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Green Box is a Private Building Designed to be Consumed by Vegetation

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:04:37 +0200

my pic selected for the new cover of...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:31:01 +0200

my pic selected for the new cover of ArteSera!

http://www.artesera.it/

Elisabeth Lemercier: no scale, no function, nor...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:09:02 +0100

Elisabeth Lemercier: no scale, no function, nor proportion

cneia, chateau, france

on now through to the 19th may, 2013 the ‘OBU’ (original bipolar units) are a series of shimmering polychromatic steel blocks arranged in various iterations through magnetic force -

developed especially for cneia art space in france by architect elisabeth lemercier. the artist organized and rearranges the blocks to form growing

monolithic barriers, framing space, volume and dimension - an artistic exploration reflective of the artist’s architectural background.

Type Chairs Netherlands-based designer Roeland Otten has...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:55:04 +0100

Type Chairs

Netherlands-based designer Roeland Otten has created ‘ABChairs’—a series of 26 typographic chairs to represent the letters in the English alphabet.

I “RITRATTI GIGANTESCHI” DEGLI ARREDI DI CASSINA FIRMATI KARL...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:57:06 +0100

I “RITRATTI GIGANTESCHI” DEGLI ARREDI DI CASSINA FIRMATI KARL LAGERFELD

Cassina, the company famous for its inclination for research and innovation, asked Karl Lagerfeld, director of Chanel, to realize a shooting to Cassina’s furniture, the most representative of contemporary design. The collaboration was presented at the Cassina showroom in Paris the 31^st of January 2013. From the LC2 armchair by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand to the Auckland armchair by Jean-Marie Massaud, Karl Lagerfeld recounts a brief history of design with the furniture that is part of his own personal collection. Upside down, in conversation, a detail, together or in all their glory, the pieces, familiar because iconic, appear in graphic compositions that make them unusual and mysterious. Without betraying their identity, Karl Lagerfeld seems to extract a sort of humanity from their form. The surprising dimensions of Karl Lagerfeld’s works, which vary between 105cm by 210cm and 150cm by 300cm, are enriched by an incredible plastic and chromatic effect. The production has been assigned to Gerhard Steidl, as has the arrangement of the pictures and the scenography. The works, printed using the technique Lambda C on Kodak Silver Paper sealed in acrylic, are unique and certified by the artist. Even though it was the first time for Karl Lagerfeld to collaborate with a furniture brand for a photographic project, he succeeded. For this reason, Cassina has invited Karl Lagerfeld to create a scenography that will animate its historical showroom in via Durini during the Salone del Mobile in Milan, the most important event for the design sector. With a combination of photographs and furniture scenography, the fashion icon will once again surprise design aficionados with his original vision of the brand.

Cassina, azienda celebre per la sua attitudine alla ricerca e all’innovazione, ha chiesto al direttore creativo della maison Chanel di realizzare alcuni scatti ai mobili più rappresentativi del design contemporaneo. Il progetto è stato presentato a Parigi il 31 gennaio presso lo showroom dell’azienda italiana. Karl Lagerfeld ha selezionato accuratamente i suoi oggetti preferiti da far “sfilare” davanti all’obiettivo. Dalla poltrona LC2 di Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret e Charlotte Perriand alla poltrona Auckland di Jean-Marie Massaud, Karl racconta una breve storia del design con gli arredi che appartengono alla sua collezione personale. Il celebre fotografo e stilista reinterpreta le dimensioni e le composizioni dei mobili, rovesciandoli, ponendoli in conversazione tra loro, separandoli o riunendoli assieme nella loro maestosità, donandogli un aspetto grafico insolito e misterioso. La composizione grafica non risulta sconnessa, ma al contrario, ha una grande forma di umanità. Le dimensioni sorprendenti delle opere di Karl Lagerfeld, tra i 105cm per 210cm e 150cm per 300cm, sono arricchite da un’incredibile resa plastica e cromatica. Per quanto riguarda la scenografia e la disposizione dei quadri all’interno del vasto showroom, Gerhard Steidl ha curato tutti i minimi particolari. Le opere, stampate con la tecnica Lambda C on Kodak Silver Paper sealed in acrylic, sono uniche e certificate dall’artista. Karl Lagerfeld, sebbene fosse la sua prima collaborazione con un marchio di arredamento per un progetto fotografico, è riuscito ad interpretare egregiamente la sua missione. Per questo motivo, Cassina ha invitato Karl a realizzare la scenografia che animerà lo showroom storico milanese di via Durini durante il Salone del Mobile 2013. L’icona della moda, ancora una volta, interpreterà l’allestimento di mobili attraverso una sua visione originale.

