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Posted by Lizzy Van Lysebeth on January 21st, 2010 in └> Interiors

Reitschule cafe: a project sent to us by the Thonet Press.

Seen from outside, the listed classical complex of the Reitschule cafe and the adjacent University Riding School remains unchanged in spite of the thorough refurbishment. However, the cafe’s interior has undergone a total redesign: floors, walls, room layout and a new staircase have been designed by the architects at Palais Mai, turning the cafe into a ‘modern classic‘.

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Posted by Lizzy Van Lysebeth on January 19th, 2010 in Events & info

Metropolitan Works Centre Manager
£49,812 – £55,317 per annum inclusive
Full-time Contract Indefinite
Ref : 9A1110
Application Closing Date 01.02.2010

Metropolitan Works is a leader in Digital Design and Manufacturing technologies, providing knowledge, expertise and facilities to the UK’s designers, architects and artists from our purpose built centre in East London. We offer professional services to our commercial and academic clients via our ‘Bureau’ desk.

We are looking to appoint a Centre Manager to head up the overall operational and financial management of Metropolitan Works and lead our small team of staff through an exciting period of development and growth. Reporting to the Head of Enterprise Projects, you will oversee research and business development funding programmes while ensuring that commercial contracts and training programmes are delivered to the satisfaction of our external clients. You will be a team leader, have an eye for detail and track record in a customer focused environment.

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Posted by Lizzy Van Lysebeth on January 11th, 2010 in └> Technical issues

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Posted by Dannielle Price on January 8th, 2010 in └> New book arrivals

Pinpoint: Key Facts + Figures for Sustainable Building

Bruno Keller Stephan Rutz (Birkhäuser January 2010)

-PINPOINT brings building physics clearly into focus and enables practitioners to make rational use of their expertise while keeping their focus on the essentials.

-May be used “on site” as a manual by architects, civil engineers, and construction planners.

-High-quality edition, handsomely designed

Today, sustainable building means planning and producing structures that offer their users a high degree of comfort while only requiring a small amount of energy to operate. This entails: a high degree of thermal comfort, a good supply of daylight, good sound insulation with respect to both external and internal sources of noise, good room acoustics, the avoidance of any problems whatsoever with condensation or mold, and such a low energy requirement that especially gentle and efficient methods can be used to meet the remaining demand.

At first glance, it might seem quite difficult to fulfill all these requirements. Taken together, the various textbooks on building physics and building automation and the large number of EN and SIA standards now in existence are more confusing than they are useful.

By contrast, this manual presents the most important information on all the key aspects of sustainable building in concise and clearly organized form; makes it easy to put it into practice with the help of graphics, tables, and step-by-step instructions; illustrates it with examples; and supplements it with practical tips.

That is not to say that PINPOINT is intended to replace a textbook or standards collection. On the contrary, it is meant to help practitioners who already have a grasp of the basics make rational use of their expertise while keeping their focus on the essentials.

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Posted by Lizzy Van Lysebeth on November 18th, 2009 in └> Products

If retro is your thing you may be interested in this suspending chair which follows the natural shape of the reclining body.
Made by west Sussex based Adrian Thornber in high grade stainless steel and available in a mirror or sateen polished finish, with or without sheepskin.
For more info visit www.nirvanachairs.com

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Posted by Lizzy Van Lysebeth on November 11th, 2009 in └> New book arrivals

MOSAIC: Finding your own voice

Brit Hammer

This publication is by one of ID-Sphere’s contributors Brit Hammer. This illustrated work is overflowing with inspiration and information. The book delves into design and composition to help you find your own style and includes technical information just for artists interested in mosaic. The inspiration section features chapters on the works of fine art mosaicists Elaine M. Goodwin, Sonia King, Dugald MacInnes, Mo Ringey, and Brit Hammer-Dijcks. 200 pages (full-color eBook 198 pages).

ID-Sphere users can get the electronic version of this book at a reduced price. Use the promotional code idsphere.
More Info about this book can be found HERE.

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Posted by Brit Hammer on November 4th, 2009 in Interior design

This article has been updated since its first publication November 20th 2008. Article adapted from Mosaic: Finding Your Own Voice (2008).

