‘Ottawa Collection,’ by Karim Rashid for BoConcept
Egyptian designer Karim Rashid >has created the ‘Ottawa Collection,’ a series of furniture accessories for BoConcept.
The Ottawa Collection includes a complete dining room set with table, chairs, sideboard and cabinet. A light-hearted line of accessories complements the set, creating an entire environment for urbanites.
The minimalist but never ordinary style offers unique features and precise detailing that make each piece hard to resist. The dining table features a soft slanting under-skirting and leg clusters that make it welcoming. Inspired by nature, the dining chair celebrates the welcome simplicity of the leaf that creates an elegant cross-table profile when pushed in, and like the table, sits on a forest of legs, perfect for tucking in your feet. The sideboard has sensual and intuitive handles that are really functional eye candy. Colorful inserts can be used to customize the handles and ends of the sideboard piece.
The cabinet has large graphic easy-to-use handles that add a whimsical element and come in two colors, oak or green. Together, the pieces create an urban environment that is smart and savvy.
Accessories that complete the line include a bold black and white fingerprint rug created to speak about the “new global uniqueness where we are all empowered to express our individuality”, suggests Rashid.
Armadillo & Lodge Chair by Baltasar Portillo
Art, sculpture, furniture, all three terms are important in the description of the Armadillo and Lodge chairs, part of a series of unique pieces by Salvadorian artist Baltasar Portillo. The architectural form, brings to mind a spanning bridge which enhances the view without blocking it. The chair becomes a part of its environment by allowing the viewer to see through the chair, thus framing the scene in a new way. It is imposing, yet airy and light. The elegant shapes are inspired by organic forms. Read More…
Glowing Light Ball Bench by Manfred Kielnhofer
The “Glowing Light Ball Bench” created by Manfred Kielnhofer was present at the Light Art Biennial 2011. The bench which has a very simple design consists of three light balls and two wooden board perforates that lay over the light balls.
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Unfolding ‘Crates’ by Naihan Li
Architect and designer Li Naihan’s latest series of home and office furniture The Crates is inspired by the volatile and exuberant spirit of a contemporary urban habitat like Beijing and its epic detournment of building construction, decay and regeneration. Sofas, beds, bookshelves, workstations, and foosball tables pop out of their own shipping shell to form a unique spatial language that is whole with a ‘total’ concept of dwelling.
Wooden crates become carapaces to contain the body, objects and memories we carry with them: situational freeplay and sculptural abstraction blend here to make room for a design practice which is intrinsically relational and open-ended. Concierge is developed in collaboration with Beatrice Leanza, curator and co-founder with Li of Beijing-based studio BAO Atelier, a creative lab integrating curatorial, editorial and design production to promote new encounters and transversal research among the visual arts, design and architecture. This special installation materializes an inexistent part of an actual building dubbed ‘The House of Leaves’, a semi-private/semi-public residence located on the edge of the 5th Ring Road in Caochangdi village. Drawn upon an intimate image of both action and reflection, this serendipitous space represents an antechamber of no definite time or spatial confines, a public retreat and an interior garden activated by a politics otherwise known as ‘meeting’.
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‘Fragmented 01 & 02,’ Storage & Seating Modules by Lanzavecchia + Wai Design Studio
‘fragmented 01 + 02′, storage design by Francesca Lanzavecchia and Hunn Wai of the Italian-Singaporean studio Lanzavecchia + Wai. The series of furniture types replace the solid side panels of typical storage units with bands of flexible fabric. The material chosen doesn’t creates a textural pleated surface, it allows the units to be accessed from all sides.
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‘Cóm-oda,’ Folding Chairs by Mr. Simon
Cóm-oda Folding Chairs are designed by Mr. Simon and double as a side table when not in use as chairs.The Spanish term “cóm-oda” mean “comfortable and it also refers to the English term “commode”. In the 1700s commodes were very fashionable and appeared decorated and featured marquetry motifs or carvings. This Cóm-oda set of folding chairs is also very comfortable and the ”.
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ATM Desk System, by Jasper Morrison for Vitra
ATM desk system by Jasper Morrison highlights the essentials, with a restrained shape and clear functions. The basis: a table with careful detailing in the rounded edges and the ducts for cables and accessories, such as lamps. Various shelves enhance work organisation. Read More…
M3 Chair by Thomas Feichtner
Thomas Feichtner has presented his ‘M3 chair’ at Vienna Design Week. The M3 is a chair that exhibits an open, wooden cantilever construction that contrasts with the closed body of the Lounge Chair. Read More…
Animal Chair Collection by Maximo Riera
The Animal Chair collection by Spanish designer Maximo Riera is a series of seating from mammals to reptiles, and even including insects. . Rhino Chair is part of his outstanding Animal Chair Collection. This sculptural ‘throne’ is built in a superior scale to generate an authoritative force respecting qualities present in the animal itself. This collection is homage to these animals and the whole animal kingdom which inhabits our planet, as an attempt to reflect and capture the beauty of nature in each living thing. Read More…
Kettal Maia Collection by Patricia Urquiola
The Kettal Maia collection designed by Patricia Urquiola has a natural lightness and elegance. The collection is hand-braided design with flower shapes that create a unique shadow. Structure is painted with polyester powder using the electrostatic technique. Resistant to outdoor conditions.
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Bubble Sofa by Yii Design
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Super Babel by x0 for Marcel Wanders
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Hush by Freyja Sewell
Freyja Sewell the graduate from University of Brighton presents “Hush” inspired by the womb, a space of complete privacy and comfort. ‘Hush’ is a private micro retreat that can be set up practically anywhere.
The ‘womb’ shape inspires very different feelings in different people; to me it is a warm, cosy space, for contemplation and rest. There are now 21 cities with populations larger than ten million, and it is predicted that there will be many more in the future. Read More…
Moddy Sofas by Hanna Emelie Ernsting
“Moody” Series by the designer Hanna Emelie Ernsting consists of Moody Couch, Moody Nest and Moody Bag.Featuring moods like sleepy, busy, playful, intimate and many more, the Moody Series has more functionality than ordinary pieces of furniture.Though on first sight, formally quite different, they follow the same idea: “form follows moods”.
The origin of this concept is the observation that in the modern world, people forget how to relax and calm down. Read More…
Florinda Chairs by Monica Förster for De Padova
Stockholm-based contemporary Swedish designer Monica Förster has created a series of coloured chairs called ‘Florinda’ for the Italian manufacturer De Padova. The juxtaposition of antithetical materials like wood and plastic, in the name of aesthetics and practicality of use, gives rise to the new Florinda chair. Read More…
Batoidea Chair by Peter Donders
Aptly named by Belgian designerPeter Donders for the genus of fish which includes the elegant stingray, Batoidea is an example of design and technology. Fluid and airy the chair defies practical conventions. Read More…
The Secret Clubhouse by Martin Vallin for Cappellini
The Secret Clubhouse is the designed by the young Swedish designer Martin Vallin for Cappellini. A little world into which to escape, constructed entirely of recycled wood and softened by felt covered cushions. Read More…
PEAHI Sofa by Sophisticated Living
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