Italian designer Luca Nichetto created the Fool on the Hill seating collection for Moroso.
The pieces are completely made in ceramics by Bosa, and are available both in full colour and embellished by decoration in black or platinum floral photo patterns.
Watch a YouTube video of the collection – here.
Visit the Moroso website – here. Visit Luca Nichetto’s website – here.
Located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois is the Lavezzorio Community Center designed by Studio Gang Architects.
The community center is part of the SOS Children’s Village, which provides counselling, daycare, and recreation services for foster care families.
The budget for the project was low, and many of the materials were donated, such as various types of concrete, which resulted in a series of layers that give the exterior of the building some unique character.
Visit the website of Studio Gang Architects – here.
Giuseppe Viganò has designed a series of small round tables/bedside tables for the Milan based furniture manufacturer Zana Italia.
The Club tables are made of MDF, come in two heights and sizes, and are available in exterior lacquers of glossy red, black, or white.
Visit Zana Italia’s website – here. Visit Giuseppe Viganò’s website – here.
Taalman Koch Architects have created a prefab home package called the itHouse.
From Taalman Koch:
The itHouse is a design system developed by Taalman Koch that utilizes a series of components prefabricated off-site in order to better control the construction waste, labor, and quality of the finished product. Conceived as a small house with glass walls and open floor plan, the itHouse maximizes the relationship of the occupant to the surrounding landscape while minimizing the impact to delicate site conditions.
Energy efficiency is achieved in the itHouse through passive heating and cooling, utilizing site orientation and cross ventilation, radiant floor heating, hi-efficacy appliances & equipment and the use of solar photovoltaic & thermal panels.
A completed itHouse has been built in Pioneertown, California, just outside of the Joshua Tree National Park. They’ve created a blog with photos of the construction – here.
Visit Taalman Koch’s website – here. Visit the itHouse website – here.
German designer Andreas Ostwald has created the Cara pendant lamp for lighting manufacturer ANTA. The lamp features a cluster of white/silver printed circuit boards equipped with LEDs.
Visit the ANTA website – here. Visit Andreas Ostwald’s website – here.
Currently under construction in Downtown New York is the new W Hotel & Residences at 123 Washington Street. The 57-story tower has been designed by Gwathmey Siegel Architects, with GRAFT providing the interior design. When completed, the building will have 217 hotel rooms, as well as 222 residences.
Visit the website of the W New York Downtown – here.
The Cley Marshes Visitor Centre in Norfolk, England has been awarded the Best Sustainable Development at the 2008 Emirates Glass LEAF Awards.
The building was designed by LSI Architects.
From LSI Architects:
The exterior form of the new visitor centre has been inspired by the immediate landscape and topography. A ground hugging, sedum moss roof defines a gentle curve over a strip of frameless glazing, which will allow un-interrupted views over to the nature reserve.
The design is based on the use of natural, sustainable materials and incorporates renewable energy sources including solar power and a wind turbine.
Visit the website of LSI Architects – here.
Designers Adel Kassem and Lisa Tavazzani have created the Coupole suspension lamp for the Italian lighting manufacturer ALT Lucialternative.
Visit the website of ALT Lucialternative – here.
Slovenian architects Bevk Perovi? designed this house in Ljubljana.
Visit the website of Bevk Perovi? – here.
Rondelle is a new suspension lamp designed by the Rockwell Group for Leucos.
From Leucos:
Suspended in the air, Rondelle gives the mysterious allure of a space station with its fifteen floating polycarbonate disks. There are four color options; bright orange, smoked grey, violet and deep amber. The fluorescent light source is centered from top to bottom within a structure of 14 crystal ribbed spacer rings.
Visit the Leucos website – here. Visit the Rockwell Group’s website – here.
The word huevos means “eggs” in Spanish, which is obviously where the inspiration for the oval shapes of the Huevos Lounge Chair come from.
Visit Mark Newman’s website – here.
The 240 room Diagonal Hotel in Barcelona, Spain was designed by Capella Architecture.
Visit the hotel’s website – here. Visit Capella Architecture’s website – here.
A new sofa and armchair collection from Los Angeles based designer Nolen Niu.
The LOX collection features vibrant plush upholstery with a wrap around hardwood shell covered in stitched leather. The fabric seating and wraparound shell are actually two separate parts, making upholstery options easy since the seat can be unbolted from the frame and removed.
Visit Nolen Niu’s website – here.
Thanks to Massimo from the Milan based Studio MID for sending us photos of the new radiator they’ve designed for Deltacalor.
From MID:
Calorisfero gives the space a new meaning, by furnishing it with a warm personality. Steel and wood hug each other in an eternal sphere, melting matter and soul endlessly. A new way of thinking about domestic warm: simply at man’s service and his emotions.
Visit the MID Studio website – here. Visit the Deltacalor website – here.
You know how some people who sit at their desk job all day like to sit on an exercise ball? And you know how it always looks kind of strange seeing someone sitting on a big ball in an office? Well, the German office furniture manufacturer Topstar has created a more stylish alternative. The Sitness 5 features an exercise ball that rests on five chromed feet made of light metal, and the whole construction is covered with a mesh fabric.
Visit the Topstar website – here.
