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- Vintage Joe Colombo KD 27 Table lamp
KD 27 Table lamp, (sold), by Joe Colombo, for Kartell at City Furniture
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:00:55 +0000
- Metal Shutter Building by Shigeru Ban
This subtle “removable skin” echoes the neighboring gallery after-hours shutters, subtly contextualizing the building within its site. The building can literally become a uniform minimal cube, or it can open completely (as well as virtually unlimited permutations between). South of the loggia, twenty foot tall, upwardly pivoting glass walls open completely, thus blurring the boundary [...]
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:00:41 +0000
- Kinzo Air, Office Furniture for the Bild HQ
Inspired by spaceships and jet fighters, Kinzo Air is a new range of office furniture designed by German architects Kinzo, The Trio just picked up a red dot award for their new office furniture system that kitted out the new headquarters of Germany’s leading tabloid and Europe’s largest Newspaper ‘Bild’., owned by publishing giant Axel [...]
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:00:18 +0000
- Converted Monastary, Now a Design Hotel in Maastricht
Located in the city-center of Maastricht, this renovated 15th century monastery of the Crutched Friars offers you a breathtaking synthesis of a veritable Gothic exterior with a sleek, dressed-down modern interior. Many innovative solutions for structural challenges (e.g. a glass elevator connecting the church to the monastery area) only confirm the notion that the sobriety [...]
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:00:17 +0000
- Safretti Wall Mounted Fireplace
Gaya, a new fireplace collection from Safretti. This wall mounted fireplace can be a focus for your room, and you can take it with you when you move.
Gaya, by Roderick Vos, for Safretti
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:00:10 +0000
- Endeavor Office by NMDA
Everybody deserves to work in an office like this. Located within a 1961 Charles Luckman building in downtown Beverly Hills, this interiors project consists of 63,000 sf of offices for nearly 200 people and an 80 seat screening room. Endeavor is the third largest talent agency in the world and the company represents a wide [...]
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:00:19 +0000
- Books: Projekt Vitra. 1957-2007
Rolf Fehlbaum, chairman of the family company Vitra, describes the aim of this book in the following way: “We talk about this as a project, because for all those involved it is much more important than simply business. …The Vitra Design Museum with its collections, archives and miniatures is just as much part of the [...]
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:00:56 +0000
- Perfectly Angled FSB Door Handle 4928
Door Handle 4928, by Buchegger, Denoth, Feichtner GmbH, for FSB
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:00:45 +0000
- Spice Containers for Bulthaup
Check out the grips for the spice containers designed for Bulthaup kitchens. No slipping when shaking here.
Containers, for Bulthaup
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:00:41 +0000
- Books: Case Study Houses
The Case Study House program (1945-66) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. The program, which concentrated on the Los Angeles area and oversaw the design of 36 prototype homes, sought to make available plans for modern residences that could be easily and cheaply constructed [...]
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:00:30 +0000