Chairs proliferate the portfolios of designers from all over the world. The chairs we selected, however, are more artistic expression than practical seating solution. Not comfortable and not intended for seating, they celebrate nonsense and can even make you giggle.
th its reclined back and elevated feet, chaise longue is probably the furniture piece that is the epitome of ‘me time’. Traditionally designed as a statement piece, they can be sculptural and multifunctional but always serve their original goal – to provide an environment of relaxation and meditation.
Convenience has become an inevitable part of everyday life but it often comes at a cost to the environment. To help tackle the vast amounts of plastic food packaging, designers from different parts of the world develop sustainable alternatives to disposable plastic wraps and single use takeaway boxes. We hope that these attractive biodegradable and reusable packaging conceived as a result of innovative design thinking will be a meaningful contribution to the fight against single-use plastics and help modify consumers’ behavior to more sustainable patterns.
Parametric design is an algorithm-based process that allows you to test the various outcomes of a design concept within a set of parameters. Today, however, it is no longer merely a useful computer-based tool, but a deliberate response to an increasingly heterogeneous society. Patrik Schumacher of Zaha Hadid Architects describes parametricism as an entrirely new kind of architecture, a new aesthetic, which avoids simple repetition of elements, straight lines, right angles, and corners.
With 1.5 million people joining the global urban population each year, and cities becoming increasingly cramped, living environments can be somewhat struggling for enough space to fit everything you might need at home. Instead of making the furniture smaller, designers and architects find new smart ways to reconfigure even the tiniest of rooms into versatile spaces that can be used for multiple purposes maximizing the compact layout.
Sneakers have long ago gone beyond being just ordinary footwear. Collecting coveted kicks is now a booming mainstream passion. But what would you say to turning this element of pop culture into artworks? The featured sneaker-inspired sculptures look so awesome, it is almost a pity you can’t wear them.
Compared to solid materials, perforated metal allows light to shine through, creating unique effects depending on the perforation pattern specified. The diversity of perforation motifs and metal material means it can be easily manipulated into any shapes and utilized for all sorts of buildings, both residential and commercial.
Facades of perforated metal can be as eye-catching as they are practical. As advanced computer based manufacturing methods allow creating stunning patterns on metal sheets, the perforated screens are no longer utilized solely as a way to provide ventilation and shielding from glare.
Insecticides, repellents and insect traps are used massively around the world every day. Doing so, we forget that insects play an indispensable role in the environmental balance. As a result, bee populations have been declining worldwide, while without their pollination 1/3 of the food we eat would be threatened. Concerned with the fact that a lot of pollinators, such as solitary bees and wasps, lack places to live in the urban context, designers create manmade shelters for the insects that encourage biodiversity and increase the ecosystem productivity.
Insect behaviour has been a rich source of inspiration for the field of robotics. Tiny insect-inspired robotic creatures could perform a great variety of tasks including surveillance, search-and-rescue missions and environmental monitoring, and even aircracft engine maintenance.
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