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A simple pendant light made from a mirrored glass tube in both a smooth and fluted version.
Mirrored Pendant Light, by Michael Anastassiades
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Widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture, Walter Gropius’s first large building, the Fagus Shoe Factory in Alfred on the Leine in 1911 was materialized due to his connection with Peter Behrens and in cooperation with Adolf Meyer.
The client’s wish for an attractive facade was solved by Gropius in a special way: by means of a projected steel skeleton, which pulled the function of support to the inside, thereby making possible a broad dissolution of the exterior envelope into glass walls; the idea of the ‘curtain wall’ was at this point first expressed in a consistent manner.
— from Udo Kultermann. Architecture in the 20th Century.
Fagus Shoe Factory, 1911, by Walter Gropius with Adolf Meyer.
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Born and educated in Germany, Walter Gropius (1883-1969) belongs to the select group of architects that massively influenced the international development of modern architecture. As the founding director of the Bauhaus, Gropius made inestimable contributions to his field, to the point that knowing his work is crucial to understanding Modernism. His early buildings, such Fagus Boot-Last Factory and the Bauhaus Building in Dessau, with their use of glass and industrial features, are still indispensable points of reference. After his emigration to the United States, he influenced the education of architects there and became, along with Mies van der Rohe, a leading proponent of the International Style.
Walter Gropius, 1883-1969: The Promoter of a New Form, Edited by Peter Gössel.
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Room dividers made of felt with a anodized aluminum structure, the pattern is fresh and typographical.
Feel-Thru, by Porcuatro, for ABR
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A special window display at Selfridges by the design studio Postlerferguson. The studio made a 1:1 replica of a concorde jet engine using paper and foam. They based the design of the rolls-royce/snecma olympus 593 engine off a repair manual they bought on ebay for 6 Pounds.
Window Installation at Selfridges, by Postlerferguson
via: Designboom
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A collection of ceramic boxes with cork tops
Rolling , Large, Small and Triangle, Limited edition of 8 pieces, by Adrien Rovero, for Galerie kreo in cooperation with the ECAL
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House SB, Pot v Smrečje 28a, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, by Matija Bevk, Vasa Perović, for Bevk Perović Arhitekti
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Mosen was recognized at IFDA (International Furniture Design Competition Asahikawa).
We like its retro space age feel.
IFDA (International Furniture Design Competition Asahikawa).
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Under Construction: these residential villas for Nurai, a resort on a natural island off the coast of Abu Dhabi, have been designed by New York-based design Studio Dror. Nurai is a 130,000 square metre island located northeast of Abu Dhabi city centre, near the northernmost tip of Saadiyat Island. SHVO is handling sales and marketing.
Nurai, Abu Dhabi, by Studio Dror
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We are charmed by these very 60’s enameled steel chairs by designed by John Risley.
Set of five chairs, 1965, by John Risley, at Auction (Estimate: $5,000–7,000), Wright