When designing rooms requiring superior acoustics, it’s important to be aware of the surfaces’ absorption characteristics. By taking appropriate measurements the progression of sound waves can be identified. Basically, anything that’s smooth and hard reflects strongly and therefore encourages annoying echoes or long reverberations. On the other hand, soft or porous surfa...
The name BVLGARI has become a worldwide phenomenon and is known for its artisanal craftmanship, avant-garde materials and unrivalled design. Not only reflected in the brand’s distinctive jewellery and clothing collection, but also in it’s ‘BVLGARI Hotel & Resorts luxury hospitality collection’. With hotels and resorts in Milan, London, Beijing and Bali, BVLGARI has just ...
Lappset Group Ltd provides play and sport experiences for people of all ages. We offer also a wide collection of modern and classic street furniture. Lappset Creative stands for design and construction of themed attractions (family entertainment centres) for the indoors and outdoors. Our fun, inspiring and positively surprising facilities help people to stay active today...
BPLAN was pleased to contribute to the qualification of one of the accessibilities to the External Radiotherapy Unit of the Portuguese Oncology Institute (IPO) in Porto. It is an intervention in a wall spanning with 8.6 m height, with a new interpretation of the Clérigos Tower, where the metal is punctuated by the organic character of a trace, as if a draft was, leaving...
In the 21st century, modernism has continued to establish itself as a timeless style within the design world. No longer seen as simply the product of bygone idealism or the aesthetic of a cold, industrial age, modern design is being embraced for its simplicity, honesty and optimism. Clean unadorned lines, functional form, and a prevalence of natural materials are some of...
Turquoise and white, keep the feeling of summer in the house! We fall really in love with this Satellite cabinet in these colours, designed by the award winning design duo Barber & Osgerby from London. This Satellite cabinet has the following dimensions: length 202,5 height 78,5 depth 47 cm. it is made of lacquered MDF and a metal base (steel and aluminum). This cab...
At KRION we consider immediacy not as a way of life, but as a way to generate free time. For this reason we have created the new application for tablet and iPad, on which all new products and information from the world of KRION are just a click away. With intuitive, simple navigation, the new application shows us the colours by series, allowing filtering by scratch re...
A new exclusive restaurant named 'Hjemme' has just opened in the city of Copenhagen.
Our idea about the coffee tables Circus is to offer you a collection of sophisticated accessories for your sofa. Our Collection of coffees tables Circus perfectly fit into your living area, by side or in front of your sofa, and it is available in three different finishing and sizes: Ø 58 x 50 H cm., Ø 75 x 50 H cm. or Ø 100 x 35 H cm. The coffee table Circus is with m...
The studio called on the expertise of the world’s leading designer of outdoor textiles, Dickson®, to collaborate on the creation of two of these objects. In 2017, La Grande Motte invited the 5.5 design studio to share its vision of the resort. Driven by the same founding spirit as this architectural work, these designers take a committed, bold and accessible approach to ...
The Collection 2016 includes linear and sectional sofas, coffee tables, tables, armchairs and chairs. We started from an important point of view: we would like to satisfy even the most demanding requests for comfort coming from our customers and set them in such a tasteful way to give you the perfect idea of our personality. Every detail in our collection, every single...
The camp's mission is to serve children of all abilities with a special emphasis on those with neurodevelopmental disorders as well as social or emotional challenges. Since Zac wanted the treehouse to have a building life of 100+ years, elZinc Natural was used. Zinc was also selected as exterior sheathing due to its corrosion-resistance and 100% recyclability. When shea...
If you’re planning on creating a Zen bathroom in your next renovation, we have the perfect ideas to help you! There are many factors to take into consideration when you put together a calming and soothing bathroom. However, the most important rule with a wash room like this, is to remember that it’s all about the finer details. Your bath shouldn’t just be about getti...
A 9 meters lenght by 4 meters width for this swimming-pool which is a pleasant area for children and family.
It’s possible that if you take a look into our WOW products, you thought that they will be complex to install. In this post, we’ll try to solve some of the possible doubts that could come to your minds about WOW and it’s correct placing. Let’s start: The Planification, a primary part. The planification is the most important part of the process. Making sure that you h...
With the exhibition “The Japanese House. Architecture & Life after 1945” co-produced with the Japan Foundation, the Barbican Centre and the Tokyo Museum of Modern Art, MAXXI will be presenting the centrality of the theme of domestic architecture in Japanese society through the work of archistars such as Kenzo Tange, Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima and Shigeru Ban, that of a numb...
Dream Yacht M - Stainless steel outdoor shower for swimming pool and garden Fluid and essential design that is exalted by the quality of its production. Featuring a single unit body made of stainless steel with an integrated shower head. Raised knobs facilitate access without interfering with the harmony of the lines. The precise geometric design of DREAM YACHT makes ...
Titled Another Primitive Hut, the "indoor treehouse" was designed Bureau Spectacular founder Jimenez Lai to symbolise a welcoming domestic environment in the 21st century. Constructed entirely of wood, the installation consists of a box-shaped volume that sits atop tall stilts. A tiny staircase leads to the second level and the rooftop. Inside, the dwelling is fitted...
the architecture of the yacht concept is reduced to the geometry of a tetrahedron — a three-dimensional solid figure composed of four triangular faces, six straight edges, and four vertex corners. this configuration produces a precise, logical and mathematical ‘roof’ which connects to the hull assembly. at high-speed, the ‘tetrahedron’ appears to levitate above the w...
