Upcoming event: IDW – Design Weekend ‘09 | June 18-21, 2009
IDW-design-weekend ‘09 welcomes the international community of design with exhibitions, product design and installations, involvong the Turkish city and making of it a point of reference of Mediterranean creativity, between culture and business.
40 Winks Hotel by David Carter
We have just received images of David Carter’s newest concept – smallest boutique hotel in London named 40 Winks. Carter’s restored four- story Queen Anne Townhouse was built in 1717, and is situated in East London. The hotel has just two bijou guest bedrooms furnished with an eclectic mix of old and new.
Via & more: designboom
La Cantine de la Ménagerie de Verre by Matali Crasset
French designer Matali Crasset has completed the reception area and canteen of arts venue Ménagerie de Verre in Paris, France. Crasset designed solid-birch tables and chairs for the space as well as low, upholstered seating. Inspired by the trestle, each table and chair consists of a folding structure supporting a shell. All furniture can be removed to allocated storage areas, freeing up space for events.
Via & more: Dezeen
Stone Towers by Zaha Hadid Architects in Cairo
The Stone Towers by Zaha Hadid Architects for Rooya Group of Egypt is located in the Stone Park district of Cairo. Providing office and retail facilities to a rapidly expanding Cairo, the unique 525,000sqm Stone Towers development also includes a five-star business hotel with serviced apartments, retail with food and beverage facilities and sunken landscaped gardens and plaza called the ‘Delta’. Hisham Shokri, CEO of Rooya Group said “There is a overwhelming need in Egypt for developments of the highest international standards required by the serious and growing investment climate of the country – ultimately contributing to making it a hub for multinationals in the region. The Stone Towers needed an architect with daring ideas, innovation, international expertise and experience … it needed Zaha Hadid.”
Via & more: Yatzer
GKK Dental Ambulatory by x Architekten
The relocation of various businesses from the Voestalpine steel manufacturer’s premises included the dental clinic of the Upper Austrian regional medical insurance company. The nearby “Service Zone” was chosen as the new location. The task was to create a modern and service-oriented clinic on a 525 sqm plot which offers the dentists the best possible hygiene and functionality at work and which receives and guides the patients.
Via & more: ArchDaily
Dario Cottone’s Ribbon Unites Caltanissetta
Under the direction of architect Dario Cottone, the young Italian firm recently won an international competition in the historical center of Caltanissetta, Sicily. Cottone’s project focuses on a red ribbon that aims to link the older historic parts of the 16,000 square meter site with the emerging contemporary areas.
Via & more: ArchDaily
Zound Systems and their concept furniture
Syros is a beautiful Greek island that, apart from its numerous beaches and interesting sightseeings, is hiding more attractions for the design curious traveller. Zaxos Stathopoulos is the leading brain behind zound systems, a creative initiative that is trying to generate its own visual vocabulary on contemporary furniture. Not being afraid of using concepts neither bold application of colour, zound systems recycle and reinvent ideas and materials in order to create the elements of a particular universe. In their case, it is a universe full of arty creations, with strong personality and stories to tell. Investigating and inspired by concepts like atavism, metabolism, raw data, fabela architecture, waste and biosphere principles, they create objects that, as they point out, carry messages, answers and evidence for a secret tale written for a single reader. It comes of no surprise then that one can find in zound systems’ world from ideal creations for dark princes till furniture that even seems alive. If all of that sounds confusing, continue reading our exclusive interview of Zaxos that casts a light. You can even get some extra excuses for organizing your next vacations at Syros!
Via & more: Yatzer
Tokyofiber ‘09 – Senseware, #03
New Conductive Fiber complexes nano-size metallic fine particles into a fiber and raises conductivity by reducing the distance between particles and broadening the conductive area. Also, because it has conductive function inside its fibers, the material is able to prevent a decline in conductivity due to flexing, friction, and salt corrosion, the conventional issues related to conductive fibers, and can enlarge the applicable area.
Via & more: Yatzer
Twenty-first Century Design by Markus Fairs – new edition
“Twenty-first Century Design” by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs is a fascinating survey of the contemporary design landscape, guiding the reader through the intoxicating array of contemporary movements, styles and trends, and identifying today’s leading designers, as well as future design classics. This pioneering publication places the contemporary scene in a historic framework and explores cultural and economic forces shaping design now and in the years to come. Accessible and engaging, it charts the incredible explosion of design worldwide and discusses cross-fertilization between design movements in what is rapidly emerging as one of the most exciting industries in the world.
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