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| 22:29 Fri 09 May 2008 |
Tag: House
These items have all been tagged with the tag "House", You can see other tags in the Tag Cloud| House in Tenerife, Canary Islands |
| 2008-05-05 16:38:10 |
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We do our best to seek out exceptional design from all corners of the globe, and on Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands off the north west coast of Africa, we found an extraordinary architectural example in timber, glass and concrete. The House in Tenerife was built into the cliffs nearly 1000 ft. above a black sand beach. The entrance to the house leads to the upper tier of the double-height living room. And descending the concrete staircase, the minimalist interior becomes second nature against the surrounding backdrop – where the blues of the sky and the sea appear vertically in formation. Before long, the sensory experiences from the natural world envelope the built form, and the house’s relevance in its surroundings are revealed. The layout places living areas of the home on the shorter end of the L-shaped form, while both bedrooms and bathrooms sit along the longer side. Both living and sleeping spaces open out to a wooden deck and pool that spills into nature. The heaviness of the concrete double-story living room allows glass panels to sit effortlessly on the deck. The room’s only furniture, le Corbuiser’s chaise and Mies’ Barcelona chair face out, away from a small fireplace that meets a wall of two-storey shelving. The sleeping spaces both open to the deck and pool as well. Each has its own bathroom – and from the master, the owners can sleep and bathe in the same space looking out at the same view, as the sink and the concrete tub sit at the foot of the bed. The house even contains a basement where a home gym looks through a glass wall into the side of the pool. We couldn’t really think of anything else we would want from a home on a Spanish island – except great wine storage, we’d be doing plenty of entertaining. By Andrew J Wiener. Pics by Roland Halbe |
| Misha Handmade Wallpaper - East meets West on the wall |
| 2008-04-01 02:08:29 |
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Screens and scrolls have been part of Asian interiors for thousands of years. When Quing Dynasty (1644-1911) furniture and textiles found their way to Europe, a new movement — Chinoiserie — was born in the 17th century. Ornate and delicate Chinese hand painted wallpapers became hugely popular. Fast-forward to 2003, when Milanese architect Chiara Enrico moved to Beijing and Shanghai to explore opportunities there. One of the results of this exploration is MISHA handmade wallpapers, a Milan-based company that selects, produces and distributes hand-painted silk wallpapers. Ancient tradition meets current Western sensitivities exquisitely in the China Classic collection. The China Graphic collection will be launched at the Rosanna Samaritani Interni showroom in Milan during the Fuorisalone, April 16-21, 2008. By Tuija Seipell |
| ZIG - Modular Storage Made From Bamboo |
| 2008-03-12 14:37:24 |
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Zig is a modular shelving system designed by Ryan Frank. It was commissioned by and will be displayed at the Post Design gallery in Milan this April. Zig modular units are on castors, which makes it easy to create and endless number of customized combinations. Zig is made of solid bamboo and it will eventually be available in several natural stains. Frank is a South African-born product designer living and working in East London. He is known for his use of recycled, recyclable and salvaged materials in his furnishings. Perhaps his best known and most photographed “sustainable” pieces are the Inkuku chair made of plastic shopping bags and the woolly Ishongololo foot stool. By Tuija Seipell |
| Home Theater |
| 2008-02-20 18:14:53 |
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If you are lucky enough to have a home theater, most of us would be happy with a projector, surround sound and perhaps a comfy sofa or two. Not so for these homeowners. Pentagram Architects partner James Biber has designed this home theater in Montauk New York, taking inspiration from Radio City Music Hall and 2001: A Space Odyssey. The theater has a series of round arches, which house 600 five-watt dimmer-controlled light bulbs that provide a soft ambient light for when you need to find that elusive remote control. And as in the Music Hall, the lights are positioned to glow away from the viewers – because we all hate to have lights in our eyes when watching the big screen. Biber has designed the theater to function like a TV room, in that it is comfortable and intimate enough for a romantic night in with a bottle of red and a Hugh Grant movie, but can also easily accommodate up to ten people to watch the big game, or perhaps a slumber party with the girls. All of the surfaces in the room are covered in orange felt to help with the acoustics, and seating on the floor has been taken care of by Edelman Leather who custom made the beanbags. This house, which also boasts a large private outdoor space looking onto the Atlantic Ocean, recently won an American Architecture Award for distinguished buildings and a Citation for Design in the AIA New York State Design Awards. By Brendan McKnight Random archive Outdoor Home Theater Cool Tatts A Swiss Chalet W Maldives |
