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My beautiful backside & Princess
My beautiful backside & Princess
 

After their presentation of the Charpoy collection and their immediate ascent to international star status, Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien continue their partnership with Moroso in the shape of two new products.

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Domi[nike] Wilcox
Domi[nike] Wilcox
 

Nike approached Dominic Wilcox to create designs and artwork for their Nike 1/1 and 'Art of Football' projects. His creations took three forms..

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Puces du Design
Puces du Design
30 May - 1 June 

Created in 1999 by Fabien Bonillo, the Puces du Design are used to gather for 9 years a famous selection of antique dealers specialized in 20th century design : furniture, objects and fashion of the ‘50 to the ‘80.

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Sports furniture
Sports furniture
 

A project  by Florian Hauswirth and Thomas Walde.The sports furniture collection is primarily intended to maintain physical fitness at home but is at the same time a furniture collection that easily blends into the living space.

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Marcel Wanders for Graham and Brown
Marcel Wanders for Graham and Brown
 

“As our fashion dresses our bodies, wallpaper dresses our walls." - Marcel Wanders

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TOKYO WONDER-ful
TOKYO WONDER-ful
 

Tokyo-based design studios CURIOSITY, TONERICO and creative visual studio WOW held a collaborative exhibition ‘Tokyo Wonder’ in Milan during Salone del Mobile 2008.


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h  book
h book
 

John Deloudis, owner of the famous greek modern-interior stores,  has brought together a selection of apartments from Greece in his  "h" book, so inspiring that you very well might not know what hit you!

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beautiful new catalogue for Seven salotti
beautiful new catalogue for Seven salotti
 

Pure and essential lines , first choice materials, extreme production care, match ingresearched proposals are the background for new Seven salotti collection 2008. There new catalogue is worth for sharing.

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7 views
7 views
 

A collection which consists of 7 curtains which motive illustrated 7 days situations, designed by  Dorte Agergaard Jensen

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we love you.. corian
we love you.. corian
 

70 creative materializations of a world-class design material that were on view during the Salone del Mobile exhibition in Milan.

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Matthias Pliessnig
Matthias Pliessnig
 

Matthias Pliessnig talks about his latest projects, Providence and Embrasure and answers yatzer's questionnaire.

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Design with life
Design with life
 

Shi Yuan has created a way to turn normally passive things into something with a life of its own. Like this wallpaper that reacts to heat, the painting that reacts when you touch it, or the daily calendar that fades away during the day.

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Backstage Moroso
Backstage Moroso
13 June - 23 September 

A must see event for anyone who wants a behind-the-scenes view of the world's most dynamic design producer curated by Patrizia Moroso at the Belgian Gallery 113.

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Art Athina highlights
Art Athina highlights
23 May - 25 May 

A collection of yatzer's favourite artworks and installations that are on-view during art-athina international contemporary art fair 2008. This post contains all the participations from Greek and international galleries, with links to their official websites.. strictly for art addicts!

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Fractal 23
Fractal 23
 

The original idea for "Fractal 23" came after a series of cubical study sketches in which architect Takeshi Miyakawa  experimented utilizing front & back (positive & negative) spaces in a cube.

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Paper Wars
Paper Wars
 

An amazing exhibition with Death Machines series of paper reproductions of classic weapons systems by an international selection of artists and designers was featured at Craze Gallery  in London, by PostlerFerguson.

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The sphere of Gastronomy
The sphere of Gastronomy
 

Comfort, poetic and progressive products for fine dining restaurants by Jens Fager. The press Kit of the collection is finally ready!!!

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Cuckoo Cuckoo Cuckoo
Cuckoo Cuckoo Cuckoo
 

The new version of  “Cuckoo” wall clock, designed by Pascal Tarabay for Diamantini & Domeniconi will be presented during the Interior Lifestyle 08' exhibition in Tokyo.

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Nicola Starr
Nicola Starr
 

She has just succesfully completed her Degree in Illustration at the London College of Communication. She adores making Collages and drawing people.

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Home Delivery
Home Delivery
20 July - 20 October 

Five Architectural Projects Displayed in Outdoor Space Next to MoMA will be part of the Exhibition Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling

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Boxhome in Oslo
Boxhome in Oslo
 

Architect-artist, Sami Rintala has made a peaceful small home, a kind of urban cave, where a person can withdraw to, and whenever wished, forget the intensity of the surrounding city for awhile.

