?Smile?? at this year?s Wallpaper* Design Awards. Both these attributes mean they?re perfectly seated to host one of the world?s bigges...Date: 26 Sep 2008 11:43:01 ESTMADE UP: LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL 2008Liverpool is an extraordinary city and one far better suited to hosting citywide events than its bigger sibling in the south. For a start it?s easily navigable on foot. Secondly it has heaps of venues, old and new, which give a very rounded sense of the city ? its character, its history and its con...Date: 26 Sep 2008 05:25:00 ESTMICHAEL REYNOLDS EXHIBITION, NYCWe tend to feel a sense of pride when one of our troupe goes on to great things. And long-time Wallpaper* stylist Michael Reynolds has done just that, curating a characteristically intriguing exhibition at one of our favourite galleries in New York, R 20th Century. Click here to view more of the...Date: 25 Sep 2008 12:01:03 ESTW HOTELS: JONATHAN ADLER Q&AAs part six of our series on the designers behind W Hotels Worldwide, we caught up with New York-based interiors guru Jonathan Adler for a chat about groovy maximalism, happy hotel guests, and why a quarrel between heirs isn?t always a bad thing. Click here to view product from W Hotels What d...Date: 25 Sep 2008 07:49:08 ESTCOLD WAR MODERN: DESIGNThe Cold War era was about more than just military antagonism. Strong social and political tensions against a backdrop of post-war optimism set the scene for a period of intense creative and technological output globally. Click here to see more from Cold War Modern: Design A new large-scale ex...Date: 25 Sep 2008 07:49:00 EST
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COOL HUNTING
MASAO YAMAMOTO: KAWA–FLOWIn the world of contemporary photography where bigger is often better and color rules, sometimes it’s nice to see work that defies all of these conventions, but still manages to make an impact. The... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 07 Oct 2008 16:49:02 ESTMONOCLE X DRAKES SCARF: INTERVIEW WITH EDITOR-IN-CHIEF TYLER BRÛLÉFor the newest edition to the Monocle Shop of luxurious goods, the magazine that covers international affairs, global business, culture and design teamed up with Drakes London to create a new line of... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 07 Oct 2008 11:25:03 ESTKANGOL TURNS 70by Ariston Anderson An iconic hat is celebrating its 70th birthday. Founder Jakob Spreiregen started importing Basque Berets to England in 1918 marketing them as post-war fashion starting the Kangol... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 07 Oct 2008 06:19:05 ESTYOUWORKFORTHEM RELAUNCHIn 2001 designers Michael Cina and Michael Young began a departure from traditional commercial graphic work to focus on more experimental design projects. Spanning typography, illustration, 3D and... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 06 Oct 2008 19:49:00 ESTJAPANESE FILM NOIR AND PARQUE VIA AT SAN SEBASTIAN 2008This year the San Sebastian Film Festival was an interesting mix of new cinema and nostalgia. The festival hosted a retrospective of Japanese Film Noir or Japon en Negro. A complex genre born out of... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 06 Oct 2008 18:19:01 ESTDUCATI MONSTER 696: INTERVIEW WITH DESIGNER BART JANSSEN-GROESBEEKby Tamara Warren The Monster, originally released in 1993, is one of Ducati's more classic and successful models. Bart Janssen-Groesbeek was a Project Leader on the new Ducati Monster 696 (pictured)... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 06 Oct 2008 12:55:05 ESTCOOL HUNTING ON THE SONY ERICSSON XPERIAYou might have noticed the who is johnny X ads here on CH promoting the European launch of the Sony Ericsson Xperia. In addition to brilliant screen, handy form-factor and sleek design the Xperia... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 06 Oct 2008 02:25:00 ESTDESIGNED FOR KIDS: A COMPLETE SOURCEBOOKby Rebecca Odes The recent explosion of high-design kids gear has been hard to ignore and "Designed for Kids: A Complete Sourcebook," by Phyllis Richardson, culls the greatest hits of the modern kids... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 06 Oct 2008 02:07:02 ESTCUT BROOKLYN: KNIFEMAKER JOEL BUKIEWICZIn a small studio in Brooklyn, novelist-turned-knifemaker Joel Bukiewicz crafts knives of the highest quality under the label Cut Brooklyn. Our video visits Joel in his studio and watches the... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 03 Oct 2008 19:31:04 ESTDOSHI LEVIEN EXHIBITION AT MOROSO USAFor their first large-scale exhibition in the U.S., Doshi Levien have taken over the first floor of Moroso's New York showroom. If the images in the slide show below are any indication, expect to see... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 03 Oct 2008 18:19:00 ESTRADIO SILENCE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT AND GIVEAWAYA couple months back we had the privilege to get a sneak peek at "Radio Silence: A Selected Visual History of American Hardcore Music." The book, out now, spans the history of hardcore in the states... