Vic

Viña del Mar based design studio Elemento Diseño (Jaime Zuñiga and Emmanuel Gonzalez) have created Vic – a minimal coffee table for Quattria– a Barcelona based design company of contemporary furniture, who’s focus is developing the ideas of young designers.

Made from plywood and lacquered in white, the Vic coffee table, comprising of just three pieces, is assembled without any tools and would literally take seconds for one to do so. Vic measures 1150 x 700 x 402 mm.

Contemporary Moroccan tiles

Swedish design and architecture studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has created reinterpretations of traditional Moroccan cement tiles for company Marrakech Design.

Using traditional materials and an old artisanal production process, the studio created three clean patterns – Stone, Dandelion and Casa– that are obviously inspired by classical Arabic geometry as well as Japanese aesthetics, with a Scandinavian twist to them.

Available in several colors, the three tile designs can be arranged in various ways, offering several different macro-patterns for each. There is also the possibility to dispose the tiles in random ways, providing non-repetitive formations.

Dancing Living House

Designer Junichi Sampei (A.L.X. (Architect Label Xain) came up with a new house that can combine the needs of a home with those of a dancing studio. Located in Yokohama, Japan, this Dancing Living House had put other houses in the neighborhood hide to humiliation. The three stories reinforced concrete building has a big glass corner that invites sunlight in and features white styled futuristic exterior to enhance the dynamic mood and to bring in fresh energies all day long.
Photo © Kouichi Torimura

TMA-1

Designed by Danish design firm KIBISI, the AIAIAI's TMA-1′s headphones cut a stripped-down physical profile with no joints to weaken their structural durability. Their solid construction is backed by a detailed headstage that makes them an excellent candidate for any DJ shopping for a stylish headset and neutral tonality for mixing music. The matte black finish is beautiful, made of a durable nylon material with an adjustable headband, using a “notch” like system.

The TMA-1 appropriately apes its name from Arthur C. Clark's "2001: A Space Odyssey".

Le Marche Villa

Converted into a vacation home with a guest house, Casa Olivi is located on a hill in Treia and is a result of a 4-year renovation process by Swiss architects Markus Wespi and Jerome de Meuron. The 300-year old villa was destroyed by fire in 1995 but the architects revived it with modern lines while being respectful of the original footprint.

Haerfest Bag Collection

Brothers Tim and Dan Joo of fashion brand Haerfest, based in New York, have developed the B Collection of bags for Spring/Summer 2012 as well as the Capsule Collection. The bags follow a reducible aesthetic, aiming for an understated and urban sensibility.

Influenced by 1960s minimalism, the SS12 B Collection includes four bags – two backpacks, duffel and tote – in a range of four colours – black, grey, red and navy. The Capsule Collection includes a backpack, two duffels, and a two handle tote in black and creme, designed exclusively for the LN-CC brand in London.

7 Chairs

German Jan von Borstel, based in Hamburg and London, is a designer, artist and consultant. Exhibiting graceful forms and simplicity with efficiency, von Borstel’s installations and products are examples of modernism in art and design. One such example is the evolution of 7 Chairs – a feature of his Snow White installation in London.

Made from laser-cut sheet metal, which is then bent and dipped in glossy white PVC, the chairs together represent the smooth metamorphosis from a relaxed lounge chair to an upright kitchen chair, which includes changes in seating height and backrest angle.

Boiacca

Paolo Lucidi and Luca Pevere of LucidiPevere Design Studio have created Boiacca, a beautiful dining table for Kristalia. Made entirely of cement, the piece carries a strong architectural identity. Designers took the material to its absolute limit, striving to sustain a minimal form and back it up with superior structural integrity due to the contrast between the slick and elegant form of the table and the roughness of the material. The piece is element-resistant and can be used both indoors and outdoors.

Mountain Lamp

Paris based designer Leonard Kadid designed this delicate looking Mountain lamp.

This lamp with sharp lines is made of 0.7mm steel pieces, and is of course shaped like a mountain as its name suggests. It is illuminated by pulling on its thin blue wire.

Bookmark Lamp

The Bookmark lamp, created by Paris based designer Léonard Kadid, is actually only half a lamp, because it uses your book as a base. This piece is made of ultra thin plywood and fitted with a simple LED stripe. The details are seamlessly merged together, creating one fluid shape. The lamp is light, flexible and personal. Your choice of a book becomes part of the design statement.