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The “Kitchen Satellite” by Luici Colani in 1968-1971 was designed to hang like a satellite outside a complimentary ellipse-shaped residential module. As you sit or stand inside the kitchen, everything is at arms length supposedly making everything easier. I don’t know about that, but the concept and color are very intriguing.
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The Moinian and Meili Residence is a Swiss dream home. Architect Felix Oesch designed the house for a young family who also shared Oesch’s desire for modern, minimal housing. The house is located on a slope in Englisau, Switzerland—a small city just twenty minutes outside of Zurich.
Aside from looking very well designed, the house is also energy efficient. Geothermal energy for hot water and under-floor heating is provided by a pair of 300-foot-deep holes in the ground. Heat is transferred from the ground to the house through a heat pump. Used air is then taken from the living space and pumped back down through the holes to store its energy.
Look closely in these photos and you’ll see that the office area is occupied by Verner Panton’s Living Tower chair for Vitra.
Houses overgrown in plants or vines have always been mysteriously cool. This beautiful home is located on the sloping hills of Hungary and was designed by architect Satoshi Okada. The home was built for a photographer by the name of Tomasz Gudzowatyon. The amazing images shown here of the houses are actually 3D renders by CG artist Viktor Fretyan.
The house is divided into four slender cores standing alongside beech trees. Primarily the outside of the house is composed from slabs of cement. The living areas are connected to the surrounding environment by large glass walls.
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Andy Gilmore is a master of geometric patterns and composition. His work is unique and quite stimulating. Describing it however is somewhat difficult considering I haven’t yet figured out meaning behind each. Though it’s rather easy to appreciate every one of his pieces solely based on the visual qualities.
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Designers Aline Dallo, Julia Kind, Kathrin Urban and Tina Stäheli worked together to create this signage project for a retirement home in Hottingen, Zurich. The signage system consists of a series of frames that can be ordered in various ways. The combination of color and large type really sells this as a welcoming solution for this project.
It’s that time of year again to put on your best thinking cap and compile giftlists before Christmas. Having done just that for you, this wishlist contains an assortment of reasonably priced gifts that are great ideas to give to your designer, photographer or creative friends. Or if you’re sneaky, you can slip them into your own stocking!
Continue reading for the full designers wishlist and to share your gift ideas!
Architect Mihai M. Tudose created this beautiful modern home in Timisoara, Romania. Tudose designed the house to be practical—the interior is simple by modern design aesthetics. As the architect mentions in a brief statement, we all know how easy it is for modern design to start to feel “cold”. However, this house does a great job of doing just the opposite.
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If my highschool science class had these Leica lens cutaways, it would have been heaven. I’d much rather dissect a Leica than a worm or pig. This lens was cut down the middle showing the actual glass elements and focus rings.
The lenses shown here are the Leica Tri-Elmar-M 28-35-50mm and the Leica 50mm f/1.4 Summilux M ASPH lens. If you’re interested in buying one of these for $995 they’re on eBay.
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I’ve always wanted to see inside one of Leica’s rangefinders. Now that I have, I can’t stop wondering just how long it took for the original concept to come to fruition. All of the inner moving parts and electronics have to mesh so perfectly together in such a small space that it seems impossible.
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Andrew Townsend created this cover illustration for Wallpaper* Magazine. The vibrant colors immediately drew my attention and made me realize that I kind of miss reading physical magazines every month.
The McLaren Production Center is located in Woking, Surrey, UK; it was built by Foster + Partners. The 34,500 square meter facility is where all of the McLaren cars are built. The most recently released high-performance car, the MP4-12C is also being assembled here.
The facility is set up for a flexible production. The arrangement of the two-story structure mirrors the flow of the production line: components are delivered; the cars are assembled, painted and tested, and then pass through a rolling road and car wash before leaving the building.
Beneath this floor is a full basement level for storage and plant, and above is a mezzanine floor with views over the production line. Every stage of production takes place under the same roof. Initially it takes 10 days for an MP4-12C to be assembled. During peak production it will be possible to build one of the cars in five days. A new car will join the line every 45 minutes. I had no idea that so many of these cars were sold!
Reminiscent of Mark Weavers work, Matt Wisniewski uses found images as the base of these surreal juxtapositions. Some of these collages are also available in prints on his website.
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