Dollar Origami

Won Park, has an unusual hobby: He folds origami treasures from one-dollar bills. When he was five years old, his mother took him to Japanese Paper shop, where he bought his first origami folding books. Today, he is an origami specialist.

The first floating hotel in Sweden

In October 2008, Sweden’s first floating hotel opened alongside the famous restaurant "Salt & Sill". The hotel will be a meeting and conference venue with 46 beds, and will be open all year round.

Monopoly Repackaging concept by Andy Mangold

Monopoly, in spite being the classiest of all board games, unfortunately is packaged just as boringly and uncreatively as every other garbage board game on the shelves. So, Andy Mangold decided to repackage it...

The Letterpressed Salt Lake Temple

Characters from the Bickham Script Pro, Engravers MT, and Epic typeface families form the edifice of the Salt Lake Temple. Cameron Moll's artwork is the kind of image that was crafted out of sheer patience and love for typography, check it out "just for the sake of inspiration"

Hedi Slimane's favourite teenagers

For the cover shoot of the January DAZED & CONFUSED issue, Hedi Slimane shot a selection of his favourite teenagers, which he cast from the streets of London.  The issue also includes stories and articles about and by teenagers from all over the country.

The DollHOUSE by REX Architects for Calvin Klein

The Calvin Klein Collection flagship store located at 654 Madison Avenue in New York City unveiled on the 1st of December "Madison Avenue (Doll)House,"a unique collaborative installation as the centerpiece of the store’s annual holiday window display designed by REX Architecture P.C.

BEST OF yatzer 2008

Before the end of 2008 Yatzer has made a selection of its favorite posts. Do you remember them?

Veuve Clicquot bloggers trip / part#05

The last chapter of the Veuve Clicquot bloggers trip is finally on your screens. A perfect majestic ending to the year 2008.

The light-hook fight

Yatzer Design Fight No6. "ALONE" by Daniele Trebb for Pallucco or "Bolt-formed light bulb" by Sungmin Hong?

Product design by Seongyong Lee

If you think that observing objects in a new aesthetical and functional way gives unexpected joy of the discovery in beauty or function, then you should check some of Seongyong Lee’s projects. His perspective on common objects gives a new meaning in products most people consider as ordinary.

Openhouse by XTEN Architects

The Openhouse is embedded into a narrow and sharply sloping property in the Hollywood Hills, a challenging site that led to the creation of a house that is both integrated into the landscape and open to the city below.

Re-inventing the Adirondack chair

The original Adirondack chair was designed by Thomas Lee in 1903 while he was vacationing at his Summer home, but Andrew Stanley & Jeff Gerlach two design students at Syracuse University,  sent us its re-invention!

2008 in photographs

A stunning photographic collection of 2008.  A good portion of what life has been like over the past 12 months in 40 photographs from all over the world. The selection was made by Alen Taylor for boston.com website and Yatzer posts some of Alen's highlights.

Enblanc studio - Spanish design

Enblanc studio is created in 2007 from two young designers from Valencia based on their need to enjoy together the art of designing. In such a short period they have offered an interesting variety of projects characterized by simplicity and functionality at the same time.

Airfork One by Sibylle Stoeckli

Airfork One is now ready for boarding! It’s made of sleek stainless steel encased in food-grade, dishwasher-safe silicone, just the thing to bring those mashed potatoes and peas in for a safe landing. It’s high-flying meal-time fun for the little ones.

And the winner is...Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid Architects have been selected as the architects of the Library and Learning Centre (LLC) at the University of Economics & Business, Vienna. The new Library and Learning Centre will be the centerpiece of the University’s new campus and provide a significant upgrade to the University’s services.

Alberto Sanchez & the LEAF swing

The Spanish designer Alberto Sánchez has created a swing for adults that bring you closer to nature and back to your childhood years. This beautiful and romantic LEAF swing is designed to surprise and to transmit strong emotional charge.

HEAVEN by Capella Garcia Arquitectura

Heaven is the title of an ephemeral space designed by Juli Capella Samper at the latest Casa Decor in Barcelona. The concept invites the visitor to travel along a tunnel revealing the endless possibilities of a material developed by Resyrok company.

Veuve Clicquot bloggers trip / part#04

The sunrise brought us an old world classic Bentley parked at the grand driveway entrance inviting us but also intimidating us to approach.With this design master we were going to begin writing our last page of our fairytale.

