Vitra Children Workshop by Alejandro Aravena Architects
It’s been a couple of years now, since I heard Argentinean architect Rafael Iglesia describe one of his projects as the attempt to produce a thing not an object. A thing, he said, does not have project, it has not been designed; but an object has. I might have misunderstood what he meant, but I translated it as the difference between a chair and a stone. A chair is designed to be able to sit on it. A stone, if of the right size and form, may allow to sit on it, but was not designed as such. A thing has a life on its own, it has no purpose; only circumstances, e.i. use, make a thing become intentional…
Via & more: ArchDaily
FREITAG Limited Art Edition 2009
Swiss bag brand Freitag have launched a limited edition range of bags made of used exhibition banners from leading art galleries and museums. The bags will feature banners from Tate Modern in London, Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, Palazzo Grassi in Venice and MoCA Los Angeles. The range takes the form of Freitag’s existing F52 Miami Vice shopping bag, swapping the used lorry tarpaulin material they usually use to make their bags for exhibition banners.
Via & more: Dezeen
Sheds For Living: Small Practical Prefab Living Space
Small houses are the new black right now, and this practical little living space couldn’t be more in vogue. The “Shed,” designed by Manchester-based FKDA Architects, provides all the necessary amenities for living in a compact unit. Designed for those in need of affordable and practical space, the Shed is sustainably built from FSC certified wood, with a healthy interior, efficient use of interior space, and it can run off renewable energy.
Via & more: Inhabitat
VOL by Victor Carrasco for Boffi
Spanish designer Victor Carrasco has designed a wash basin for Italian manufacturers Boffi. The basin can be wall-mounted or supported by a base under one side. The wall-mounted taps shown are called Wings, designed for Boffi by Italian designer Mario Tessarollo.
Via & more: Dezeen
The Serial Chair Killer: Matylda Krzykowski
A chair, a typical everyday wooden chair; a functional object of utility which is used for sitting, which may be used as a “step” to reach up and get something from the cupboard way-way up, it can be used to hang your clothes on it, or even stack a pack of books and magazines because you just have no more space and they end up forgotten one on top of the other!
Via & more: Yatzer
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