Vital Building by Mozas+Aguirre

26 June 2008 No Comments

These are the headquarters for the local savings bank. The idea is to identify the building as a live organism in motion. Created by Mozas+Aguirre Arquitectos, the building has a chromosome-shaped floor, with four arms. [...]

Pluk by Tjep.

26 June 2008 No Comments

Pluk is a new take-away formula which offers: fresh juices, yogurt shakes and special salads that customers can compose by themselves: the so called tossed salads. Tjep. was responsible for the identity, naming and interior design of Pluk in Haarlem in the Netherlands [...]

Lilypad, a prototype of auto-sufficient amphibious city

Whereas the Netherlands and the United Arabic Emirates « fatten » their beach with billion of euros to build their short-living polders and their protective dams for a decade, the project «Lilypad» by Vincent Callebaut Architectures deals with a tenable solution to the water rising! Check it out. [...]

The documentation of MYTO

26 June 2008 No Comments

A project  that shows the process of Konstantin Grcic's MYTO creation in a time lapse of photos, drawings, computer diagrams, interviews. Cologne based art director Mike Meiré designed the concept and layout of this 80 page publication.  [...]

Orthopedic design by Kouichi Okamoto

25 June 2008 No Comments

Industrial designer Kouichi Okamoto founder of "kyouei design" recently  created this inspired prototype plaster lamp. Some more updates about his designs are available in this post. Enjoy them! [...]

Summer cooling with great fun!

23 June 2008 No Comments

By stepping onto the VITEO Shower you set off water jets which spray up in a circle around you as high as 4 metres. They gently fall down in the middle and guarantee a sensual shower experience. A really conceptual shower by Danny Velnet for VITEO. [...]

The House of Viktor & Rolf

23 June 2008 No Comments
18 June 2008 - 21 September 2008

This summer Barbican Art Gallery will showcase the work of avant-garde Dutch fashion designers Viktor & Rolf. This will be the first time in the United Kingdom that an exhibition has been devoted to this highly influential duo. [...]

Le Meurice revelation by Philippe and Ara Starck in Paris

22 June 2008 {1} Comment

Franka Holtmann, General Manager of Le Meurice, has chosen Philippe Starck to restore Le Meurice’s heritage to its rightful prominence, and in doing so exalt its riches and beauty. His response is an «invisible transformation». [...]