Camper store in London by Tokujin Yoshioka
A new store for shoe brand Camper designed by Tokujin Yoshioka will open in Regent Street, London later this month. The store will feature a wall covered in folded artificial red suede, a development of an installation Yoshioka created for Italian funiture brand Moroso in New York in 2007, which used folded tissue. The chairs shown here, which also use the tissue technique, are Yoshioka’s Bouquet chair for Moroso.
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Facebook Offices by O+A Studio
Employees of Facebook recently moved to a new headquarters that facilitates interaction and connection, reflecting the company’s mission as a social networking website provider. Formerly a laboratory facility for high-tech manufacturer Agilent Technologies, the 150,000-square-foot structure at Palo Alto’s Stanford Research Park brings together more than 700 employees originally scattered throughout 10 locations in and around downtown Palo Alto. The design of the space relied heavily on input from the users, appropriate for a flatly structured company that weights every employee’s opinion equally. O+A designers interviewed employees about what they wanted from their new headquarters. The Facebook platform was used to conduct company-wide polls about design decisions, post construction photos and updates, and keep everyone informed of the thought process behind the project. An advisory board of employees from every department collaborated with the design team on the design process, from space planning to finishes to final move coordination.
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Interni magazine issue #594
100 thoughts, 100 projects, 100 products. That’s the ‘slogan’ we chose for the September 2009 issue, a most special issue – aspiring to remain in the bookcases of our readers – that wants to highlight projects, strategies and innovations, which the players of the Italian design system are carrying out to face the great challenge of the ongoing change. Why did we call it “Design Thinking”? Because we like to consider design as a widespread planning attitude, a method and forma mentis of an increasingly complex society, where roles and titles are gradually losing relevance in favour of the participation and sharing of tomorrow’s design. (more…)
Eco Warrior by Rezon
Tokyo design brand Rezon have designed a cotton bag for people to wear over their heads when they see people exhibiting ungreen behaviour. The cotton bag, which is available as a standard edition and a High Class version printed with silver or gold lame ink, allows shoppers rapidly to transform themselves into eco warriors.
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View House by Johnston MarkLee & Diego Arraigada Arquitecto
The View House is designed under conditions generated by both the potential and limitations of large suburban developments. Situated near Rosario on the vast landscape of the Argentine plains, the 3200 sq foot house occupies a 22,750 sq foot parcel. The design is driven by two conflicting desires: engaging the living experience of the house with the views of the surrounding landscape and preserving privacy from neighbors.
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London Design Guide 2010 book
The 2010 Edition of LONDON DESIGN GUIDE is the first publication dedicated to the multi-faceted designscape of London. London’s design scene is widely considered one of the most energetic, diverse, and innovative creative communities in the world. The city is vast and it can be a daunting task discovering its design offerings. LONDON DESIGN GUIDE has done the hard work by selecting and reviewing the leading design shops, galleries, and institutions and celebrating the rich mix of design choices in the cosmopolitan capital today. Organised by key areas, the guide reviews the design retailers of contemporary and 20th Century furniture and products; the design galleries dedicated to collectible design; the museum institutions that educate on design history; as well as the bookshops that comprehensively cover the subject of design. Each area is accompanied by a clear map and a personal tour through the neighbourhood streets, written by an informed local. This is supported by restaurant, bar, café, and hotel recommendations.
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Far Foods project by James Reynolds
In his ‘Far Foods’ project British designer James Reynolds presents supermarket goods in packaging that highlights the distances the foods travel and the resultant carbon dioxide released during their journey. He also extends the idea to the receipt, which features a boarding card style tear-off strip detailing mileage and carbon emissions.
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Maruni Collection by Naoto Fukasawa
“The wooden chairs that was made in the past and which has become the world standard, has more of a industrial art-like handmade warmth and less design.” This is a series announced in 2008, which was realized by the collaboration with the product designer, Naoto Fukasawa. The lineup is the Hiroshima, a series that is made by beech and oak that has a non-painted finished look showing the natural wood grains, and the Traditional Series which we have modernized the design of the European style furniture from the Mediterranean series and the Versailles series. Both the Mediterranean and Versailles from Maruni were best sellers since the 1980’s in Japan. The Maruni Collection has an exquisite form and a design with no margin of error. It has been appreciated for its high perfection level of comfort, and has been receiving remarkable attention in Japan as well as from abroad.
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Oogst 100 Community by Tjep
Here is the second of three proposals by Dutch designers Tjep. for self-sufficient farms – this time aiming to to house and provide food for up to 100 people within a diametre of 400 metres. Here is the second of three proposals by Dutch designers Tjep. for self-sufficient farms – this time aiming to to house and provide food for up to 100 people within a diametre of 400 metres. Like Oogst 1 Solo, Oogst 100 Community mimics a natural ecosystem. It contains a greenhouse for crops to be grown in, fields for livestock and a windmill to harness all the energy needed for the community.
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Garden By Be Area by Kazutoyo Yamamoto
Japanese designer Kazutoyo Yamamoto of Dessence has created a beauty salon featuring hanging vines in Saitama, Japan. Called Garden By Be Area, the project aims to bring the outdoors in by separating booth-like spaces with suspended vines. A ceiling of foliage covers the hair-washing area, which features parquet flooring and wooden cabinets. The glass-fronted waiting room features two large trees and wooden furniture. The exterior of the salon is clad in a reflective, faceted surface.
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