The Legend Of Zelda Pixel Blocks
To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo, in cooperation with The King of Games, is producing fabulous Zelda collectibles that will make any kid who grew up with Link drop a tear of joy. Yeah, I am one of these (grown up) kids. Hyrule rules!
Torre Combi Center Container By Joe Colombo
Joe colombo is one of Italy’s most influential product designers. After experiences in various art fields, from informal painting to furnishings, he devoted himself to industrial design and to a mass-production by experimenting new materials and advanced technologies since 1963.
The system of cylindrical elements diversely equipped and arranged into free-standing furniture containers of varying heights which rotate one on top of the other. It was presented in its various versions as a hobby container at the XIII Triennale in 1964, where it won the silver medal. It was used as a book display stand in the publishing section of the XIV Triennale. New versions are now in production: a TV and video recorder, set trolley,desk computer and printer trolley expecially for home work.
February 6, 2006 - Category: Life Story - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
Tropical House By Jean Prouve
Jean Prouve, one of the great designers of this century, was trained as an ornamental ironworker in Nancy. In 1930 he achieved an innovative breakthrough, producing a plastic and technical form oriented to industrial practice and went on to become the progressive partner of significant architects and charismatic furniture designers.
Prouve designed the Tropical House in 1949 as a prototype for inexpensive, readily assembled housing that could be easily transported to France’s African colonies. Fabricated in Prouve’s French workshops, the components for the house were completed in 1951 and were flown disassembled to Africa in the cargo hold of an airplane. The house was erected in the town of Brazzaville, Congo, where it remained for nearly 50 years.
February 6, 2006 - Category: Life Story - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
Sake Set By Morgan Levine
Morgan Levine devised forms in pillow-shaped ceramic.A crushed plaster-filled bag served as the mold for the sake bottle which also provide a nest for two ceramic cups. The culturally constructed boundaries of Sake drinking with this fabulous white pillow ceramic sake set will bring curiosity around your table.
Receptionist Robot By Hello Kitty
PeopleStaff, an employment agency in Japan, is adding robots to its usual roster of people. The agency will dispatch Hello Kitty Robot, a robotic receptionist capable of sensing a visitor’s presence, greeting him or her and holding simple conversations.
The Nagoya-based agency is also offering the services of Ifbot, an elderly-care robot that chats and poses riddles and arithmetical problems to train the brain and help avoid dementia.
The Memphis Collective
Memphis was a Milan-based collective of young furniture and product designers led by the veteran Ettore Sottsass. After its 1981 debut, Memphis dominated the early 1980s design scene with its post-modernist style.This really original porcelain fruitbowl’s has been designed by Matteo Thun for Memphis. Matteo was born in 1952 in bolzano/alto adige, he studied under oskar kokoschka at the salzburg academy. in 1975 he was awarded his phd in architecture at the university of Florence, Italy. In collaboration with Ettore Sottsass he grounded the Sottsass Associati and the Memphis design group in 1981.
Frank Lloyd Wright Johnson Wax Desk
Designed in 1936 for the S.C. Johnson Wax Company, this iconoclastic desk and chair still satisfy the needs of that person looking for a functioning work of art to place in their home or workplace. Brick-red metal frame with natural cherry wood accent top and arms. A pendaflex file drawer, wastebasket, and accompanying file rack complete this state of the art design.
Cassina is the exclusive licensed and authorized manufacturer of Frank Lloyd Wright designs worldwide. Every item in the Cassina Wright Collection bears the signature of the designer and a serial number. The serial number indicates the exact date of production and allows the article to be matched with its Identity Card. This item is available for 10 day Quick-Ship.
February 2, 2006 - Category: Life Story - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0
Comforters By Reality Bedding
Let’s go to sleep in a sexy bed, pretty girls are waiting for you to have a really exciting night. Reality bedding uses a revolutionary new printing technology that makes the image come alive! Sharp and lifelike, it just leaps off the surface of the fabric.