Inspired by the built environment that surrounds him, Ruijssenaars saw that gravity was the fundamental factor that binds all architectural and design decisions here on Earth. As he points out, “No matter what country you live in or what culture raised you, gravity binds all urbanism, architecture and design decisions.” (more…)
Animi Causa is an Israeli design manufacturer based in Tel Aviv. They produce a number of modern furniture pieces that includes the ‘feel’ seating system. The piece is made from interconnected softballs that can be arranged in a variety of different seating and lying positions. They also produce the chocolate coasters, but don’t worry they don’t melt! (more…)
Comfortable and compact, David Rowland’s 40 in 4 chair was designed with such close engineering tolerances that, as its name implies, forty could be stacked in a four-foot-high space (at a 45-degree angle on a special trolley). Conceived to provide flexible seating for public spaces and compact storage, the slender, lightweight, wire-rod chair won a grand prize as the best single object at the XIII Triennale in Milan in 1964, the year it was first produced. It has since become extensively adapted for domestic as well as institutional use. (more…)
This advertisement made for Apple’s the Mac Book Air is really subtle. The slogan says “Paper thin”. If you look closely at the side of the notebook you see some blood, making people believe the user had a papercut. I have doubts this is an official campaign by Apple. (more…)
With the Time Table in your living room never again will you have to squint at the cable box, or wander over to the microwave to see what time it is. It uses a thin electro-luminescent film to turn the entire top surface of the table into a subtle and tasteful digital clock. (more…)
A model of how nature and consumption are connected, the Pay it Back kitchen island is a sink, table and composting area. As the green box fills up, hte compost is used along with waste water from the sink to feed a climbing plant on the side of the unit. The life of the plant is dependent on how well you adopt to ethical living. (more…)