You cannot imagine a home, no matter classic or contemporary, without a chair. Apart from its humble function, the chair today is undoubtedly the starting point of modern furniture design. Product designers are in constant search of new materials and design paradigms to apply to this timeless piece of furniture in order to make it the key element of the interior.
A remarkable façade can speak loud about the architect’s creative vision and the structure’s overall design concept. It creates the first impression of the building and is the clue that tells the viewer what it has to offer. Utilizing unconventional materials and forms, architects can make a façade truly stand out.
An archetypal house with a common gabled roof is perhaps one of the most recognizable forms. Attempting to reinvent homes with traditional sloping roofs, architects and designers bring in new unexpected twists. Modernized in form and function, these buildings have distinctive outlines and unconventional floorplans.
Aluminum furniture is frequently associated either with garden chairs or with highly functional pieces manufactured utilizing industrial aluminum. Some designers, however, aim to prove this sustainable material offers great possibilities for creating state-of-art furniture in most unexpected designs and techniques.
Bed is not merely a piece of furniture, it is a place where we start and finish our days and where we relax and rewind from our daily stresses. A good bed definitely contributes to our well-being, and a well-designed bed is a joy to the eye as much as it is to the body.
The bark of the cork oak is harvested by hand without harming the tree or disturbing the forest, which makes cork both recyclable and renewable material. Durable and insulating, extremely waterproof and resistant to abrasion, lightweight and fire retardant, cork has been used by architects in recent years as a cladding or even construction material, endowing the buildings with warm earthly hues and natural patterning.
It seems like, surrounded by sublime scenery, Norwegian designers have a strong belief it is as much about the journey as the destination. Some of their dramatic rest stops not only offer drivers travelling the scenic highways of Norway thoroughly designed service areas, but have all the makings of a destination for a memorable day trip.
Aluminum is one of the most abundant materials in the world, and it’s also recyclable. We see it in a number industrial applications every day – as a part of a window frame, louver, pipe or ladder. What if look at this industrial medium with a different prospective, focusing on its raw aesthetics and refining its roughness? Product designers reimagine architectural and industrial aluminum and integrate it in bold and appealing furniture designs.
Following the story of spectacular viewpoints, we have selected a number of breathtaking projects that enhance the most fascinating landscapes. These observation towers and platforms not only offer visitors incredible views but make them reflect on various perspectives they can see Nature from.
While such furniture pieces as a table or a chair are often designed to be showstoppers, a shelf is primarily the background to whatever it displays, rather than a statement piece to look at. Their main function shifting from a storage unit to display, contemporary shelving designs vary from utterly functional modular systems to units conceived to showcase the objects they hold.
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