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 03 Oct 2008 18:01:24 ESTTIMBERLAND ABINGTON COLLECTIONWith the winter season just around the corner, last night's debut of Timberland's new line of boots aptly named the Abington Collection — Timberland was originally named The Abington Shoe... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 03 Oct 2008 15:55:00 ESTCHEEKY MONKEY ECO-JEWELRYby Ariston Anderson We've all heard about conflict-free diamonds but what about the other hazards of making jewelry? Cheeky Monkey Jewelry takes the ethical production of jewelry a step further by... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 03 Oct 2008 13:49:02 ESTMINI MOTORING GRAPHICSMINI Motoring Graphics is MINI's partnership announced today with Original Wraps, Inc. that allows MINI owners to add a little flair to their exteriors and interiors. From full-on custom jobs to... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 03 Oct 2008 12:01:00 ESTVOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDILast weekend we were invited out to San Francisco, CA to try out the new 2009 Volskwagen Jetta TDI Clean Diesel and were pleasantly surprised in more ways than one. It had enough torque and power to... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 03 Oct 2008 01:13:00 ESTART, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY FOR OBAMAOf the many history-making aspects of Obama's run for President, the art and design that's come out of it isn't insignificant. From the identity of the campaign itself to Shepard Fairey's pioneering... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 02 Oct 2008 20:07:00 ESTFIVE FLOOR LAMPS AT THE LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2008Ango: Ebony Sky Angus Hutcheson's Bankok-based studio produces beautifully minimal lighting designs inspired by natural forms. (Pictured at right.) We loved this arching lamp which uses silk cocoons... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 02 Oct 2008 15:55:00 ESTSWIMS CITY SLIPPER: HIGH HEEL GALOSHESSwims, the Norwegian line of sleek galoshes, has already saved many a pair of shoes from inclement weather with their designs geared for urbanites. Now, with the introduction of the City Slipper,... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 02 Oct 2008 14:07:00 ESTALIFE X LACOSTE POLOby Ariston Anderson Are there ever days when you want to roll in to work on your skateboard but still have to look somewhat presentable? Well, the latest collaboration between purveyor of all things... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 02 Oct 2008 11:43:22 ESTHAN EYEGLASS FRAMESWhether you're myopic or not, these Danish-designed frames by Han are timeless and versatile — great as either sunglasses or spectacles. Founded on 1 May 2008 by Hankjo Benhavn, the brand... Visit coolhunting.com for the full post....Date: 01 Oct 2008 17:25:01 EST -
DESIGN SPONGE
NEW: SAMI RINNEjust in time for halloween- beautiful (and fun) new tableware designs from sami rinne at cloudberry living. i’m nuts about the winged espresso cup. i want to use it on my dresser for rings and jewelry. and the bunny mugs? forget about it. so cute. click here for more information and to shop....Date: 07 Oct 2008 13:49:02 ESTCAROLYN SWIFTkristina, our resident food expert, recently took a trip to london for 100% design. besides being jealous that she got to attend what looks like the coolest show ever, she also got to see some of caroline swift’s gorgeous work in person. she sent me her photos and i couldn’t end the day...Date: 07 Oct 2008 12:37:03 ESTNEW: JHILL WALL CALENDARit must be calendar season because i’ve been getting all sorts of beautiful calendars in the (e-)mail lately. this design is from jennifer hill at jhill design and is part of her ‘places i have never been‘ collection based on jennifer’s imaginary vacations. i love all of the...Date: 07 Oct 2008 11:26:25 ESTPETIT COEURthis just landed in my inbox and i couldn’t resist- etienne meneau’s sculptural wine glass/carafe is called petit coeur (little heart) and is made of a high grade borosilicate glass. it’s part of a limited edition and you can view more images and more information right here and he...Date: 07 Oct 2008 11:25:54 ESTHOUSE BEAUTIFULi’m loving some of the interiors in house beautiful’s home tours this morning. the colorful “moroccan inspired” house feel so wonderfully over the top i can’t resist it. click here for the moroccan home tour and here for the more modern california home below. ps: there...Date: 07 Oct 2008 10:31:02 ESTNEW: LISA NEIMETHac and i were out late at a funny new show last night (i love rachel dratch!) so i’m moving a little slowly this morning. i’m just starting to make breakfast so i thought i’d start with some beautiful new ceramics from lisa neimeth. they sure beat the paper towels i’m using...Date: 07 Oct 2008 09:37:09 ESTWELCOME, DAVE FROM GRAIN EDIT!Hi everyone and thanks Grace for having me! My name is Dave Cuzner and I publish a fun little blog called Grain Edit. Grain edit is focused on classic design