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Monday 17 December, 2012
AA Stools by Torafu Architects
Product news: these A-shaped stools by Japanese studio Torafu Architects slot together to make a bench. Torafu Architects used basic 2×4 planks of red cedar to make the AA Stools, cutting them at an angle to form trestle-like structures.
Friday 24 August, 2012
Magnets Hiding Storage Space In 34mm Thick Shelf
Imagine walking inside a home and seeing a beautiful plank shelf accentuating the decorative items it supports. You would admire it, walk right by and never think it hides a secret drawer. An elegant display of wood veneer dressing up an aluminum structure is perceived as a simple shelf. The interior drawer secretly shelters things [...]
Thursday 23 August, 2012
Magnets Hiding Storage Space In 34mm Thick Shelf
Imagine walking inside a home and seeing a beautiful plank shelf accentuating the decorative items it supports. You would admire it, walk right by and never think it hides a secret drawer. An elegant display of wood veneer dressing up an aluminum structure is perceived as a simple shelf. The interior drawer secretly shelters things [...]
Monday 20 August, 2012
Clopen by Torafu Architects
The latest project by Japanese studio Torafu Architects may look like a standard floating shelf, but it actually contains a slim secret drawer that can be opened with magnets.
Wednesday 15 August, 2012
Strange, Yet Original Souvenir: Canned Air From Your Favorite City
Looking for an alternative way to constantly feel the atmosphere of your favorite city? Photographer Kirill Rudenko came up with a strange solution: canned air from famous cities such as New York, Paris, Prague, Berlin or Riga. According to the description found on Etsy, the product is 100% organic. Fresh air from your favorite city [...]
Wednesday 08 August, 2012
Taking The Dining Chairs And Table Out Of The Bookcase
Starting from the idea of having more room within crowded spaces, this new space-saving solution from designer Orla Reynolds brings functional modern design in the spotlight again. Hinting towards its usefulness, the “As if from nowhere⦔ furniture concept marries a bookcase, four dining chairs and two tables in a one-of-a-kind design. Storing your dining table [...]
Tuesday 07 August, 2012
Taking The Dining Chairs And Table Out Of The Bookcase
Starting from the idea of having more room within crowded spaces, this new space-saving solution from designer Orla Reynolds brings functional modern design in the spotlight again. Hinting towards its usefulness, the “As if from nowhere…” furniture concept marries a bookcase, four dining chairs and two tables in a one-of-a-kind design. Storing your dining table [...]
Friday 02 March, 2012
Urban Island Prototype 01 / Erick Kristanto
Courtesy of Erick Kristanto Unlike the old concept of public spaces that rely on objects as a single attraction, the new prototype of urban island by Erick Kristanto for the Seattle Urban Intervention Competition uses various different activities as multiple magnets. The activities are pooled on the elevated platform as a new addition of the [...]
Thursday 19 January, 2012
Listen to Your Hands by Lee Sanghyeok
Cologne 2012: closing one drawer of Lee Sanghyeok‘s table causes another to shoot out at random. The project won second prize at the [D3] Contest at imm cologne this week.
Thursday 19 January, 2012
Gravity stool by Jólan van der Wiel wins [D3] Contest at imm cologne
Dezeen Wire: designer Jólan van der Wiel has won the â¬3000 first prize in the [D3] Contest for young designers at trade fair imm cologne in Germany for his Gravity Stool shaped by magnets. He showed the machine used to make the pieces at Dezeen Platform in September and you can watch it in action [...]