designed in the name of FRONT
The all-female group of young Swedish designers, FRONT and their latest collaboration with MOROSO, MOOOI, Established & Sons LTD and the new Italian design brand SKITCH, were the talk of the town during the design week in Milan. Below we have showcased their latest designs and if the cushions of a sofa are balanced on their edges, a flat surface is turned into one richly draped with fabric and the wind has blown away a vase, then in front of your screen are showcased all the new products of FRONT design for 2009.
Via & more: Yatzer
ICSID ülés és szakmai nap Budapesten
Az Ipari Formatervezési Társaságok Nemzetközi Szövetsége (ICSID) Budapesten tartja következő ülését 2009. május 15. és 17. között. A Magyar Formatervezési Tanács és a Moholy-Nagy Művészeti Egyetem ehhez kapcsolódó nyilvános szakmai napot tart „Mennyit ér a design?” címmel. (more…)
5.5 designers: ‘3 sets’ for Roland Garros
For the Roland-Garros Tournament 2009, 5.5 designers have reinterpreted tennis equipment in the collection ‘3 sets’. The tubes of balls are transformed into decanter and glasses ‘Ace’. The traditional wooden rackets take the form of stools which are break corded and a score board has been created to be used within the home. The collection seems fitting for tennis fans.
Via & more: designboom
new works by Giorgio Biscaro
If a design object is characterized by rationality and inspiration then we are probably talking about one of Giorgio Biscaro’s concepts. This italian designer is constantly seeking new ways of expression through simplicity and “user friendly” projects. No surprise that some of his new porjects have been shown in the Milan Design Week and also selected for the Salon Satellite. His inspiration comes from the need to find creative solutions even when it seems impossible. So whether there is space, material or any other limitation Giorgio has the answer. His concepts are exactly this; a response to design questions for beautiful, practical and functional objects.
text by Pascal Panagiotidis for Yatzer
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Bomberman Explodes Plants
This title maybe misleading but the intention is pretty peaceful! Legend has it that after the World War II got over, American pilot Gale Halvorson airdropped candies in the name of hope, for the Berlin children. War equals devastation, so dropping candies instead of bombs was probably personal retribution. Inspired by this incident, designer Hwang Jin wook and pals have come up with a plan to combat deforestation and desertification of land in a similar fashion. Their mission is called “Seedbomb.”
Via & more: Yanko Design
Soft Oak chair by Pepe Heykoop
Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop presented Soft Oak chair as part of Dutch Invertuals in Milan last month. The chair has a thin, wooden frame with a large backrest and wings. The seat and backrest are made of squashy foam covered in a mosaic of oak pieces. Design Invertuals was an exhibition showcasing the work of former Design Academy Eindhoven students.
Via & more: Dezeen
The Andromeda Lamp by Ross Lovegrove
British designer Ross Lovegrove has created the Andromeda lamp for Yamagiwa. Andromeda is an artificial structure for capturing artificial light. Emerging from the concept of Netification; the reduction of physical mass through selective perforation across a pre defined form; the concept floats more as a diatomic sea creature in the free ocean of space. It floats in a state of apparent anti gravity, capturing its light within to graphically delineate a structural net as a soft external shadow of itself. The light that is emitted from its LED clusters is reflected back into itself via mirrors orientated to maximise their output and to freely distribute a very pure light. It becomes the source of ambient light within a room, vesting gentle forms like large roots onto adjacent surfaces to form extended relationships onto and into architectural dimensions.
Via & more: Contemporist
News from Naoto Fukasawa and Plusminuszero
During Milan Design Week 09 Plusminuszero presented their collection at Spazio Rossana Orlandi. Design director of Plusminuszero is Naoto Fukasawa.
Via & more: designboom
Fundamentals of Makkum at Milan Design Week 09
Royal Tichelaar Makkum is persistently on the prowl for novel applications of ceramics. This approach has earned the company a strong reputation for ceramic creativity in projects together with, among others, Hella Jongerius, Studio Job, Studio Makkink and Bey. Last year Tichelaar’s flower pyramids won wide international acclaim. These exuberant celebrations of ceramic mastery showed the public craftsmanship and attention for detail as ‘new luxury’.
Via & more: designboom
Balancing Barn by MVRDV and Mole Architects
Our friends from MVRDV sent us their latest project with Living Architecture, the Balancing Barn, a cantilevered holiday home near the village of Thorington in Suffolk, England. Living Architecture, a British organization devoted to architecture as experience, has commissioned a series of outstanding holiday homes in the UK. MVRDV and co-architect Mole Architects from Cambridge will create a house sympathetic in spirit and materials to the exceptional natural site, which will be available for holiday rental from 2010.
Via & more: ArchDaily
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