Maritime by Benjamin Hubert for Casamania

Inspired by traditional wooden shipbuilding techniques, Maritime is a solid wood range of chairs that are skinned internally with a formed plywood shell. The construction technique where the supports are visible on the outside allows for a distinctive design language that is in harmony with the material and production. The ribs allow for a structurally robust chair with minimum use of material.

Maritime is comprised from solid and laminate ash and offered as an upholstered option. To enhance the construction details the range is also offered in translucent dyed colour.

Maritime, by Benjamin Hubert, for Casamania

Courtyard Residence by Aidlin Darling Design

Conceived as a series of interconnected pavilions enclosing a garden, the courtyard-house typology is utilized to achieve private interiority within the suburban context. The strategic interplay of light and shadow, expansion and contraction, solidity and lightness is used to derive spatial richness.

The house incorporates fuel cell and solar panel technologies, passive cooling, greywater reclamation, and extensive use of reclaimed finish materials.

Courtyard Residence, by Aidlin Darling Design

Clock for an Architect by Daniel Weil

One-of-a-kind clock that is both simple and complex, created as a gift for an architect.

Clock for an Architect, by Daniel Weil, Pentagram

Punta House by Marcio Kogan

The Punta House is located on an open lot, alongside a reservoir, in the countryside close to the city of Punta Del Leste, in Uruguay. From the get-go, the location of the residence on this open country wasteland imposed the challenge of creating private spaces and, to some degree, protected visually and climactically. The solution adopted, from the outset, was a one-level house which, on one side looked out to the waters of the reservoir; and, on the other, to an internal patio demarcated by stone walls, which end up defining all of the spaces of the house.

Punta House, Punta del Este, Uruguay, by Marcio Kogan, Suzana Glogowski, for Studio mk27, Photography by Reinaldo Coser, via: Arch Daily

Yabané by A+A Cooren

Inspired by a traditional Japanese graphic pattern, Yabané (arrow in Japanese) is a drawer that opens in two directions. Made from ash wood, Yabané can be placed in the middle of a room as a divider of space.

Yabané, by A+A Cooren

Hotel Sezz by Christophe Pillet

Hotel Sezz, Saint-Tropez, France, by Christophe Pillet, via Contemporist

String Soft Limited Edition by String Furniture

String Furniture has created a limited edition of the design classic bookshelf that was originally created 1949 by the Swedish architect and designer Nisse Strinning. The three versions are available in either powder pink side panels with oiled walnut shelves, skin coloured side panels with oiled birch shelves, or in mint coloured side panels with oiled oak shelves.

String® Soft, Powder, Nude, Mint, Limited Edition, by String Furniture

Nobis Hotel Stockholm by Claesson Koivisto Rune

Designed with a holistic attitude, together with a certain amount of eccentricity, Nobis Hotel is a contemporary 5-star hotel, The extravagant Gold Bar, the French-inspired 24/7 bistro, the generous lounge, the Italian trattoria Caina on the floor below, the relax area clad entirely in marble and the conference section with its original wooden panelling reserved have each been given a distinctly different character. Despite this, each space flows into the next so that the spatial context is strong, The colour scheme and lighting design is also warm and subdued throughout. We call it Scandinavian dark blond. Another recurring theme is subtle patterns, in many cases derived from our own abstracted architectural drawings. Like the corridor carpeting and the wallpaper in the conference section. Apart from the fixed interior features like, for example, the reception desk in rusted shipping steel, a large number of new furniture designs, textiles and lamps have been developed specifically for the hotel.

Nobis Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden by Claesson Koivisto Rune

Axis Lamp by Bao-Nghi

Axis Lamp is an elegant floor lamp, which impresses with its high simplicity of operation. It consists of two axes made of square hollow sections held together and fixed by a screw and a counter nut. By loosening of the clamping, the arm of the lamp can be turned, shifted, and fixed at a variable level. So each position is accessible without any major mechanical efforts. Vertically positioned in front of a wall, the lamp generates warm atmospheric lighting. At the same time, it only takes up insignificant room and is easily transportable.

Axis Lamp, by bao-nghi droste design

Icon: Space Needle at 1962 Seattle World’s Fair

The Space Needle was designed for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair Exhibition. Set on the only section of the fair grounds that was not owned by the city, the site did not have the height restrictions of other exhibits/pavillions at the fair. The lot, 37-by-37 m, was purchased by private investors for $75,000 and is still privately owned. Standing 605 feet (184 meters) in the air on massive steel beams that form its slender legs, the Space Needle has since become the internationally recognized symbol of Seattle. The Space Needle was completed in December 1961, and officially opened four months later on the first day of the World’s Fair, April 21, 1962. Although there is much contention surrounding who came up with the final design of the Space Needle, John Graham is widely acknowledged as its architect. Edward Carlson and Victor Steinbrueck are also credited with having come up with elements of the design.

Space Needle at 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, by John Graham, Edward Carlson, Victor Steinbrueck, via: University of Washington Library