work from the 1950s-1970s and contemporary designers that draw inspiration from that time period. I thought for this week I would share some...Date: 07 Oct 2008 08:25:26 ESTNEW GUEST BLOG: GRAIN EDITi’m so thrilled to welcome dave cuzner of grain edit to the d*s guest blog this morning! dave runs one of my favorite sites and is going to be focusing on classic design from the 1950s-1970s and contemporary designers inspired by that period. click here to check out his first post of the day&...Date: 07 Oct 2008 08:25:01 ESTDOMINO: THE BOOK OF DECORATINGwhen it comes to reading, i tend to be a magazine girl. i wish i spent more time up to my ears in novels, but when it comes down to it- i love to collect and read glossy magazines. and over the past few years few magazines have kept as happy as domino. i remember [...]...Date: 06 Oct 2008 13:13:01 ESTSNEAK PEEK: TONYA AND MIKE SUTFINtoday we’re invited into the home of freelance graphic/publication designer tonya sutfin and her illustrator husband, mike. it’s hard to believe that they’re renters in this fantastic loft in a former furniture factory in emeryville, ca. tonya jokes that most people often think th...Date: 06 Oct 2008 12:19:03 ESTSNEAK PEEK: ADELLE ROBINSONour first sneak peek of the day features the west yorkshire home of adelle robinson and justin keefe, co-owners of the online shop h is for home, specializing in one off, vintage and handmade items. originally it was two back to back weaver/mill workers’ cottages from the 1800s that were lat...Date: 06 Oct 2008 11:07:03 ESTLAVELLOtoday i’m feeling the urge to replace all my bright white mirrors and wall frames with darker colors and deep chocolate stains. this rubbed black lavello mirror from ballard designs is exactly what i’m craving- something heavier, a little darker and a little curvy. click here to check o...Date: 06 Oct 2008 09:19:06 ESTTHE BEAUTIFUL PROJECTthis morning i’m loving this page of the beautiful project’s dutch themed birthday calendar. click here for more info and to buy ($20)….....Date: 06 Oct 2008 08:07:02 ESTWEEKLY WRAP UP + NEW FLOWIEthe weather is cooling off in brooklyn today and i’m finally able to break my fall coats out of hiding. i’m off to pick up some cold-weather baking books at barnes and noble so i’ll see you all on monday with 2 new sneak peeks and a very special sneak peek into a new project [...]...Date: 03 Oct 2008 13:13:02 ESTIN THE KITCHEN WITH: LISA WONG JACKSONthis week’s recipe comes to us from lisa wong jackson, founder and designer behind good on paper design. we caught Lisa right as she was moving into her new home, and no sooner had she put everything into place, she sent over her favorite recipe of this summer, individual fig, blackberry and...Date: 03 Oct 2008 11:07:03 ESTJILL ROSENWALDbecause a delicious recipe is coming up next…here are some gorgeous new plates from jill rosenwald ($60) to serve things on. click here for more info and to shop....Date: 03 Oct 2008 10:13:01 EST“SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE!”Holy Smokes, this week flew right by and we had a blast as guest bloggers. We’ll admit, we weren’t sure we were up for the task but we’re so glad we did it. Thanks so much for having us Grace, you have even inspired us to post more frequently on our own blog. As we say [...]...Date: 03 Oct 2008 09:19:26 ESTSTITCH SPECTACULARi am so thrilled to be taking part in what is sure to be a fantastic show in savannah this january. stitch spectacular is a juried hand-embroidery show that aims to showcase the incredible hand-embroidery work coming out of savannah along with contemporary embroidery work from the rest of the count...Date: 03 Oct 2008 09:19:02 ESTTHIS BOX ROCKStotally beautiful? check. made by one of my all-time favorite designers? check. totally way out of my price range? check. this gorgeous new chunky crystal box from kelly wearstler is calling my name. why oh why can’t it be oh, $39.50? instead of $3,950 and up? dang it. [via w magazine]...Date: 03 Oct 2008 08:43:01 ESTTANYA AGUIÑIGA: WRAPPED.WELDED.WOVEN.to say that i think tanya aguiñiga is cool is a massive understatement. not only is tanya friendly, funny and great to be around, but she happens to be a seriously talented artist and someone who is always fascinating to watch as she grows and experiments as a designer. her latest show- wrapped.wel...Date: 03 Oct 2008 08:07:17 EST
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DESIGNSPOTTER