 

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the thinnest luxury phone in the world
the thinnest luxury phone in the world
 

Mobiado continues the tradition of the iconic Professional Line – today unveiled the thinnest luxury phone in the world at a thickness of only 10.6mm, the Professional 105 ZAF.

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God bless his hands
God bless his hands
 

Street artist and Jesus admirer,  Orticanoodles talks about his work and his inspirations to yatzer.

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Two inspired benches
Two inspired benches
 

[a chair + a duck-legged chair + a chair + a chair + a chair + a chair ] = a bench. And one more long bench made of one seamless steel pipe which draw the section shape of chair, designed  by Schemata Architecture Office Ltd.

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Hayon's Fantasy
Hayon's Fantasy
 

The Fantasy collection by Jaime Hayon for Lladró. A series of original pieces based on fantasy, illusion and innovation.

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Interventions in Bologna
Interventions in Bologna
20 May - 22 May 

On 20th, 21st and 22nd May 2008 Nosadella.due introduces Markus Hofer to Bologna. His micro interventions are far away from spectacular metropolitan installations

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63.02° by Schemata
63.02° by Schemata
 

63.02°, built in a densely residential area in Nakano, Tokyo, is a small building of a SOHO and an apartment for rent.

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Nano Vent-Skin by Agustin Otegui
Nano Vent-Skin by Agustin Otegui
 

Nano Vent-skin (NVS) tries to make people think on a smaller scale and apply it to existing buildings, houses and structures (tunnels, road barriers, etc) to generate energy.

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Mimique, a concept phone by RKS
Mimique, a concept phone by RKS
 

Google’s much-anticipated Android open-source, cell phone software is expected to change the way we use cell phones by empowering consumers with a far wider range of choice

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Lakis Gavalas for Kartell
Lakis Gavalas for Kartell
 

Mademoiselle chair designed by Philippe Starck loves to be truly “à la mode”. The latest Mademoiselle has been designed by the founder and creative director of .LAK, Lakis Gavalas.

 

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L'hélicoptère par Hermès
L'hélicoptère par Hermès
 

The french fashion company Hermès recently teamed  up with eurocopter, the world's third largest aerospace  group to create l'helicoptre par Hermès, a luxury  helicopter.

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Hyper Island's 7th video at yatzer
Hyper Island's 7th video at yatzer
 

yatzer has been asked to participate in streaming the 7th in a series of 10 video which are being released exclusively to a few sites for Hyper Island School of Design in Sweden

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seductive design
seductive design
 

If the awesome projects of Ralph & Lonneke, the design studio DRIFT founders, won't seduce you...you will be seduced by Jerry Goldsmith's main theme for Basic Instinct!

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Reboot by Victor Vetterlein
Reboot by Victor Vetterlein
 

Reboot is more than a proposal for a private residence. The design of Reboot incorporates twenty first century advancements in computer aided design and construction, building science and technology, and environmental awareness and energy independence.

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Concrete Art
Concrete Art
 

Transparent house Team presents its vision of the classic flooring material- concrete.

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Arper at the ICFF, N.York preview
Arper at the ICFF, N.York preview
 

Arper will present the new products of 2008, Catifa 60 (design by Lievore, Altherr, Molina) and new variations on the existing collections designed by their and Jean-Marie Massaud’s studios.

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Split & Turn
Split & Turn
 

The latest light projects of Joel Hesselgren. Using basic shapes and cutting them in different ways, he explores the fundamental principles that create function and form

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Lloydbar in Amsterdam re-designed
Lloydbar in Amsterdam re-designed
 

Richard Hutten transformed the restaurant/bar of the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam with an new bar and specially designed Lloyd Light.

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Junya Ishigami’s university project space
Junya Ishigami’s university project space
 

A white forest in a grey field, Junya Ishigami’s university project space in the foothills west of Tokyo is a building designed to almost disappear.

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Flying Penguins
Flying Penguins
 

An amazing animation by Passion Pictures who made a unique colony of Adelie Penguins fly thousands of miles from Antarctica to the Amazon Rainforest, for BBC iPlayer on April Fools' day.

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the latest in sophisticated island living
the latest in sophisticated island living
 

Zaya, a dynamic newly-formed Abu Dhabi-based real estate company has launched Nurai, a private community of limited edition resort beach-front estates and water villas on an island off the coast of Abu Dhabi.

