October 21, 2008
From the blog stair porn, which as the name suggests is all about nothing but stairs. Via hellobauldoff. Included in this interesting collection is a set of exterior steps on the Greek island of Andros by RC Tech; Roger Tallon’s famous cast aluminum staircase of 1964, now in the MOMA; and a spiral staircase above by SAANA, in the Netherlands.
October 8, 2008
Somebody is bound to steal these digital images for textile design… Today’s announcement of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry honours the work of 3 scientists, 2 American and 1 Japanese, for their work in exploiting the luminosity of jellyfish for medical purposes.
September 14, 2008
Rock-influenced mix of ethereal fantasy and rough deconstruction by New York designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy whose label, Rodarte, is the paradigmatic example of this look.
September 7, 2008
Fur hammock by Bless, the design collaboration of Desiree Heiss and Ines Kaag, who work out of Paris and Berlin. The fur is probably not recycled, but it’d be a great piece if it were.
August 27, 2008
Magical kindergarten in Tromso, Norway, by Norwegian architecture firm 70° N. Via contemporist via trendinsights.
August 24, 2008
These textile shop banners are common in Japan. Given how easy they are to install and how much more beautiful they are than typical signage, it seems strange that they haven’t been widely copied.
August 22, 2008
This somehow manages to de-doilify doilies which is almost achieving the impossible. It makes the lace more reminiscent of bark or lichen or something from the bottom of the ocean—another example of how re-purposing a thing can actually improve on the original.
August 20, 2008
Drawerment by Czech designer Jaroslav Jurica is constructed from vintage drawers. First seen on apartment therapy. See this offshoot too, and these similar ideas.
