Bouroullec Clouds for Kvadrat
In collaboration with Kvadrat, internationally acclaimed designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created Clouds, an innovative, interlocking fabric tile concept for the home. Clouds can be used as an installation and be hung from a wall or ceiling. Clouds evolves as you add elements to it, producing a unique three-dimensional effect. Inspired by the inviting irregularity of the surface, you construct your own piece and make your vision reality. Self-expression lies at the heart of the appeal of Clouds.
Via & more: Kvadrat
From a lost city
‘From A Lost City’ by Christian Vivanco is an exercise about today´s social behavior. Inspired by the Shanty towns all around South America, from las ciudades perdidas in Mexico city to las favelas in Rio de Janeiro, ‘From a lost city’ tries to preserve the improvisation´s essence, the grids absence, the disorder´s liberty.
Via & more: David Report
Singapore Civic & Culture Centre by Aedas
Construction is underway on the Singapore Civic & Culture Centre, which has been designed by the international architectural firm Aedas. Singapore Civic & Cultural Centre is located within the Vista Xchange precinct of one-north, Singapore. The 54,000 sq.m. development comprises of cultural, civic & retail uses and when complete will provide a premier entertainment, lifestyle and retail experience for one-north and the wider Singapore community.
Via & more: Contemporist
Joerg Boner for Temporary Addorisio
Swiss designer Joerg Boner recently showcased a series of pieces he designed for the Zurich based design gallery Temporary Addorisio. The collection features lighting, furniture and storage all designed with Boner’s experimental simplicity.
Via & more: designboom
Taipei Performing Art Center by NL Architects
NL architects have designed the Taipei Performing Arts Center aiming to make the building accessible to everybody. The public character of the center is guaranteed by the elevation of a substantial part of its program, creating a public square underneath it. As such the square becomes part of the building inside of it.
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Summer Cloud Sun Lounge by EOOS
Austrian design team EOOS have created the Summer Cloud sun lounge for the 2009 collection of the outdoor furniture manufacturer DEDON. This classic sun lounger takes on a new, innovative face with the SUMMER CLOUD collection from DEDON. The beach chair combines the lounger and fabric top to form a functional and unique design object.
Via & more: Contemporist
The Relief Chair by Ben K. Mickus
Brooklyn based designer Ben K. Mickus has sent us an email to let us know that his Relief Chair will make its world debut at the Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design, in New York, this Friday, March 6th, as part of the “Fashioning Felt” exhibition. This exhibition will explore the varied new uses of felt in contemporary design.
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Hansgrohe PuraVida Faucets – new bathroom trend for 2009: white lacquer with polished chrome!
In the light of the newest bathroom trends for 2009, a daring collaborative venture between Duravit, Phoenix Design and Hansgrohe has resulted in the extraordinary Hansgrohe PuraVida faucet collection. Working together certainly makes sense – PuraVida is a luxurious range which ‘adds a freer and more feminine approach to design’.
Via & more: Trendir
Shift Housing in Milan by AquiliAlberg
Milan architects AquiliAlberg have sent us these renderings of their Shift Housing project, currently under construction in Cremona, Italy. The front elevation of the building is characterised by a shift in the orientation of the two storeys; the ground floor is rotated four degrees anticlockwise, while the first floor is rotated four degrees clockwise.
Via & more: Dezeen
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