Castelo Novo by Comoco Architects
Here are some images of a visitors centre with walkways built through and around a castle in Fundão, Portugal, by Portuguese studio Comoco Architects. More »
Monthly archives: April 2010
Mimosa by Jason Bruges Studio
Milan 2010: interactive designers Jason Bruges Studio of London have sent us a video of their Mimosa installation, featuring light panels that open and close like flowers. More »
Once Upon a Dream by Mathieu Lehanneur
for Veuve Clicquot
Milan 2010: french designer Mathieu Lehanneur presented a bed for curing insomnia in the Zona Tortona district of Milan last week. More »
Eugene lounge chair by Stefan Diez for e15
Milan 2010: German designer Stefan Diez launched Eugene, a veneered plywood lounge chair for German brand e15, at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile last week. More »
Competition: five pairs of Reykjavik Eyes
spectacles to be won
Dezeen have got together with designer and optician Gunnar Gunnarson of Icelandic spectacle company Reykjavik Eyes to give away five pairs of their titanium spectacle frames. More »
DnB NOR Headquarters by a-lab
As part of a waterfront development for Oslo called Bjørvika Barcode, Norwegian architects a-lab have designed an office and residential building with a covered garden punched through the middle. More »
“Erupting beauty at furniture show” –
Alice Rawsthorn in The New York Times
Dezeenwire: New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorn reviews last week’s furniture fair in Milan – link.
Related: see all Dezeen’s stories from Milan 2010.
Archigram Archival Project
launched
Dezeenwire: an online archive of work by architects Archigram has been launched by the University of Westminster in London. More details in the press release below. More »
Casa Orquidea by Andrés Remy Architects
Argentinian studio Andrés Remy Arquitectos have completed a house in Pilar, Buenos Aires, consisting of volumes stacked at sloping angles. More »
Nara by Shin Azumi for Fredericia
Milan 2010: designer Shin Azumi of London and Tokyo presented a collection of wooden furniture including this horned chair for Danish brand Fredericia at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan last week. More »
Ark House by Axis Mundi
New York studio Axis Mundi have designed a house for a mountainside in Montana, USA, which incorporates a 60 foot internal bridge More »
Foglie by Matali Crasset for Pallucco
Milan 2010: French designer Matali Crasset presented a lighting collection with branching forms in Milan last week. More »
Smart Grid Gallery by Jaime Hayón
Milan 2010: Spanish designer Jaime Hayón created an installation for Italian energy company Enel at the Interni Think Tank in Milan last week. More »
Giovannoni WASHLET by Stefano Giovannoni
for TOTO
Milan 2010: Japanese bathroom brand TOTO launched a toilet by Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni in Milan last week. More »
AG Cafe by Kidosaki Architects Studio
Tokyo studio Kidosaki Architects have completed the interior of a combined cafe and gallery in Aichi, Japan, with nest-like profiles cut out from the top of one wall. More »