Stockholm’s Slussen Project Finalists
A winner in Stockholm‘s ambitious Slussen urban redesign competition has yet to be announced, but Bustler has already some exciting images of the currently shortlisted five proposals by internationally acclaimed architects like Sir Norman Foster, Jean Nouvel, and BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), as well as Swedish firms Nyréns Architects and Gert Wingårdh Architect.
Via & more: Bustler
Ron Arad relaunched the website
Ron Arad has relaunched the website with photos of the show at the Pompidou, and many photos of construction site of Holon Museum of Design in Israel and Mediacite in Liege.
Via & more: ronarad.com
Kitchen products by Morph
London designers Morph have designed three new products for British kitchen equipment manufacturers Joseph Joseph, including a polypropylene salad bowl and servers.
Via & more: Dezeen
Marc Sadler: ‘Tress’ for Foscarini at Milan Design Week 2009
Foscarini will launch a new lamp by milan-based designer Marc Sadler at this year’s Milan Design Week. ‘Tress’ is made from interwoven threads that have been soaked in resin and cast in a long cylinder. The texture of the material is reminiscent of traditional woven fibres like baskets and high tech materials like carbon fibre.
Via & more: designboom
MIPIM Awards Winners 2009 Announced
Reed MIDEM, organizer of the MIPIM international property conference and exhibition, announces the winners of the 2009 MIPIM Awards, which took place March 12 in Cannes, France.
Via & more: Bustler
Naoto Fukasawa and Patricia Urquiola: (standard)3 relax for Panasonic Electric Works at Milan Design Week 09
(standard)3 relax by Panasonic Electric Works Co. Ltd will be on display during Milan Design Week 09. The special installation by Martino Berghinz conceived for the event has been thought for a space combining design and technology through the projects by Naoto Fukasawa and Patricia Urquiola. Naoto Fukasawa created ’sphere’, ‘dome’ and ‘bucket’ a collection of lamps which are energy saving. Patricia Urquiola designed a new ergonomic seat by combining highly technological performance features with aesthetics and functionality.
Via & more: designboom
Mgx. by Materialise & Arik Levy at Swarovski’s Crystal Palace
Arik Levy has collaborated with .MGX by Materialise to create Osmosis, an exhibition to be revealed at the Swarovski Crystal Palace in Milan next month. Levy uses the .MGX rapid prototyping technologies to create an installation that combines elements of art, design, technology, and engineering, as well as reflection and light.
Via & more: MoCo Loco
Amanda Levete Architects: ‘CORIAN® super-surfaces’ at Milan Design Week 09
‘Corian® super-surfaces’ is the name of the exhibition that DuPont™ Corian® and Amanda Levete Architects (ALA) will create for the upcoming Milan Design Week in April 2009.
Via & more: designboom
The Transforming Movito Electric Scooter
The Movito is an eco-friendly electric scooter that recently took top honors in NASA’s Create the future Design Contest. Designed by Tai Chiem, the vehicle is propelled by a carbon-cutting in-wheel electric motor located within a modular base that can be detached to form a two-seat vehicle.
Via & more: Inhabitat
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