RODIN HATHand fur-felted hat, available in beige and grey...Date: 07 Oct 2008 15:19:07 ESTLAMP STARLINGThe Starling is the first contribution of designer Marc Th. van der Voorn for Odesi. The bird is made of stainless steel. It looks as if it could fly .....Date: 07 Oct 2008 07:31:02 ESTEAT DRINK DESIGN @ DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2008EDD OUTSIDE @ LICHTPLEINSnack joint with Signature Snacks by top designers and haute cuisine chefs.EDD INSIDE @ CATHARINAPLEINPop-up restaurant with e.....Date: 06 Oct 2008 12:55:22 ESTMADEMOISELLEMademoiselle is a stackable chair. The structure is made in chrome and the seat - in Metacrylate with or without silkscreen....Date: 06 Oct 2008 11:43:03 ESTVENAEndless lighting.New lighting fixture with a raw look and funtionality you wouldn't believe. VENA connects function and simplicity.Vena differs in one.....Date: 06 Oct 2008 06:01:03 ESTHANG CHAIRWhy do we wrinkle or crumple our Jacket/Suite when we are at a conference, restaurant, library, etc. Rethinking a chair, we will attempt to combine th.....Date: 06 Oct 2008 01:49:02 ESTOLLO EATINGWAREThe bowl is air insulated to protect your hand from hot meals and is completely round. A small weight in the centre ensures it does not fall over and .....Date: 05 Oct 2008 09:37:01 ESTORB CHAIR AND ORB LAMPOrb Chair and Orb lamp is made by dividing an Orb into three equal parts, upholstered, and put on a powdercoated wirebase.This creates a striking chai.....Date: 05 Oct 2008 07:13:01 ESTGHOSTGhost is a candlestick made of bone china, using tea lights, available in 3 different sizes.www.sentou.fr...Date: 03 Oct 2008 12:01:25 ESTSUPEREMMAThe coatrack 'superemma' is a homage to the classical trolleys and brings with its striking statement the joy of consumption into your house.The elabo.....Date: 03 Oct 2008 09:37:03 ESTSOULSENDER.DE GETS 1Germany's leading online radio in soulful and funky Soundssoulsender.de gets 1 year old and takes the chance to celebrate thatin a 3-day-birthday-mini.....Date: 02 Oct 2008 07:13:02 ESTPREVIEW IMM COLOGNE 09: TREND BOARD + TREND BOOK...Date: 02 Oct 2008 03:55:01 ESTKABOOM! BY PES...Date: 01 Oct 2008 10:49:02 ESTBODYLICIOUSBodylicious is inspired by Nyotaimori and Nantaimori, a Japanese tradition which consists of presenting Sushi on a naked woman/man, using her body as .....Date: 01 Oct 2008 08:43:04 ESTTHE HIDDEN COST OF WAR...Date: 01 Oct 2008 06:01:02 ESTDESIRE - THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COMEDesign in the 21st century has liberated itself from industrial conditions and the associated physical demands. With new technology, expanded choice.....Date: 30 Sep 2008 11:43:19 ESTARTS & ARCHITECTURE, 1945-54: THE COMPLETE REPRINTTen years, ten boxes, 118 issues, 6,076 pages!The seminal architecture journal resurrected in facsimileThe first part (1945-1954) of our facsimile edi.....Date: 30 Sep 2008 09:37:02 ESTSKETCH PLATEA plate concept with shapes from 5 second sketches. Cut in clear glass with water jets. Made by the new Swedish designer Karl-Oskar....Date: 30 Sep 2008 05:43:01 EST14 SERIESThe 14 is a family of low voltage pendants designed to be clustered. Each individual pendant is an articulated cast glass sphere with a frosted cylind.....Date: 29 Sep 2008 13:49:02 ESTTHE WEDGWOODN'T TUREENRapid Manufactured with revolutionary non-fired ceramic coating....Date: 29 Sep 2008 10:31:06 EST -
DEZEEN
DEZEEN TRAFFIC REPORTIf you’ve noticed that Dezeen is a bit slow to load at the moment, here’s why - our traffic has grown dramatically over the last couple of months with almost a million readers last month....Date: 07 Oct 2008 17:25:02 ESTCITY DOG ADVENTURE BY MAARTJE DROSDutch designer Maartje Dros created a play space for both children and dogs for design biennale ExperimentaDesign2008 in Amsterdam....Date: 07 Oct 2008 07:31:33 ESTMICHAEL SCHUMACHER WORLD CHAMPION TOWER BY LAVAArchitects Chris Bosse and Tobias Wallisser of Laboratory for Visionary Architecture Asia Pacific (LAVA) have unveiled Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower at the Cityscape property fair in Dubai....Date: 07 Oct 2008 01:13:02 ESTBIG BROTHER HOUSE BY JDS ARCHITECTSHere’s another building for the Ordos 100 project in Inner Mongolia in China, this time designed by Julien De Smedt Architects....Date: 06 Oct 2008 21:01:03 ESTNAKHEEL HARBOUR & TOWER BY WOODS BAGOTArchitects Woods Bagot have designed a kilometre-high tower for developer Nakheel in Dubai....Date: 06 Oct 2008 10:31:48 ESTG POD BY VICTOR VETTERLEINDesigner Victor Vetterlein has designed a jewellery case made from black crystal....Date: 06 Oct 2008 08:07:27 ESTTOWARDS PARADISE BY GUSTAFSON PORTERLandscape architects Gustafson Porter created a secret garden called Towards Paradise at the Venice architecture biennale, which opened last month....Date: 06 Oct 2008 00:37:01 ESTVENUS CHAIR BY TOKUJIN YOSHIOKAJapanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka will present a chair made of natural crystals at Second Nature, an exhibition he is directing at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo later this month....Date: 05 Oct 2008 16:49:04 ESTNEW PRODUCTS BY VIABLE LONDONDesigners Viable London launched three new products during the London Design Festival earlier this month....Date: 05 Oct 2008 09:55:02 ESTSUPERKILEN BY BJARKE INGELS GROUPMore from architects Bjarke Ingels Group: this time a design for a new urban space in the Nørrebro area of Copenhagen, Denmark....Date: 04 Oct 2008 22:49:02 ESTMINDCRAFT BY DANISH CRAFTSDesign organisation Danish Crafts presented the work of 12 Danish designers including Kim Buck (above), Ole Jensen, (below) and Christin Johansson at 100% Design London last month....Date: 03 Oct 2008 19:49:02 ESTCALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BY RENZO PIANO BUILDING WORKSHOPCalifornia Academy of Sciences by architects Renzo Piano Building Workshop opened last week in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco....Date: 03 Oct 2008 06:19:02 ESTCHANGING DIMENSIONS BY ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART GRADUATESDesign graduates from the Royal College of Art in London presented an exhibition of their work called Changing Dimensions last month....Date: 03 Oct 2008 05:07:02 ESTNEW PRODUCTS BY ILIOTurkish design brand ilio presented its new range at 100% Design in London last month....Date: 02 Oct 2008 17:07:03 ESTAD HOC BY PETER SCHÄFERAd Hoc is a furniture series designed by German design student Peter Schäfer....Date: 02 Oct 2008 10:13:55 ESTSWOC BY ETT LA BENNGerman designers ett la benn presented a new modular storage system at the Create Berlin show in London last month....Date: 02 Oct 2008 10:13:38 ESTW TOWERS BY BIGDanish architects and designers Bjarke Ingels Group have unveiled their design for a tower in Prague, Czech Republic....Date: 02 Oct 2008 07:31:29 ESTCOMPETITION: FIVE COPIES OF WONDERWALL MASAMICHI KATAYAMA PROJECTS NO 2 TO BE WONDezeen and Gestalten have teamed up to give readers the chance to win five copies of the new book about Japanese interior designer Masamichi Katayama of Wonderwall....Date: 02 Oct 2008 04:49:03 ESTALIEN BY GUS WÜSTEMANNAlien is a new headquarters for media agency Mediaxis at Schlieren in Switzerland, designed by Swiss architect Gus Wüstemann....Date: 01 Oct 2008 19:49:02 ESTNEW PRODUCTS BY POTTINGER & COLEBritish design studio Pottinger & Cole launched a range of new products at 100% Design London last month....Date: 01 Oct 2008 11:43:25 EST -
MOCO LOCO
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: NEW DESIGNERS SELECTIONThe New Designers SELECTION was an exhibition of work by 50 young designers who were selected from the New Designers event in July. Held at the Village Underground in Shoreditch, this show featured a variety of furniture, jewellery, accessories and lighting. There were colourful (and cheeky) cerami...Date: 07 Oct 2008 13:49:38 EST360 WINNETT: EXCAVATIONWe decided quite early in the process to excavate under our garage and take advantage of the 200 sqft that would have otherwise sat unused. I don't believe this is particularly common, but it's a relatively inexpensive way to maximize the space on a small lot. Our original intention was to use a p...Date: 07 Oct 2008 08:43:02 ESTBEST MOCO OBJECTS THIS WEEKAs of yesterday we've changed our weekly Meta MoCo survey post, we've split it into two parts; Best MoCo Architecture This Week (posted yesterday) and Best MoCo Objects This Week. Best MoCo Architecture This Week will be posted every weekend and Best MoCo Objects This Week will now be posted on Mond...Date: 06 Oct 2008 21:37:02 ESTLONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: PIET HEIN EEKThe London Design Festival saw the launch of the first Rabih Hage/Piet Hein Eek pop-up store in a space large enough to highlight a wide variety of Eek's work. The temporary shop will be open through October 31 and features Eek's new 99% cabinets, storage that makes use of 99.13% of a whole steel s...Date: 06 Oct 2008 12:19:27 ESTBEST MOCO ARCHITECTURE THIS WEEKSlight change to our weekly Meta MoCo survey post, we've decided to split it into two parts; Best MoCo Architecture This Week and Best MoCo Objects This Week. With the number and quality of design blogs steadily growing, the quantity of design objects and architecture has virtually exploded. The nam...Date: 05 Oct 2008 12:37:02 ESTWOVEN LIGHTLondon textile designer Kathy Schicker's light-reactive woven textiles appear to be beautiful white jacquard fabrics, but when they are exposed to sunlight, the light brings out colour and pattern. At the same time, the sunlight charges the fabric, causing it to glow in the dark. The effect is usua...Date: 03 Oct 2008 17:07:02 ESTLONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: LIGHTEN UP - PART 3The title of the Lighten Up exhibit by [re]design certainly reflected some of the humour that lit up the display, such as the charming Bakelite Telephone lamp from Jericho Hands or the more contemporary Pixel by Alison Edwards. Lizzie Lee embellishes plastic from milk bottles with vintage lace coll...Date: 02 Oct 2008 11:25:02 ESTSFERENew work this season by Dave Keune includes Sfere, a ceramic vase with a lid that can be removed or used to arrange the flowers by inserting them into the handy holes. Plint is a hanging lamp with an expanding bamboo shade that functions as a built-in dimmer. Clover is a steel coat stand created fr...Date: 02 Oct 2008 10:49:03 ESTLONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: FROM NOW TO ETERNITYFrom Now to Eternity is an exhibition curated by arts consultancy Arts Co that opened at the Biscuit Building during the London Design Festival. The exhibition focuses on plastic, a much-used material that will likely be with us until the very end. Who knew that it would have such lasting power whe...Date: 01 Oct 2008 10:31:10 ESTLONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: LIGHTEN UP - PART 2Texture was an important element of many of the lighting designs featured in the Lighten Up exhibit. Re-silicone's Lagoon, a thick, chunky snake of ambient lighting was a good example of this. Vamped used colourful, glossy plastic off-cuts for Hula and the Higher Market Studio invested in cast-off...Date: 01 Oct 2008 09:01:03 ESTLONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: LIGHTEN UP - PART 1The Lighten Up exhibit by [re]design was held at 100% Design London was part of a travelling exhibition and book launch that "is an illuminating exploration of 64 switched-on domestic lighting solutions from the UK. The quest for sustainability is driving the evolution of new technologies, aestheti...Date: 30 Sep 2008 10:31:04 EST360 WINNETT: FOUNDATIONOur foundation was constructed using Insulated Concrete Forms, which are large blocks that interlock together like Lego bricks and then filled with concrete. ICF foundations provide a number of advantages over their block and poured counterparts, but their insulating properties are typically their...Date: 30 Sep 2008 09:19:02 ESTLONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: DOUBLE DUTCH - PART 2The Emotions side to the Double Dutch exhibition curated by Jane Withers and created by the Flower Council of Holland consisted of 5 lush bouquets representing Love, Happiness, Jealousy, Sympathy and Anger designed by Miriam van der Lubbe and Niels van Eijk. The unusual emotions were the most capti...Date: 29 Sep 2008 04:49:02 ESTLONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: TASTE MOMENTSTaste MOMEnts is a travelling exhibition of work by young designers on the Hungarian scene that landed in the crypt of Saint Martins in the Fields during the London Design Festival. Organized by the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (also known as MOME), Taste MOMEnts is a banquet of design...Date: 26 Sep 2008 14:43:03 ESTLONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: DOUBLE DUTCH - PART 1Flowers have always played a part in traditional design, but are often deemed too pretty for contemporary offerings. Yet the forms and colours are hard to beat. The Double Dutch: Appetites and Emotions exhibit organized by the Flower Council of Holland during the London Design Festival reminded us...Date: 25 Sep 2008 04:49:02 ESTLONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: TOM PRICETom Price released the latest additions to his Meltdown series of chairs during the London Design Festival. The element of chance is ever-present in this body of work, as Price lets himself be guided by the properties of the materials he uses around the basic form of an Eames moulded chair seat. A...Date: 25 Sep 2008 04:31:05 ESTLONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: TENT LONDON - PART 2Colour, cleverness and humour were the common threads that linked exhibits at Tent London. The Pencil Bench from Boex and Zoe Murphy's Margate collection were colourful come-hithers, and the Pool Table from Freshwest Design was a study in zen. Agata Norkroos had several pieces on display, including...Date: 24 Sep 2008 09:01:15 ESTWEST XPRSSD: PART 2Part 2 of the West Xprssd exhibit reveals more new design from Canada's West: Contexture's "as the Crow flies" - a super detailed mobile made from reused road maps of Canada. Alex Suvajac's slick new bamboo table, Joel Tobman exhibits a black version of the Shinny table, Fat Crow Design makes a pe...Date: 24 Sep 2008 08:07:03 ESTPEAPODGEM (GreenEcoMobility), a Chrysler LLC company founded 10 years ago, is introducing the Peapod, a Neighbourhood Electric Vehicle. This gas- and emission-free electric vehicle is scheduled for production in 2009, but the styling model was shown today. This battery vehicle sports a centre console tha...Date: 23 Sep 2008 21:19:02 ESTLONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: TENT LONDON - PART 1Tent London was the anchor event in London's East End during the London Design Festival. Held at Brick Lane's Truman Brewery, Tent featured a varied group of emerging designers in a relaxed setting. Although many of the designers hailed from the U.K., there was work from all over Europe, Japan and...Date: 23 Sep 2008 17:43:11 EST
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THE PEOPLE'S DESIGN AWARDAs part of their National Design Week festivities (Oct. 19 - 25), the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum is sponsoring an online "People's Design Award."