Its exceptionally light weight, efficient batteries and 747-sized wings covered with photovoltaic cells allowed its electric motors to propel it through the skies, even in darkness. The 15-month multi-leg adventure saw pilots Piccard and Borschberg straddle oceans and hop across continents, backed by engineers, technicians and mission controllers, as well as numerous spo...
The University of Milan’s annual exhibition in the Cortile della Farmacia is one of the consistent highlights of Milan Design Week. Last year, Torafu Architects set up a temporary home in the iconic courtyard, and for the 2015 edition, American architect Daniel Libeskind is presenting a colorful architectural composition called “Future Flowers”. Executed in cooperation ...
Olen is an interactive light installation by German designer Fabrice Höfgen. As part of the design collective Made in Darmstadt, Höfgen presented Olen along with his other products at Ventura Lambrate during Milan Design Week. Inspired by human interaction, the lamps communicate through pulsations of varying light intensity. Similar to how the human voice fluctuates i...
The Lumière pendant lamp by Jon Stam and Simon de Bakker of Netherlands-based Commonplace Studio pays homage to the pioneers of the medium with contemporary cinema technology. Referring to both the French word for light as well as the inventors who popularized modern cinema, the word lumière reflects the duality of the lamp’s function. With each lamp acting alone and ...
In correlation with the exhibition Maroc Contemporain at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, the French architecture firm KILO has erected a giant tent in front of the building. The tent is made from over 650-square-meters of camel and goat wool woven by members of a female cooperative in the Saharan desert. Nine summits rise from the 500-square-meter tent, its patchw...
Set to open on May 1st, the Milan Expo is rapidly approaching, and the UK pavilion is one of the first to have been completed. British architect Wolfgang Buttress created a “pulsating” beehive meant to draw attention to the worldwide honeybee quandary through an engaging sensory experience. As visitors enter, they will follow the path of a bee, passing in front of veget...
The recently opened Shanghai Natural History Museum features a sunken water garden and perforated central wall influenced by the structure of cells. Visitors enter the building on the upper level and descend the spiral, surrounded in dappled light from the central wall. Over 10,000 artifacts from seven continents are spread across the 44,517-square-meter museum which als...
Renowned architectural photographers Hufton+Crow have captured Daniel Libeskind‘s dragon-inspired pavilion in a series of photos that highlight the shimmering tiles. The pavilion, which is currently welcoming visitors at the Milan Expo, was designed for China’s largest property developer Vanke China. In line with the expo’s theme of “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”...
Proposed by the international practice’s new york office, their modular habitat ‘envisions a robust 3D-printed dwelling for up to four astronauts constructed using regolith – the loose soil and rocks found on the surface of mars.’calculated to every meticulous detail, the outer-space residence would be delivered in two stages prior to the arrival of the astronauts. the m...
Current digital developments aim to bridge the gap between the manual, highly-tactile experience of traditional art and the limits-breaking possibilities of computer graphics. One is a track pad loaded with 20,000 sensors that react to finger pressure, position and a variety of input devices. Its multi-functionality makes it suitable for graphic artists, musicians and de...
Description: Misha, with its hand painted wallpaper on metallic leaves, will light up “La Tenda” Milano boutiques through the Christmas period. Collection: China Classic Pattern: Oriental Flowers Background: extremely lightweight metal sheet of Metallic Collection MT010 - Texture Size: 5x5cm
Laurameroni invites you to discover the new Office Catalogue. Maintaining the attention to details and the selection of finest materials untouched, Laurameroni focuses now on specific solutions for offices, designed to turn working environments into functional and sophisticated rooms. Special attention is paid to technological innovations, in order to improve quality and...
The island nation is a source for natural materials—wood, bamboo, rattan, stone and more—coveted by designers from around the world. But the island nation is also home to innovative young designers and architects often inspired by their natural surroundings. From Makati’s Joseph Rastrullo to Kenneth Cobonpue, who lives on Cebu, organic forms drawn from nature and F...
Whitaker developed the concept in 2010 while working as a photographer, after he was approached by an advertising agency interested in building a workspace in the Black Forest near the town of Hechingen.The agency closed before the project could be realised but Whitaker recently created some detailed renderings to promote his studio's move into digital imagery production...
How to make storybook-like stool? Easy! First, grab some scrap wood and some wool from a newly shorn sheep. Now, put it all together and have a seat! Okay, it’s not quite that easy, but 0304 makes it seem as such. Using simple and sustainable materials, they create fun and funky designs. A collaboration between former Design Academy Eindhoven classmates, Tanja Kole, Raym...
Bamboo, bamboo, how we love you! We talked about Bo Reudler’s bamboo collection at DDW 2013, but it doesn’t stop there! In the wake of Beijing Design Week and Taiwan Designers Week, we’ve seen a resurgence of the eco-friendly wood. Durable, sustainable, beautiful, bamboo’s multitude of qualities make it a design dream. So have a gander at some of our favorite bamboo c...
Ah, Paris. We never get tired of Paris. The whirlwind of Paris Design Week spread from the Marais all the way to Maison & Objet in the suburb of Villepinte. We ran from stand to stand at Maison & Objet and from exhibition to exhibition in the city to find a selection of products that we love. Of course, our list is not limited to ten! Petite Friture, Collection Partic...
