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Design for father`s day

As father`s day is approaching, Tok&Stok design team created a cool pattern and printed it in products such as mugs, aprons and glasses.

The symbol, which says "champion dad", reminds us of a medal. Lovely gifts for the fathers!

 

 

 

An special type of door

If you love ping-pong, then you will love this door.  A design by Tobias Franzel.  When you want a regular door, you got it... and if you feel a little sportive, you can switch the door and get this amazing ping-pong table. 

Is not a concept project, by the way, it is real... Enjoy it, if you want it ;)

Via TechEBlog.

A Parvez Taj / 2Modern.com Exclusive!

A 2Modern.com exclusive from Parvez Taj! 2Modern.com is the only place you'll find these four Parvez Taj designs at this low price. The designs--Emilie 104, Flowers 101, Protects 109, & Santa Monica 107--are available in limited quantities, & only at 2Modern.com!

New from MASH Studios

New from MASH Studios! Durable enough for industrial use, yet refined for the most luxurious meals. This dining set--featuring a Dining Table, Dining Chairs, & Bench--made from solid English Walnut, is a classic addition to the modern kitchen. Stripped of excess, the MASH Studios dining set is the essence of reductive living.

Hi.

We all humanize our computers and operating systems on a daily basis, even as we speak I'm trying to coax my little laptop into working a little faster for me. The folks at Multitouch Barcelona created an awesome video showing "the little man in the box" with Hi: a real Human Interface. Pretty awesome stuff... make sure to watch it to the end.

Hi from Multitouch Barcelona on Vimeo.

I found this over at Polaine.com. I took a class that Andy Polaine taught back in my post-grad days at COFA and he is a bad-ass when it comes to interactive design. I still look to his site to stay on top of the cool things happening in the field.

--sdotg--

Coffee table by Julia Krantz

I found this coffee table while checking the news in one of my favourites interior design website. So, I`ve searched for Julia Krantz`s website, but there`s not much information or pictures... Well, I`ll try to get in touch with her, but I just wanted to share this picture with you. Even if you don`t like the shape, take a look at this complicated construction... wicked, isn`t it?

 

And by the way, the wood has an eco friendly certification, muche better!

Delta Bed... a telescopic one!

This is innovation ladies & gentlemen!  The Delta Bed is a design by Nicola From Bern.  The fantastic thing about it is that you can use it at the size that you need, because is telescopic.  Yes! pull it from a side, and it will grow!.  I wish to have pictures of the product with pillows and everything, but anyway you can watch how this bed works here.  Delta bed is made up of fiberglass reinforced plastic tubes.

Great!   Very simple and modern... Let's forget about a big truck in our next home move.

Via Design-Milk.

Polish Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 by WWA Architects

WWA Architects (Marcin Mostafa and Natalia Paszkowska), with the collaboration of  Wojciech Kakowski, Maciej Siczek, Maciej Walczyna, Mikołaj Molenda, have the exceptional luck to see their design for the Polish Pavilion in EXPO 2010 in Shanghai on the way to be realised. The competition had aroused great interest in Poland, where 20 projects were presented for the first stage of the competition from which 12 qualified to the second stage. The final decision was made in December of 2007.

The intriguing design is based on traditional Polish crafts. Given the nature of the Expo, the exhibition facility has to denote, by its aesthetic distinctiveness, the country of origin; it has to constitute, by the strength of its stylistic connotations, an evocative, recognizable and memorable cultural ideogram. In this design, the cultural idiom is primarily conveyed through the theme, the motif of folk-art paper cut-out. Or, more precisely, through a rendering of the motif, a transcription of an elementary aesthetic code into the contemporary language of architectural décor. The intention was for the structure décor to draw on and make reference to tradition, but ultimately to be that tradition’s contemporary reinterpretation, a creative extension into the present day by way of inspiration rather than replication.The structure becomes in its own right, in a purely architectural dimension, a significant landmark, a showcase of Polish design achievements.

The building will be an attractive, eye-catching exterior both in daylight, against the panorama of other Expo facilities, as well as a mesmerizing experience at night with the edifice drawn by the multi-coloured light seeping through the cut-out patterns. The outer skin pattern is shaped in such a way that the sun rays shining through will chisel, by light and shade, the space under the vault. The structure’s overall shape, with many slanting planes, on the one hand complements and rounds out, by the suggestion of a folded sheet of paper, the ‘cut-out’ narrative, on the other creates inside a geometrically intriguing and flexible space that can be creatively apportioned, by inner divisions, to different exhibition, performance and utility functions and uses. The outside structure of the pavilion and its reflection in the proposed arrangement of its inside functions impose on the visitors taking and following a route which is consistent with the logic of the building.

The entrance area – an interlude between an inside and outside body of the construction, is accessible from the square marked out between the pavilions. The partial roof created by the fold in the building, allows for arranging an open-air restaurant as well as for providing the queues of visitors a shelter from the elements. The entrance opens onto the hall containing the information centre, a restaurant and a shop. Next the visitors proceed to the main, full-height exhibition area of the pavilion. It is the space painted with the light filtering through the cut-out patterns of the elevation creating a ‘chiaroscuro’ effect. Consequently, the interior of the building will create a background for scheduled performances and presentations, directly connected with depicting the life of a typical Polish city. Auxiliary functions have been designed in the lowest part of the building, under the ramp leading onto the rooftop.

Continuing their route, the visitors enter the area of the exhibition proper, devoted to the future of the cities. The wooden, ground-level floor is gradually rising, acquiring the form of terraced stairs and becoming an auditorium for performances taking place below. The stairs take the visitors onto the mezzanine, where the exhibitions of Polish regions are to be located. Visitors on their way to the exit are passing by the restaurant and shop. The outer layer of the elevation, with its characteristic design inspired by a traditional folk-art paper cut-out, is made of impregnated CNC plotter-cut plywood mounted on steel construction modules with steel substructure. Panel wall elements PC are mounted on the outer side of the modules. Both the exterior, entranceway surface and the interior of the pavilion will be covered with impregnated wooden flooring. The choice of materials and the character of construction were to a large extent dictated by the idea of possible future reclaiming and recycling of the pavilion structure or its parts, e.g. by reconstructing it in one of the Polish cities after the closing of EXPO.

The colour effects were determined by the choice of plywood panels in natural wood colour. When the dusk falls the elevation will acquire different colours according to the changes of light penetrating the cut-out patterns. The entrance yard constitutes the integral part of the ground floor of the pavilion. The pattern of the exterior flooring divisions as well as the material used are continued inside the building.The form of outdoor and indoor furniture has been inspired by the elevation patterns.There is the intention of using the elements cut out from the elevation plywood for producing the furniture, in the form and material which will directly refer to the pavilion architecture.

PROJEKT PAWILONU POLSKIEGO SEKCJI POLSKIEJ PODCZAS EXPO 2010
WWA Architects Marcin Mostafa + Natalia Paszkowska
Project POLISH EXPO 2010 EXPOSITION PAVILION
Client Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Collaboration Wojciech Kakowski, Maciej Siczek, Maciej Walczyna, Mikołaj Molenda
Area 2400 sqm
Year design 2007, construction 2010

american hotel stories.

If you enjoy consuming Hollywood history, secrets, and insider details, then you'll love American Hotel Stories published by Assouline. The book trails some very famous and often elusive legends (Marilyn Monroe, Al Capone, Jack Kerouac) across the country during their stays in various American hotels -- that are legendary in their own right -- along the way disclosing some very titillating tales. Additionally, author Francisca Matteoli compiled an appendix of the country's most novel hotels so that you can live adventurously, too.