I know, like many men I can get distracted easily and like many men I’m not very good in multitasking. After a period of extensively editing Chairblog, other projects asked for my attention and I realized I didn’t post for a whole week here, because I – and many newsletter subscribers with me – didn’t get a newsletter today…
I had this photo of Charlize Theron lying around somewhere between my to publish stacks for quite some time. I probably found it at Starophile a French site of star lovers and I couldn’t resist publishing it here.
Origami Sofa Bed by Andrea Lucatello
Another beautiful creation inspired by origami art, designed by Andrea Lucatello and branded under Italian furnish production company Cattelan Italia. Origami shows off its sleek clean modern in soothing smooth caramel leather. It looks nice as a sofa, but looks even better as a bed. Check out his other exquisite furnitures, like the Dylan Bed, and the Coral Table. I absolute love his work.
Dressed to Sit by Geraldine Husson
Geraldine Husson has a particular view on chairs and seatings. Dress yourself in one of her dresses and you are dressed to sit.
Via Elit Alice and Yatzer
Bretz introduces their 2010 Kautsch sofas by Carolin Fieber
Check out these amazing retro sofas that won the Reddot Design Award in 2010 by Carolin Fieber. I’ve always loved Bretz‘s boldness and modernness yet staying perfectly comfortable.
Rice Straw Stool by Gina Hsu and Nagaaki Shaw
The Jenju Village Community in Taiwan, also known as ‘Jane’s Pearl’, is the ancestral site of the Pingpu Kamalan Tribe. The Dongshan river runs directly through the community, making it ideal for residents to preserve the area’s rice paddy-based industry, which accounts for up to 136 hectares of the area in and around the village. Following each rice harvest, a huge amount of rice straw is left behind. historically for farmers, this was an essential building and material supply. However, with our changing times, this excess supply is no longer needed for building and is not being utilized.
Taiwan is currently facing many agricultural changes, as certain types of materials and products are being removed from their areas. Jenju Village communities are promoting the symbiotic concept of peaceful coexistence with nature, encouraging us to return what we have expelled, so that nature can begin to produce and provide us with essentials once again. For the preservation of the village’s rural culture and ideas concerning the environment, Taiwanese designers Gina Hsu(Hsu Ching Ting å¾æ™¯äº) and Nagaaki Shaw(Hsiao Yung Ming è•æ°¸æ˜Ž) have developed ‘Rice Straw Design’ – a series of objects – in which the straw received from the fields is used by the community to promote the material itself, becoming a point of departure for use in arts and crafts. As part of the development and usage of this rice straw, a museum, as well as a DIY shop has been established so that visitors can experience the art and craft of working with the natural material.
Rice or grain products have advantages and disadvantages concerning its usages as a design material. One of the advantages of rice straw, rice bran or rice itself is that it is rich in texture. however, the major disadvantage of these materials is that they do not possess enough long-term durability. Gina Hsu and Nagaaki Shaw have combined epoxy resin with the straw and rice to improve their resilience and durability so that the materials may serve a broader purpose and be transformed into items used in the home on a daily basis.
The projects will be on show at the Lanyang Museum, Taiwan until september 26th, 2010.
Via Designboom