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Lamp Inspired From Cherries by Nika Zupanc

July 29th, 2011

Here is a lamp inspired from cherries by Nika Zupanc. This lighting be made with the colorful concept, such as: yellow, red, white, and black concept from this lighting. This lamp inspired from cherries you can use for home decorating. The suspended lamp is made of blown glass bulb that is hanging on metal tubing. The lamp is available as single cherry, twin cherries or triplets. Lamp design ideas which very interesting and cute, colors used are very inspiring luxury and modern lifestyle.

Girly and flirty cherry lamps are great at interpreting the delicate nature of woman, and yet strong and powerful as it lights up the room. They are designed to hang about a room and put an edgy feel upon every space. It gleams with a glow gives more appeal to its shape; a charming fascination to those who are in love with the sweet sour tinge. This is suspended lighting object making on to enjoy the formal look of this intriguing item. Nika Zupanc’s lamps will be on display at a museum in London and are available for purchase through her site.

“In a world of design which is dominated by rationalism, minimalism and technology, it is a pleasure and a necessity to find a scarce and lonely soul who puts forward her power and sensitivity to create pieces with a smart esthetic and feminine language. Let’s hope she will lead a way for the long awaited emancipation of femininity in design”, this is the way how Nika Zupanc introduces herself. Zupanc’s works deal with everyday subjects and themes that practically iconic personify mediocrity, boredom, and time constraints. She believes in and fights for the right to express values that do not derive from rationalism, technicism, pure utilitarianism, and low-key comfort – the ideas that still dominate contemporary design.

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Blust by Guy Mishaly

July 23rd, 2011

An explosion created these stools by Israeli designer Guy Mishaly. Each Blast stool is made by detonating a charge inside a steel blank, ripping legs out of the sides so that everyone is unique. No material is lost in the explosion and each stool has the same weight before and after detonation. Mishaly developed the project while studying at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem.

Industries develop in different regions around a quarry or readily available raw materials. The sphere of destruction is so developed in Israel that it can almost be considered a local “raw material” around which various industries and tremendous knowledge have developed

Blast is a project in which I use this “raw material” but create objects that are disconnected from the immediate associative context and embody a new interpretation of familiar ground, while taking the explosive element and using it as a tool.

The objects start out as geometric shapes made of metal sheets that are webbed with explosive material. The explosion changes the generic shape into an object identified as having a unique character, and the effects of the explosion will always yield different objects.

The enter point to this project was how to navigate energy; creating by manipulating energy that is naturally used to harm and destroy. Another goal was to invent a system that in the same way of use will always provide different results.

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Sans Parapluie Wardrobe Collection by Lucas Rise

July 1st, 2011

Sans Parapluie is a new line of gorgeously refurbished wardrobes. Created by Argentinean artist Lucas Rise, the fascinating wardrobes strive to create exceptional artistic palettes and shapes on old, forgotten pieces of furniture. The artist’s vision encompasses a world of possibilities, going beyond the physical limits of the furniture and expressing a collision between cultures. The old wardrobes receive a new face that helps them create a different atmosphere in the room. Shapes and colours intertwine to capture the artist’s vision on a real canvas that will adorn living spaces.

The interiors of the wardrobe were also painted, but this time, the artist chose to use a more simple approach, painting the interiors with one or two colours. The artist not only recycles the large pieces of furniture, he also gives them a surprising twist and transforms them into the focal point of the room. Lucas Rise chose the wardrobes because of their verticality and three-dimensional shape that allows him to interact with them like he would with a habitable place. Gorgeous, aren’t they?

Lucas Rise was born in 1978 in the city 25 de Mayo, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied Graphic Design in the Design and Urbanism School of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. His unique style matured during his travels and experiences in South America, Africa, the United State and Europe. Since the age of 12, Rise focuses on art that interacts, that transforms from different angles to become a universe of its’ own. His dimensional art has been featured in publications and capitals the world. In 2006 he was a finalist in the prestigious National Art Awards (Buenos Aires) for a functional sculpture featuring 20,000 individually painted pieces and belongs to numerous international private collections.

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Shelframe by Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad

June 25th, 2011

These shelf boxes by London designer Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad can be hung from the wall by a single pin. Silicone pads on the rear of the Shelframe shelves allow them to grip the wall, preventing tipping when heavier items are placed on one side.

Shelframe is a shelving system designed by London based designer Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad that suspends from a single point. The shelves are designed to occupy a space normally reserved for a framed images, and they act so as to frame compositions of everyday objects for use and display.

The Shelframe hang by a thin cable and come equipped with small silicone pads that stick to the wall and prevent the shelf from titling to one side if an uneven load is placed on them. The cable tension allow the shelves to support heavy objects while the silicone pads create a self-securing system that grips the wall as the shelf becomes loaded. This also means that the shelf does not tilt to one side if heavy objects are placed unevenly.

Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad is a London based designer with a background in photography and an interest in social space. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2008, establishing a cross-disciplinary practice that produces work ranging from interior spaces, recipes, furniture, photography, public interventions, and products. Recent projects include facilitating the sharing of aubergine recipes amongst a community in the face of change (London Festival of Architecture), designing a concept hotel room (Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam), aiding gallery visitors to construct, document and consume their creations (Architecture Association, London), and appropriating the hammer into a tool for sound (YAMAHA).

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Fractal.MGX coffee table by Platform Studio

June 17th, 2011

If you love artistic pieces of furniture, then you will love Fractal.MGX. This is a modern coffee table that represents the fractal growth patterns of trees, meaning that it is unlike any table that you have ever seen. The design of the Fractal.MGX is tree-like stems that grow into smaller branches, which eventually mold into each other to create the table top. The ridges on top of this table make it almost impossible for traditional plates and cups to be placed upon it. Fractal.MGX may not be very functional, but it sure does look pretty.

