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Archive for August, 2007

Umbrella Pot by Kyouei Design

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Kyouei Design present this umbrella pot, another great way to recuperate the rainwater.

Tubac House by Rick Joy

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Rick Joy designed this contemporary house burrowed into the hillside, with a tough rusted steel skin that enables the house to slip lizard-like into the desert.

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An Unique Acoustic Ceiling

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In a small New York restaurant called Tides, LTL Architects explored different configurations of bamboo. The ceiling is formed by over 110,000 bamboo skewers embedded into a bach-lit acoustical ceiling. The skewers are composed to produce a topographical effect, evoking sea grass.

Armadale House by Greg Gong

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Greg Gong used the concept of “outdoor rooms” which have strong link to the interior space to create a dialogue between the two so that they enhance each other.

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Airco Tree for the British Airways Executive Lounge

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Air company British Airways, asked Droog Design to do something with the spot of their air conditioning system in the first class lounge. Frank Tjepkema was approached for this commission and he designed a kind of tree which transports the air to a higher level and has very decorative branches.

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Pure by Grassland

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Pure by Grassland, is a changing picture on the wall, made of natural grass. The grass seeds grow directly on the stainless steel. Afterwards the dried grass changes its colour from dark green to straw-colour.

Depending on the incidence of light, the colours can take up to two years to change. In addition, the grass follows the law of gravity and bends down slowly.

Shibuya-ku House by Yuko Nagayama

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The house, designed by Yuko Nagayama, is built on a long, narrow plot measuring 6,5 meters by 20 meters and is surrounding by tall buildings that cast shadows over it throughout the day.

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Waternetworks Drops by Fulguro

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Poster & Waternetwork Collection

During the Salon Satellite in Milan, Italy, Fulguro presented Waternetworks Drops, a collection of four objects that emphasizes the connection that man fosters with the vegetal in habitat: reCOVER, reFLECT, reLEAF, and reFRESH.

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Laika Lamp by lagranja

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Laika is a floor lamp designed and produceb by lagranja. Made with metallic rod structue laquered in white, polypropylene diffuser and fabric red wire.

Rio Blanco Valley Residence by Antoine Predock Architect

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Located near the Rio Blanco River Basin in a high mountain area, Antoine Predock Architect projected a house forming an entwined, sheltering accumulation of logs.

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