Interior Design

Treforma Nesting Tables by Jason Phillips

May 30, 2011Design3 comments147 Views
Jason Phillips, the 2010 product designer of the year, is back with a beautiful design called Treforma. Treforma is inspired by objects and the way they reflect and transmit light. The color of objects is determined by the parts of the spectrum of light that are reflected...

daviddavid x Glass Hill “Chair”

May 25, 2011Design6 comments156 Views
Product design studio Glass Hill recently teamed up with daviddavid to produce a special chair featuring an individually hand-drawn pencil crayon design. Print label daviddavid is best known for bold, geometric prints shown at London Fashion Week as part of the British...

Tim Mackerodt: FALT. Series

May 23, 2011Design0 comment85 Views
Conceptualized by German designer Tim Mackerodt, this unique lamp and stool set were created as part of a series called "FALT." The pieces were made using a folded concrete method by which fiber-reinforced concrete is rolled out and manually folded into flexible molds, the...

The Sinus Table by Daniel Lorch for L&Z

May 17, 2011Design4 comments305 Views
Designed by L&Z co-founder Daniel Lorch, the Sinus Trestle is a simple and plausible table constructed from a single piece of tubular steel that has been bent into this ideal, static shape. Robust but not heavy, the table sits atop two powder-coated trestles that can...

“Divis Bench” by Mike & Maaike for Council

May 11, 2011Design0 comment158 Views
Having previously worked together to produce the "Divis Table," San Francisco-based studio Mike & Maaike and design company Council have teamed up again to create this accompanying seat. Made from ash and poplar, the "Divis Bench" has been finished in a number of colors,...

“Matchstick Light” by Sam Thompson

May 5, 2011Design8 comments139 Views
A collaboration between designer Sam Thompson and electrical engineer Zack Shivers resulted in the making of this "Matchstick Light." Using 3/4" sticks of maple held together with high quality stainless steel machine screws and wing nuts, the top of the device resembles a...

Acura x Studio Dror “Thor” S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Desk

May 2, 2011Design18 comments318 Views
New York City-based architectural and interior design firm Studio Dror has teamed up with luxury automaker Acura to design this limited-edition desk inspired by the new Marvel film, Thor. Designed for an operative agent working for S.H.I.E.L.D., the intelligence and security...

Pavillon Hermès

April 20, 2011Design14 comments406 Views
Milan Design Week 2011 once again represented the launch point for some of the design world's most innovative and aesthetically pleasing furniture collections. The Hermès house was among the latest blockbuster names to dabble in furniture design as artistic director...

TRON designs Corian®

April 20, 2011Design41 comments1424 Views
Creating a veritable landscape of eye candy, the whole digital futuristic TRON aesthetic made its way into the real world with a project titled "TRON designs Corian®." The theme of creating lifestyle living solutions inspired by the hit movie was hosted by both Disney and...

“Gothic Chairs” by Studio Job for Moooi

April 5, 2011Design2 comments202 Views
Created by Nynke Tynagel and Job Smeets of the design firm Studio Job, these "Gothic chairs" were created especially for Dutch furniture brand Moooi. Inspired by a 16th century-style neo-Gothic chair purchased by Smeets, the chair was recreated through an industrial method...

Artek: White Collection by Ville Kokkonen

April 1, 2011Design36 comments173 Views
Celebrating its 75th anniversary, Finnish design company Artek introduces its latest project, "White," designed Ville Kokkonen, the company's design director. A collection of lighting solutions, "White" is anchored by four different fittings, all the outcome of Artek's study...

Edition29 ARCHITECTURE Issue #5

March 22, 2011Design1 comment93 Views
Edition29 ARCHITECTURE present the 5th issue of their iPad magazines. The 170-page issue features some of the latest and greatest developments in the world of architecture ranging from work by Yoshiyuki Moriyama and the RA House in Kansai, to the “Torreagüera Atresados”...

FOSSA by Aurélien Barbry for COR

March 17, 2011Design35 comments139 Views
Combining elements of a sofa, lounger and corner combination, the Fossa chair was created for German manufacturer COR by French designer Aurélien Barbry. With an emphasis on comfort and functionality, the unique furniture piece features recesses that allow cushion pieces to...

“Snoop” Stool by Karim Rashid for B-LINE

March 16, 2011Design13 comments90 Views
Italian furniture company B-LINE has collaborated with New York-based designer Karim Rashid on this "Snoop" stool. The multifaceted rotomolded polyethylene stool is stackable and has built-in pockets so that it can be used as either a low table or a bookshelf. The "Snoop"...

Hemp Chair by Werner Aisslinger

March 11, 2011Design39 comments246 Views
Designed by Berlin-based designer/architect Werner Aisslinger, the "Hemp Chair" is the first monochair designed using natural fibers that have been molded under heat using a special ecological glue, resulting in a sustainable composite material. Shown at Milan Design Week...