Monthly archive April, 2009
Link installation by Michael Young

Link installation by Michael Young

Celebrated designer Michael Young is showcasing the world premiere of  his latest industrial innovations during the ART HK 09 Hong Kong International Art Fair.  This new concept viewing will be hosted by The Pawn, a modern British bar & eatery, the installation will be debuted on May 14. Young’s installation called ‘LINK’ is an inventive system designed...
Milan Design Week 09 preview: Bouroullec

Milan Design Week 09 preview: Bouroullec

Here follows four different projects that will be presented by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec at the Milan Design Week 09. They are in order: A-Clouds by Kvadrat, B-Quilt sofa by Established and Sons, C-Vegetal chair by Vitra and finally D-Steelwood coathanger by Magis. tags technorati : milan design week milan furniture fair Andra bloggar om:...
Milan Design Week 09 preview: FUWL

Milan Design Week 09 preview: FUWL

Man-size Mekano by Form Us With Love in Superstudio, at Milan Design Week 2009. Man-size mekano is a scaled up building kit sprung from the love of toys and construction. The parts are assemblied by hand and transformed into functional objects like hangers and room dividers, or go wild and construct chandeliers or insane babylonian...
Milan Design Week 09 preview: o4i

Milan Design Week 09 preview: o4i

o4i – office4ideas is a Stockholm based product design company. At the Milan Design Week they will present Diagonal, manufactured, marketed and sold by Finnish office furniture manufacturer Martela. Diagonal is an innovative combination of sofa and space divider for public indoor spaces. It was designed to meet the needs of modern working environments and waiting areas which demand flexibility and privacy. Diagonal...
Milan Design Week 09 preview: Inga Sempe

Milan Design Week 09 preview: Inga Sempe

Designer Inga Sempe will show a couple of new products designed for the new french company Moustache. Above is a lamp called Vapeur. Here is by the way a filmed interview with Inga Sempe we did for Designboost a while ago. tags technorati : milan design week milan furniture fair Andra bloggar om: möbler, milano, mässa,...

The new Pompidou Centre in Metz

  Take an exclusive hard-hat tour and meet the city architect of the spectacular new Pompidou Centre in Metz by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastine. It’s the first decentralisation of a major cultural institution in France. The construction started in 2006 and the inauguration is planned for 2010. Wallpaper made the interview above and in...
Milan Design Week 09 preview: Artek

Milan Design Week 09 preview: Artek

Designed by Shigeru Ban, the 10-UNIT SYSTEM by Finish producer Artek is a novel furniture concept that will be launched in Milan during the Milan Design Week. The fully modular system is based on L-shaped units that can be combined in all sorts of ways to make furniture – a chair, a table, a bench....
The physical value of sound

The physical value of sound

The physical value of sound is on exhibition by Yuri Suzuki at Clear gallery in Tokyo which runs until May 2nd. If you can’t make it to the show, here’s a Flickr photo set.   And… here’s a nice yuri_suzuki_breakbeat_mix. Andra bloggar om: konst, musik, tokyo tags technorati : art music tokyo
Cherry blossom viewing in Tokyo

Cherry blossom viewing in Tokyo

  This is a new post by David Report contributor Kristina Dryza. Andra bloggar om: tokyo, japan, körsbärsblom tags technorati : cherry blossom tokyo japan
Da Sushi hype... E Samba!

Da Sushi hype… E Samba!

Quickly after opening a tiny door to Södermalm, Stockholm”s bohemian ‘hood, Samba Sushi crushes the new wave on what it takes to be considered the best its kind in this fish-savvy city. While outstanding asian tends to be a synonym for appealing interior design, one will find neither fancy salons, nor hipster cocktails in here,...