...Date: 07 Oct 2008 13:50:06 ESTPATENTING APARTMENT PILESA patent on a house design: this is the heart of the controversy surrounding Hans Zwimpfer's Pile-Up Housing....Date: 07 Oct 2008 12:55:04 ESTHOUSING IN CRISIS, PART 1$1.4 million. This is the average sale price of an apartment in New York City in fall 2008....Date: 06 Oct 2008 20:25:03 ESTCLARITY: STEVE JOBS ON PAUL RANDGreat Jobs clip from 1993 on hiring Paul Rand to solve his problem. Mock-turtleneck in full-effect....Date: 06 Oct 2008 17:43:06 ESTLOS ANGELES ARCHITECTURE TOP 40Los Angeles is a diverse city filled with green space, urban space and all different kinds of people, incomes and tastes....Date: 06 Oct 2008 14:43:03 ESTAIRSTREAM BOOKSThere's a magical nook on Williamsburg's Metropolitan Ave. sidewalk where the Graham St. L Train vent allows the underground train's announcements to waft up through the grates to the hardware store and sidewalk bookstore above. It's called Airstream Midcentury Furniture and Books, a...Date: 06 Oct 2008 13:31:03 ESTWHEN DOWN MEANS FORWARDUpon arrival at the aforementioned Terminal 2E I realized that although a sign with an arrow pointing a certain direction should be fool-proof, they don't always mean what you'd think. In France, for instance, down means forward:...Date: 04 Oct 2008 18:01:02 ESTLAST CHANCE FOR LAUTNERThough academics have dubbed him "an architect's architect," my humble opinion is that John Lautner is an architect who can be appreciated by regular people. What's not to get about living in a concrete-and-glass cloud house in the sky?...Date: 04 Oct 2008 15:37:02 ESTTAKE A SEAT INITIATIVEThe guerilla approach has been a popular one for Sandanistas and spray paint-wielding marketing artists alike. But guerilla seating?...Date: 03 Oct 2008 15:37:02 ESTCOIN LAMPThere are all sorts of devices emerging these days that are meant to monitor and increase awareness of our energy consumption habits. From high-concept products like Die Electric, which we highlighted in Dwell's March 08 issue, and the Wattson by DIY Kyoto, to more utilitarian gadget...Date: 03 Oct 2008 13:31:22 ESTNEW LACMA BUILDINGThis week, another piece in the ongoing expansion/renovation of the formerly dated and dreary Los Angeles County Museum of Art was revealed....Date: 03 Oct 2008 12:19:03 ESTTO DO: EDIBLE ESTATES DEMONSTRATION GARDENEarlier this year Fritz Haeg embarked on the first public Edible Estates Garden at southern California's Descanso Gardens in an effort to showcase the benefits of planting an abundant edible garden over the traditional (and ubiquitous) front lawn. A mere 10 months later, the garden...Date: 03 Oct 2008 11:25:04 ESTKAHN'S PARK GETS THE GREENLIGHTThe New York City parks around the Brooklyn Bridge are about to gain an upstream sibling. Roosevelt Island has just received a conditional green light for a new bit of green bling: the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, a plaza designed by Louis I. Kahn in 1972 for the site so...Date: 02 Oct 2008 18:19:03 ESTTHEY MAKE HOUSES TOO?We've all found ourselves fawning over the perfectly minimal housewares, stationary, and incredibly awesome tiny pens that Japanese retailer MUJI has turned into an empire. Well did you know that they're in the business of making houses too?...Date: 02 Oct 2008 15:19:03 ESTART + ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE IN RENOI'll be heading to Reno later this week to speak at the upcoming Art + Environment Conference hosted by the Nevada Museum of Art, from October 2-4-so if any Dwell readers are in the area, please consider stopping by!...Date: 02 Oct 2008 12:37:04 ESTBIOPLASTIC: GREEN OR GREENWASHING?There's a vast field of opportunity right now for designing every day objects using new materials that make them safer and more sustainable. Food containers-which we throw away in astonishing volumes each day-are a prime target. Though the best solution to the packaging waste problem...Date: 01 Oct 2008 18:37:02 ESTDASHBOARD CONFESSIONALA major obstacle to reducing our energy consumption continues to be our general unawareness of just how much we are using. Most people have no idea exactly how much a shorter shower or a lowered thermostat can effect the bottom line....Date: 01 Oct 2008 15:37:03 ESTAFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR CHINAOver a million people have moved to Guangzhou in the past eight years, making the city's population nearly ten million today. This urbanization is the trend of cities worldwide; it makes all the more relevant "Solos: Tolou/Affordable Housing for China", going on view at the Cooper-He...Date: 01 Oct 2008 12:37:03 ESTAFFORDABLE HOUSING: WHY IT'S SO HARD TO COME BYWith house prices plummeting and bad mortgages as common as Sarah Palin impersonators, I sometimes wonder why, for all the talk about affordable housing, few people actually seem to live in it. In this summer's issue of The Wilson Quarterly professor of urbanism at UPenn and stellar...Date: 30 Sep 2008 18:19:02 ESTLOOK MA, NO BURNT HANDSAs a parent, I'm always on the lookout for innovative and stylish ways not to break my kid. Blanco's new Master Ilux faucet features LEDs that tint the water red or blue, depending on its temperature, giving little hand-washers-and adult baby-bathers-a visual signal that could preven...Date: 30 Sep 2008 15:37:04 EST -
