February 2012. Among the notable objects and architecture of 2012, a porcelain espresso machine... Combining ancient craft materials, wood and porcelain (porcelain dates back to the Shang Dynasty 1600-1046 BC) to create a modern appliance struck our fancy. That it makes coffee, one of...
, a leaf-shaped chair that "invites you to sit down" designed by Karim Rashid. "Once seated, you discover the chair is not only characteristic in its look but also in comfort." (Click the image below for full sized image) Part of a new collection by Rashid for BoConcept that includes ...
MOCO'12: a collection of ethereal lamps made of barnyard materials by Harry / December 26, 2012 2012. Here's what we found notable in objects & architecture, starting with January... Proof that a simple concept and even simpler materials can be at the origin of a moving design, Nendo'...
Sang A Choi's Badac is multi purpose furniture inspired by Korean flat form furniture called Pyung Sang. (Click the images below for full sized images) Says Choi, "This furniture is for someone who lives alone or lives in a small space [where] the user does not need all the different ...
, have created a case for the single-board Raspberry Pi mini-computer. (Click the images below for full sized images) The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card-sized single-board computer that plugs into a screen or TV and a keyboard. Developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, with t...
Simulating oversized TV screen pixels, a grid of interactive, backlit inflatable floaters was Travesias de luz's installation at Lyon's just held 2012 light festival. (Click the images below for full sized images) Floating Lights is a conceptual lighting installation that invites pass...
A scenography designed and implemented by UK-based Nocte Studio uses a series of wood anglepoise lamps to accentuate choreography for A Study of Who. A Study of Who is a collaboration between State of Flux DanceFilm Company and poet Anna Mae Selby that depicts the five stages of grief...
French designer Fx Balléry has created a series of tables and a coat hanger that use bricks as ballast. (Click the images below for full sized images) Called Spatz, the brick, steel and wood furniture was designed for Brique it!, a Particule 14 collective show held in September 2012 a...
Véronique Baer's FRXSH blender appliance design replaces the ubiquitous jar with a faceted bottle. (Click the images below for full sized images) Typical blender jars have an opening on top and a mechanism below, the FRXSH design combines both so that when the blending is finished, th...
Assiduous attention to natural wood grain creates distinctive one-of-a-kind patterns in Gavin Coyle's JAC Tables. (Click the images below for full sized images) JAC is a series of turned side tables made of fast growing Douglas fir. Each piece is made up of a single plank of timber wh...
This series of statuesque solid bronze monoliths by Jacques-Elie Ribeyron are in fact minimalist desk accessories for the desktop. (Click the images below for full sized images) Assembled The series includes a pencil case, letter opener, and paper holder. Disassembled Says Ribeyron, "...
Reclaimed and salvaged parts, many from Token, a Red Hook, Brooklyn furniture design company that was devastated by Superstorm Sandy, were used to create three lamps and three vessels for Reclaim NYC. (Click the images below for full sized images) Après Vessels, made of salvaged steel...
Lighting designers Malgorzata Ratajczak and Sebastian Szlabs have created a lighting system that combines the shapes and fittings of plumbing with light. (Click the images below for full sized images) The designers, principals at Polish design studio Emandes, developed the system whic...
Top, legs, pegs, belt, no more, no less, the belTable by Marcin is exactly that easy. (Click the images below for full sized images) Unpack and assemble without screws, glue, tools or anything else. The strap that cleverly holds the all-purpose end table together also doubles as a han...
A house on a corner that is also a shop selling Scandinavian small collectibles, FIKA by ON design partners , located in Tokyo, combines home functions and commercial display. To establish a sense of personal connection with the items on sale, everyday objects like cups and saucers th...
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Poster Cabaret Last Minute Gift Ideas by Harry / December 14, 2012 This sponsored post is brought to you by Poster Cabaret . One of our favourite expressions at MOCO LOCO is "Art is long and life is short" to which we would add - get some art . If not for you, why not for a loved one ...
Turning the all-but-forgotten refrigerator egg tray into a thing of sculptural beauty (and increased functionality), Eggwave by Jan Wertel & Gernot Oberfell is a digitally designed upgrade with two sections that clip together in various positions that allow the storage of six, eight, ...
An avid reader, ÉCAL/ MAS-Luxe 2012 student Krzysztof J. Lukasik created a series of solid stone bookmarks to save the pages for later. Says Lukasik, "It was inspired by my own experience as a reader who, when interrupted in his reading, too often left his book opened at the page he w...
Saehee Her combines playful elements with a serious organizing capability in Brighten, a customizable storage system. (Click the images below for full sized images) Composed of wood, plywood and aluminium sheet, the customized storage system allows users to create their own wall units...
Andreu Carulla's NeighBirds are modular prefab units for birds. (Click the images below for full sized images) Carulla says NeighBirds is a "Modular birds' nest that helps baby birds' emancipation, as it creates a close knit neighbourhood." Easy installation in either wild or urban en...
Naama Hofman's Light Objects 006 and 008 use two very different materials, acrylic and marble, in two very unconventional ways. (Click the images below for full sized images) 008 is a light object made of a marble block with a hole in the middle. The light source is a series of LEDs o...
New York designer Joe Doucet took empty water bottles he stocked up on during Hurricane Sandy and used them to cast solid acrylic forms ranging from clear to opaque black. (Click the image below for full sized image) Symbolizing the deepening crisis water caused over time during and a...
Gallery: Single Famiy House in Thiva, Greece by Takis Exarchopoulos & Associated Architects by Harry / December 11, 2012 From Takis Exarchopoulos & Associated Architects , a house in Thiva, Greece composed of three parallelepiped volumes, forming a U-shape. More in our photo gallery .
Nothing up this mirror's sleeve, so to speak: Milord by François Clerc is a stainless steel standalone that clearly displays what is behind it, which is nothing but an empty shell. (Click the images below for full sized images)
Gallery: Splinter Furniture Collection by Nendo by Harry / December 11, 2012 Nendo will be presenting a wood furniture collection with splintered parts, "as though they were peeling away", at imm Cologne 2012 in January. (Click the image below for full sized image) More in our photo g...
25 designers reinterpret the sacred object, the rosary in XXI century "between symbolism and experimentation" in an exhibition curated by Labìt Architects. (Click the images below for full sized images) iRosario by Marco Ferreri A small set of headphones that turns iPhone earphones in...
's Desktructure is a modular desk organizer made of porcelain. (Click the images below for full sized images) Desktructure's fine white porcelain components include pen and pencil cups, open containers and small boxes, for drawing pins, paperclips, erasers and USB sticks. The Warehous...
"In the past years America has appeared to suffer a historical regression becoming more politically and religiously extremist than previous decades. The current religious fanatic groups although deemed potentially violent, are dismissed due to the current focus on religious fundamenta...
To highlight chair-maker Thonet's steam bending process, London-based architect Andy Martin was asked to design a concept bike made of bent wood. (Click the images below for full sized images) Thonet 's steam bending process was originally developed in the 1930s to make chairs. Andy M...
Gallery: prodUSER Bicycle System by Tristan Kopp by Harry / December 8, 2012 Tristan Kopp 's prodUSER offers cycling and maker enthusiasts a set of specially designed connection parts for building unique bicycles. (Click the image below for full sized image) More in our photo gallery .
