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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
East Village Studio
East Village Studio - USA, New York, New York - 2009
Sun Filled Live Work Space
Design Team: Darrick Borowski, Danny Orenstein
Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture (JPDA) is an award-winning multidisciplinary practice combining sustainable architecture, digital media, branding and experience design. Since the firm’s inception in 1997, JPDA has produced over 150 projects world-wide.
We offer a turnkey service, starting with initial walkthroughs of potential sites, and encompassing feasibility studies, contract negotiation, space planning, furniture and fixture design and construction administration. Because we understand how difficult the construction process can be, we provide efficient project management which helps clients minimize the build-out period and reduce costs.
Environmentally responsible choices are seamlessly integrated throughout each phase, including material and finish selection, building systems design, construction sequencing, and in-house LEED administration. Every project is thoughtfully designed and managed to ensure the greatest return in beauty, efficiency, and comfort.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Ostrich Egg Candle Holders from Isandi
The idea is as simple as it is genius – you take an egg and cut it in different forms. Then you polish the inside of the egg, and the product is finished! It’s the British designer Julia Leakey who developed this product for Khumbulani in 2002, and after this more than a thousand eggs have been exported to Norway.
The utilisation of ostrich eggs is not something new in Africa. The oldest culture, the San Culture, used and still use, pieces of ostrich eggs in jewellery and decorations. This has been carried on by many of the jewellery artists and fashion designers in the region.
The ostrich eggs that the candleholders are made of come from Oodtshorn in Karoo, where ostrich breeding is a big industry. The ostrich industry makes use of the whole animal - skin, feathers, bones, eggs and meat – and the breeding is well suited areas with dry climate, since the ostrich is undemanding and adaptive. An ostrich weights something between 90 and 150 kg, can be up to 2,70 meters high, and live for 75 years! The female ostrich lay eggs once a year, between 10 and 15 eggs. An ostrich egg weighs about 1,5 kilos, and is thereby the biggest egg in the world, but relatively it’s the world’s smallest egg compared to the ostrich chick’s size.
Isandi is a Norwegian company dedicated to win-win trade. Since humble start in 1999 Isandi now trades with more than 50 partners in first and foremost southern Africa by promoting handcrafted products, ranging from potholders to furniture. In addition to the trade activities, we are involved in programs and projects, focusing on socioeconomic challenges in the local communities, exchange programs, design cooperation and networking activities, as well as having a strong cultural component connected to our activities.
Isandi is a Norwegian company dedicated to win-win trade. Since humble start in 1999 Isandi now trades with more than 50 partners in first and foremost southern Africa by promoting handcrafted products, ranging from potholders to furniture. In addition to the trade activities, we are involved in programs and projects, focusing on socioeconomic challenges in the local communities, exchange programs, design cooperation and networking activities, as well as having a strong cultural component connected to our activities.
The Swedes - intelligent and innovative design in a humanistic spirit
DESIGN: FRYKLUND, WANNFORS & NEUSCHÜTZ 2005
PROTOTYPE
DESIGN: FRYKLUND, WANNFORS & NEUSCHÜTZ 2005
PROTOTYPE
DESIGN: FRYKLUND, WANNFORS & NEUSCHÜTZ 2005
AVAILABLE AT:
DIRECT ORDER: INFO@SWEDES.SE
PRICE: 400 SEK / 45 € EXCL VAT
The Swedes is a collaboration between the three designers Jessica Fryklund, Jonas Wannfors and Love Neuschütz, based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Since 2004 we have been working together in different projects, always with the ambition to create intelligent and innovative design in a humanistic spirit.
DesignTorget - a commercial market place for unique design
The Mission:
"DesignTorget is a commercial market place for unique design, for customers and designers that value style, function and innovation." This is a simple way to summarize our business idea. It also comes across in a good way in our slogan: "New, handpicked items. Every week. "
We pick a selection of articles for everyday use, from established as well as unknown designers. The articles are sold for a limited time in our fifteen shops in Sweden and Oslo and even in our webshop.
The architect Jerry Hellström had been working for some time as a consultant on various projects at Stockholm´s Kulturhuset (The Culture House). In 1993 Kulturhuset asked him if he had any idea about what to do with a large space on the ground floor of their building, which had been empty for some time. This was at a time of recession in the Swedish economy, and lots of designers and inventors were unemployed. Jerry began to think about creating a marketplace for them and their products. DesignTorget was born and in the early days the products were delivered and sold on loading pallets, which were placed around in the shop. John Hamberg, who already owned a shop and was a man of many talents liked the idea and soon became a partner in the business.
Over the past 15 years, the company has grown and grown and we now have 15 shops in Sweden and in Oslo.
Monday, March 7, 2011
En Route Studio - extending the longevity of furniture lifecycles
Pair vintage chairs with maps
San Francisco based En Route Studio began with the idea of extending the longevity of furniture lifecycles. Once-loved pieces face final destination in landfills after owners have discarded them. This studio believes that chairs can be diverted from the waste stream to become 'en route' again to new homes.
Looking through their Etsy page and webpage it looks like their focus are on refurbishing furniture, but what caught my attention was their fabulous hand tufted and hand knotted rugs which could last you a lifetime.
New rug designs
You must be crazy, but didn't like any of these designs? Well guess what, they also do custom rugs.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Anna Gotha - Danish designer
Anna Gotha, Danish designer from Copenhagen, has graduated from the Danish Design School in Copenhagen and has a background in industrial, furniture and interior design. She is dedicated to design that inspires and enriches the user and strives to create and develop concepts that optimise the function and appearance of a product.
Bleu Nature: Echo of time, imprint of man
ARMCHAIR PLAZA
BOOKSHELF NATSIQ 4 MODULES - weathered planks
LOW TABLE PAANI - Untreated dry oak and unbleached enamelled steel
SOFA LOUIS CRUSOÉ (L) - Driftwood and old planks, calf seat
The Mission:
Our artists gather and shape wood with a sure hand, birch-wood lamps and driftwood furniture creations rooted in the rich fields of classic design.
Bleu Nature, a master eco designer, reaps this harvest to bring you a collection that fuses the aesthetics of nature and the skills of our expert designers with the patina of time.
Bleu Nature, a master eco designer, reaps this harvest to bring you a collection that fuses the aesthetics of nature and the skills of our expert designers with the patina of time.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Stasjon - Fun furniture
Stasjon (Station) is located outside Trondheim in Norway. A group of friends bought a closed gaz station and built up their furniture workshop. They're selling their products off Facebook and every piece is one of a kind.
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