Designed in collaboration with Matthias Bär and based on an earlier prototype called the “Fractal-T”, the Fractal.MGX reinforces the growing bond between nature and mathematical formulas. Manufactured as a single piece, without seams or joints, using stereolithography and epoxy resin, the Fractal.MGX would be impossible to produce using other manufacturing methods.

The Fractal.MGX is on display at the Metropolitan Musuem of New York and the Design Hub Barcelona.

Platform Studio was founded in 2007 by Gernot Oberfell and Jan Wertel. Their work ranges from furniture, lighting and industrial products, to experimental research pieces. WertelOberfell share a strong interest in new technologies and processes and very early in their careers, discovered the possibilities of computer aided design and the idea that software is not just an everyday tool, but through experimentation, is also a source of inspiration and a vehicle for discovering new and exciting form languages. Their work combines these experiments with the logic and beauty of organic forms and the reality of product design: the right use of materials, production processes, ergonomics and functionality.

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Glass kitchen cabinets

June 8th, 2011

Glass cabinet doors are stunning! Have you ever noticed how when you see them online or in a magazine, everything on the shelves is so neat and perfectly arranged? It is as if plates, bowls and stemware are all strategically placed precisely to create pieces of art. Now, go open all of your cupboards. If you are like most others, everything is probably crammed in there. Perhaps you even had to dodge a few falling Tupperware lids that were being held in place by the door?

If you love the look of glass cabinets but aren’t ready for such a commitment of that level of organization, there are solutions!

Frosted Window Film – Applying a frosted window film panel to the inside of the glass will obscure the view to the inside completely. They offer an illusion of expensive etching without the huge project.

Paper Lining – This can be done to all of your glass cabinets for only a few dollars. Cut rice paper just slightly larger than the glass and hold it in place with double-sided tape. Paper lining offers a very organic appearance.

Fabric Lining – Have a country cottage kitchen theme or do you want to experiment with bold colors or patterns? Cut the piece of fabric so it is twice as wide as the cabinet, gather it and staple in place. You can even make them look like their curtains and leave a little glass peeking through. This will still hide the mess without completely blocking the glass.

Stained or Leaded Glass – If you receive a lot of natural sunlight in your kitchen, these are ideal! The light will hit the stained glass and bring your kitchen to life!

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Funky Floor Lamps by Angelika Morlein

December 3rd, 2010

If the designers create neat furniture then there is no need to surprise that designer Angelika Morlein decided to dress the standard lamps in dresses and suits calling her project Funky Floor Lamps and presenting the neat lightings as “frequent customers of Grand Hotel”. Guests coming and going, the chef and the staff – luxury and professionalism intermingled, with unknown origins and many different tales to tell.

Grand Hotel is visited by very different people judging by the collection of uncommon standard lamps. Among the frequent visitors you can recognize Brigitte, the French lady wearing tender-pink dress with folds and ruches. Or Russian lady Natasha whose black chiffon costume shows her as a fate woman…

The designer did not forget the maintenance staff without who non hotel can manage. In the collection of standard lamps there are standoffish chief cook Enrico in the accurate ironed grey-white costume, chambermaid in black pleated skirt and hall porter Gio in white shirt with black bow tie.

Of course, all these clothes can be washed in the machine or with hands. You can apply the cute floor lamp anywhere, such as bedrooms, living room, or in the corridors of your home.

The unique stand lamps are part of the interior design but, at the same time, are also capable of arousing surprise, in the same way as the clothes someone wears can create an identity for that person´s body and soul.

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Stretch No. 3 chair by Moran Ein Dor

September 24th, 2010

What seems to be a piece of furniture showing signs of itself pulling away from itself, with stretchy marks like strands of cheese from a pizza slice being pulled away from its whole, this chair design is one eye-catching artifact.

Chair called Stretch No. 3 is the brilliant piece of furniture designed and crafted by Moran Ein Dor, displaying his passion and genius in working with surfaces stretched poles to create classy furniture. The chair is designed using the concept of ‘effects of stretching’.

The extending poles work as columns in this chair and support the surface which acts as the seat. Since, this is yet a concept and it has not entered into the production phase, enthusiasts will have to wait for the time being, if they want to decorate their living rooms with this clip like furniture.

At first look these Stretch no.3 Chair by Moran Ein Dor seems to be some kind of a monster from the third world, but it is in fact quite adorable and artful. Stretch no.3 chair feature what look to be porcelain or plastic poles that support the seat surface. The curves, asymmetry and cartoon-like glossy color seem to give these chairs a touch of future world looks. Hence, they would be a perfect fit for modern design offices or a trend-setters house.

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Trio chair from Miele

June 9th, 2010

The conceptions which was offered by the Japanese design-group Miele is wonderful with its simplicity and laconism. One thing – one material – one production technology. The ideal trio. They also called the chair – Trio.

Actually this is a beginning of the big project LOVE ONE. The Japanese actively call other design-studios to join it. From one side this will help to get to know the delights of monogamy. From the other side it will become possible to learn on practice the qualities of one or other material in its “clearness”.

In this case the production of stool – attached table the carbon fiber was produced. So it has a great safety factor.

The prototype was the leather belts – the carbon fiber obediently repeated their curves.

In stead of the seeming simplicity of production of such “stool” (he is likely to be in general circulation), the authors position it as a product of limited edition on principle. They produce it exceptionally themselves. Is there other way to learn the technological qualities of the material? And at least to understand for what exactly to love it!

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