| Moving On Up - The New Attic |
| 2008-01-29 19:50:15 |
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A house attic does not evoke images of style and chic design. Rather, we find ourselves thinking of dark, cobweb-infested, damp and dreary crawl spaces. We think of attics as leftover space under the roof where we abandon unwanted stuff – outdated clothing, old books, grandma’s hat boxes, grandpa’s hunting gear, coin collections and bags of seashells from that long-ago beach vacation. But space in our urban areas is at a premium and there is not a square foot to waste. Architects and designers are now starting to see the potential of this extra space, and offer solutions that meet the needs of the most demanding style freaks. Sunlight, additional rooms, extra bathrooms — it is all possible in the attic. Starchitects around the world have made dramatic rooflines trendy, so we can all give up on our visions of the embarrassing drywalled and pine-paneled disasters that attics tended to morph into, every time we tried to make them livable. Within very few square feet, designers are finding space for sleeping, cooking and eating, and using the sloping rooflines to create impressive skylight windows. We can all see the delightful benefits of maximizing the amount of livable and useable space – even if it meant clearing away the precious collections of bric-a-brac we’ve spent generations accumulating. Ample sunlight penetrating the attic apartment means than even nocturnal arachnids have been sent packing. By Andrew J Weiner and Tuija Seipell We're looking for more attic renovations, if you spot one, send This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it |
| Straps Band Chair by Yahïa Ouled-Moussa |
| 2008-01-09 17:33:23 |
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Paris based designer, Yahïa Ouled-Moussa, has a way with reinventing old clothing or fabrics into funky and functional design objects. He studied interior architecture in Paris, but it was through a job with a French cabinet-maker who specialized in restoring period furniture where he developed his passion for furniture and design. Ouled-Moussa transforms sturdy, vintage French linens, army sacks or antique porcelain tea sets into stylish smocks, small sitting stools, and bound sculpture. His “strap bands chair” uses old canvas belts that you may have worn in the 1980s, (and those born in the 1980s may be wearing today), and weaves them onto discarded, wooden chairs to create the seat and back. The unwoven part of the belts hang under the seat or along the back, giving the piece an added, looser dimension in contrast to the tight weave of the front. The “strap bands chair” has been made in shades of pinks, as well as in a mix of bright yellow, red, blue and orange. There is also a military version, which incorporates old canvas military belts in green, brown and beige. Chairs can be commissioned by the piece or bought directly from his boutique on rue Nollet, in Paris’s 17th arrondissement. By Blaire Dessent |
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| Volker Haug Lighting |
| 2007-10-23 16:22:20 |
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Do only the design-minded notice the lighting when they walk into a room? Melbourne-based designer Volker Haug strives to ensure his ideas are an essential and deliberate feature. Melbourne-based designer Volker Haug strives to ensure his lighting ideas are an essential and deliberate feature. From a young age Haug preferred raw, industrial lighting design as he gradually discovered the potentially limitless impact lighting can have on our lives. The 'Antler' series, primarily in black and white, consists of a range of configurations. He calls the most intricate of them 'Rudolf.' The long pendant 'Cable Jewelry' can be curved and bent to suit personal preferences.. By Andrew J Wiener |
| Paper Lounge |
| 2007-09-19 17:17:13 |
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Computers could have been the biggest tree-saving invention of all time, yet here we are, “paperless office” still just a dream and trees being cut down faster than ever. Award-winning creative architect duo Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen at molo design in Vancouver, Canada, are not discouraged by this. They have decided to ensure that paper does some serious work at the office. Their amazing corrugated paper furniture and white “soft” walls are not only fun to assemble, alter and move around, but good for the environment, too. Molo is the product arm of their bigger-scheme practice forsythe-macallen.com. Forsythe and MacAllen have been recognized around the world for their innovative housing and living-space projects and events. The first location for a molo design workshop will open in Milan, Italy by early 2008. It was previewed during this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan. By Tuija Seipell |
| Better View Curtain | ||
| 2007-07-24 19:39:18 | ||
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