tweeting seat

TweetingSeat is an interactive park bench which is designed to explore the potential for connecting digital and physical communities. The bench logs its usage by uploading images of its users and environment to a live Twitter feed, allowing people to interact with it both in person and virtually. Created to explore the environments in which it is placed and the people whom it encounters, the aim of TweetingSeat is for people and communities to form their own relationship with the object through the way in which they choose to use it.

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New Jelly Mould Lights

These lighting elements were made by Re-Found Objects in the U.K.

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- joel edwards

Swedish Chairs with Embroidery

Stockholm designer Johan Lindsten made a collection of chairs with unique backs, embroidered by hand. This furniture`s destiny is to elevate and promote the forgotten art of embroidery, bring back a sentimental value and mix it with contemporary ecstatic from Johan Lindsten`s vision. Via Design Don't Panic.

the future of camera design

The WVIL Concept Camera comes from Artefact and is a “vision” of a camera of the future. According to psfk, WVIL stands for Wireless Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens and the patented system combines the features of a smartphone with the ones of a photo camera. Here is some technical information from the official site:  “When attached, focus and zoom are driven directly by the lens rings – with direct visual feedback – letting you keep your eye on the subject. These same indicators come to life and let you take control of the lens remotely by touch. At the end of the day it’s all about sharing and remembering with others. Share your experiences right from your camera – not the next day when you get home. No waiting, no wires. With the same connectiity and app platform as your smartphone, you can share through your favorite service from anywhere you have cell service.

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Pavilniai Family House

In the Middle Ages, where the building is situated, was a cannon foundry. Client bought a site where stood the old yellow brick lodge with a basement. Cleaning the plaster of a house revealed that the lodge had been built by ancient bricks which were made in a old Vilnius brick factories. Because of a historical and physical value of a house were considered to preserve it by wrapping it with outer glass shape. The historical house structure have been carefully restored.

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-joel

Prescott Passive House

This year’s project marks the sixth residence built in Kansas City, KS by Studio 804 and has posed some interesting challenges. In light of the country’s current economic situation, affordability has become a crucial issue in American housing, and thus something we are taking very seriously. In pursuing sustainability, cost is often a prohibiting factor, pushing us towards a focus on passive design strategies. In addition to pursuing LEED Platinum Certification, Studio 804 aims to achieve Passive House Certification this year as well. A system that began in Germany, Passive House seeks to reduce building energy consumption for heating and cooling by 90%. The heating load is drastically reduced by means of a super-insulated, virtually airtight building shell, broad Southern exposure and an energy recovery ventilator that provides constant fresh air and even distribution of heat

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-joel

ECAL Designers for Axor Bouroullec

On the occasion of the Biennial Event, Designers’ Saturday in Langenthal, Switzerland,Axor – the designer brand from Hansgrohe – has shown the results of a collaborative project by the Bouroullec brothers and students of ECAL University of Art and Design, Lausanne, Switzerland. The young designers were asked to reinterpret and develop objects around the Axor Bourollec bathroom collection, which was serving as a starting point for each participant. The collective body of work aims to illustrate the individual needs of the bathroom space.

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-joel