Omri Barzeev has recently finished his degree in industrial design at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Zaza chair was his final project.

From Omri Barzeev:

My project Zaza is a new chair that created and based on a research and integration of various substance and in search of the morphology, resulting from a combination of substances consisting of a variety of characteristics which supplement each other to create harmony in the final product. The deviation from the common rules has brought about a surprising product for the viewer and user. Zaza is fexible and presents an equal relationship between the  chair and the user, so it is able to create and adjust itself to each individual user.

The upper part of the chair made by laser cutting technology  and layered with felt ,by folding it, the chair gets its shape and its structure. The lower part is made out of wood and served the upper part by besting it.

Visit Omri Barzeev’s website – here.

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Ousmane M’Baye, a designer based in Dakar, Senegal, recently exhibited his furniture and lighting creations at the Viaduc des Arts in Paris, France.

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Bayden Goddard Design (BGD Architects) have designed the Amalfi Residence.

This two storey river front home is situated on an established residential island in Australia’s Gold Coast. Intimately designed by the architect for his young active family, the residence reflects their dynamic outdoor lifestyle and love of the water.

With easy access to the river, the house draws towards the southern waterfront while maintaining a playful but private street façade.

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Australian architect Bojan Simic has designed the Thiang Residence in Melbourne.

This project was designed to accommodate three generations of a family in two distinctive individual homes clustered around introspective communal gardens – a place for the extended family to unite and come together.

The brief included expansive, light filled, easily accessible spaces with low maintenance finishes for the clients and living flexibility for their growing family. The completed buildings conform to the clients functional requirements as well as their cultural heritage with contemporary interpretations of traditional oriental built forms.

Visit the Bojan Simic Architecture website – here.

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The Houston, Texas husband and wife design team of Josh and Audrey Hardesty from
Harbenger Duo, have created the Kart chair.

The chair is made from walnut veneered birch plywood, coated with a clear satin acrylic.

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The Romanian architects from AA Studio have sent us photos of an apartment interior they have designed in Bucharest.

Full description after the photos….

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London based designer Steve Watson has created the Muse dining chair.

Steve Watson says:

The Muse cantilever dining chair has a frame made from laser cut,vacuum formed Moso Bamboo with a natural side pressed veneer.  It is upholstered in a section of stretched and draped vegetable tanned leather secured with brass fixings. The Muse chair is both visually light in appearance and elegant in its construction. A modest use of materials lends the chair a real sense of refinement.

Visit Steve Watson’s website – here.

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The Opposite House Hotel opened in the summer of 2008 in Beijing’s vibrant Sanlitun district.

Designed by Kengo Kuma & Associates, the hotel’s 99 contemporary guest rooms are among the largest in Beijing with more than half being over 70 sqm. The rooms are strikingly simple with natural wooden floors and subtle touches of Chinese décor, lending each one a sense of place.

The name, The Opposite House, is derived from a translation of a Chinese word, which historically described the building located opposite the main house in a courtyard where guests would stay.

The Opposite House is the first of a number of hotels being developed in China, Hong Kong and the UK by Swire Hotels, which will all be distinctive hotels, individually named and each uniquely designed by renowned architects and designers.

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Peruvian architect Jose Orrego has designed a beach house on Palabritas Beach in Lima, Peru.

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British designer James Douglas has created the LumBar Stool.

Influenced by the alien landscapes of weather eroded rock formations. Especially “Mushroom rocks” a form in which the lower stone is carved away quicker than the top leaving a bulbous head stacked on top of a fragile stem.

I aimed to create a stool in which the user would be almost deifying gravity, being suspended above the floor on a tiny stem yet being fully supported. Plywood was the perfect material to use because the edge detail was a great way to create a contour and sediment look of my influential starting point.

It is constructed using 38 1″ layers of CNC cut ply board stacked on top of one another connected by one single 12mm steel bar located down the centre of the stool, which is simply tightened up by a nut and bolt system. Creating 1 solid and safe form to be used for seating.

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Romanticism is a women’s clothing brand with about 500 stores in China. Japanese architects Keiichiro Sako and Takeshi Ishizaka of SAKO Architects, have now designed a few locations for the brand in the city of Hangzhou. Seen below is the second Romanticism shop they designed.

In an interview with movingcities.org, Keiichiro Sako has described the design:

The client asked me for a design that no one could copy. There were no other requests. My design style is that if a client has a requirement, I try to get a grip on his thinking and bring it further. As there were no requirements, I questioned the concept of the boutique, the clothes and the relationship between body and space. In the end I designed an organic net winding through the space.

Clothes are our second skin, space a third skin, and my design is positioned in between the clothes and space. It’s like a piece of furniture that you can hang clothes on and it changes its shape into partition, counter, chair, furniture as well as railing.

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Completed in 2008, this 6 bedroom, 9 bathroom contemporary home sits on over 2 acres in the Brentwood district of Los Angeles, California.

The home is currently listed for sale with the Westside Estate Agency – here.

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Cameron Van Dyke has created the Fizz bench.

The bench combines a solid mahogany top, steel legs, and a curious pattern of various sized holes, which in the right light, results in an interesting play of light on the floor below it.

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British designer John Grabham has created the 1FORMTABLE.

1FORMTABLE is an ambient display of careful design and thoughtful creativity. The table features a section which can house 18 dvd’s, along with an overhang surface top which creates room for snacks and beverages. The elegant curved sections can also hold books, journals or more personal accessories.

Visit John Grabham’s website – here.

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Swedish fashion brand Elvine, design agency Next Century Modern, and the hotel Scandic Malmen are officially launching the new design hotel concept ‘Creators Inn’ in Stockholm, Sweden on the 1st of August, 2009.

A unique feature of the hotel is that they offer free accommodation for visiting creative people. The aim with Creator’s Inn is to promote the local area and give something back to travelling creative people whose presence contributes to a more interesting city, whether they are in a band, DJ, designer, artist, writer etc…

To qualify for the free accomodation, potential guests need to apply on the Creators Inn website, and write some reason for why they deserve a free stay by explaining what creative activity they’ll be involved in during their stay in the city.

Visit the Creators Inn website – here.

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