Sally, from Sally TV is finally done with her dining room and it came out fantastic!
-joel
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Any similarity is just a coincidence...
Those were the years of the super designers.... the 50's surely brought some great icons that even today, are really hard to be beat. But also got us to a some degree, certain boundaries of designer vs designer and designer vs manufacturer issues. I know that Eames worked hand to hand with Saarinen in chair design as you can see each other's influences on each version of the fiberglass armchair shell and the side chair too. (I think the Tulip table looks much better in today's decor paired with a set of Eames side/arm chairs instead of the Tulip side chairs... or even Bertoias!) And then, you have the welded wire chair version of Harry Bertoia and Charles Eames. I also know that Herman Miller sued Knoll international to avoid the use of double wire on the perimeter of the Bertoia chair since they had a patent on that. That's why the Bertoias we know today, have a single wire (but at an increased thickness) to support the welds. Again, they both sport s chrome, black and white rilsan finish. The Nelson Swag chair is just an Eames Armchair with cutouts and connectors with rubber mounts, similar situation with the Nelson side table and Saarinen side Tulip both in Rilsan metal parts and white laminated top. Wassily and Corbu Basculante? Yeap, pretty much the same, Yanagi stool? Bertoia Bench? Noguchi Prismatic Table? you will be the judge.
Today, we will have lawsuits left and right but those where the 50's... a more friendly and relaxed environment than today's chaotic and trigger happy society.
When George Nelson was asked who came out with the idea for the Ball Clock, he said that he didn't know, since he and a buch of designer friends (noguchi, harper, et al) where drawing on some napkins and the next morning that was what he found!
lampadaire AD46/10
Cool lamp designed by Rlos Design Agency in France. It's like an Arco Lamp taken to the 21st century. I like it!
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-joel
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Slightly Awkward Desk Lamp
The defining beauty in people is often the characteristic that doesn’t fit the standard mold. The Slightly Awkward Desk Lamp is simple and minimal but has a posture that is peculiar, the awkward stance of the lamp with its truncated forth leg gives it life and personality, while allowing it to balance as both an ambient table lamp and a directional task lamp
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-joel
Horizon House
A weekend house sited in Karuizawa. built on small hill 2.5 metres above the public road.
The main rooms face towards the Southern part of the land, which is covered with lawn grass.
The L-shaped walls in the living room, dining room and study lead a person's gaze to the outside.
The living room has a double well-style ceiling , which visually harmonizes with the garden. Every room is located abreast, so they share a common view. The bed room which is covered with glass walls is located on the second floor that juts out into the garden and crosses over the living room.
The main bedroom on the second floor and the well-style living room are divided by glass walls, which generates an extended virtual effect.
The garage in the eastern space of the property is connected to the entrance hall through a twisted passage.
The occupants can enjoy the view of Mt. Asama in the Autumn through the windows of bathroom and gym room on the second floor in the western corner of the property.
The walls and floor slabs are made from concrete and are designed to blend and align with the background landscape.
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-joel
Sake Bomb Store
The Sake Bomb was designed by Alexander Purcell founder of APRRO an interdisciplinary design studio based in Los Angeles.
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-joel
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
our prize from Yliving!
Ya'll remember the Small Spaces. Big on Style contest Yliving.com had on its Facebook page a while ago?
Well, we scored second place and as a prize, we picked the venerable Nelson Bubble Lamp Sconce.
This lamp is awesome. It has character and presence. This is our second Bubble lamp and after seeing how they are made, we are appreciating them even more.
Thanks Yliving.com!
-joel
Oblique Storage
There aren’t many different types of furniture but normally square or round- shapes.
To break this boring rule, Oblique Storage Design begins to start.
Oblique Storage has an asymmetric rectangle form
and it has been designed to be specific rather than other figures.
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-joel
Vault
In this project I am trying to find out what value really is, by questioning myself which ´things´ are of real value to me.
I found out that for me most of it is about family, freindship and love. ´Things´ that, as much as you want, you can´t really put in a safe.
Only ´things´ that remind you about your value can be kept safe. This is why in the vault there are only five small drawers in which you can put photos, letters
and tiny objects. realizing that some ´objects that carry emotion´ are even smaller or much larger, the vault project will be continued.
This vault´s appearance is inspired by the mineral pyrite, also known as fool´s gold. Because of its resemblance to gold pyrite is often mistaken to be highly
valuable being actually almost worthless. This now resembles my vision on value. You can steal the vault and/or it´s ´valuable´ contents but you will find out that it's of no value to you...
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-joel
Triangle in the forest
The fifth weekend house built in Karuizawa, designed by Cell Space Architects
The cottage is built upon an uneven slope and a triangular motif is used as the design concept.
In the space that has a three-dimensional movement line , children run around as like they do in a jungle gym.
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-joel
Monday, September 27, 2010
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