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Architecture, Art & Design Blog
Jorre Van Ast, Product Design
The Threaded Leg, Nomad Table (for Arco) (via Luminaire®) & the Clamp-A-Leg system for collapsable tables.
Geoff McFetridge, Champion Graphics, Solitary Arts
‘Being a graphic designer you’re just kind of swimming in this like void, ‘cause it’s really easy to make things look cool. It’s really, really easy. I see cool stuff every day, so it becomes uninteresting. … (Working on Grand Royal Magazine) I took that moment to decide: what are you good at and what do you want to do?’ (via Western State mini documentary by Coudal Partners.)
(Image via YouWorkForThem)
Roy McMakin: Domestic Furniture/Architecture
’Two Tumblers’ (wood, enamel paint, 2000)
’Slat Coffee Table’ (eastern maple, claro walnut, 2001)
(via Matthew Marks Gallery; more at ArtNet)
‘Hug Chair’, (birch/beech plywood, 2008) by Ana Kraš. I‘ve been following this girl’s photography on Flickr for a while. The ‘Hug Chair’ will be shown as a part of Young Serbian Designers’ exhibition during Milan Design Week ‘09 (currently running). (via Ana Kraš’s Portfolio)
‘Limited Edition: Prototypes, One-Offs and Design Art Furniture’ by Sophie Lovell (Layout & Design by Rinzen) (Published by Birkhäuser Verlag.)
“As a view of the present situation, Limited Edition is indispensable. It is an essential survey of the chief names in the design-art scene at present, and a convincingly comprehensive catalogue of the best work produced in the field.” (via Icon)
The Elephant Lounge Chair (birch ply) by Medio Design (Barcelona) is inspired by the LCW Molded Plywood Chair and the Elephant sculpture chair designed by Eames in 1945. (via Dezeen)
Established by Sören Sögreni in 1981, Sögreni (Copenhagen, Denmark) makes custom, hand-built bicycles & accesories, including the Wooden Bicycle (pictured) and the Dirty Harry mountainbike.
