Archive for February, 2008

February 21st, 2008

Stockholm Design Week: Swedish architects TAF Arkitektkontor have designed the inaugural collection for IOU Design, a new company producing sustainable outdoor furniture. More »

February 21st, 2008

French designers Frank & Stanimira Rafaschieri have designed two prototype pieces of nursery furniture that adapt to children’s changing needs as they grow. More »

February 20th, 2008

Italian furniture manufacturers Cappellini will launch tables by British designers BarberOsgerby and Japanese designers Nendo at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile (Milan furniture fair) in April. More »

February 20th, 2008

Dezeen has teamed up with Belgian designer Arne Quinze to give away five signed copies of his new book, Cityscape. More »

February 20th, 2008

Israeli designer Tomer Sapir has launched his new website, including images of his Prosthesis lights which incorporate illuminated fallen leaves. More »

February 19th, 2008

Stockholm Design Week: young Swedish designers Form us With Love held an exhibition called Constructive at Nordiska Kompaniet (NK) department store in Stockholm earlier this month, which explored sustainability. More »

February 19th, 2008

Here’s another project from Dutch designer Anke Weiss, this time a table made from 150 bonsai trees. More »

February 19th, 2008

Here’s a second shortlisted design for the Mersey Observatory competition, this time by Duggan Morris Architects. More »

February 18th, 2008

British designer Tom Dixon will exhibit his new collection, entitled A Bit of Rough, at Superstudio Più in Milan during the furniture fair in April. More »

February 18th, 2008

Stockhom Design Week: Ny Svensk Slöjd, which means Contemporary Swedish Handicraft, was a group show at the Greenhouse young designers showcase at Stockholm Furniture Fair earlier this month. More »

February 18th, 2008

Around the Corner is an exhibition of four new pieces by Amanda Levete of architects Future Systems for British manufacturers Established & Sons. More »

February 18th, 2008

Film maker Peter Greenaway will create a multimedia event involving Leonardo da Vinci’s painting The Last Supper, as part of the cultural programme of this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile (international furniture fair) in Milan in April. More »

February 17th, 2008

Here is a selection of images of the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, including the Art Suites created by artists from around the world. The temporary hotel is created from snow and ice each winter. More »

February 17th, 2008

Mountain Dwellings, a project consisting of apartments above a multi-storey car park by Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), is nearing completion in Copenhagen. More »

February 17th, 2008

Dutch designer Reinier de Jong has created Keer Chair, which can be used any way up. More »

February 16th, 2008

South African designer Ryan Frank has sent in a couple of images of ZiG, a new shelving system he will be showing in Milan during the furniture fair in April. More »

February 15th, 2008

Stockholm Design Week: Swedish designer Jens Fager presented a collection called Grovhugget anno 2008 at the Greenhouse young designers’ showcase at the Stockholm Furniture Fair last week. More »

February 15th, 2008

Phos Architects of London are among five teams shortlisted to design an observation tower overlooking the city of Liverpool, England. More »

February 15th, 2008

Architect Ayako Murata has created an installation at the Diesel Denim Gallery in Aoyama, Tokyo. More »

February 14th, 2008

We’ve been saving this one for Valentine’s Day… Love in the City is a concept by Dutch designer Anke Weiss to turn red stop lights into love hearts. More »