New York’s Japan Society will be holding an exhibition of sculptural bamboo art that will run between October 4th and January 11th.

From the Japan Society:

Over the past few years, Japanese bamboo artists have reached beyond the established boundaries of their craft. New Bamboo is the world’s first exhibition devoted exclusively to Japanese bamboo as a sculptural medium, featuring 23 innovators, old and young, who explore to the full the tension between traditional skill and new expressive opportunities. Ranging from ethereal, computer-designed filigrees, through dramatic wall pieces to angry-looking, dirt-encrusted tangles and anthropomorphic, sexually charged sculptures, the more than 90 works on display demonstrate awesome technique, meticulous attention to detail and extraordinary creativity.

Visit the Japan Society website – here.

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This modern desert house in Phoenix, Arizona was designed by Wendell Burnette.

Visit the website of Wendell Burnette Architects – here.

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If you remember last week, we posted the light sculptures that Italian lighting company Andromeda created for Klubb Rouge in Beijing, well they’ve sent us more of their work.  Below is an assortment of the lighting pieces they create at their studio in Murano, Italy.

Visit Andromeda’s website – here.

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Garduño Architects created an interesting variety of bathrooms for their Domus house project in Mexico City that was completed last year.

Visit the website of Garduño Architects – here.

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The Beverley house project is a contemporary interior renovation of a 100 year-old row house located in downtown Toronto, Canada. Stanford Downey Architects worked with the home owners to incorporate a green wall, solar atrium with passive heating and cooling vents, in-floor heating, and a Scavolini kitchen.

Visit the website of Stanford Downey Architects – here.

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The contemporary design auction house of Phillips de Pury are holding an auction in London on September 25th. As can be expected from any Phillips de Pury auction, it will be filled with rare and important works by a variety of leading designers.

Visit the Phillips de Pury website – here.

Below are just a few of the pieces that will be for auction:

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The EVA Lounge Chair was developed as a university study project by Christopher Alvarado at the Art Centre College of Design in Pasadena, California. Alvarado then worked with Bernhardt Design to make the chair a reality for Austrian furniture manufacturer Wiesner-Hager.

Visit the Wiesner-Hager website – here. Visit Bernhardt Design’s website – here.

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The University of Sheffield’s state-of-the-art music practice and studio facility, the Soundhouse, is now complete. The striking development was conceptually designed by Carey Jones Architects and delivered by Jefferson Sheard Architects.  The building, which provides rehearsal and recording facilities for music students, is clad in sound insulating black rubber to prevent noise entering or escaping the building.

Visit the Carey Jones website – here.  Visit Jefferson Sheard’s website – here.

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This recently built house is located in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood.  The bold modern architecture is the work of Jim Burton at Blip Design.

The 4 bedroom/3.5 bathroom, 4322 sq.ft. house is currently for sale at $2.4 million.
The agents have setup a website for the house – here.

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Thanks to Johan Forsberg for letting us know about the hand crafted concrete clocks he produces from his studio in Gothenburg, Sweden.

From Forsberg:

The engine behind Forsberg Form is based on a desire to discover new angles of approach in testing and expanding the boundaries of possibilities one can accomplish with a material. With this in mind we want to create something that is not expected to be produced from a material such as concrete.

Every product produced has its very own unique recipe which includes specially sourced sea sand from the öresund seabed, the stretch of water which separates Sweden and Denmark, as part of the ingredients.

Visit the Forsberg Form website – here.

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JBDesign Studio sent us these photos of their interior design work for the AVA Bar which is located somewhere in Bulgaria (they didn’t say where in Bulgaria).

JBDesign doesn’t seem to have a website, but you can send email to – jbdesign@abv.bg

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The Globe and Mail has an article about these semi-detached homes in Toronto, Canada that were designed by Paul Johnston.  The article is mostly about the growing trend of building modern/contemporary homes in older neighborhoods, and the reactions of people in the community.

Read the article – here.

The designer, Paul Johnston, also happens to be a real estate agent, and is now offering the homes for sale.  Visit his website – here.

The developers also created a blog that followed the homes over the past seven months of construction, visit their blog – here.

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Minneapolis based designer Brian Lee has created the Chubby Brothers dining table.

Visit Brian Lee’s website – here.

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The 2008 International Furniture Design Competition Asahikawa (IFDA) received 1,085 entries from 50 countries. Below are some highlights.

Visit the IFDA website – here.

Barca by Jakob Joergensen (Denmark):

Meditation Bench by Sehwa Bae (Korea):

Kerf Bend Chair by Takeshi Daimon (Japan):

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Kenzan Tsutakawa-Chinn, a recent graduate of the Pratt Institute, and the creative mind behind Studio 1 Thousand, has designed the Constellation Chandelier.

From Studio 1 Thousand:

Started in 2006, Studio 1 Thousand exploits LED technology to illuminate your dreams.  Our award winning lighting studio seeks to use LEDs in ways previously unseen, offering new alternatives in home and environmental lighting.

Visit the Studio 1 Thousand website – here.

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