Yu Jordy Fu's interview exclusively at Yatzer

The designer and architect Yu Jordy Fu talks exclusively to Yatzer about her beautiful and unique lamp collection Cloud Lamps, what inspires her as a designer and how she managed to achieve a solo art exhibition at the age of six.

PAPIER bag by Stefan Diez for AUTHENTICS

It’s as light as paper, but absolutely tear-resistant. It looks like paper, but is extremely wearresistant - water and dirt can’t harm it. Its surface changes in daily use, which makes the bag an entirely personal accessory. It’s called PAPIER, but is made out of thousands of tiny plastic threads!

Mathieu Lehanneur at the Laboratoire

Designing new layouts for the Laboratoire, Mathieu Lehanneur has created functional spaces on the borderline between art and science: LaboBrain is a private think-tank, LaboShop, a public sales outlet.

the One Piece Coffee Table

Yoann Henry Yvon plays with the simplicity and movement of curves giving the impression that the One Piece Coffee Table is a non-stop transforming object. Change the position of the table’s main curve or just your point of view and the table gets a different shape.

Schindlersalmeron projects

Schindlersalmerón is a company for furniture design and distribution located in Zurich.Their projects are compositions of sustainable materials to which a contemporary expression is added by respecting today's needs and applying today's process technology.

Clotherpin Re-inventions

From a simple usefull clotherpin to new usefull concepts ... What concept design or product design do you prefer?The chopsticks, the trash can or the holder?

KAMA SUTRA with bunnies

Have you ever seen bunnies having SEX in public spaces? If not, the portfolio of famous photographer Michael Cogliantry, amongst other series, includes some stunning pictures of 2 bunnies in special "love" scenes. Enjoy them!

The Apifera window installation by Matthew Plummer Fernandez

The Selfridges store in London asked Matthew Plummer Fernandez to create a window installation which was on view on Duke St until the end of October 2008 . Let's find a new home for Apifera!

Church of Holy Cross by KHR architects

When it comes to unify the Earthly and the Heavenly the result can’t be less than astonishing. The Church of Holy Cross is by far the best proof for this and the reason that KHR architects has been nominated for one of the world’ s most prestigious architectural awards, the Mies van der Rohe award.

Giant TETRIS installation, Sydney

"One More Go One More Go" artwork references the much loved, mesmerising, enduringly compelling classic single-player video game Tetris, developed by Alexey Pajitnov of the USSR's Academy of Science in 1985.

The cover fight

"PEEKABOO" wing chair by Stefan Borselius for Bla Station,  "Workbay" by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Vitra, or "Poltrona with cover" by Jaime Hayon for BD Showtime collection? What do you prefer?

Welcome chair by Abhijeet Kumar

Welcome to Abhijeet Kumar’s world. A world of exploring, transforming and pushing the possibilities of fabrics into a new age. An age were everyone is obsessed with form, function and the essence of hard furnishings. Abhijeet Kumar expresses these obsessions through the use of soft furnishings FABRIC

El Mil del Poaig packaging design by CuldeSac

Spanish designers CuldeSac have designed the packaging for a new olive oil brand, El Mil del Poaig. The half-litre bottle, containing oil made from thousand year-old olive trees, is made of traditional Valencia ceramic and comes packed inside a wooden crate.

The Happiness boutique

Three students from THE DANISH DESIGN SCHOOL in Copenhagen, explore fortune-concept and open a store for 10 days, giving customers a unique opportunity to buy happiness made to measure. Happiness hunters can go crazy until the 15th of December when the store is going to close.

Yatzer @ INTRO magazine

The December 2008 edition of INTRO, Bulgarian life-style magazine, included an interview of Costas Voyatzis, founder of Yatzer.

The Normann Nutcracker before the crack

Magasin, a Danish department store branch asked Normann Copenhagen to make their version of the Nutcracker soldier as part of a charity project helping the Danish Red Cross. It was supposed to be on display during Christmas but unfortunately it cracked!!!

Granada Science Park

The project of Carlos Ferrater & Jimenez Brasa Arquitects for the extension of the Science Park in Granada, by the Genil river, starts with the construction of a single roof with small inflections that looks like an open hand, covering the different programmatic pieces interconnected on a continuous space.

The ICE TREE by Paprika for Domison

Montreal’s furniture store DOMISON has commissioned the design firm Paprika to create a magical Christmas window installation. Paprika came up with a stunning idea referencing ICE, WATER and WINTER in a holiday spirit.

