w102 Task Lamp by David Chipperfield for Wästberg

The w102 task lamp references an archetypal personal desk lamp for home or office use, and seeks to offer a fresh interpretation of the familiar on a domestic scale. The lamp is predominantly made from brass – a material commonly associated with lights, though not so widely used today – with details in rubber. The intention was to create a simple form with a clear distinction between a base, a single arm and a lamp head. The lamp has no visible joints and minimal directional movement, without compromising its function.

w102 Task Lamp, by David Chipperfield, for Wästberg

Kanebo Sensai Select Spa by Curiosity

Kanebo’s international prestige brand Sensai has opened first Sensai Select Spa in Victoria-Jungfrau, a 5-star hotel in Switzerland.

Kanebo Sensai Select Spa, Victoria-Jungfrau, Interlaken, Switzerland, by Curiosity

Faraday Stool by Teun Fleskens and Ingmar Cramers

Dutch designers Teun Fleskens and Ingmar Cramers, have created the Faraday Stool, named after Michael Faraday, the English scientist who helped establish our current knowledge of electromagnetic physics, through his Faraday Cage. In polished stainless steel, powder coated with optional leather seat.

Faraday Stool, by Teun Fleskens and Ingmar Cramers

Books: Bird by Andrew Zuckerman

Photography © Andrew Zuckerman

Turning his camera to the world of birds, Andrew Zuckerman has a created a new body of work showcasing more than 200 stunning photographs of nearly 75 different species. These winged creatures from exotic parrots to everyday sparrows, and endangered penguins to woody owls are captured with Zuckerman’s painstaking perspective against a stark white background to reveal the vivid colors, textures, and personalities of each subject in extraordinary and exquisite detail. The ultimate art book for ornithologists and nature enthusiasts alike, Bird is a volume of sublime beauty.

Bird, by Andrew Zuckerman
Buy it here: Amazon

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Sera by Oliver Schick for FORMvorRAT

Sera is an angular take on the piston bar stool, designed for bars, restaurants or private homes. The seat and base are available in different surfaces and colors. The stem is height adjustable and the diagonal foot rest offers plenty of leg room.

Sera, by Oliver Schick, for FORMvorRAT

Plus by Mount Fuji Architects Studio

Used as villa for weekends, Plus house was realized by crossing two rectangular parallelepipeds at very right angles. The lower one contains private rooms and bathroom, and sticks half of the body out to existing narrow level ground. The upper one incorporates salon and kitchen, and lies astride the lower one and the mountain ridge. It almost seems like an off-centered cross pinned carefully on natural terrain.

“I didn’t want to just form the undulating landscape dotted with great trees as normal, nor design an elaborate architecture bowing down to the complex topography. What sprang to my mind is a blueprint for an architecture which is perfectly autonomous itself, at the same time seems to emerge as an underlying shape that the natural environment has been hiding. It’s abstraction of nature, to say.”

Plus, Shizuoka, Japan, by Mount Fuji Architects Studio, Photography by Ken’ichi Suzuki
via: Arch Daily

Myrkr Chair by Christopher Warren for WORD

Built for a gallery exhibition called The Page, in which a reading area of various chairs and tables was needed to examine artists’ books, Myrkr is Old Norse for “darkness”. The lounge chair has no metal connections, but rather is made from a single laser-cut sheet of 12mm plywood and 144 dowels.

“Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides.”
- Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows

Myrkr Chair, by Christopher Warren, for WORD [Warren Office for Research and Design]
The Page: An Interactive Exhibition of Artists’ Books, with specially designed chairs and reading area, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA

lotta by Ichiro Iwasaki for iida

Ichiro Iwasaki has designed a new mobile phone for the Japanese company iida. Beautiful shapes, colors, and a playful comfortable feel–that’s a whole lotta charm.

lotta, by Ichiro Iwasaki, for iida

H-House by WRB Architects

Built on a site overlooking the sea, the H-House is built with protection from the elements in mind, the house has large outdoor areas under the roof, and the H-shape helps protect against the wind and also creates a more intimate space in the courtyards.

H-House, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, by WRB Architects

United Crystal Woods by Marcel Wanders for Baccarat

A new collection by dutch designer Marcel Wanders was recently presented at Maison et Objet, by the crystal company Baccarat. Marcel Wanders is a self-professed hedonist of great wines. Working with an Oenologist, he has designed L’ivresse des Bois, a series of glasses consisting of a burgundy, bordeaux and champagne glasses. he has added some humor to the turned crystal stems by including his favorite seal. He has also designed a series of clear crystal candlesticks and vases made from deeply cut crystal.

United Crystal Woods: ‘L’ivresse des Bois’ (Drunken Woods), ‘Les Rois de la Forêt’ (Kings of the Forest), ‘La Forêt des Songes’ (Forest of Dreams), ‘Les Esprits des Bois’ (Spirits of the Woods), by Marcel Wanders, for Baccarat
via: designboom

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