Dover Heights House in Sydney, Australia
The agents at Raine & Horne have recently listed this contemporary 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom home in the Dover Heights neighborhood of Sydney, Australia.
Visit the listing – here.
The Fade Armchair by Jacob Marks
Living Art by The Urban Landscape Group
The Budapest, Hungary based Urban Landscape Group was awarded first prize for their outdoor art creation located in the campus garden of the University of West Hungary in Sopron. The Art Jury described the team’s project as an artwork novelty closing a yet unfilled gap in contemporary art.
‘Living Art’ is installation. ‘Living Art’ is street furniture. ‘Living Art’ is half a statue, half an ever changing living garden.
The statue-plants, representing the initials of the University, will turn into a living spectacle by changing colors with the seasons day after day. Elements of the furniture set – which is made of exposed concrete ‘ribbons’ – will cast shadow from the shady statue-plants as many vivid negatives. The special outdoor set will serve as a place to hang around and relax for those who long for a place to read, study or chat.
Visit The Urban Landscape Group’s website – here.
Treat Bowls by Camilla Hounsell Halvorsen
Last week we posted the Drops Chair by designer Camilla Hounsell Halvorsen, and now today she has sent us her Treat Bowls, which use recycled lampshade frames with thread (yarn) to make colorful bowls.
Visit Camilla Hounsell Halvorsen’s website – here.
Treat bowls are on Etsy – here.
The Villa by Harrison Varma
Harrison Varma have created The Villa, a 7 bedroom, 9 bathroom home located near Kenwood House in the Hampstead area of London.
Husband and wife team Anil and Marisa Varma created their business out of sheer frustration back in 1996. Having endlessly searched for their ideal family home – a beautiful, generous, flexible modern property – they gave up and decided to design and create their own.
Over the ten years since they designed their first home, Anil and Marisa Varma have built on their success, creating a few unique homes in the exclusive avenues in Hampstead and Highgate.
Visit Harrison Varma’s website – here.
The home is now being offered for sale through the Savills agency – here.
Modern Architectural Fireplaces from MetalFire
One Night by Sebastian Kjersén
During Stockholm Design Week, the Hotel Birger Jarl hosted the “Check In” exhibition of young Swedish designers, where they were able to show off their latest work.
One of those exhibiting their work was Sebastian Kjersén, who has designed the One Night collection of flat-packed furniture, which was named because it was produced in just one night.
Visit Sebastian Kjersén’s website – here.
Air Chair by Samuel Accoceberry
Paris based designer Samuel Accoceberry has created the Air Chair.
The technique for this piece relies on the close interlocking of seven curved wooden laths aseembled in decreasing height. The splay of the laths constitutes the back, their joining low down forms the rear base. Material is honed to the strict essential, but the rhythm of the laths creates a visual effect. Stacked Air Chairs save space and provide graphic and colourful animation. Wood, the recyclable material par excellence, is joined using biological glue.
Visit Samuel Accoceberry’s website – here.
Freddy Chandra at the Brian Gross Fine Art Gallery
The Brian Gross Fine Art Gallery in San Francisco, will be featuring works by the Indonesian-born visual artist Freddy Chandra in a solo exhibition in September, 2009.
His work consists of site-specific installations and multi-panel wall compositions. Each installation is an immersive environment constructed as a place that encourages sensory understanding of physical space and temporal duration. His compositions suggest a contingency in the rhythmic act of marking space and shifts that occur in our experience of time.
Visit Freddy Chandra’s website – here.
Visit the website of the Brian Gross Fine Art Gallery – here.
Verwoben (Interwoven) Shelves by Marco dos Santos Pina
Designer Marco dos Santos Pina has sent us his Verwoben (Interwoven) Shelves, that he recently exhibited at the 2009 IMM Cologne show in Germany.
From Marco dos Santos Pina:
The Verwoben (Interwoven) shelf applies the principle of fabric weaving as its central theme. A textile strap is threaded around all shelves, through milled notches in the wood, firmly tying them together. Thus diverse compartments are created which are set up in vertical arrangement and could function as partition. The textile strap is an integral component of the construction, and provides a high degree of stability. It is easy to replace, and the shelf can become a new creation time and again and can be adapted to the room environment with the use of different textiles.
Visit Marco dos Santos Pina’s website – here.
Warringah House by Corben Architects
The agents at Richardson & Wrench have recently listed for sale this 4 bedroom, 5 bathroom home in the Mosman neighborhood of Sydney, Australia. The house was designed by Corben Architects.
From Corben Architects:
This project involved replacing a single storey house with a two storey one on a sensitive site with extensive water views. A simple rectilinear form was adopted, which was then carefully articulated with timber and sandstone cladding to present a modern 3-dimensional structure that fits well into its immediate context. Energy efficiency design principles were used throughout. An operable skylight over the central core allows natural light and ventilation. Concrete floors and roof were used to maximise thermal mass and thermal comfort was enhanced with Low E glazing. Overhangs and screens were used for solar protection.
Visit the home’s listing page – here.
Visit the website of Corben Architects – here.
Hula Hoop Vase by Cristiana Giopato
Italian designer Cristiana Giopato has created the Hula Hoop vase for Industreal.
From Cristiana Giopato:
A series of stackable disks, which when at half it’s height surrounds the wine bottle to become a winecooler. When completing the tower the empty wine bottle is completely hidden and the final object becomes a vase, giving the bottle new function and appearance. The disc elements are all different and can be both rotated and their order inverted creating a new appearance everytime it is assembled.
Visit the Industreal website – here. Visit Cristiana Giopato’s website – here.
Pélican Bedside Table by Marc Venot
French designer Marc Venot has created the Pélican Bedside Table.
A simple hand movement activates rotation of the receptacle on a central axis, and opens the compartment. Ditto for closing. The fixed plateau serves as hood and table top. Pelican is made of wood and chrome steel finish for exterior, with lacquer finish inside.
Visit Marc Venot’s website – here.
Ron Arad: Guarded Thoughts at the Friedman Benda Gallery
This past November/December, the Friedman Benda gallery in New York hosted an exhibition of Ron Arad‘s latest work. For those who missed it, below are some images. His work is also currently on display at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and you’ll have another chance to see Ron Arad‘s work in New York this summer, when the Museum of Modern Art will be holding a major retrospective of his design work, August 2nd – October 19th, 2009.
Visit Ron Arad’s website – here.
Visit the website of the Friedman Benda Gallery – here.
Dancing Chair by Constance Guisset
Designer Constance Guisset has created the Dancing Chair, which is a rocking chair and a footrest ensemble. The chair was recently exhibited at the Maison & Objet show in Paris, and will also be appearing at the 2009 Milan Furniture Fair in April.
Visit Constance Guisset’s website – here.
