Designers of the Future @ W Hotel Barcelona
Gli Hotel della catena Starwood sono conosciuti in tutto il mondo per la loro architettura e il design d’avanguardia: quello di Barcellona, a forma di vela, ne è un esempio.
In collaborazione con Design Miami/Basel, W Starwood ha organizato un concorso, il Designers of the Future Award, vinto da due studi, Zigelbaum+Coelho e Beta Tank.
Le creazioni dei vincitori sono esposte fino al 16 settembre nell’hotel W di Barcellona. Nel W Bar si trova l’istallazione luminosa “Six-Forty by Four-Eighty” del duo Zigelbaum+Coelho, un’opera interattiva formata da migliaia di pixel luminosi attacati ad una parete metallica tramite forze magnetiche, in un mix di fisico e digitale che offre una soluzione innovativa per il controllo dell’illuminazione d’interni.
I berlinesi Beta Tank hanno invece ideato una serie di mobili que il W Barcellona ha dislocato nella sua Living Room: gli arredi mixano artigianato con produzione industriale. Da vedere!
berlin cafés – Signorina Yv
Lychener Str., mid block just south of Helmholtzplatz hides Signorina Yv. It’s a mixture of vibes, neither homey nor exclusively posh, resting comfortably in between the Standard Hotel and your typical Parisian bar. An elderly couple enjoy the rare sunshine, sunglasses on, still chic. A young mother looks after her son, her demeanor is as if with a history in modeling. An oversized gray sweater accented with a green scarf cycles by. A light blue suit walks in, the silk peeking out of his coat pocket speaks volumes. A roll of paper in hand, he takes a seat, a teddybear as his companion on the white bench by the window front. Touches of red and pink accent the space. The soft music, the sparkling glasses, wooden furniture, flowers, the smell of freshly ground coffee – all quite disarming; One can spend hours in this little space…say with an Auster or a Fforde? Friends chitchat at the counter, each customer greeted with a smile, and the owner waves to locals strolling by. Morning croissants are fantastic here with some jam and the coffee??…well the customers keep coming back all day long so INCLUDE YOURSELF!
La Cima Coat Hanger
A line between earth and sky – an escape route – the harmonious yin-yang balance – recollections of a sea-crossing and getting to a safe harbour. Spontaneous symbols and references for a piece of almost ready-made functionality and designer aesthetics. A hanging rope for attaching whatever can he hung. Vestibule, bathroom, kids’ room, bedroom, studio, restaurant. Wall or ceiling-mounted clothes-hanger in pleated nautical rope. Apparel hanging accessories and wall-or ceiling anchorage hardware in metal. An idea by Lapo Ciatti available at Designtoday.
LaCie Sound2 Speakers
Coupled with Cabasse’s loudspeaker driver support, the LaCie Sound2 Speakers, design by Neil Poulton, provide premium sound quality to computers. Additionally, users can use the line-in connection to experience the same high-quality sound from audio/video devices like iPods and portable multimedia players.
Future of Transport: 3D Fast Bus
A innovative new light-rail concept unveiled in China this week is designed to drive over traffic. The 3D Fas Bus or ‘Straddling Bus’ offers a green solution solution to traffic congestion by doing just as its name suggests and straddling two lanes of traffic, allowing cars to pass underneath it.
ikyaudio speakers
Audio speakers handmade from PVC pipes, each houses a 3 inch magnesium/aluminum alloy full range driver. Frequency response is 80-20,000. 3 way binding posts on back. The bass port is on the end of the 1-1/2 pipe/stand. Nice sound and a very good sound stage, lots of low end bass for a small speaker. Hand painted with a high gloss lacquer. Available here.
Rubik’s Table
Float è un tavolo composto da 64 cubi legati insieme attraverso fili d’acciaio e mantenuti in equilibrio dalla forza magnetica tanto che sembrano galleggiare uno sopra l’altro.
Il tavolo ricorda, con la sua forma, il mitico cubo di Rubik e può essere ordinato su misura, scegliendo numero e dimensione dei singoli elementi oltre che il rivestimento.
Float è opera dello studio di design newyorchese RockPaperRobot: dallo studio escono anche Brag, un tavolo a forma di diamante, e Gleam, un lampadario in alluminio che si trasforma a seconda della luce presente nell’ambiente.
Karim Rashid for Vondom
Il designer anglo-egiziano Karim Rashid ha realizzato quest’anno una stupenda collezione d’oggetti d’arredo per la famosa ditta spagnola di arredamento Vondom. Tra i pezzi migliori, la chaise-longue Surf, realizzata in polietilene, 100% reciclabile, che, con la sua forma, evoca le onde del mare ed un senso di calma e serenità. Surf è ideale sia per spazi aperti che chiusi ed è disponibile in diversi colori. Oltre a Surf, anche vasi, tavoli, sedute e divani, dalle forme peculiari, il design innovativo e i colori brillanti e vivaci. Doux, Lava, Pal e Vertex sono i curiosi nomi delle altre serie di mobili, tutti ideali per arredare moderni in o outdoor.
365 Clock by Siren Elise Wilhelmsen
German designer Siren Elise Wilhelmsen exhibited her 365 knitting clock at DMY International Design Festival Berlin. The clock includes a circular knitting machine with 48 needles, a thread spool, a thread holder, and roll of yarn. The design seeks to make time a tangible, physical thing. It moves clockwise and after one year, creates a scarf two meters long. | via
Cor Sine Labe Doli
Cor Sine Labe Doli, prende il suo nome dal motto della città natale dei soci fondatori, Corato. « Cuore Senza Macchia Di Tradimento », si rifà infatti ad antichi valori e a un’eleganza perduta, resa avanguardista e up-to-date dall’inedita commistione fra l’oggetto in se, il papillon, e il materiale in cui viene prodotto, la ceramica, la sperimentazione creativa e stilistica di chi lo indossa.
Cor Sine Labe Doli nasce dall’esigenza di ridare vita a una tradizione di eleganza tutta italiana, riattualizzando l’accessorio maschile per eccellenza, il papillon, donandogli nuova vita, nuove forme, nuovi utilizzi e nuovo target di riferimento.
Barceloneta
The Italian brand, Serralunga, in collaboration with designer Raffaella Mangiarotti (deepdesign) redesigned this classic piece, making it both innovative, comfortable and for the first time, practical to use outdoors. Serralunga’s revisioin makes the chair easy to stack, thus, a great space-saver, especially for contract use by substituting the quilted leather with the practicality of plastic while still keeping the ?capitonnè’ effect for the backrest. The allure of this classic piece was made possible through the use of plastic materials in a sophisticated rotating molding system, a technique in which the Biella company is the worldwide leader as furniture manufacturer.
Holga D
It is just a project by the indian designer Saikat Biswas , but it looks amazing. Holga D is a digital camera inspired from the extremely popular cult Holga and other toy cameras of its kind. Even though it is a digital camera, it retains the qualities and simplicity of the original Holga camera and brings back the joy and delayed gratification associated with good old analog photography.
More deatails and pictures after the jump.
