Swedish designer Måns Salomonsen has created Cocoon, a fruit/vegetable storage and herb cultivation unit for the kitchen.
From the designer:
Grow spices and store fruits in the organic shape and you will get both life and colour in the kitchen. Cocoon is made of clay which absorbs water from the fruit and vegetables. When the water evaporates it cools the shell.
Wobedo Design is a Swedish company that produce a range of sound absorbing wall panels in a variety of decorative shapes to suit contemporary interiors.
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Mecanoo Architects have completed the La Llotja Theatre and Conference Centre in Lleida, Spain.
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The Swedish design studio Form Us With Love, have introduced some new products, including the SWELL easy chair, OGLE floor lamp, and HILO tables.
Studio John Irving has designed this rural home in the North Island of New Zealand.
The Richmond Olympic Oval, is a facility in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada (a suburb of Vancouver), that is the venue for the speed skating events of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Designed by Cannon Design, the building was built on a site beside the Fraser River, with the roof taking the stylized shape of a heron’s wing, a tribute to the large wading birds that live along the riverbank.
Speirs and Major Associates have shared with us some photos that show off their work on the lighting of the Infinity Bridge that was completed last year in Stockton-on-Tees, England.
Something from Us, a London based multi-disciplinary design studio, have designed the interior for Poncho No.8, a small Mexican food restaurant in the Spitalfields area of London.
Toronto based architect Dieter Janssen has created the ‘Heavy/Light’ light fixture.
Made of cast-iron with xenon lighting components, Heavy/Light began as an investigation into modelling cloud formations, initially for the purpose of developing a possible roof structure on a private residence. As a hanging light however, the sequence of vaulted arches, each pinching or flattening, reflect a varied light onto the space below defining a carved field of illumination.
Italian designer Luca Nichetto has created the Robo Chair for the Swedish manufacturer OFFECCT
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Australian architect Dane Richardson designed this house in Eagle Bay, Western Australia.
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Dutch designer Han Koning has created the Lowbay Table for the “spin-offs” design platform.
French designer Patrick Norguet has created the Fly Chair for the Swedish manufacturer OFFECCT
Samy Aïtali and Fernando Nunes have designed the 2010 collection of seating made of Altuglas Acrylic PMMA for the French manufacturer Aïtali.
