Lightfacet by Bloomming
Dutch design studio Bloomming have designed a modular system where diamond-shaped components can be individually rotated to vary the amount of light allowed to penetrate. More »
Monthly archives: June 2009
Design It: Shelter Competition
Dezeenwire: the Guggenheim Museum and Google Sketchup have launched Design It: Shelter Competition, “a global, online initiative that invites the public to use Google Earth and Google SketchUp to create and submit designs for virtual 3-D shelters for a location of their choice anywhere on Earth.” Details here
Crush and NoVolume by Coordination
DMY Berlin 09: designer Flip Selin of German design group Coordination presented his Crush sofa and NoVolume nesting tables at the Made in Berlin exhibition as part of DMY Extended in Berlin last week. More »
Eva’s bed by h2o architectes
Paris firm h2o architectes have completed an elevated child’s bed that also forms a partition and play area in a Paris residence. More »
Competition: five copies of Newton Virus
by Troika to be won
We’ve teamed up with digital designers Troika to give away five copies of Newton Virus, a non-destructive application that makes your desktop icons roll around as if affected by gravity (see movie below). More »
Analog Digital Clock by Maarten Baas
Milan 09 movie: our second movie from Dutch designer Maarten Baas‘ Real Time exhibition in Milan this April is Analog Digital Clock, a movie in which a performer replicates a digital clock by painting over and wiping clean panels on a glass screen (below). More »
Sweeper Clock by Maarten Baas
Milan 09 movie: here (below) is an excerpt from Sweeper Clock, a movie presented by Dutch designer Maarten Baas in Milan this April, featuring two men with brooms pushing lines of debris to form moving clock hands. More »
Alice Rawsthorn: Artists in Designers’ Clothing
Dezeenwire: Alice Rawsthorn reports from the Venice Biennale on artists turning their hands to interior design. New York Times
Fundamentals of Makkum by Atelier NL
for Royal Tichelaar Makkum
Milan 09: Dutch designers Atelier NL have created a simple pottery tableware range made of clay dug from different areas of the Netherlands. More »
The Guardian: The changing face of everyday design
Dezeenwire: The Guardian presents a gallery showing how everyday designs including Cornflake packs and flight attendant uniforms have changed over the years. The Guardian
Tonale by David Chipperfield for Alessi
British architect David Chipperfield has designed a collection of tableware with colours inspired by an Italian painter and forms inspired by ancient Korean stoneware. More »
Church by Beton
Polish designers Beton have sent us some photos of their nearly completed, shingle-clad church in a small village overlooking the Vistula. More »
Harajuku Box House by Daniel Statham
Architects
Daniel Statham Architects have designed Harajuku Box House, a residential and retail project in Tokyo.
Najah, Lazara and Ilham by Anne-Cécile Rappa
More recycled work from Swiss designer Anne-Cécile Rappa: Najah, Lazara and Ilham are a series of lights made of found objects sheathed in knitted plastic bags. More »
Tile Stove Project by Dick van Hoff
for Royal Tichelaar Makkum
Milan 09: Dutch designer Dick van Hoff presented wood-burning stoves made of tiles for Dutch ceramic manufacturers Royal Tichelaar Makkum in Milan in April. More »