REK bookcase by Reinier de Jong

Let knowledge grow, let life be enriched. In other words let Rek bookcase grow with your book collection. Reinier de Jong introduces REK, a bookcase that can provide us as much space as we need. With a marvelous design, REK never looks empty no matter the number or the size of the books you have.

The father & the child fight

Yatzer Design Fight No3. / "Pregnant Chair" by Australian designer Trent Jansen or "Papa chair" by Israeli designer Itay Ohaly ? What do you prefer?

Muritzeum - Nature (Re)Discovery

At the side of the motorway between Rostock and Berlin stands the Muritzeum. It lies on a small peninsular between the old town, previously surrounded by water, and the newer part with civic buildings, administration and "plattenbau"

THE ARCHIVE

The archive is a new way to approach architecture & design. With freedom as the basis for creativity, the ARCHIVE in Thessaloniki, Greece, is a physical space full of inspiration resources. A place to work, brainstorm, discuss and share your ideas with the world.

weekendhouse by Takao Shiotsuka atelier

Takao Shiotsuka atelier designed this weekendhouse in Japan. The plane shape of the house is wedge to spread towards the sea.

Transit Cases: Chairs from Mexico

Transit cases is an exhibition about contemporary Mexican design, featuring 23 chairs from different designers, architects and artists. The show also includes a few historical chairs that serve to contextualize current design trends.

Christian Vivanco

Smile! It’s Christian Vivanco! Because that’s what the 25 years old Mexican designer tries to achieve through his projects.  Each one  has it’s own character, a successful combination of different ideas and expressions. The result? Not excessive, neither complex. Just simple and functional.

Through the eyes of Rune Guneriussen

Chairs in Love, Globes that are enjoying the sunset, floor lamps that are swimming, table lamps that are walking in the forest and many other soureal stories. Norweyan photogpaher Rune Guneriussen through his photographic lenses knows how to give life to soulless objects.

The drawers fight

Yatzer Design Fight No2. / Sideboard "SOHO" by Portuguese manufacturer Boca do Lobo or "DECADES" chest of drawers by Swedish Wis Design studio? What do you prefer?

Aesop opens in the Strand Arcade, Sydney

Aesop Director Dennis Paphitis has again collaborated with March Studio's Rodney Eggleston to fashion a space that pays heed to its local setting while making bold use of Aesop’s material du jour, porcelain.

staircase design by Christophe Moinat

Christophe Moinat designed, followed the production and coordinated the assembly of this staircase for the studio of Ross Lovegrove in Notting Hill, London. It symbolizes the work of this design practice, where he was a collaborator for 4 years.

Wellness Sky fitness Center in Belgrade

35 years ago ιτ used to house an exclusive restaurant which was a segment of a larger recreational centre accessible to the public. After the recent  intervention of 4of7 design studio, it turned to a stunning Fitness Center.

Eames Shells step by step video

"The fiberglass chairs" video was made for Herman Miller by the Office of Charles Eames in 1970 and is a live proof that these timeless design pieces deserve their price!

VilaSofa by Tjep.

Tjep. was commissioned to create a shop environment for a new furniture brand called VilaSofa. VilaSofa is positioned between a conventional furniture shop and Ikea in terms of delivery speed. It offers mid-range prices for a wide public and a 48 hour delivery guarantee for all displayed models.

RAINMAN by Matilda Sunden Ringner

A decanter that plays with the traditional way of transporting water from a container to a drinking glass. The distinctive feature of the decanter is the eight holes that contribute to a unique identity not only when in use but it also gives the product a unique visual identity.

Too Late?

10.000 watches sold in the first 10 days of distribution. The new water proof edition was presented during Macef 2008, in Milano.. Too Late is the state of the art of cheap design and it's never Too Late to get your own!

A Denim Based Concept Store

On the 24th of November, "Tenue de Nîmes" opened a brand new Denim Inspired Boutique right in the centre of Amsterdam. Manno Van Meurs & René Strolenberg, the owners of Tenue de Nîmes , trusted the aesthetics of Joachim Baan who did the concept and the design of the store.

Sotirios Papadopoulos feels good

After the design earthquake that his "Full moon" console caused at the beginning of 2008 in the Design World , Sotirios Papadopoulos presents his latest creation exclusively at Yatzer. The  phosphorescent "FEEL GOOD" mirror, designed for the Italian manufacturer, EnneZero

World AIDS Day 2008

"You can make the difference".

AIDS awareness by Yatzer