Laurie Beckerman, ‘Tete a tete Rocker’

Posted on April 17, 2008
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Tete-a-Tete Rocker is Made from CORIAN® by Dupont and Manufactured by Evans & Paul.

This is [not] a collection by Jeremy Brown

Posted on April 16, 2008
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This is [not] is a collection of work inspired by Magritte’s iconic ‘the treachery of images’ and its inscription, ‘Ceci n’est pas une pipe’ (this is not a pipe).

Jeremy is a multidisciplinary designer currently working in London.
Photographer: Jean-Michel Massey

foldschool, handmade by you

Posted on April 16, 2008
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foldschool is a collection of free cardboard furniture for kids, handmade by you. The downloadable patterns can be printed out with any printer. Follow the instructions and assemble a stable piece of furniture.

The furniture available through foldschool is designed by Swiss-based architect Nicola Enrico Stäubli.

Marshmallow Roaster

Posted on April 15, 2008
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You can now remember of an open campfire at the office roasting marshmallows. Every 4 minutes with a 60 watt bulb.

“The marshmallow roaster clips on easily to any standard bulb and each comes with a set of skewers. The skewers are compatible with standard wooden toothpicks for easy sharing and cleaning.”

Design : Tianyi Chang Studio in collaboration with Louise Bahrton.

Pile of Books, designed by Josefin Hellström-Olsson

Posted on April 15, 2008
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At Beckmans from Student portfolios. (Stockholm, Sweden)

The Warhol Philosophy Collection by Simone Brewster

Posted on April 14, 2008
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The precious qualities and the fragility of porcelain against the violence suggested by a knuckleduster.

Design : Simone Brewster

Smånsk design studio

Posted on April 13, 2008
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The new concept of Smånsk is to redesign and modernize the Rococo shape itself in new materials. The table “Jean Pape” and the commode “Haupt” are derived from pixelated original rococo blueprints.

Smånsk is a Stockholm based design studio.

News from Bihain

Posted on April 12, 2008
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IRIS
The cofee table ‘Iris’, come in white or black lacquered steel,may be piled up, and made from a single sheet of steel.
‘Iris’ is for indoor and outdoor use.

Material: lacquered steel # Dimensions: H.35 D 90 cm
Designed by Michaël Bihain (2008) # Photography : Pierre-François Gerard

LIBRI
Libri” as received the ‘+1 Award’ at the Stockholm Furniture Fair, ‘Best New Product Design 2008’.
Libri is a storage solution suitable for our nomadic lifestyle.

Libri shelf in white or black lacquered ash wood can be used as a single unit attached to the wall.
It can also be combined with addtional Libri shelves assembled in width along the wall or right out from the wall as a room divider
or even back to back to become a free standing shelving system. The legs are equipped with adjustability in height for uneven floors,
and they can be adjusted after the shelf/shelves has/have been attached to the wall or to each other.
Designed by Michaël Bihain # Edited by Swedese
Photography : Mikael Strinnhed

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Restructuration of public spaces of the Eiffel Tower

Posted on April 12, 2008
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In celebration of the 120th birthday of the tower, the Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel decided to restructure the public reception and access areas of the tower. The proposal of SERERO Architects aims to create a temporary horizontal extension of the third floor of the tower in order to increase the quality of the access of the public as well as experiencing the fantastic 360 degrees sight of Paris.

Site : Champs de Mars, Paris
Structure: Composite material, steel connectors, and metal mesh
New third floor capacity: 1,700 persons per hour
Design Team : Serero Architects : Antoine Bourdeau, Louisa Gouesnard, Dusanka Malicevic Yoichi Ozawa, Jean-Philippe Sanfourche, David Serero, Taichi Sunayama, Fabrice Zaini

More : Serero Architects
Via : NOTCOT

Potty Bench, designed by Boon

Posted on April 11, 2008
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Training Toilet with Side Storage

The Potty Bench is a training potty featuring two enclosed side storage spaces for organizing potty training supplies, and a pull-out drawer for easy, sanitary clean-up.

Simply close the lid to use as a large, sturdy stool that supports up to 300 lbs. The sleek, modern design includes a built-in toilet paper holder and a removable soft deflector shield.
Potty Bench

More : booninc.com

IIR 2008 AWARD “COPPER AND THE HOME”

Posted on April 11, 2008
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Deadline : September 30, 2008.

The Italian Copper Institute promotes a competition for the creation and design of objects made with copper or its alloys.

Topic of the competition
The design of a home décor object whose realization provides for the use, in a proper and significant way, of copper or its alloys (brass, bronze, cupronickel, etc.).

Design criteria
The objects to be designed must be meant for a home environment and, as a rough guide, can be one of the following categories:
• Furniture (chairs, tables, coffee tables, bookcases)
• Furniture complements (coat hangers, magazine racks and book shelves, vases)
• Coverings and decorations (wall coverings, dividing walls, doors)
• Functional elements (radiators, lamps, lights)
It is possible to combine and/or integrate more materials in the project; in any event the parts made of copper or its alloys must have an important and major role in the overall manufacturing of the object designed. The design must enhance the aesthetic and performing qualities of copper and its alloys.

The competition is divided in two categories:
• Interior designers and architects not older than 40 years of age (on the expiration day of the competition notice), individually or in a group or employed in the sector.
• Individual students or groups of students, regularly enrolled in higher education schools of graphics, interior decorating, interior design, faculties of architecture and interior design, doctorates, masters and equivalent courses, coordinated by at least one teacher of the course.
The participation in the competition is free of charge.

The following prizes could be awarded:
Designers and Architects category
• 1st prize € 4.000
• 2nd prize € 2.500
Students category
• 1st prize € 1.500

Request to participate in the competition must be sent to:
Copyright srl, Via Bertani 16 - 20154 Milano -
‘info_at_agenziacopyright_dot_it‘
that will prepare a chronological list of all requests received and forward the projects, in an anonymous form, to the jury.