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FLARE system
FLARE system
 

FLARE consists of a number of tiltable metal flake bodies. By reflecting ambient or direct sunlight the individual flakes of the system act like pixels formed by natural light.

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Meta launch
Meta launch
 

2008 has seen the birth of Meta, which has been one of the biggest talking points of the Milan fair.

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byroglyphics by  Russ Mills
byroglyphics by Russ Mills
 

Russ is an illustrator, painter and designer at the same time and according to yatzer's aesthetics..a really talented one.

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Anemi Hotel in Folegandros
Anemi Hotel in Folegandros
 

A luxurious minimal contemporary design hotel with traditional Cycladic architecture, located in the greek Island Folegandros

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NEWWORK magazine
NEWWORK magazine
 

a large-format newspaper publication for readers who appreciate the value of new ideas. I totally agree with Joachim Baan from anothercompany, about  NEWWORK's awesome art direction.

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Space case
Space case
 

the latest furniture and product designs by Paul Loebach.Paul describes his most recent work as ‘aesthetic athleticism'

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eugadesign
eugadesign
 

Three new products by the Italian architecture and design studio eugadesign

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get mixd
get mixd
 

mixd is a new concept for better home living, the mix between an online store & a platform for designers.


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Illustrative 08
Illustrative 08
3 October - 19 October 

Illustrative“, the worldwide biggest art exhibition, exclusively dealing with illustration, proclaims, in collaboration with Swatch, a competition for young artists. Registrations untill the 31st of July

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LOCAL RIVER, home storage unit for fish and greens
LOCAL RIVER, home storage unit for fish and greens
21 April - 21 June 

Local River aims to replace the decorative 'TV aquarium' by an equally decorative but also functional 'refrigerator-aquarium'.

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a patchwork for Rossana
a patchwork for Rossana
 

A photo-designpatchwork  from the exhibits at Spazio Rossana Orlandi , during the Fuorisalone 2008

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To be continued by Julien Carretero
To be continued by Julien Carretero
 

To be continued came as an improvement of Julien Carretero's Chapter one project. It deals with creating a real and recognizable uniqueness within serial production.

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Touch Diamond
Touch Diamond
 

Mobile phone manufacturer HTC unveiled the Touch Diamond, a new Windows Mobile Device that looks great!

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Jan Vormann..Dispatchwork
Jan Vormann..Dispatchwork
 

What happens when a young artist from the city of Berlin is invited to participate in a project taking place in a pittoresque Italian village of the Sabina region?

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the Spirit House Chandelier
the Spirit House Chandelier
 

Designed by Daniel Libeskind and donated by Swarovski, will be installed on the staircase between two levels inside the Royal Ontario Museum, one of the "New 7 Architectural Wonders of the World"!

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made in cassina
made in cassina
16 April - 7 September 

The first short-stay exhibition to be held facing the Triennale Design Museum, made in Cassina reviews the work of the Italian and foreign designers who, through over 135 pieces of design that embody their personal and unique relationship with Cassina, have made its products unrivalled worldwide

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The Giants garden
The Giants garden
 

The Kartell product range, adaptable for use in gardens, on terraces, around swimming pools and in outdoor areas of public premises and cafés, was presented in the lush green Triennale Gardens in Milan

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Vangelis Paterakis Shadows
Vangelis Paterakis Shadows
8 May - 8 June 

Familiar bodies that ooze love, friendship and daily acquaintance are intertwined and captured by his lens. The exhibition will be held in the workshop of Dionisis Sotovikis, in Athens

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11, the game
11, the game
 

A football table designed by GRO design and developed by TIM model makers

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paper plates
paper plates
 

let's find a production vendor for Joshua Gajownik who designed these plates!

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Lucy McRae and Bart Hess
Lucy McRae and Bart Hess
 

A collaboration between Lucy McRae and Bart Hess described as an instinctual stalking of fashion, architecture, performance and the body.