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Posted by Lizzy Van Lysebeth on October 23rd, 2009 in └> Products

Another interesting company at 100% design was Grayconcrete.
The company produces custom made light weight concrete projects. Their fibre reinforced concrete can be used and moulded in a variety of ways, forms and colours, with built in patterns and graphics.
If you can think of it they can probably built it.
Have a look at some of their projects.
For more info visit: Grayconcrete

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Posted by Lizzy Van Lysebeth on October 12th, 2009 in └> Products

Finally someone thought of producing this. I personally have been looking for a contemporary shower wiper for quite some time now. Nothing more annoying than delivering a slick looking minimalist bathroom in which the client puts a fluorescent yellow window wiper.

But the alternative will be here soon. This stylish stainless steel and rubber shower wiper produced by Danish manufacturer VIPP will hit the market this November 2009.

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Posted by Lizzy Van Lysebeth on October 5th, 2009 in └> Products

Interlam showed an interesting range of decorative panels at 100% design. Profiles can be carved in different substrates and it is also possible to embed your own design.
Below you can find some profile images more can be found at their website at: http://www.interlam-design.com/

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Posted by Dannielle Price on September 10th, 2009 in └> New book arrivals

Compact Interiors: Architectural Design

Carles Broto (Links International September 2009)

This fully illustrated work features dozens of apartment and loft interiors from around the world-all created by internationally renown architects and designers. The book focuses on the technical aspects of each project and on the ingenious solutions employed in adapting fixtures and furniture to a range of uses for more efficient uses of space. Each of the projects is beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs, floor plans, and sketches. Including every step of the design process-from conception to execution-this guide is indispensable for anyone working in the fields of architecture, interior design, interior decorating and furniture design.

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Posted by Dannielle Price on September 3rd, 2009 in └> New book arrivals

Color Spaces

FrIederike Tebbe Christiane Fath (Jovis Verlag September 2009)

How consciously do we experience colour, light and space? How do colours influence our perception, change the effect of something built and thereby shift the relations of space and our judgement? Friederike Tebbe examines the manifestations of colour, its perception, and interpretation in relation to her own architecture and in other practical and theoretical contexts.

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Posted by Lizzy Van Lysebeth on August 1st, 2009 in └> Technical issues

Below you will find a 7 min tutorial I made on SLS (Selective Laser Sintering) a rapid prototyping process which builds models up in layers by lasering only the parts that need to be solidified. It is an affordable process to model up prototypes or forms which would be difficult to produce with standard manufacturing processes. SLS builds up your model in Nylon which results in a fairly strong object which leaves many possibilities for post processing and finishes such as lacquering or metal plating. The dimensions for an SLS build depends on the capacity of the machine that will build it so make sure you check these dimensions first.

The movie is 27MB so please be patient for it to load. You might have to install the Windows Media Player add-on.

For more technical information on the process you can try these following links:

More information on Selective laser sintering: http://www.3trpd.co.uk/architecture/pdf/architectural-brochure.pdf

More information on Metal laser sintering: http://www.3trpd.co.uk/pdf/DMLS%20Brochure.pdf

More information on 3D Printing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing

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About the author

Lizzy Van Lysebeth is a belgian furniture and interior designer living and working in London.

Before moving to London he worked with GK-Design in Tokyo and for various companies in Spain. In barcelona he was course director of a master in furniture design for an associated college to the university Ramon Llul.

In 1999 Lizzy became freelance and started Lizzy Design. In 2006 he moved to Chiswick, London were he lives with his wife and newly born son (Aug 08.)

Lizzy Design, Interior and Furniture Design
London, UK
www.lizzydesign.com

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Posted by Dannielle Price on July 26th, 2009 in └> New book arrivals

Smart Home Extensions

Carles Broto (Links International July 2009)

Smart Home Extensions gathers together 32 extensively detailed extensions from architects including Alison Brooks, 3RW Architects, Bob 361 Architects, Plasma Estudio and Herrman & Koch.
These projects have been carried out on both country houses and urban dwellings, temporary and permanent residences, and built in gardens, attics, patios, inner courtyards, backyards and even in the air. Extensions of a durable type and entirely temporary additions, containing anything from a single utility or service room, to a complete residence; all of these ventures are thoroughly documented at every step of the design process, both technically and graphically, from conception to completion.

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