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‘Fragmented 01 & 02,’ Storage & Seating Modules by Lanzavecchia + Wai Design Studio

Shan Tara — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:07:17 +0000

‘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.

MEZZ Storage System by Katya Labinskaya

Shan Tara — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:08:32 +0000

MD Design announces their latest product called MEZZ Storage System designed by Katya Labinskaya. Creative mess is better than clean and inactivity were e watchword for a creation of this shelving.

This system comes in different sizes and colors and is fully customizable.

MEZZ Storage System

Loop Shlef by Amandine Chhor

Hans — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:23:45 +0000

Loop is a minimalist shelf that can be used in different ways, in the space that forms the bottom of the shelf you can just put the books while the top can stuck the magazines between the small wires.
Amandine Chhor

The Scroll Bookshelf

Shan Tara — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:39:50 +0000

The Scroll Bookshelf is a prototype shelf that uses a curled, tensioned metal shelf overlaid with plastic to hold the books in place: “Unfurl the sheet and stack em books!
Via [Yanko Design]

CONTAINER Sideboard Design Alain Gilles for Casamania

Shan Tara — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:42:27 +0000

Our friend Alain Gilles sent us his last creation called ‘Container,’ a modular sideboard system. As if a regular sideboard had beensplit into different elements, different ‘containers’.

It is really a research on deconstruction and reconstruction. As if a”standard” sideboard with its different storage functionalities had been split into various elements just to be reconstructed in a different, uneven manner. A research on the architecture of a piece in order to bring forward its construction logic. In a way, a “landing dock”, the base, and a few “containers” that can be set one on top of the other… hens its name.
The work on the structure is further highlighted by the association of different materials and finishes applied to each structural element. By playing with different types of finishes and settings several furniture pieces with their own personalities and functions can easily be created form the same original elements. Thus, it will either be seen as more a sideboard, dresser, media storage cabinet or television stand and find its way into different rooms of the house.

“Metamorphosis” Bookshelf by Sebastian Errazuriz

Shan Tara — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:28:43 +0000

Metamorphosis shelf by the famous designer Sebastian Errazuriz really goes out on a limb. The inspiration for the limited-edition Baltic birch plywood shelf which is hand-carved by the Italian company Horm came from his grandmother’s ivy-covered garden.

Errazuriz said:

“The dark branches that crawled along the walls were so thick that I would use them as natural shelves for my garden toys,”

Available at Christina Grajales Gallery. Call (212) 219-9941.
Sebastian Errazuriz

Copper View Installation by Ferruccio Laviani for KME

Hans — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:07:31 +0000

The “evolution of ideas”, is the new collection by KME. The collection will be presented for the first time to the public during the Salone del Mobile, with “Copper view” by Ferruccio Laviani.

The natural beauty of copper with its seductive hues from red to gold, from green to bronze, and the endless possibilities of utilization of such a ductile material are the strengths of KME Design – An exhibition in which it will be possible to admire, discover, touch and be inspired by KME copper, the new star in interior decoration.

“Jack in the Box,” Cabinet by Niclas Andersson

Shan Tara — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:17:09 +0000

Designed by Niclas Andersson, Jack in the Box is a cabinet inspired by the “Man in the Box” classic toy. Jack in the Box is a solid body cabinet with a crank on the front. By cranking the crank, you can raise and lower the shelves (hanging from ropes) to access their objects. The shelves wind to lower the platform pieces, allowing for convenience and customization.
Via [Materialicious] & [ergonomicofficefurnitures]

Paris Lowitz, Modular Shelving System by Paris Lowitz

Hans — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:28:22 +0000

IVY by Paris Lowitz is a modular shelving system that grows on your wall according to your lifestyle. IVY grew out of a need to have a modular shelving system that can adapt to the users lifestyle changes. The goal of the project was to make it so that assembly and wall hanging of the shelves would be as effortless as possible.

Paris Lowitz

Equilibrium Bookcase by Malagana Design

Shan Tara — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:40:12 +0000

Colombia-based Malagana Design have designed the Equilibrium Bookcase. It is a unique furniture piece that catches attention by creating a sense of amusement and surprise. While its compartments seem to float in the air, Equilibrium can hold over 120 Lbs of weight and its different modules allow to keep books and magazines organized in a natural tilted position that eliminates the need for bookends. The acclaimed bookcase comes offered with a combination of natural walnut veneer and one of three color options: White, Celeste and Graphite. Specific custom colors can be matched upon request. It can be conveniently disassembled to fit inside the two larger modules and it ships in one easy to handle box. It can be assembled in just a few minutes without the need of tools or hardware.

Malagana Design
Via [Contemporist]

“Snowflake” Installation for Kartel Gallery by Tokujin Yoshioka

Shan Tara — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:00:04 +0000

Below Tokujin Yoshioka talks about his new collection entitled “The Invisibles” and his shop installation “Snowflake.”

You are presenting both product and installation in collaboration with Kartell this year. Please talk about the projects?

As a special collaboration between Claudio Luti and Tokujin Yoshioka, I am presenting “The Invisibles” collections and a shop installation entitled “Snowflake”. Recent years, I find myself often proposing designs, which incorporate the essence of natural phenomena and invisible elements.
The idea of the “Invisibles” initiates in the discussion I had with Mr. Claudio Luti almost two years ago. We both looked at the possibility to develop and express a new product in acrylic, which inherits the essence of optical glass bench “Water Block”.
It has been thought nearly impossible to create an industrial product in acrylic of this thickness. However, their innovative techniques and motivation and challenge to create a new product with a fresh dimension to idea have made it possible.

