Arik Levy exhibition design (Stockholm furniture fair lounge)

Arik Levy has taken different chairs changing their function and turning them into lighting solutions.

panels are suspended from the ceiling, acting like a canopy above a sea of sofas, reflecting the movement and behaviours of the platform below. hanging between these mirrored surfaces are a number of his 'identity disorder' sculptures, in which he has transformed items of furniture that no longer serve their original function. here one sees chairs taking on the role of chandeliers. through these pieces, levy questions whether or not the object is actually a chair with holes for lights, or a chandelier that looks like a chair.

Level Architects-House with slide

yokohama-based atelier level architects has completed 'house with slide', a three-storey family residence that features a continuous circulation route that utilizes both stairs and the playground equipment. circumscribing the volume of the house, the playful layout places the living spaces at the core of the house with a number of access points along the course. 






Amazing!...the kids look so happy, who would have thought of turning the inside of your home into a magical playground?...love it!

Established & SONS

Today at Goldsmiths, we had a guest speaker, 'Kirsty Minns' come in and talk to us about her role in the company as head of product design. Working with designers such as Jasper Morrison, Zaha Hadid, Paul Cocksedge, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, just to name a few, putting their design ideas into production.


Her talk inspired me to apply for a work placement with Established & Sons, to be able to gain experience not only with product design, production, but also with exhibition design, which Kirsty actively get's involved with.

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Dezeen podcast: in this podcast recorded at Vienna Design Week, graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister talks about his Austrian background, the benefits of keeping a diary and trying to prevent his studio growing.

Top portrait is by John Madere. Above: Worrying solves Nothing, made of coat hangers in Linz. Photograph is by Otto Saxinger


http://www.dezeen.com/2010/10/13/dezeen-podcast-stefan-sagmeister-at-vienna-design-week/

Sagmeister also introduces his ongoing project Things I have Learned in My Life So Far, in which notes from his own diary are emblazoned across billboards and magazine pages.

Above: Assuming is Stifling, for GGG / DDD gallery annual report. Photograph is by Matthias Ernstberger

“Everybody should talk about everything that’s everywhere. 

Design is everywhere.”

Stefan Sagmeister (b. Bregenz, 1962) set up his New York studio Sagmeister Inc. in 1993 and has designed for the Rolling Stones, HBO, and the Guggenheim Museum, et al.

Above: Having Guts Always Works Out For Me, for .copy magazine. Photographs are by Bela Borsodi

In 2008, Abrams published Things I have learned in my life so far by Sagmeister.

Sagmeister Inc. has had solo shows in Zurich, Vienna, New York, Berlin, Tokyo, Osaka, Prague, Cologne, Seoul, and Miami.

Sagmeister currently teaches at the School of Visual Art in New York and lectures throughout the world.

Above: Keeping a Diary Supports Personal Development, one minute movie shot in Singapore

He studied at the Vienna University of Applied Arts, was a Fulbright Scholar, and received a Master’s degree from the Pratt Institute in New York.

Above: Keeping a Diary Supports Personal Development, one minute movie shot in Singapore

Papillons Graphiques - New Zealand designer Chris Waind

New Zealand designer Chris Waind has created this set of decorative paper butterflies.Called Papillons Graphiques, the pieces are packaged in a metal tin that includes a set of pins so they can be displayed pinned to a board like a real butterflies would be in Victorian collections.Each piece is a digital print on watercolour paper to give a textured feel.

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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.