Arianna Bonardi

Photo by Karl Lagerfeld – CASSINA

Times Square’s New Heart Formed with Salvaged Hurricane Sandy...

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:57:02 +0100

Design by Situ Studio | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Design by Situ Studio | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Design by Situ Studio | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Design by Situ Studio | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Design by Situ Studio | Posted by devidsketchbook.com

Times Square’s New Heart Formed with Salvaged Hurricane Sandy Debris

A sweet yet meaningful new art installation was recently unveiled in Times Square. Brooklyn-based design firm Situ Studio created Heartwalk, a heart-shaped enclosure made from boardwalk boards salvaged from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Collected both from New York and New Jersey, the boards form a slatted construction that lifts from the ground and is illuminated from within. Visitors are encouraged to enter the installation and literally stand in the heart of the city.

Love the wall sticker designed by Ferm living shop from Denmark

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:08:04 +0100

Love the wall sticker designed by Ferm living shop from Denmark

Living Room Camping By Stephanie Hornig

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:07:11 +0100

Living Room Camping

By Stephanie Hornig

Colletto bed design by Nuša Jelenec, LAGOSTUDIO 2009

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:27:01 +0100

Colletto bed
design by Nuša Jelenec, LAGOSTUDIO 2009

Stockholm Furniture Fair Pavilion by Gert Wingårdh & Kustaa...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:41:55 +0100

Stockholm Furniture Fair Pavilion by Gert Wingårdh & Kustaa Saksi

The design suggests a church interior, with rows of high tables in front of an ‘altar’ where panels hold sway. The table tops are made of a mirror laminate and balance on stacks of A3 paper sheets – 700,000 in total. The entire dome-like structure consists of stacks of paper sheets that hang from the roof in a Venetian blind-like construction. The lowest sheet in each stack carries part of a gigantic illustration that forms the dome-shaped ceiling. Preparations for construction have been going on for months and the actual raising of the dome is something of a never-ending task. “Precision in all the preliminary work is crucial. and are then gradually hoisted up,” reports Sanna Gebeyehu.

La Chaleur de L’amour & la Beauté des Paroles (The warmth of...

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:24:12 +0100

La Chaleur de L’amour & la Beauté des Paroles (The warmth of love & the beauty of words) by Jad Melki. Using an exposed mattress and warmly lighting it to make it glow, Melki converted its inner springs into words and sentences extracted from letters written by his mother when she was in Sierra Leon in 1974 to his father at the American Univeristy of Beirut (via).

Bertoia Chair designed by Harry Bertoia for Knoll (1952)

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:59:04 +0100

Bertoia Chair designed by Harry Bertoia for Knoll (1952)

Karl Lagerfeld fotografa Cassina

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:05:13 +0100

Karl Lagerfeld fotografa Cassina

Stratachromes David Spriggs Red, Green and Blue are three...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:58:05 +0100

Stratachromes David Spriggs

Red, Green and Blue are three installations by Canadian/UK artist, David Spriggs that continue the artist’s exploration of the physicality and spatial perception of colour. In his work, Spriggs examines the particular symbolic, perceptual, social, political, and historical connotations attached to individual colours. All the installations shown are acrylic on layered transparent film, for more detail about each installation visit the artists’ website.

Sparkle palace cocktail table by John Foster

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:16:59 +0100

Sparkle palace cocktail table by John Foster

Just opened at White Cube Mason’s Yard is ‘Kris Martin’, a conceptual exhibition that includes a...

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:26:48 +0100

Just opened at White Cube Mason’s Yard is ‘Kris Martin’, a conceptual exhibition that includes a...

L’autorità mondiale dei colori Pantone ha annunciato che il verde Emerald, smeraldo, è il colore...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:31:00 +0100

L’autorità mondiale dei colori Pantone ha annunciato che il verde Emerald, smeraldo, è il colore...

Un lavoro di grafica veramente interessante…. nella sua...

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:22:18 +0100

Un lavoro di grafica veramente interessante…. nella sua semplicità!

Pixel Table by Studio Intussen

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:27:44 +0100

Pixel Table by Studio Intussen

Imeüble by Bjørn Jørund Blikstad Created out of plastic this...

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:33:05 +0100

Imeüble by Bjørn Jørund Blikstad

Created out of plastic this interesting shelving system really messes with your mind. Simple to assemble and use, the different colours and angles makes it hard to comprehend what you’re really looking at. Is it flat or three dimensional? Can it even be used as a shelf? It really is hard to say when viewing it from the front.