Gig is a new concept in multi-use furniture designed by Toronto-based designer Davide Tonizzo. Gig can be transformed into four different seating options: a chair and ottoman, two ottomans, a chaise, and a full bed. No complex mechanisms to deal with, simply moving around of the cushions and frame.
Check out this fun video. Gig will be launched at the IDS11 in Toronto this month.
Palm Springs Art Museum resident-artist Phillip K. Smith III designed, created and installed a twenty-four foot wide relief and light installation titled Aperture in the Hoover Gallery. The piece is created by 700 pieces of intricately cut acrylic and an elaborate sequence of programmed LEDs. The event ran through the end of December 2010, so if you didn’t catch it, here are some great photos of the installation.
Similar to other homes we’ve featured by Atelier rzlbd, Charcoal House is a thin, tall boxy home with unusually-placed windows and a uniquely designed facade. Situated on a narrow lot in the Pape and Danforth neighborhood in Toronto, Ontario, its dark boxy, monolithic exterior contrasts greatly with what awaits inside.
From the architect:
[It is a] deceivingly presenting a raucous box. The randomly patterned square windows on its façade and the hidden entrance door at the corner of the building are elements that not only make it difficult to associate the building with a single family house, but they also trick the eye to an extend where the scale of the house is distorted and one might not be able to guess the number of floors inside. Although the monolithic façade, the black brick cladding, states an asperous architecture, the airy spaces within the black box reveals the true identity of its functional spaces. The house as the architect describes, resembles a “coconut” which is dark and hard on the outside, white and delicious on the inside.
While it’s successful attempts to minimize physical connection to the front street creates a bizarre solitude for the building-such as the front door, which is carefully hidden inside an exterior corridor and melts into the façade around the corner of the building- this wood-framed single-family house of about 2,100 square feet suddenly transforms into a dynamic living space with a careful attention to openings and natural lights in each room, and once again deceives one’s immediate impression of disengagement from the outside by creating unexpected and glorious openings to the outside.
Design Architect: Reza Aliabadi [rzlbd]
Project Manager: Amin Sheivari
Construction: Maxamin Corp.
Architectural Photography: borXu Design
Building Type: Single family house
Location: Toronto
Basics: Three story wood structure
Lot: 24′X125′
Living Area: 2100 sqft
Design: 2009
Completion: Summer 2010
Hillary Taymour, Brooklyn-based designer behind Collina Strada, sent over information about her new handmade bike bag.
It is currently available at Free People and will also be available in NYC in February at Adeline Adeline bike shop in Tribeca.
Ligne Roset has 31 new pieces in the 2011 collection which they are showing at imm cologne and they’re revealing each day on their Facebook page. Here’s a sneak peek:
Simple Bridge by Jean Nouvel
Ruché by Inga Sempé
Resille by Philippe Nigro
Ploum by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Petra by Claudio Dondoli and Marco Pocci
Passio by Philippe Nigro
Maternité by Jean François D’Or
Janus by Pascal Mourgue
Chairs by Jacques Ferrier and Pauline Marchetti
Entailles by Philippe Nigro
Clover Pot by Kensaku Oshiro
Belem by Didier Gomez
Grillage by François Azambourg
Society27 is a group of young designers based in Russia whose goal is to create a global product-based community in which every member can work and influence the design of future products. Each product would be a limited edition of 27.
Their first creation the Sneaker/Shoe Model No.1, made of high-quality suede, leather lining and a (really lovely) wooden box.
Super Awesome Sylvia builds the ambitious Mousey the Junkbot project by our very own Gareth Branwyn from MAKE v02
Ever wanted a pet but your parents wouldn't let you? Why not try Mousey the Junkbot! Today we'll be highlighting the build for this little light seeking bot, from spare parts and an old computer mouse. Lets go! Full details after the jump.
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