Fobe Residence in Marrakech, Morocco by Guilhem Eustache Studio
Guilhem Eustache - a Belgian studio built the 'Forbes Residence'in Marrakech, Marocco. The architect aim was to create a dynamic equilibrium despite the difference of scale. Eustache played with light and shadow to enhance and strengthen the volumes and used local materials and techniques like clay for the exterior walls, tadelack for the baths and stones from the Ourika valley for the floors. The architect has preserved the wildness of the land although they have planted more than 500 trees. The walls have been doubled to help deal with the climate creating high-rise rooms and sun protection.
Mobile ‘Bed Cube’ Bedroom
This Mobile Bed Cube bedroom is the perfect way to hang on to some privacy in a shared space. This unique “bedroom” is the perfect solution for people who live in shared bedrooms or dorms. You can move it around in any direction according to the space in your apartment. It is compact, and can easily fit into any room.The cube evolved out of wanting cozy with the option of keeping a big, open space at the same time.
S-house, Ukraine by KO+KO Architects
The starting plan was to create a holiday home for a young couple and their two children. The main challenge for KO+KO architects was to make transformation to the house using the most advanced technology construction, without losing the warmth and inside comfort, that's why they decided to create a wooden frame. Thus, there was a radical solution to create a concrete sarcophagus, on the facade resembling a Latin letter "S" hence the name of the house. The house is located on a long, narrow area, 35 meters wide and 65 meters in length, on a hill, facing east, ...
Cube Tube by Sako Architect
Developed by Sako Architects “Cube Tube” office and restaurant is a nine storey building with square structure, intersected with a vertical succession of criss-crossed corridors which terminate as open-air terraces overlooking the landscape. Contrasting the style of the existing context, a fenestration pattern of varied squares surfaces the main cubic volume and adjacent linear block, generating their respective names, “cube” and “tube”. The configuration introduces light and breezes into the internal core while allowing a divided working space with an airy atmosphere.
White Flax, Pendant Lamp by Jeremy Cole
White Flax, Pendant Lamp by Jeremy Cole is handcrafted from bone china ceramic pieces that resemble feathers making it look as though it could fly away in a gentle breeze. The lamp is composed of 350 geometrically arranged ceramic leaves attached to a stainless steel frame with a central glass diffuser.
Moody Aquarium Sink by Italbrass
Moody Aquarium Sink by Italbrass was created to define the mood in your bathroom. You can choose Moody to be an aquarium with gold fish or a terrarium with rocks and plants or a Zen garden with sand or a simple pebble river bed.
Granny, Pendant Light by Pudelskern Design
‘Granny’was designed Pudelskern Design and shown at the recent Maison & Objet design fair in Paris. Thick woolen threads are used to produce a raw yet cosy surface. The threads are produced by a family business in the Tyrol, with each lamp hand-knitted by a collective of home-based workers in the Netherlands. A natural treatment is applied, making the wool flame resistant and resistant to moth and mite infestation. Read More…
‘Dots Shadow,’ Handmade Rug by Limited Edition
This is certainly one of the best brands of carpet today. Belgian designer Diane Steverlinck is the author of the model ‘Dots Shadow’ made of leather, completely handmade. Read More…
‘Vertigo,’ Pendant Light by Constance GUISSET
VERTIGO is an enveloping lamp that creates a space of intimacy. The lightness of the lamp makes it mobile to the rythm of the air: it turns softly, projecting an almost transparent graphic space between the floor and the ceiling. Read More…
Animal Haircuts, Braun Advertising
Staudinger + Franke commissioned Peney have commissioned photo manipulator Mladen Penev to created a series of animals with interesting haircuts forAgency for the Braun campaign .
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Blood Bags by Kiseung Lee
These blood bags was designed by Kiseung Lee to encourage people to donate blood during the Christmas holiday season. If you’re feeling generous, just fill the sock from Santa Claus with a little blood.
