The Project Vitra – A Realistic Utopia
Interview and text by Blaga Bancheva for deZona | Photos: Vitra
Vitra is not just a company producing furniture. Vitra is an open-end project. Willi and Erika Fehlbaum have initiated it in 1957 in Basel (Switzerland) and Weil am Rhein (Germany). Nowadays Vitra turns into a very special emotional experience for everyone who gets in contact with it. With the years the project includes lots of initiatives but the engine always remains the same remarkable person – Rolf Fehlbaum. We propose you a exciting meeting with this man…
Bedroom Inspiration from DOC Mobili
Italian furniture manufacturer DOC Mobili is preparing to exhibit at the 2009 Milan Furniture Fair in April, where they will show off their latest pieces, including their growing range of bedroom furniture.
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PING-PONG Dining Table by Hunn Wai for Mein Gallery
PING-PONG Dining table harks back to the origins of table-tennis with its duality of both being a table fit for dining and playing on. What started off as impromptu after-dinner amusement mimicking tennis in an indoor environment for upper-class Victorians became an international phenomenon with rules and standards. This is an official-sized game table with a DuPont™ Corian® surface CNC machine-routed with French Rococo patterns interjected with Ping-pong iconography filled with gold lacquer, supported by stately hand-lathed timber legs.
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Snefjord road stop
The site of the road stop is a paradox. Oftentimes, the hardest winds blow off the sea, and yet the most attractive view is toward the fjord. The obvious response in order to shield tourists from the wind would be to construct a view-blocking wall. Instead three “bench-boxes” prefabricated at a local wharf dot the area, and their differing orientations allow visitors to choose where to sit according to wind and sun conditions.
Via & more: ArchDaily
Habitat 67 Classified a Historic Monument
Christine St-Pierre, Quebec’s Minister of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women, today announced the classification of Habitat 67 in Montreal, Canada as a historic monument. Units 1011 and 1012, which are owned by architect and designer Moshe Safdie, were also classified. Mr. Safdie was present at the announcement.
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63.02° / Jo Nagasaka + Schemata
63.02º, built in a densely residential area in Nakano, Tokyo, is a small building of a SOHO and an apartment for rent. The front road is really narrow, but the next apartment has a big open space between the road and the building. In order to this situation, the facade of 63.02° is inclined 63.02 degrees toward the front road, so that a wide and deep view is acquired. From the large windows that are opened on the inclined facade, you can see neighbor’s cherry tree and the cityscape.
Via & more: ArchDaily
Camping – furniture that spans the generations
The exclusive Camping series has been designed by Jesper K. Thomsen, and consists of chairs, table, stool and daybed in moulded beech wood. Camping is part of New Danish Modern – Normann Copenhagen’s Danish furniture series, which combines traditional Danish crafts and manufacture with modern designs. The essence of Camping is its excellent craft that focuses on traditional cabinet making methods and finish. (more…)
Rosso Restaurant Interior by SO Architecture
SO Architecture designed the interior for the Rosso Restaurant in Ramat Yishay, a town in the valley of Yezre-el in the Northern part of Israel. The design was influenced and inspired by the geography of the local area. The rolling fields that surround the restaurant are found to be continued in the restaurant’s ceiling, which is built of thirty-six steel contoured structures, and covered by painted wood. The chairs and the wide windows are decorated in plant motives to enforce the connection with the surrounding scenery. When night falls, the lighting, which is between the ceiling beams, forms a warm and somewhat mysterious, atmosphere.
Via & more: Contemporist
The Design and Design Book of the Year
Design and Design Book of the Year will be available for purchase online from april 9th 2009!
Via & more: DesignEast
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