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EAST #20: BRETT'S "HOT LIPS"Click image for gallery Name: Brett Location: Brooklyn, NY Type of Home: Studio apartment What inspired you to use color? Moving back to Brooklyn after spending a year in Oakland, I found a small st...Date: 07 Oct 2008 17:26:05 ESTRESTORATION BEGINS ON THE FARNSWORTH HOUSEA couple of weeks ago, during record-breaking rains in the Midwest, Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House fell victim to flooding in Plano, Illinois. Now the restoration is underway, and site manager...Date: 07 Oct 2008 17:25:54 ESTLOOK: A MODERN HOUSE AND A 1930'S BUNGALOW, COMBINED! AUSTINWe came across an article in the Austin American-Statesman dubbing a residence here in East Austin as the “weirdest duplex in Austin”. We loved all the neat energy-saving ideas implemented in th...Date: 07 Oct 2008 17:25:38 ESTLOOK! DECORATED DOOR IN CARMELAt first glance the intricate decoration of this front door -- seen on a house in Carmel -- reminded us of those henna tattoos that we've seen on people's hands and feet, but then we noticed that the...Date: 07 Oct 2008 17:25:21 ESTLOOK! SO BAD, IT'S GREAT BATHROOM DÉCORIt really does tell a funny story, despite our crap camera phone pic.We've been spending this past weekend up in the Bay Area, and have had the pleasure of visiting the homes of some good friends who...Date: 07 Oct 2008 17:07:37 ESTFLOATING NIGHT STANDSAs we showed yesterday, our bedroom currently contains only the absolute bare essentials, as we're just beginning to move into our new place. On the long list of things to do is figure out are the nig...Date: 07 Oct 2008 17:07:15 ESTGOOD QUOTE: J.H. VAN DEN BERG"Together, the garden, the woods, the meadow and the distant land form a harmony of colors and shapes. There is always harmony in every season, at every hour of the day. The evening colors harmonize...Date: 07 Oct 2008 16:49:45 ESTGOOD QUESTION: WHAT COLOR FEET FOR THE SOFA?LOS ANGELESI just had this gorgeous tufted velvet sofa custom designed for my home studio but the sofa was supposed to have white feet, and white trim around the base, instead of just black feet. The company ha...Date: 07 Oct 2008 16:31:30 ESTMARIMEKKO TRAY TABLESAt Apartment Therapy, we're big fans of Finnish textile company Marimekko. Their bold use of color and their distinctive patterns always have us coming back for more. So, imagine our delight when we...Date: 07 Oct 2008 16:31:03 ESTBLOGGING...JOHN LAUTNER'S GARCIA HOUSEWe love how the Los Angeles Times has stepped up their home and garden coverage as well as revised their Sunday magazine section. This Sunday's magazine included a spread on the restored John Lautner...Date: 07 Oct 2008 16:14:00 ESTSNEAK PREVIEW: NATE BERKUS FOR HSNWe can see why Oprah loves Chicago-based decorator Nate Berkus. He's as talented as he is charming. (Did you see his apartment in last month's Elle Decor? And that recent episode of Oprah during whi...Date: 07 Oct 2008 16:13:50 ESTHOW TO... FIGURE OUT IF A PRODUCT IS REALLY GREENDC has a bureau for everything, including "Misdirected Destiny." But it turns out that there isn't much regulation on green product claims and you can easily be misled. Readers have pointed out tha...Date: 07 Oct 2008 16:13:39 ESTDIY: CREATIVE USES FOR PHOTOCOPIESLeft: "Chair-chair Pad" by Chenhhui Su; Right: Detail from Monique and Richard's SF apartment There's been some discussion recently about the pros and cons of working with photocopies and facsimile...Date: 07 Oct 2008 16:13:23 ESTFORBO MARMOLEUM FLOORINGForbo natural flooring product has been featured and discussed on AT before, but we'd like to focus on the design (color!) components as much as the green ones. The linseed oil, wood flour, rosin, and...Date: 07 Oct 2008 16:13:03 ESTGOOD QUESTIONS: SIMILAR GLASS TABLE?Hi, I am desperately looking for a similar table. I saw ones like this in England and in Hong Kong. Would any one know where to get a similar one-piece glass table in North America? Cheers, Sarah...Date: 07 Oct 2008 15:55:23 ESTCOLORFUL AT CHICAGO POSTSWhether it's red, blue, or green there is always a color we're paying homage to. Color can completely change the look and feel of a room, so it's no wonder that we're constantly writing about it. An...Date: 07 Oct 2008 15:55:05 ESTSAVE MONEY AT HOMEWe read a post the other day on Real Simple's blog about saving money at home. They had some simple strategies and got us to thinking...We'll share our favorite ways to save money with you and ask yo...Date: 07 Oct 2008 15:38:31 ESTGOOD QUESTIONS: INFO ON THIS PAINTING?Catherine (and her Grandfather) have a question - she writes: My grandfather has been searching for information regarding this painting. He saw it in a nursing home and the staff graciously offered to...Date: 07 Oct 2008 15:38:18 ESTSOUTHWEST #11: MELLOW MODERN MEGANTo Contest Page & All Entries Name: Megan Bedell Location: Tarzana, CA Type of Home: 700 sq.ft one bedroom rental What inspired you to use color? Color has a direct effect on your mood and ove...Date: 07 Oct 2008 15:38:03 ESTGOOD QUESTIONS: LIGHTING FIXTURE FOR MY DINING ROOM?Dear AT:SF, Can anyone suggest a lighting fixture for my dining room? We have a 8 foot high ceiling and the dining table length is 84 inches. Should I only be looking at linear-type pendants like Crat...Date: 07 Oct 2008 15:37:44 EST -
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