Skitsch: new Italian design brand
New Italian design brand Skitsch launched their inaugural collection last month, including pieces by designers Front, Maarten Baas and the Campana Brothers. The launch took place at their first flagship store in Milan.
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The Peacock Chair by Dror Benshetrit for Cappellini
New York based designer Dror Benshetrit has created the Peacock chair for Cappellini. Created out of three sheets of felt and a minimal metal frame. The folds of the felt are woven tightly to form a structured yet incredibly comfortable lounge chair, with no weaving, sewing, or upholstery involved.
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YachtPlus launches its first Foster + Partners designed super-yacht
The fractional ownership super-yacht company, YachtPlus, launched its first yacht – The Ocean Emerald – in La Spezia, Italy on April 25 in the presence of Norman Foster. This contemporary 41 metre yacht has been designed with a strong emphasis on space and light and has five suites for up to 12 guests, who will be looked after by a permanent, highly trained crew of seven. The internal planning of the yacht offers total flexibility to respond to the diverse requirements of the owners and their guests and keen attention has been paid to design and detail ranging from the internal (2,790sqft) and external (2,495sqft) areas to cutlery, crockery, fabrics and crew uniforms. All furnishings and fittings are provided by the Italian manufacturer Cassina and kitchen and galley equipment by Schiffini.
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Anotherarchitect: Iwen Swirl Table
Anotherarchitect is a multidisciplinary design studio based in Germany and Russia. The studio is involved in design commissions of all scales from urban design studies, architecture, interior and product design. They recently created ‘Iwen Swirl Table’ an outdoor kitchen table, made with wood and fibreglass. The design of the swirl table consists of two paired colors and are generated from a flat rectangular piece – the shape is generated by simply folding
it along predefined lines.
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Vertical House by LOHA Architects
The Vertical House, a 2400 square foot residence located along active Pacific Avenue in Venice, California, diverges from the pre-established response to front and back yards by balanced articulation of the skin on all faces. A simple material, cement fiber board, has been innovatively used in conjunction with three types of colored glazing. This allows a powerful commentary on surface manipulation, defining architecture through the envelope of a volume rather than through the volume itself. Adhering formally to a simple box, while responding to the site restrictions that include extremely narrow setbacks and selected views, the articulated surface formalizes the state of hybridity inherent to the project.
Via & more: ArchDaily
And the winner of Mies Van der Rohe Award 2009 is…
The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe announced on the 29th of April that the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Oslo, Norway by Snøhetta is the winner of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2009.
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Kaufhauskanal Metrozone by BIG + Topotek1
The IBA Hamburg is a building exhibition which is running in Hamburg until 2013 and has as its mission to develop solutions for the future of the metropolis. One in a long line of building exhibitions held throughout Germany which also included the 1927 Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart which showed the latest developments in architecture and house construction. All building exhibitions to date have had one thing in common: they generated ideas on shaping the future of urban life.
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Wooden Carpet by Elisa Stroyzk
German design student Elisa Stroyzk has created a rug made of wood-veneer offcuts. The geometric pieces are laser-cut or cut by hand then bonded to a textile backing. Stroyzk is currently studying at Central Saint Martins college of art and design in London.
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MINIBAR – The first SELF SERVICE bar in the world
The world’s first bar, without a bar. Serve yourself at Amsterdam’s new minibar. The famous Prinsengracht canal in Amsterdam is the location for a revolutionary bar concept where customers serve themselves from one of 45 private mini-bars, opened on March 20th. The wall of mini-bars is accessed with a personal key that customers receive after checking in at the door.
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Up Series by Geatano Pesce now in Silver from B&B Italia
Geatano Pesce’s iconic Up lounge chair, designed in the 1960s it is now celebrating its 40th birthday. In honour of this event B&B Italia is making UP available in a new metalic silver upholstery, and in a numbered edition. UP5 UP6 Silver, by Geatano Pesce, for B&B Italia.
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