terrific juxtaposition of raw recycled materials and crisp white steel. m.
‘bench_01′ is an experiment in efficiency by design studio cradle. a collaboration between jessye grundlingh, andrew kroetsch, and nicholas koppelaar, the seating piece is made with the first cut of a tree. often referred to as the ‘misfit’, the piece is often discarded. ‘bench_01′, as a system for design, questions what is waste, and what uses the doomed materials have. minimal work was done to alter the wood, and only a few hours are needed to prepare the steel bench structure.
A huge kitchen island/dining table takes center stage in this apartment in Brazil. Felipe Hess has designed Apartmento Sergipe, an apartment for a young actor that lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
the purist of all forms — the circle — on the lovely danish coast. m.
during this year’s sculpture by the sea festival in aarhus, denmark, danish practice gjøde & povlsgaard arkitekter have added ‘the infinite bridge’ to the picturesque coastal landscape. the circular structure spans from the sandy shore out to sea, elevated just above the surface of the water — depending on the tide. the infinite bridge’ has been realized for the exact location, and refers to a historical, demolished jetty on the site.
wonderfully creative yet minimalist interactive business card design! m.
What Fer and Nora wanted for their wedding was to be a big party where all guests, from first to last, have fun and a good time with them. They wanted everyone to participate from the outset to make that day unforgettable. So with this in our mind we started working. We had several ideas but the one that fits better with what the couple wanted was an invitation that the guests themselves had to finish. With all this in our minds we created an invitation in two parts, the lower with the event data and instructions in order that everyone know what to do and the top with a series of micro-perforated circles by laser that could be separated as each guest wanted and, this way, draw various elements regarding the wedding such as a heart, rings, a shrimp… typical things. The instructions gave ideas, but then everyone was free to do what they wanted to make their invitation personal. And it didn’t stop there, these leftover circles became confetti to be thrown to Fer and Nora when they leave the church, helping to create a party atmosphere in their first minutes as newlyweds.
cool leisure space in a public square in teruel, spain. m.
Mi5 + PKMN: Underground Leisure Lair — A new underground space seeks to revitalize and foster urban activity, while reclaiming public space in a small Spanish city.
intriguing contexual light and space installation. m.
within one of the most magnificent baroque edifices in vienna, olafur eliasson presents a significant selection of artworks from the private collections of thyssen-bornemisza art contemporary (TBA21) and juan and patricia vergez. the exhibition ‘baroque baroque’ — hosted inside the winter palace of prince eugene of savoy in the austrian capital — is sited beneath stunning gold-clad ceilings and within intricately ornamented rooms, offering a unique pairing of art, aesthetics, and world views from two vastly different time frames. surprising similarities between the danish-icelandic artist’s installations and their ornate surroundings become subtly evident; through the use of projections, shadows, and reflections, the artworks invite the viewer’s active participation by mirroring, fragmenting, and inverting their position within space.
‘I find it inspiring that the baroque exhibited such confidence in the fluidity of the boundaries between models of reality and, simply, reality,’ eliasson says. ‘the presentation of my works at the winter palace is based on trust in the possibility of constructing reality according to our shared dreams and desires and on faith in the idea that constructions and models are as real as anything.’
designed by belgian architect david tajchman, the ‘gran mediterraneo’ is a conceptual highrise building conceived for the israeli city of tel aviv. the scheme brings together a range of innovative functions, including an automated car-park and induction charging stations for electric driverless vehicles. the multistorey tower boasts a topological geometry that contrasts the contemporary orthodox approach of stacked horizontal slabs wrapped with mirrored glass. built with white concrete, the highrise’s façade takes on a cellular appearance, filled with native mediterranean vegetation.
beautiful award winning design by the moscow based product designer. m.
Dark Side is a space-inspired range of wall seamless recessed luminaires made of gypsum and concrete. Each fixture reminds a space object. Turning on the light gives an extra feeling of spherical volume for central part of the luminaire highlighting its relief and surface bump. Use of different colors and color temperatures of LEDs coupled with different concretes and proportions gives an assortment of luminaires.
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