Red Nest by Paul Coudamy

French designer Paul Coudamy has created this red-gloss sliding wall unit combining a desk, bed and wardrobe for an apartment in Paris.


Red Nest has a bookshelf that slides along the wall to reveal or conceal the sleeping area, workspace and dressing room.

As part of the renovation of the 23 square-metre apartment the designer has also introduced a bathroom that sits behind a two-way mirror and has a WC concealed behind wardrobe doors.

The challenge was to provide a 23m2 space with a bedroom, a bathroom, a dressing and a working space. The design is based on a work on the porosity of spaces.


The booshelf is a mobile block that enables to control the opening of the bed. Its U-shape covers the bed and shapes the room by closing the dressing, the bed or the working space.

Drifted by Lee Borthwick

Drifted, by Lee Borthwick, is an architectural relief constructed from a variety of recycled MDF pieces and driftwood for the 5th floor of the Arts Council England's new offices. Drifted is part of the In the Attic series of nine different pieces of Borthwick's work.

Extra-ORdinary by Jennifer Rabatel

The possibilities are endless!...my dad would have a field day digging up tools from the shed and dreaming up objects for everyday solutions-I think he could help inspire me!

In all seriousness I do love the range that Jennifer has designed, especially the 'T square hanger', portable mechanically works and interesting...I'm taking notes! 

ÉCAL University of Art and Design Lausanne graduate Jennifer Rabatel has taken inspiration from tools such as spanners, spatulas and try squares to create a series of functional everyday objects.

Hanger Chair by Philippe Malouin

The Hanger Chair is a folding chair that doubles as a clothes hanger. Genius!...I love this idea of morphing every day products especially as a space saving multi use item for the home.


Milan 08: Designer Philippe Malouin will exhibit his Hanger Chair at Still, the Design Academy Eindhoven exhibition at Spazio Rossanna Orlandi in Milan during the furniture fair this month

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Mies van der Rohe - Visions Of Space 1/7 (Less is More)

Mies Van der Rohe* is one of the most important architects of his time. Together with Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, he has had a profound influence on cityscape's of the 20th century.

The essence of Mies's architectural philosophy is in his famous and sometimes derided phrase, "Less is more." 

This means, he says, having "the greatest effect with the least means." 

Some of the best examples of the less-is-more approach are among the buildings Mies has designed for the Illinois Tech campus—simple, clean-lined constructions of glass ribbed with steel, which well serve their uncomplicated purpose as lighted areas for study. Similarly, his twin glass apartment skyscrapers on Chicago's lakefront make the most of the view

Read more: http://www.time.com

Dieter Rams 'Ten Principles of good design'

Good design is innovative.
Good design makes a product useful.
Good design is aesthetic.
Good design makes a product understandable.
Good design is unobtrusive.
Good design is honest.
Good design is long-lasting.
Good design is thorough down to the last detail.
Good design is environmentally friendly.
Good design is as little design as possible.