Boxhome is a 19 square meter prototype dwelling with four rooms covering the basic living functions: kitchen with dining, bathroom, living room and bedroom. By Rintala Eggertsson Architects.
Surface Architects have refurbished a part of Centre for Film & Media, Birkbeck College, London. The new area holds a state of the art auditorium and awesome, crazy hallway.
The Plastic Nature is a furniture concept by Dutch designer Alexander Pelikan which exemplifies the connection of the "plastic-world" and the world of wooden furniture.
Swedish architectural firm Thorbjörnsson+Edgren has designed the HQ for the marquess and jalousie company Riviera. I especially like the big windows and the simple red logo above the entrance.
Lucile is a lamp by the french designer Sylvain Rieu-Piquet. Base in matt grey lacquered steel; matt opaline glass shade or double shade - opaline + matt orange; transparent cable.
Swedish Jarl Fernaeus has designed a table, stool and lamp and made the final 17 of the Prix Emile Hermes competition. The elegant and tidy looking furniture group in the hallway takes care of chargers for mobile phones, iPods and cameras.
Today the Nobel prizes are handed out in Stockholm and Oslo. Take a closer look on the medals designed by Erik Lindberg, Gustav Vigeland and Gunvor Svensson Lundkvist.
Swedisk Smånsk has redesign the magazine Vagabonds travel bookstore in central Stockholm. A map of the local area provides the basis for the floor pattern, which continues up the walls in the form of a shelving system.
Maison Biscuit by Pierre Minassia, AUM. The house is located in a small village in the area of Lyon on a very steep slope and facing an open landscape.
Bo-Young Jung and Emmanuel Wolfs is Draw Me a Sheep. They have created a few cool seating concepts inspired by the world’s debate on GMO products, eco-crisis and today’s struggling human relationship with nature and our desire for authenticity.
Judge a book by its cover? Please do! Nice series of covers by Lucy Davey for Colin Cotterill's books about the Lao coroner Dr. Siri Paiboun. Awesome books by the way...
Swedish Resteröds spring/summer 2009 collection is a celebration to the creative people during the 60´s and 70´s that made a big impact on the art, film and music scene and who made the world much more interesting.
RainMan is a decanter by Swedish designer Matilda Sundén Ringnér and it plays with the traditional way of transporting water/wine from container to drinking glass.
Drinking water becomes a completely new experience with the table tab. Using this tab inspired by old laboratory glass, it is as if you create water yourself. By Dutch designer Arnout Visser.
Swedish tea and coffee reseller Johan & Nyström have released a new line of 14 luxury teas. Teasy T Exclusive comes in eco-friendly bamboo tubes with stylish labels by Seforma.
Estelle & Thild is a new Swedish brand with eco-friendly body products for children. Nice and organic looking packing by Stockholm based Dolhem Design.
Alga Science is a series of 14 edutainment toys from Swedish Alga. The toys teach how weather, wind, chemistry, water and electricity works. And when the toys are but together you get a working product, such as a solar music box!
Beautiful auditorium and cafeteria for TRUMPF GmbH + Co, by Berlin based Barkow Leibinger. The ceiling is the most stunning feature with it's almost honeycomb like pattern/structure.
Nationalencyklopedin, the Encyclopaedia Britannica of Swedens, opens 64 000 of its most read articles for visitors to read for free. At the same time the site gets a long overdue makeover by Forsman & Bodenfors and Monc.
Juvet Landscape Hotel by Jensen & Skodvin Arkitektkontor. Basically each room is a detached small independent house with one, or sometimes two of the walls constructed in glass. In this way every room gets a awesome view of dramatic landscape.
Villa by Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller. The villa lies on a sloping L-shaped site in a dense, old single-family neighbourhood, with view to the forest and the open landscape.
Tuath na Mara earned MacGabhann Architects the Royal Irish Architects Institute’s Best House and Public Choice Awards this summer. Stunning house in a stunning surrounding.
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