Posted by Dannielle Price on March 30th, 2009 in └> New book arrivals
Small Spaces
Making the Most of the Space You Have
Rebecca Tanqueray (Ryland Peters & Small March 2009)
Living space is a precious commodity. Few of us have as much space as we’d like, whether we live in a studio or have a key room that’s just too small. Rebecca Tanqueray presents compact homes that show how clever use of colour, lighting or other elements makes for a spacious feel. She explores the organisation of space, including areas for living, cooking, working, bathing and sleeping, and how to make your home multi-functional. Solutions tackle elements crucial to the compact home – including dividing space, using colour, lighting and texture, and clever storage and furniture.
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Posted by Lizzy Van Lysebeth on March 26th, 2009 in └> Products
This is an interesting product. An 8 by 4 foot board out of recycled plastic. 100% recyclable and claimed to be an alternative to plywood.
It was introduced at the ecobuilt exhibition and should be available on the market in June.
We didn’t get any technical data sheet or pricing yet so it’s not entirely clear what the possibilities are for the interior use but it is definitely worth keeping an eye out for this product.
Produced by 2K Manufacturing Ltd
Product website: www.ecosheet.com
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Posted by Dannielle Price on March 23rd, 2009 in └> New book arrivals
A History of the Future
Donna Goodman (Monacelli Press March 2009)
The political, social, and economic upheaval of the early twentieth century generated an extraordinary range of proposals for the future as successive generations grappled with issues of organising vast urban systems and humanising dense industrial environments. As conceptual design became the vehicle for exploring ideas and presenting new movements, a dialogue between technology and design began to emerge.
A History of the Future explores the impact of modern technology on design and planning, beginning with Renaissance concepts that laid the foundations for modern visionary work and concluding with emerging projects in sustainable design. It also includes relevant projects in related fields, such as film, photography, and industrial design. Profusely illustrated, A History of the Future is a visual survey of the heroic, utopian, and occasionally misguided visions of the twentieth century.
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Posted by Lizzy Van Lysebeth on March 19th, 2009 in └> Interiors
This project was sent to us by Dominic Harris the founder of Cinimod Studio, a cross-discipline London-based design practice specializing in architecture and lighting design, integrated and public artworks and interaction design.
Cinimod Studio have created the second of their stores for the SNOG Pure Frozen Yogurt company, this time located in the heart of London’s vibrant Soho.
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Posted by Dannielle Price on March 17th, 2009 in └> New book arrivals
Famous Interiors
Holland Vandertol Cornelia van Gelder (Terra Uitgeverij February 2009)
In Famous Interiors, Vandertol uses inspiring international interior – photos of eight celebrities as a starting point. The reader peeps into Easy Rider Dennis Hopper’s steel barn in Los Angeles; is invited into the home of the founders of the Missoni fashion house, known for their outstanding blend of colourful creations and modern art; discovers the interior of the Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace in the famous Park Plaza, and many more. He then gives numerous styling tips and tricks and shows the reader how to recreate the same luxurious and stylish look within his own home. The reader looks over the shoulder of a renowned interior designer, as van der Tol explains the reader step by step how to create a stylish, modern home. What colours do you use? What do you look for when shopping? How do you blend different styles and materials? How do you create that look of luxury? This book tells all.
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Posted by Dannielle Price on March 10th, 2009 in └> New book arrivals
Hidden Forms
Seeing and Understanding Things
Franco Clivio (Birkhäuser February 2009 )
The book Hidden Forms uses examples from Franco Clivio’s collection of objects to reveal clearly and yet poetically the hidden qualities that require a practiced gaze. Working with ordinary, everyday, practical, seemingly design(er)less objects has been Franco Clivio’s obsession both as a university lecturer and as a practicing designer. Each object in the collection stands for an unconventional, unconstrained, and sometimes unique solution to a problem that is often simple but always fundamental; fundamental in the sense of a design that places less emphasis on good form than on perfect function.
A fruitful collaboration between Franco Clivio, the photographer Hans Hansen, and the graphic designer Pierre Mendell has produced a work that uses photographs, drawings, and texts to reveal the hidden qualities of objects for everyday use.
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Posted by Lizzy Van Lysebeth on March 6th, 2009 in └> Products
These next generation kitchen ventilations were sent to us by BMD Modern Hoods. They quote their hoods as "timeless, modern elegance with commercial grade performance."
Although produced in the US they will deliver a 240v version.
For more information and more products check their website at BDM Modern Hoods
Posted by Lizzy Van Lysebeth on March 4th, 2009 in └> Products
Le Beanock a different way of seating
This was send to us by Tracie Herrtage who designed Le Beanock a stylish seating / lounging solution earlier featured on BBC2 Dragons’ Den.
For more info visit Le Beanock website.
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Posted by Dannielle Price on March 2nd, 2009 in └> New book arrivals
Limited Edition
Prototypes, One-Offs and Design Art Furniture
Sophie Lovell (Birkhäuser February 2009 )
Limited Edition is the new buzzword in furniture design. The demand for unique pieces is steadily increasing. With prototypes, one-of-a-kind items, and limited product lines, designers are celebrating a cult of individuality for all price classes. Furniture prototypes have always been an element of the industrial design process, but now they are being hauled from the workshops and presented to the public as embodiments of the very latest trend.
In the global village with its standardised commodities, exclusive one-offs with an artisanal flavour are turning into coveted objects. Limited furniture series satisfy the collector’s thirst for objects that dissolve the boundary between art and design as objects that are both furniture and sculptures and have thus given rise to a new elite among design gallery owners.
Limited Edition pursues this new trend in furniture design and uncovers its background in meticulous investigative essays based on the author’s ongoing interchange with designers, gallery owners, and manufacturers. With magnificent illustrations and an attractive layout, it presents the best and most breathtaking pieces by the leading designers.
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