Australian designer Alexander Michael has sent us the Kangaroo Valley house that is located two hours south of Sydney, Australia, and was completed in 2005.
Visit Alexander Michael’s website – here.
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Italian architect Giorgio Parise has designed the Sigmund chaise lounge for Sitia.
Visit the Sitia website – here. Visit Giorgio Parise’s website – here.
New York based Oso Industries have sent us a preview of a new collection they will be showing at the 2009 BKLYN Designs show and ICFF in May.
The Burn series has an interesting story behind its creation.
From Oso Industries:
In March of 2008, a large fire burned the roof and top floor of the 100-year old Brooklyn building that is home to Oso Industries. Although no one was hurt, and our ground floor shop came through relatively unscathed, some pets died, and a lot of property was lost. It was a sad and unfortunate experience for everyone in the building.
During the roof’s reconstruction, workers cut out and carted through our shop these huge charred beams with a thick, unique texture. We decided to take this remainder of a destructive event and turn it into something constructive, reinventing the burned wood as polished concrete surfaces for our furniture. Using rubber, we created a mold from the most interesting of these beams, and the Burn series was born.
We used blackened concrete with the charred texture as the base for our Burn Lamp, which we coupled with a mahogany and poplar shade to bring the wood — both natural and reinvented — together with light.
We also joined the charred texture with beautifully incongruous polished stainless steel rebar for the table bases. While heavy and industrial in texture and form, the rebar is also slender and luminous, and it meets the burnt concrete to a create side table, a console table and a media cart that are at once stout and airy, dark and deeply textured, and bright and smoothly polished.
Visit the website of Oso Industries – here.
Architect Wallace E. Cunningham designed the Razor Residence in La Jolla, California.
The house has been listed for sale by the agents at Hurwitz James – here.
From Hurwitz James:
Constructed from white polished concrete and floor-to-ceiling glass, this magnum opus suspends the boundaries of ordinary living and commands amazing uninterrupted views of the ocean, open sky and natural landscape. Resting high above Torrey Pines State Reserve, this 11,000-square-foot piece de resistance showcases 4 bedrooms and 6 baths, fabulous two level guest house and features private access to Black’s Beach.
Visit Wallace E. Cunningham’s website – here.
Milan based designers AquiliAlberg have created Swing-Up, a flower pot, pouf and side-table, for the Italian furnishings manufacturer Serralunga.
Below are some preview images. They will launch the product at the 2009 Milan Funiture Fair.
Visit AquiliAlberg’s website – here. Visit Serralunga’s website – here.
Designer Anna von Schewen has created the Dress chair for Swedish manufacturer Gärsnäs.
A personal interpretation of the timeless club chair. A “dressed” and well-tailored easy chair wrapped in a beautifully draped fabric and with a visible waistline. Dress offers high seating comfort for both short and long meetings.
Visit the Gärsnäs website – here.
Le Cabaret is a restaurant and bar in Osaka, Japan, designed by Suga Architects.
From the architects:
Modern cityscapes are, because of architectural rationalism, basically composed of vertical and horizontal lines. As a result, the entrances to buildings are rectangular. When we turn our eyes to the natural world, the nests are mostly irregularly shaped. The act of going for a drink for us is similar to going back to our nests.
Visit the Suga Architects’ website – here.
Frederick Fisher and Partners designed the Chadwick Studio in Los Angeles, California.
From the architects:
The Chadwick Studio was designed for product and furniture designer, Don Chadwick.
Mr. Chadwick, who designed the famous Aeron Chair made by Herman Miller, sought to have a studio and office on his own private property, located in Sullivan Canyon.
Visit the website of Frederick Fisher and Partners – here.
