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planet 3 studios

architecture

chitkara university draws from le corbusier's chandigarh

located just outside the famed modernist's visionary city, the school adopts similar spatial ideas within a 3D honeycombed lattice.

heather carlsen

architecture

heliopolis: a neo-gaudi mumbai apartment by planet 3 studios

drawing from the otherworldly residences of the gods, this neo-gaudi apartment building brings a different formal vocabulary to mumbai.

cat garcia menocal

all 2 stories

wine cork

design

conte bleu's cork animals wine memorial helps recall events

bottles of wine enjoyed with friends and family will always be remembered with conte bleu's cork figurines.

Choi jinyoung

design

designboom shop: DIY cork stopper animals

the collectable animal parts bring bottle corks to life at any dinner party as either a bear, buffalo, bunny, crow, deer or monkey. now available in the designboom shop!

naama steinbock

all 6 stories

N55

design

parkcycle swarm is a mobile green space by rebar group + N55

a social green space on wheels?

andrea chin

all 1 stories

lg2boutique

design

lg2boutique: musee de la civilisation de quebec identity

lg2boutique recently designed a new identity for the musee de la civilisation de quebec (MCQ) to mark its 25th anniversary.

andy butler

design

lg2boutique: boris ice tea branding

<p>canadian studio, lg2boutique have redesigned the identity and packaging for the boris ice tea brand.</p>

andy butler

all 3 stories

nick ross

design

a mirror darkly questions historic usage of the ceramic bowl

the possible use of ceramic bowls as crude mirrors during the stone age is explored by nick ross with his 'a mirror darkly' project.

nick ross

readers

nick ross: confession

the project looks at how large communal spaces are arranged and the possibility to mix the private and the communal more effectively, creating micro-environments.

nick ross

all 4 stories

independent architectural diplomacy

architecture

national theater of equatorial guinea by IAD

layered, rhomboidal lattice tectonics articulate the theater as an architecture replete with hope and optmisim.

cat garcia menocal

architecture

new york breathing machine superskyscraper by IAD

conceptualized as a 'lung' for uptown manhattan, the mixed use building is interwoven by spiral pathways of public vertical gardens, creating an energy neutral superskyscraper.

heather carlsen

all 3 stories

DMY berlin 2013

design

DMY berlin 2013: melodic scribe by jihye kang + victor gonzalez

sound impressions are translated into colorful patterns on porcelain through the use of a microcontroller.

anita hackethal

design

blockbox compact light weight cardboard shelving system

the compact 9-piece furniture system made of lightweight cardboard comes packaged in a handy case of that weighs a total of 11kg.

anita hackethal

all 7 stories

michael lin

architecture

atelier bow wow, michael lin + andrew barrie's model home made from paper

made entirely of paper, the full-scale worker's dwelling stands as a giant, three-dimensional architectural drawing.

nina azzarello

art

singapore art biennale 2011: michael lin

michael lin bought all the items of a hardware store in shanghai and presented it as a time capsule of the normal everyday needs and stories that make up the lives of the families in a 4 block radius.

jonathan db

all 3 stories

zip ties

design

SPAM office made of cheap materials + zip ties

the traditional office setting is composed of furniture made-up of cheap, low quality, or 'SPAM' materials, devoid of any frills.

andrea chin

art

brian jobe:'tuft vs. turf'

for his 'tuft vs, turf' series american artist brian jobe uses industrial zip ties to cover areas of pre-existing objects, 'exposing life’s minutiae - a hidden vitality beneath the surface'.

andy butler

all 2 stories

saadiyat island cultural district

architecture

jean nouvel: louvre abu dhabi under construction

characterized by a monumental woven dome, the museum seeks to become a haven-like garden on the coast.

cat garcia menocal

architecture

foster + partners: designs zayed national museum in abu dhabi revealed

the new museum will be the centre piece of the saadiyat island cultural district and will showcase the history, culture and more recently the social and economic transformation of the emirates.

erika kim

all 2 stories

dethier architectures

architecture

centre for group dynamics, belgium, by dethier architectures

the sustainably designed 'centre for group dynamics and institutional analysis' is built using industrial techniques.

dethier architectures

architecture

kempart loft in liege, belgium by dethier architectures

emerging from the client's interest in precision engineering an industrial bakery is transformed into housing bolstered by the insertion of sleek, aluminum-clad module.

dethier architectures

all 3 stories

bernard buhler

architecture

bernard buhler: residence origami layers form and color

slivers of lime green shade loggias where the building's timbered skin has been cut away in asymmetrical geometries.

heather carlsen

architecture

rainbow residence arc en ciel by bernard buhler

polychrome louvers rhythmically wrap around the monumental rounded volumes of a french apartment complex.

heather carlsen

all 2 stories

arne quinze

art

arne quinze: chaos in motion

an interwoven network of exploding wooden and glass pieces is the artist's realization of chaos.

nina azzarello

design

imm cologne 09: the 'kunstbar' by arne quinze / passagen

the banana shaped 'kunstbar' by arne quinze was implemented under the new staircase outside of the cologne cathedral.

anita hackethal

all 3 stories

knudsen berg hindenes

design

knudsen berg hindenes: BOP concert chair for OFFECCT

the concert chair is designed for USF verftet, an arts arena for music, theater, film and modern art in bergen, norway.

rodrigo caula

readers

knudsen berg hindenes: plank sofa

the sofa draws reference from massive broad floorboards found in douglas spruce trees.

Petter Knudsen

all 3 stories

stockholm furniture fair 2013

design

form us with love: modular hood lamp for atelje lyktan

the modular lamp meets the basic desire of absorbing the focus of concentrating an illumination source onto secluded areas like work, conference or dining tables.

rodrigo caula

design

nendo: illuminated w132 lamp system for wastberg

made through the simple assembly of three modular parts: a shade (available in either cone, sphere or cylinder), post and stand, 'nendo w132' has the ability to transform into a variety of lighting fixtures.

andrea chin

all 21 stories