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Beautiful work.
Being a Dwell subscriber and study of design, I can not wait to see what happens to all of this wonderful design once this ‘wave’ of modern design passes. Are these the new Iklers? Will someone look for a Neal?
At this point, who knows or cares. Please keep the work coming!
from Design Milk by Jaime
…and now for some super modern horizontal slatted wood and boxy architecture from Austin, Texas.
http://www.mjneal.com
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There is something about wood (furniture, houses, etc.) that I found absolutely beautiful and when it is in a raw state like the palindrome series it makes me only wish I could create something as beautiful.
‘gun cabinet with marigolds’ by peter marigold
all images courtesy peter marigold
UK designer peter marigold will display his palindrome series at moss gallery, new york
as part of ‘the harder they fall’ exhibition. the series which he created for the designers
of the future award at design miami/ art basel 2009 is based around mirror and plaster.
two new additions to the collection will be on display for the first time during the exhibition
the palindrome series focuses on the experience of symmetry with each piece comprising
of half mould and half cast. the result is that the forms, textures and details on one side
is mirrored on the other. the wood is first assembled as a mould and then the composite
casting material (acrylic/gypsum) is layered inside. once this is set, the wooden mould is
opened up, turned inside out and used to create the opposing side to the cast. the two sides
are then bolted together using mould making fasteners.
each imperfection is complimented on the opposite side of the unit: circular saw marks
become symmetrical decorative swirls, knots in the wood become motifs and holes become
handles. the wooden halves of the furniture have been engraved with a palindrome word
or name, which results in the word being repeated on the cast side in raised writing.
‘the harder they fall exhibition’ will open on september 14, 2009.
‘gun cabinet with marigolds’
detail of marigolds
back of ‘gun cabinet’
‘civic’ bench
‘kayak’
‘kayak’
‘mr owl ate my metal worm’
‘hannah’
‘palindrome’ series
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I am not claiming this is great design; however, I did have a thing for De Stijl when I was a product designer.
…my history with De Stijl
I created a concept for a De Stijl vacuum cleaner i when i was in DAAP. It was this concept that was of most interest when I was interviewing at Cranbrook. This idea resurfaced when I created a De Stijl Citibank user interface concept for Virtual Studio based on De Stijl.
FYI – Virtual Studio later became frog design Austin.
the IFA (internationale funkausstellung) show in berlin is the european equivalent of CES.
the trade show features consumer electronics, home appliances and almost everything in
between. it runs from september 4 to 9, 2009.
elac is the maker of the de stilj speaker system that is a direct homage to dutch artist piet mondrian. the system features two stereo speakers and a compact subwoofer.
elac de stilj speaker system subwoofer.
the hi-sleep by iceberg technology is a small pillow that has an embedded speaker that hooks up to any music player. this device allows you to fall asleep listening
to music without bothering any one else.
the dyson airblade is perhaps the fastest automatic hand dryer out there. using a thin ‘blade’ of air the device dries hands in a flash despite its odd appearance
love a frothy cappuccino in the morning but don’t have time to froth your own milk, try the gastroback automatic milk foamer. it produces 1 litre of tasty
foamed milk in only 3 minutes.
asuka is the making of this tiny tv and fm radio receiver that can hook right up to a larger tv display. the device is perfect for never missing your favourite program
and comes in a wide range of colours.
gastroback colour vision kettle features an optical color temperature indicator. the appliance illuminates depending on the temperature of the water in different
colors from blue to red.