“The Invisibles” only leaves the sense as if seating in the air. The presence of the object is eradicated and it will create a scenery of a sitter floating in the air.

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What is your vision for transparent material?

I am drawn by things that do not have forms but leave emotional effect to people. At a glance, such material is invisible and its existence is erased. Through the interaction with light, however, the form suddenly emerges. I am fascinated not only with such phenomena, but also elements that can stir and stimulate our imagination. I also like the idea of light, which is the form of design itself.

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How does the “Snowflake” look?

For the installation, I will create a serene world with numerous transparent prism sticks in plastic. The accumulation of transparent sticks is tinged with white color just like real snow.I believe that the installation will offer visitors extraordinary experiences as if stepping into the snowflake.

This year, you are going to present new works from Kartell, Swarovski Crystal Palace, and Moroso.
Are there anything in common?
We are living in the age when design overflows. In such age, I pondered on expressing something that does not have form or design. In other words, it is something that transcends the general idea on form and design, and provokes our emotion.

It is not to deal with forms or to make minimal forms, but to design that gets us into the work, lifts up our spirits. I would like to design something that moves even myself.
Recent years, I am challenging to incorporate formless elements that appeal to our heart such as new idea, color, scent, and to design an emotion itself.

One of them is a phenomena called “light”, another one is something that you cannot see, and the other one is something that has unlimited forms by transforming its appearance.
This year at Salone del Mobile, I will present works that do not obtain forms, while each work has unique characteristics.

Duration・Location
14-19 April, 2010
Kartell flagship Store
via C. Porta angolo via Turati

“Gone with the Wind” by Nika Zupanc

Shan Tara — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:22:14 +0000

Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc presents an exhibition entitled “Gone with the Wind.” The Wind Pavilion stands as an icon evoking a sense for nature. With it, Nika Zupanc embraces the issue of responsibility by introducing the elegance and poetry of creative expression into predominately technical solutions.

Like so many magic pavilions in the past, this one is also outfitted in one of the latest achievements of the industry – the unique modular façade system Qbiss by trimo. Optically smooth surfaces, unique rounded corner elements, and “shadow joints” allow great freedom of expression and enable an optically enchanting combination of an inclined grid and an attractive landscape of 45 restless windmills.

Nika Zupanc continues to be sincere while uncovering the excuses for a socially acceptable status quo. By positioning archetypes that are considered feminine in the carefully selected centers of public attention, her chillingly beautiful forms become emerging reference points. Her battles are of a higher style, and so the presence of famous female literary heroines remains mandatory.
The entry point to the world of Nika Zupanc – a frame for her gallery and a prism for readings of her work – is also a metaphorical structure. It is a tiny house driven by toy-like windmills on the outside and with a big bang of connotations from the inside. Inside the Wind Pavilion, Nika Zupanc will put her newest family of objects on display. This time they came to address you as advocates of a sort because they present a case for new symbolic and emotional readings of design, and are told through elements of modesty and self-reliance.
Nika Zupanc

Sliding-shelves by Lutz Hüning

Delphine — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:01:58 +0000

Created by Berlin architect and carpenter Lutz Hüning, these sliding-shelves are made of boxes with variable dimensions, hanging onto a wooden board fixed on the wall.

The boxes slide freely or can be removed, always changing the layout of the shelf. Also, their back match the board so that a plane surface is created which combines colours and materials.

Exclusively available at Karena Schuessler Gallery.

[Lutz Hüning]
Via [PicoCool]

Cartesia Drawers by NOSIGNER

Shan Tara — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:18:33 +0000

Artist NOSIGNER has teamed with Tokushima Wood & Bamboo Industrial Cooperative Society Confederation to create a new wood furniture brand named “AWA.”

The Cartesia high chest “Cartesian coordinate system”, is perfect for corner placement as its drawers open from both directions. See the entire collection of clean modern Japanese inspired furniture from NOSIGNER.

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Stuff, the Self-Modeling Cabinet by Marina Ralph

Shan Tara — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:36:34 +0000

Marina Ralph has presented Stuff, the self-modeling cabinet at London Design Festival 2009. Made of sycamore, plywood and latex sides, this cabinet modifies its shape with each new item you place inside it. Not only would it be really fun to use, but the storage space is considerably larger than the average similar pieces of furniture.

As the designer herself stated,
“The user can continue to ‘stuff in’ more and more items until this seemingly slim and inanimate object becomes obese.”

Via [Feshome]

Martin the Mule by iBride Design Studio

Shan Tara — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:30:01 +0000

iBride design studio creates extremely unusual pieces and use fake animal as main objects.

The desk is made of high-pressure laminate, can accommodate a flat-screen computer, and is equipped with lighting and internet connections.

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K Workstation by MisoSoup Design

Shan Tara — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:17:41 +0000

K Workstation is designed by a New York design company, MisoSoup Design. It is practical and compact bookshelf and workstation, all in one.
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REK bookcase by Reinier de Jong

Shan Tara — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:55:42 +0000

Rotterdam-based designer Reinier de Jong has designed this ingenious bookcase. The REK expands and collapses like an accordion. As you book collection grows, the shelves can be pulled apart in a configuration of your choosing.

Link Via [Gizmodo] & [Dezeen]