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Archive for April, 2010

April 30, 2010 @ 1:25 pm - by Ed Shek

Gary Chang

In Hong Kong, because of the space, apartments are small and expensive. Gary Chang, an architect, decided to design a 344 sq. ft. apartment to be able to change into 24 different designs, all by just sliding panels and walls. He calls this the “Domestic Transformer.”

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April 29, 2010 @ 2:03 pm - by Ed Shek

KiBiSi

Copenhagen industrial design trio KiBiSi have produced a moulded plywood chair for the Danish Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 this summer.

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April 29, 2010 @ 11:26 am - by Ed Shek

International French Design

Krystal Bath is part of a new generation of glass baths from Azzurdo, made with tempered laminated glass, combining strength and elegance with advanced technology. Azzurdo create environmentally friendly, safe and durable bathing bath products. The bath, which is widely used in luxury villas, spa hotels and palaces, also has a chromotherapy lighting system option that enhances the outline of the design.

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April 27, 2010 @ 12:55 pm - by Ed Shek

John Lewis

Lovely advert from John Lewis – Never Knowingly Undersold.

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April 26, 2010 @ 1:45 pm - by Ed Shek

studio juju

At lamps – A light raised up by four legs for the table, in two heights. Check out the little neat creations by singapore based studio juju.

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April 23, 2010 @ 5:56 pm - by Ed Shek

Luca Nichetto

Offecct presents a piece by young Italian designer Luca Nichetto – a robot inspired chair. His design was inspired by a music video by Icelandic singer Bjork and director Chris Cunningham, in which robots came to life. Robo comes unassembled and all the parts fit into 50 x 50 x 20cm box.

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April 23, 2010 @ 1:38 pm - by Ed Shek

Floppy disk post-its

Feeling nostalgic for the old 3.5 inch floppy disk? They can still find a home on your desk thanks to Burak Kaynak’s idea for Floppy Disk post-it-style notes.

“In the last few years more and more instances of the floppy disks have been spotted online but I couldn’t find anything interesting for myself,” Kaynak says over on Behance. “So I came up with an idea; Disk-it.”

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April 22, 2010 @ 1:40 pm - by Ed Shek

So you need a typeface

Flowchart for choosing a typeface. Funny and useful:

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April 21, 2010 @ 1:39 pm - by Ed Shek

Stefan Heiliger

Twist 196 designed by Stefan Helliger.

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April 20, 2010 @ 4:53 am - by Gaby Peña

Theoretical Block

An existing building block from the communist era in Budapest gets extruded and converted into the tallest building on Earth, short by Aron Lorincz.

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