Manufacturing Company The Archives
Monday 29 October, 2012
Concrete collection by Matali Crasset for Concrete by LCDA
Interieur: French designer Matali Crasset has created a collection of concrete furniture, including a lamp shaped like an interwar military listening device.
Thursday 21 June, 2012
“A Story In Every Surface”
Charisma Blue Green living is hot, hot, hot right now, and everyone seems to be looking for ways to reduce their environmental footprint in any way they can, particularly in decorating. One of my favorite environmentally friendly products is Vetrazzo, a surface manufacturing company that produces cement based slabs infused with recycled glass products. 100% of [...]
Thursday 21 June, 2012
“A Story In Every Surface”
Charisma Blue Green living is hot, hot, hot right now, and everyone seems to be looking for ways to reduce their environmental footprint in any way they can, particularly in decorating. One of my favorite environmentally friendly products is Vetrazzo, a surface manufacturing company that produces cement based slabs infused with recycled glass products. 100% of [...]
Thursday 26 April, 2012
Video: Tom Dixon at MOST
Tom Dixon took over Milan and the National Museum of Science and Technology during Salone del Mobile, transforming parts of an old monastery into an impressive exhibition space for the latest developments in design. MOST, Dixon’s ambitious environment for innovation and culture consisted of a handpicked selection of designer friends and brands as well as [...]
Wednesday 21 December, 2011
Contemporary Version of Ernest Igl Desk Meets Men in Black [Video]
We received some photos and information about a contemporary desk called Igl Jet, created by a small manufacturing company based in Munich, Germany. Here is the press release we were sent: “Going back 40 years in the history of modern furniture, we found an icon of product design. In 1970 Ernest Igl designed a desk [...]
Tuesday 20 December, 2011
Contemporary Version of Ernest Igl Desk Meets Men in Black [Video]
We received some photos and information about a contemporary desk called Igl Jet, created by a small manufacturing company based in Munich, Germany. Here is the press release we were sent: “Going back 40 years in the history of modern furniture, we found an icon of product design. In 1970 Ernest Igl designed a desk [...]
Saturday 22 October, 2011
Practical Innovation: Wood That Bends and Folds by Snijlab
Snijlab is a Dutch digital manufacturing company that recently discovered a revolutionary method of making wood flexible. By using a laser cutting technique, they simply make various cuts in the wood, which make it bend in both directions without breaking. Here is more from the producers: “We designed wooden booklets that use this feature. Theyâre [...]
Tuesday 07 September, 2010
Arktura Coffe Tables Are Modern And Trendy
Los Angeles based design and manufacturing company Arktura are not scared to experiment with a diverse palette of ideas and this design philosophy is reiterated in their works. Their series of coffee tables make traditional utilitarian design rules redundant and each creation of their is part Quixotical, part whimsical and a whole lot sustainable. The [...]
Wednesday 10 March, 2010
FriendHouse Hotel / Ryntovt
Architects: Ryntovt Location: Orel River Bank, Dnepropertrovsk, Ukraine Project Team: Yuriy Ryntovt /chief architect, Aleksey Bojko, Alan Kravchenko Project Area: 1,750 sqm Project Year: 2008 Photographs: Andrey Avdeenko