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sleep before you [d]r[i]v[e]
sleep before you [d]r[i]v[e]
 

Awesome photo planning and visual structure for the latest campaign of New Zeland's Land Transport , by the photographer Mat Blamires

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light prose by saazs
light prose by saazs
 

The light prose installation during the Salone del Mobile in Milan, was featured in the cloister of the Centre Culturel Francais at the Palazzo delle Stelline

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Tougher than leather
Tougher than leather
 

The latest design of Greece is for Lovers, is obviously inspired by the Ancient greek handmade sandals

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la chaise Ruban
la chaise Ruban
 

Always concerned about the pursuit of comfort, Gauthier Poulain designed "la chaise Ruban"

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Guilo Guilo in Paris
Guilo Guilo in Paris
 

Here are some snapshots of a Paris-based restaurant designed by Christophe Pillet.

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FRONT in Milan
FRONT in Milan
 

This year during the Salone del Mobile exhibition, FRONT girls showed us their latest projects in 4 different places!

 

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Farm by studio Job
Farm by studio Job
 

In an amazing barn-like space in the centre of milan, twenty-four bronze works and six pieces of pallissander furniture  evoked the archetypal artefacts of the low lands including germany, flandres and the netherlands.

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5 new projects by Steverlynck-Hoegner
5 new projects by Steverlynck-Hoegner
 

overview of Steverlynck-Hoegner projects as they were shown at Salone Satellite this year

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new yatzer on-line
new yatzer on-line
 

yatzer was launched on the 21st of January 2007 at  www.kostasvoyatzis.wordpress.com. 486 days later, it grew older and became www.yatzer.com. In case you are wondering why...click on the red cross!

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Discover Foam city
Discover Foam city
 

Look out for the Sony UK advert premiere on TV on May 1st. Shot in Miami, Florida, the advert, entitled ‘Foam City’, involves the Downtown area of the city being transformed into a foam-filled wonderland .

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Portrait of Mephisto
Portrait of Mephisto
 

Mephisto said: you can only shape yourself by your own action. You must keep on creating. Only during the creation, the model of the mysterious beauty would recur..

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Christoph Klemmt's stunning vortex-shaped OR installation
Christoph Klemmt's stunning vortex-shaped OR installation
 

Visitors to this year’s Salone del Mobile were in for a treat when they strolled through Zona Tortona into a quaint, Italian courtyard on Milan’s Via Borgospesso to encounter Christoph Klemmt’s stunning vortex-shaped OR installation.

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Olli`s Tagesbar in Stuttgart
Olli`s Tagesbar in Stuttgart
 

Daily bar in Schwäbisch Hall, near of Stuttgart, Germany. The new daily bar is situated in the centre of Schwäbisch Hall, a medieval city in the south of Germany.

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Droog Design, a touch of green
Droog Design, a touch of green
 

An impression of the Droog Design exhibit at the Milan furniture fair 2008, this years theme was “a touch of green” which looked at the whole green movement from a different perspective.

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Cordially Invited by Fabrica
Cordially Invited by Fabrica
 

Fabrica kept its important appointment with the International Furniture Show in Milan. As part of the “off-show” events, it presented Cordially Invited.

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STUDIOGLITHERO in Milan
STUDIOGLITHERO in Milan
 

During the Furniture Fair in Milan, bygone manufacturing processes and products that are born gradually and develop with the passing of time, inspirated them

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Hotel Aire de Bardenas in Spain
Hotel Aire de Bardenas in Spain
 

Beautiful hotel designed by Monica Rivera and Emiliano Lopez.

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Brastilo and Pieter Maes to Debut New Contemporary Furniture Collection at ICFF
Brastilo and Pieter Maes to Debut New Contemporary Furniture Collection at ICFF
 

Brastilo, the on-line retailer of contemporary Brazilian furniture is pleased to announce their collaboration with Pieter Maes.

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The creative Frenzy of Arne Quinze
The creative Frenzy of Arne Quinze
 

Daring is the key to success. This impassioned designer responded enthusiastically to this new initiative: was the first designer to occupy the Pierre Bergé & associés gallery from 17th to 30th April 2008.

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ding3000's Animal Tales!
ding3000's Animal Tales!
 

During the Milano Design Week 2008 the german design studio ding3000 will present its new collection themed Animal Tales. It’s a set of furniture, luminaries and accessories all inspired by the animal kingdom.

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Lexus on the Milan design week
Lexus on the Milan design week
 

The exhibition included a moulded model of the Lexus LF-Xh concept car from the 2007 Tokyo Motor Show, and uniquely formed diamond chairs.

 

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