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Suspended Meeting Room by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architect
Part of Danish bank Nykredit’s headquarters, the meeting rooms of are hanging in the air and are open to the atrium. in hanging boxes clad in dark polished wood.
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Guerrilla Grafters in San Fransisco
A group of renegade agriculturalists called Guerrilla Grafters in San Francisco are grafting fruit-bearing branches onto public trees that otherwise don’t bear fruit. The group has created a web app to help locals find trees that might be good candidates for a new, fruit-bearing branches and provides tips on how to pull off a successful grafting.
IPOO Toilet by Milos Paripovic
Milos Paripovic just sent us pictures of his latest project, perhaps a little sarcastic, but that should please Apple’s fans.
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TBONE House by Coast Office Architecture
TBONE House built by Coast Office Architecture based in Stuttgart, Germany is a house that features Ecological Aspects such as Geothermal Heat Pump, Vertical Earth Connection Loop, Floor and Wall heating system, Cooling system through activation of thermal mass and the use of rainwater as valuable natural resource for water supply in the house and reduce water bills costs. The house has a very minimalist style thanks to large windows connecting the indoor and outdoor and a purity of lines. Read More…
Fragmented Chronicles Ring by Shannnam
Fragmented Chronicles is a collection of 100 rings created by Hong Kong-based design duo Chan Oi yau Riyo and Kwong Ho Sun Howard from Shannnam. Each ring telling a story of its own with a different landscape inside them, telling a unique part of the larger story. Read More…
Bourrasque, Sculpture by Paul Cocksedge
London designer Paul Cocksedge completed a sculpture resembling pieces of paper caught in the breeze. Installed in the courtyard of a hotel in Lyon, the 25-meter long ‘Bourrasque’ sculpture was completed for the city’s annual Festival of Lights. Read More…
‘MIMA,’ Prefabricated House by Mima Architect
‘IMA,’ Prefabricated house designed by Portuguese Architect Mima consists of a square post-and-beam structure completely glazed on all sides, subdivided by modular 1,5mx3m wooden frames. MIMA houses come with additional plywood panels which can be placed on the inside and the outside of the building, for a replacement of any window by a wall in a matter of seconds.
The inside is defined by a regular grid of 1,5m, whose intermediate lines leave gaps for internal walls to be added when needed. Again, in a matter of seconds, a subdivided space can be replaced by an open space or vice versa. Moreover, each side of internal and external walls can have a different color/finishing, which allows a dramatic change through a simple wall rotation. Read More…
Indoor Garden and Compost by Ferber and Dieckmann
Designers Charlotte Dieckmann and Nils Ferber have design “Parasite Farm”, a full-cycle indoor garden that raises vegetables and composts their waste into fresh soil. This indoor garden and compost system is designed to fit into your existing furniture, with a series of grow beds with grow lights and a table-mounted compost bin.
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Merry Xmas
CubeMe’s team wish a merry Xmas, mayay the good times and treasures of the present become the golden memories of tomorrow. Wish you lots of love, joy and happiness.
Tori Tori Restaurant by Rojkind Arquitectos + Esrawe Studio
Tori Tori Restaurant is the result of a collaboration between Rojkind Arquitectos and Esrawe Studio.The restaurant is based in Polanco, Mexico City, where Architect Michel Rojkind and Industrial Designer Hector Esrawe teamed up.
The Façade, which seems to emerge from the ground climbing up through the building, as if mimicking the natural ivy surrounding the retaining walls, is made up of two self-supporting layers of steel plates cut with a CNC machine and handcrafted to exact specifications. The facade’s pattern responds to the inside openings, filtering light, shadows, and views that will constantly invade the interior spaces. An atmosphere enriched by the spectrum of subtle changes.
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‘LEGOWAND,’ LEGO Wall Divider by NPIRE
NPIRE agency base in in Germany has created this LEGO wall called LEGOWAND. The wall consists of over 55,000 brick sand it 3-foot wide wall stands strongly in the company’s office. The divider took the agency over a year to be completed. Read More…
