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MOLESKINE for Christmas: win €50 Gift Voucher

Category: Design Published on 10 Dec, 2012
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Run out of ideas for Christmas presents? Moleskine, the legendary journal, notebook and date book series used by artists, writers, intellectuals, and travelers, rewards you this year with a unique contest!! Share the hilarious video on your Facebook Wall and leave a comment below this post to win a €50 Gift Voucher to be spent on the Italian Moleskine online store.

Mirare Maze Folly by Mobile Studio Architects at Clerkenwell Design Week 2013

Category: Design Published on 23 May, 2013
Mirare Maze Folly by Mobile Studio Architects at Clerkenwell Design Week 2013

Mirare Maze Folly is a continuation of Mobile Studio’s fascination with interaction, perception and architecture to create playful an immersive environments. London-based Mobile Studio Architects revisits the classical garden maze and reinterprets it trough plays on light and refection.

Perch chair by Bradley Ferrada

Category: Design Published on 23 May, 2013
Perch chair by Bradley Ferrada

On the occasion of the NYCxDESIGN, local designer Bradley Ferrada presents the ‘Perch’ chair, a lounge chair that is a space within a space.

Museum for Architectural Drawing by SPEECH Tchoban/Kuznetsov

Category: Architecture Published on 23 May, 2013
Museum for Architectural Drawing by SPEECH Tchoban/Kuznetsov

On June 1 the Museum for Architectural Drawing in Berlin by Russian architecture collective SPEECH Tchoban/Kuznetsov opens its door to the public. The museum that shows some of the world’s rarest architectural illustrations, also houses a permanent collection from the Tchoban Foundation which contains the works of Sergey Tchoban.

Ceramic Stereo by Victor Johansson

Category: Technology Published on 23 May, 2013
Ceramic Stereo by Victor Johansson

Ceramic Stereo by Swedish born industrial designer Victor Johansson is a smartphone audio controller that makes wireless connectivity and communication more graspable by mapping intangible actions, functions and settings to real-world tangible actions.

House J by Keiko Maita Architect Office

Category: Houses Published on 23 May, 2013
House J by Keiko Maita Architect Office

This small house in Japan designed by Tokyo studio Keiki Maita, with its inner garden and the stunning roof terrace, provide privacy and seclusion for its owner.

Restaurant & Bar Nazdrowje by Richard Lindvall

Category: Restaurant Published on 23 May, 2013
Restaurant & Bar Nazdrowje by Richard Lindvall

Swedish designer Richard Lindvall has recently transformed a parking garage near Stockholm into a restaurant and nightclub. The natural raw atmosphere of the space was kept and used as a base for the concept.

De Wet 34 Residence in Cape Town by SAOTA + OKHA

Category: Houses Published on 22 May, 2013
De Wet 34 Residence in Cape Town by SAOTA + OKHA

In the heart of Bantry Bay in Cape Town, on the slopes of Lion’s Head, South African studio SAOTA created a stunning house with a spectacular view on the bay. Dramatic volume, far-reaching views, sculpture and raw textures – rock, timber, concrete – are the cornerstones of this house.

Cradle chair by Benjamin Hubert for Moroso

Category: Design, Milan Design Week 2013 Published on 22 May, 2013
Cradle chair by Benjamin Hubert for Moroso

British designer Benjamin Hubert has created ‘Cradle’, a unique blend of two typologies of seating, a net structured hammock and a conventional upholstered lounge chair.

Residence in Kifissia by Tense Architecture Network

Category: Houses Published on 22 May, 2013
Residence in Kifissia by Tense Architecture Network

The Residence in Kifissia, one of the most expensive northern suburbs of Athens, Greece, was designed by local office Tense Architecture Network. The residence, wrapped in a “shell” of vegetation, looks like an austere prism, structurally supported by central pillars that make the house seem to float above the ground.

The Heart of Architecture by Giles Miller Studio

Category: Design Published on 21 May, 2013
The Heart of Architecture by Giles Miller Studio

London-based Giles Miller Studio designed with British precision metal fabricators Tecan, ‘The Heart of Architecture’. This innovative installation has been constructed at the iconic Saint Johns Gate as a part of this years Clerkenwell Design Week.

James Turrell Reimagines the Guggenheim Rotunda for its solo exhibition in New York

Category: Art Published on 21 May, 2013
James Turrell Reimagines the Guggenheim Rotunda for its first exhibition in New York

In his first solo exhibition in a New York museum since 1980, American artist James Turrell re-imagines the Guggenheim rotunda as an enormous volume filled with shifting artificial and natural light. The stunning and immersive site-specific installation, Aten Reign, will be part of the upcoming exhibition James Tureel at Guggenheim Museum from June 21 to September 25.

Cerebral Hut kinetic installation by Guvenc Ozel

Category: Design Published on 21 May, 2013
Cerebral Hut kinetic installation by Guvenc Ozel

Shown at Istanbul Museum of Modern Art on the occasion of the latest Instanbul Design Biennal, ‘Cerebral Hut’ is a kinetic installation that works with an interface that measures brain frequencies and turns them into a reactive environment.

The Glass House in Winchester by AR Design Studio

Category: Houses Published on 21 May, 2013
The Glass House in Winchester by AR Design Studio

Winchester and Bournemouth-based AR Design Studio realized a glass extension on a house in the town of Winchester, the old Roman capital of England. This renovation and extension plays on the contrast between light and dark, and injects a new lease of life into what was once an unoccupied and poorly maintained manor house.

Dots Obsession installation by Yayoi Kusama at SKUM Sørlandets Kunstmuseum

Category: Art Published on 21 May, 2013
Dots Obsession – Love Transformed into Dots installation by Yayoi Kusama at SKUM Sørlandets Kunstmuseum

SKUM Sørlandets Kunstmuseum in Norway host until September 1 one of Yayoi Kusama’s ‘total installations’: Dots Obsession – Love Transformed into Dots.

YouTube Space Tokyo by Klein Dytham architecture

Category: Architecture Published on 20 May, 2013
YouTube Space Tokyo by Klein Dytham architecture

Starting from the televison-shaped icon of You Tube, Tokyo-based Klein Dytham Architecture has realized a unique interior for the video website’s new production studio of the Japanese capital.

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