a mixed-use residence and martial arts dojo foran equally dynamic client displays the any uses of wood design in one cohesive project.
the pieces chiefly focus on depicting the human form - each one pensive, still and surreal - an almost stoic quality contrasting the artwork's medium.
daniel arsham / snarkitecture: dig
daniel arsham is excavating a gallery space of foam in an effort to understand the complexities and similarities between planned architecture and sculptural intuition.
daniel arsham: avalanche
artist daniel arsham has just completed avalanche, his second collaboration with the merce cunningham dance company.
daniel arsham / snarkitecture: richard chai p
handcarved with the aid of a hot wire cutter, the interior of the temporary shop features a topographical wall treatment constructed out of white foam that transforms the space into an urban glacial cavern.
a house responding to the client's contradicting needs is composed of four individual masses that work in conjunction with one another during social gatherings.
available in low and high reflective variations, the paper-like low-power color reflective LCD screen can playback video.
the full-scale formula one racing simulator has been designed to look and feel like the real thing, coming equipped with genuine pirelli F1 tires and brembo racing calipers.
igor chak: retro alien couch
the classic video game 'space invader' informs a couch design.
star wars micro arcade
'star wars micro' is a 1:6 scale replica arcade cabinet, featuring a playable version of the 1983 shooter game 'star wars' by atari.
lee wei chen: arcade washing machine
the designer's version of the home appliance resembles that of an arcade style video console that houses a washing machine in the bottom half of the unit. 'I realized the skills I had developed in the virtual world ...
a fluid interior office design with mobile fixtures and pyramid tables, split between the east and west sides which offer particularly unique views of the landscape.
torafu architects (23 articles)
torafu architects: AA stool
the set is comprised of two stools which can be arranged with one another to create a single unit, while the stacking and lining up of modules allows one create longer bench formations.
torafu architects: my panda retail store
a retail space made to compliment a new fashion brand that bases its style around the dichotomy of a two-tone design.
torafu architects: mediba creative farm shibu
an interior office design that injects an array of lively colored customized furnishings and encourages an open communication amongst employees, while providing personal spaces.
influenced by the water line marked on the walls of the galleries in the chelsea art district, the relief fund project captures a flooded new york city divided between those with electricity and those left in the dark.
sebastian errazuriz (22 articles)
sebastian errazuriz at rove gallery
the exhibition expresses the detail and obsession the artist takes in his work through hand-made miniature wood models which capture the intimacy and poetry behind each one of his life-size functional pieces.
sebastian errazuriz: look again door
designboom has received an exclusive look into chilean born, new york-based designer's newest work-- a wood, paint and bronze binocular door viewer.
sebastian errazuriz: occupy chairs
the artist developed the series to support the 99% by inviting collectors (typically of the 1%) to purchase the protest-sign furniture, bringing the message of one group into the homes of the other. in this way, the...
designboom recently visited the amsterdam studio of bureau SLA, meeting with director peter van assche to get a glimpse into the office's daily life.
NL architects studio visit
designboom recently visited the office of NL architects in amsterdam, receiving a glimpse of their creative process which is heavily rooted in model-making.
studio mk27 visit
designboom goes behind-the-scenes and visits the office of architecture firm studio mk27 located in the jardin area of sao paulo, brazil.
SO-IL studio visit
on a recent trip to new york, designboom met with jing liu and florian idenburg of SO-IL for a glimpse of their studio and practice in brooklyn.
bureau SLA: buddhist meditation centre
cost effective building and material choices including a mansard roof, sheets of corrugated steel, standard insulated windows and leftover wood come together to produce this sustainable facility for meditation.
bureau SLA + arup: amsterdam hermitage bridge
the shape of this bridge may be operated by onlookers with an iPad by drawing curvy, parabolic or wavy forms which manipulate the deck to allow cargo traffic to pass underneath.
bureau SLA + overtreders w: noorderparkbar
initiated, funded and constructed solely by the two dutch firms, this pavilion is comprised entirely of second-hand materials locally sourced from approximately 100 individual traders found on a market website.
the work conjures ideas of dreamlike surrealism - the featherweight bridge suspended by three helium-filled balloons, steadily held aloft a lake.
lucas maassen: skyline bump
employing the swell of a giant 30 metre hot air balloon, the dutch artist created a temporary intervention of eindhoven's urban horizon.
meat balloons by ODL
at the japan premium beef storefront in new york, the design studio exhibits handmade balloon sausages and steaks alongside the real cuts of meat.
ahmet ogut: castle of vooruit
a replica of ghent's public art building has been made by ahmet ogut to hover above the ground on an inflated boulder, recalling the imagery of belgian painter rene magritte's 'la chateau des pyrenees'.
ingarden & ewy architects: malo
odrada burghoorn: the blue house
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