Style of Design

This year’s Academy Awards are about more than just red carpet dresses and celebrity sightings – they’ve got a bit of green going on as well! We’ve rounded up five major movies that not only caught our attention for their breathtaking cinematography and engrossing storylines, but also for their dealings with important environmental and social issues. If you’re one of the more than 35 million people planning to tune into Hollywood’s biggest night, keep your fingers crossed for these five feature films that also make up our ‘Top Five Oscar Picks of 2010′!

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We’re totally intrigued by this pop music center for Taipei and its striking resemblance to a rolling green hill. Conceived by Italian firm Mario Bellini Architects, the design is “a single body wrapped in a plastic ‘mantle plant’,” according to our friends at Designboom. While we aren’t sure how sustainable this plastic ‘mantle plant’ is, or even what it is for that matter, we were taken with the creative landscaping and creation of an exciting outdoor public area for the people of the Taipei. The proposed structure would also have glass passageways, letting visitors look out onto the city. If anyone has any more information about the eco-features of this center, we’d love to hear them – so share your thoughts in the comments below.

+ Mario Bellini Architects

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Handcrafted in India, this Pink Pearl Inlay Chest of Drawers took many weeks to build and implied the work of a team of people to build. It is an interesting piece of furniture if you are interested in handmade designs or if you are planning on integrating it into a simple environment with few other flashy colors around. It goes well with black and white or other shades of pink, preferably ones that mellow. The pattern is complex and features leaves and flowers. It has a total of four drawers, which is more than enough storage space for an item of this kind. Mother of pearl pieces were embedded individually into the wooden frame and each drawer can be pulled by a bone. The costs? – £1695.00, available here. So? Do you love it or hate it?

Stefan Strumbel is an artist from Germany, whose creations are well known national-wide. He combines a strong details in his works, coming up with items that make a statements. Most of the elements used are German images with great meaning for the citizens. His style was also connected to pop art, a current which challenges tradition and emphasizes mass production. Here is a better interpretation of Stefan’s work from Wicked Halo:  “Although his work includes cultural artifacts such as cuckoo clocks or the traditional costume of the Black Forest, he isolates and recontextualises using everyday objects such as tree-shaped air fresheners and shopping carts and giving pieces of his work titles such as “What the fuck is Heimat”? Heimat is a quintessentially German concept, which roughly means homeland. “There is no English word for Heimat,” Strumbel explains. “Some people link Heimat to a place, for others it is a feeling.”- via Psfk.com

This cool modular sofa furniture is proving that it’s hip to be square… or cube. The People sofa by Italian furniture company Primafila puts symmetry on a pedestal. The clean lines and simple, geometric design makes this modern sofa ideal for contemporary-style homes. And adding functionality into the mix, the modular design means you can go as big, as small or as oddly shaped as you need to, making this furniture set a perfect fit for compact homes. Assemble the sofa as you please. Made of four- and six-cube configurations, these two parts are your building blocks for an endless array of seating selections. If you’re not sold on shape, you will be by color. This modular sofa is available in a range of hot hues to suit your style. Check out this chic sofa collection at Primafila.

You probably noticed that turning on the radiators makes the air harder to breathe in a room. If you haven’t, just think of those times you woke up feeling you have a sore and dry neck. This is due- we will leave out all the secondary causes- to the fact that there is not enough humidity in the air. Most people resolve this the old fashion way, by placing a water recipient on the radiator. But there is a more fashionable way to handle this and we will try to show you an alternative in today’s post. This is basically what this elements in the pictures below do: they humidify the air and make it more “breathable”.  How do they work? Well, it is quite simple- they all feature a small container that can be filled with water that will slowly evaporate. Not only will this make the air more healthy, but they will also have a nice and aesthetic effect on the room. -via Apartment Therapy

Freshome is almost 3 years old and I feel it would be wonderful to give some space to our readers to present themselves. A lot of different people visit Freshome, some come and go, some come occasionally, some are with us daily, and a few of them have been with us from the very beginning. I think it would be wonderful to get to know you, to learn more about the community we have here and for you all to see who else is visiting the same place as you do.

I would like to know more about you. Where are you from? What are you doing in life ( your job/business ) ? How old are you ? Do you have a website or blog  ? Or even simpler, just share what you feel like sharing, and tell us something about yourself that you think describes your personality well.

Don’t be shy and come join the conversation!

I’m so excited to see the comments section!

There are lots of products on the web perfect for large houses, but this small bathroom design targets people in urban areas where space comes at a premium. This setup was created by Turkish designer Onur Müştak Çobanlı. Called “Erk”, this product features a compact and narrow footprint that is complete with a sink, mirror and holding stations for shaving cream, toothbrushes, soap and other items. Via.

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Happy first week of the New Year!

TIR just keeps rockin along!  After only 3 short months, we made it to the final voting for Apartment Therapy’s Homies Award in the Green Home Category!  And I have to say, although we didn’t win this year, we had a great time!  Congratulations to maya*made, and all the other great winners!

This week, we’ve been running a series “Let’s Get Organized” where we’ve looked at all sorts of sustainable solutions to desks, storage, and even iPhone apps!  Tomorrow we wrap up the series with “The Paperless Office”.  Come check it out!

And while you’re there, please take a minute to fill out our quick survey.  We are trying to determine what people are most interested in reading about.  There is even a space for your own suggestions, so come and make theinterioRevolution.com the blog you’ve been looking for!

The saying, “people in glass houses should not throw stones” took on new meaning today as I bore witness to the first glass house that I have ever seen. Though completely impractical in terms of insulation and withstanding the elements, it does make for interesting conversation. The designers of the home are Carlo Santambrogio and Ennio Arosio, or Santambrogiomilano. The inspiration behind this project is how a clear pane of glass leads to an “unbroken vision”. One thing is for certain, there is not much privacy if you plan on getting dressed or bathing. Via.

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