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Yigal Azrouel’s Cut25 Showroom designed by Dror

On February 2nd, Yigal Azrouël officially opened the first international Cut25 flagship in New York City. The freestanding building, located at 129 Grand Street in Manhattan’s Soho district, spans approximately Continue Reading

        

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Design Miami/ Poltrona Frau Welcomes the Baccarat Limited Edition Collection

Earlier last week, Poltrona Frau Group Miami and Wallpaper* presented the Design Miami/ debut of Baccarat limited edition 2011 lighting collection by world-renowned designers including Philippe Starck, Michele de Lucchi, Eriko Horiki and Jaime Hayon.

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ISSEVER BAHRI Spring/Summer 2012 Collection

ISSEVER BAHRI’s focuses on classic craftsmanship and modern design; merging these two ideas is what gives ISSEVER BAHRI its innovative and distinctive look.
ISSEVER BAHRI is based in Berlin, Germany and was founded in 2010. The founders are Derya Issever and Cimen Bachri. Derya and Cimen are graduates of the University of Applied Sciences, HTW, in Berlin. Both Cimen and Derya have worked for several labels throughout Berlin and London, such as Michael Michalsky, Alexander McQueen and Harriet’s Muse. Their home countries, Greece and Turkey, also inspire them; this inspiration has a large impact on their design techniques and aesthetics.

ISSEVER BAHRI’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection is a strong testament to their experimental and eclectic designs.

        

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Verena Schreppel’s Visionary Jewelry Designs

Verena Schreppel specializes in jewelry and product design with a poetic, conceptual approach and a fine sense for structures. She began the development of her unique jewelry designs during her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Hamburg in the Studio of Glen Oliver Löw and at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid at the faculty of fine arts. Her unique aesthetic and her talent for innovative design can be seen in her latest jewelry collections.

Ripprings is a collection of silver rings, each one cast from a one-off piece of stitched fabric. Leaving the white cast skin of the silver perfects the transposition and causes confusion. Through wear the cast skin changes slightly giving it an individual shining silver patina.

The Shot collection shows the counter points of beauty and transience, life and death. The bullet hole as a trace in fine metal draws the balance and the discrepancy of these two poles. This design also brings about the question of unequal circumstances; the basic principle of jewelry, the status symbol, that is elevating but at the same time humiliating.

Zopf is a collection of fine braided jewelry in white or dark silver cast or gold, which slightly wears to an individual patina.

The Hercules Knot collection was inspired by the strength of a Hercules Knot itself. Fascinated by the power of the form and the infinity of connection found in the ancient Greeks’ Hercules Knot Verena designed a necklace, belt and bracelet that provide this same power to its owner. All parts of the collection are made of textile covered tubes and 925 sterling silver. The knot in the tubes is used to change size by pulling or loosening. The stiffness of the material keeps the form and regulates the size for its owner. The acute silver angle of the belt can be opened by a bayonet nut connector.

The Take and Give project are rings and studs made of ebony, maple wood, gold plated silver and bills. The raw shape of the continents and the material speaks for itself, reflecting the exchange; back then and today.

Visit www.verenaschreppel.com for more details about these and other collections; and to learn more about Verena Schreppel herself.

        

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Beau McClellan’s New Lighting Collection at Design Junction 2011

The Design Junction brings together the best lighting and furniture brands in the UK to showcase their latest designs. Beau McClellan illuminated The Design Junction, with highly stylish and innovative designs.

Exhibiting at the first ever London design junction event, Beau McClellan’s mix of state-of-the-art technology and bold, interactive lighting designs impressed trade professionals and members of the public alike.  At the event, Beau McClellan successfully collaborated with the Poltrona Frau Group, who supplied classic furniture pieces for the stand from leading Italian brands Cassina, Cappellini and Poltrona Frau, providing a perfect partnership in terms of design-led glamour.

The spectacular Nomad chandelier formed the centrepiece of the design junction show, measuring three meters high and five meters wide with over 200 individual mirror-coated glass components. Each of the LEDs used in this elegant design can be individually controlled to create numerous colour effects and variations using a touch screen, iPad or iPhone. The light from the LED is cleverly diffused through frosted hand-ground optical crystal which magnifies the light, creating warm pastel shades of colour. Customers can specify modular pieces of the colour changing chandelier system, meaning interiors of all sizes can benefit from Nomad’s amazing visual impact.  This innovative ‘plug and play’ approach proved a hit with visitors to the show.  The modular concept is now available using Elipse or Fluid pendant lights.

        

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Origami Exploration Exhibition

The Center Gallery at Fordham University is pleased to announce “ORIGAMI EXPLORATION”, works by Yoshihara McKee Architects.

Origami is synonymous with the Japanese culture. However this exhibition is strays from the traditional objects of origami. Instead of animals and insects, the exhibition focuses strictly on mathematical concepts and the beauty within them.

Origami Exploration

The Center Gallery at Fordham University

September 15 – October 20, 2011

        

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Ørgreen Optics Fall Collection

For the perfect fall wardrobe, Ørgreen gives you the best options for sophisticated eyewear to finish up your look.

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LAVA Architecture presents emergency ‘Origami Cave’

LAVAS emergency shelter Pavilion is an inhabited molecule.

Concept.

The design is based on a water-moleculeand makes reference to the the Japanese Metabolist concept of prefabricated capsules.

The project also references LAVAs project of Digital Origami, where flat elements are folded into contemporary 3-dimensional shapes.  The base molecule can either be shipped as a flatpack, cut out of local plywood, or dropped of by a helicopter.

space:

The interior can then be carved out of wood or Cardboard or other locally available materials.  The project plays with ideas of prefabrication and personalised inhabitation, as well as

stacking of multiple units, while giving an opportunity for individual expression on minimal space.  Each unit contains sleeping space for 2 adults and one child as well as a little space for eating and reading.

fabrication:

For the showcase in Sydney it is suggested to CNC cut the layers of Plywood individually and stack them on top of each other.  Lighting will bring the exhibit to life and almost turn it into a lantern, a sign of hope.

Practice Credits: LAVA – Chris Bosse, Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck

Sponsors
Builders and project management: Keystone Projects Group
Recycled plywood: CHH Wood Products
CNC cutting
LED Light
Power
Engineering
Signage and Graphic
Student helpers from UNSW, UTS,  University of Sydney
Exhibition organisation: Jun Sakaguchi Architect and www.thearcagency.com.au
Project management

        

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Alessi + Karim Rashid

Jak, an oversize “statement” timepiece by Karim Rashid is the designer’s second watch for Alessi. Its name and design are a playful take on Rashid’s first design, the Kaj, which is still a popular seller. Available in gray, pink, green, white, black and violet, Jak features a polyurethane casing and strap with an acrylic glass face.

        

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MRRK + Ine van den Elsen

Music video for the song Tunnel by TWR72. Inspired by their minimalistic sound with a huge climax, MRRK and Ine van den Elsen made a 21st century version of the liquid light shows from the late 60′s, which they will also use in their live performance. All visuals in this video were made by hand.

Click here to watch the video :  Tunnel 

Direction: MRRK and Ine van den Elsen

Art Direction: MRRK and Ine van den Elsen

Production: MRRK and Ine van den Elsen

Editor: Ine van den Elsen

Music: TWR72

Label: Instant Replay

        

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