Made, not manufactured is the mantra behind Niche. Every piece of Niche glass is hand-blown in our upstate New York factory. For over a decade, Niche has established a signature collection of stunning glass products by joining together contrasting elements, simple lines, and gorgeous color. They are committed to building brand by bringing the most luxurious glass lighting into the world.
Read more at: About Niche Modern.
Baukind have completed a kindergarten/day care named Kita Zauberzwerge, located in Berlin, Germany. The space uses pastel colours in a rainbow effect to create a fun and lively environment.
Photography by Anne Deppe.
Lamps inspired by nature. It has been designed using parametric tools, mimicking the opening of flower petals.Its function is not only to illuminate, but it also decorates, enlivens and gives a personal touch to the places, thanks to its strong formal imprint and own identity. The elements are CNC machined and assambled by hand.
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Aldana Ferrer Garcia’s window module offers ‘more sky’ to city dwellers.
Among the host of creative initiatives presented at the inaugural dubai design week, the ‘global grad show’ is a truly unprecedented platform to see the most innovative projects from the world’s leading design schools under one roof.the expansive exhibition, curated by brendan mcgetrick, is housed within the dubai design district, spotlighting 50 projects from 10 universities under 6 themes: construction, health, home, memory, play and work.
Article from DESIGNBOOM.
The California design team from Rekonect have launched their first product, a notebook that has a magnetic spine and pages, making it easy to remove the pages and add them back in whenever you want to.
Watch the video below to see it in action, or visit their campaign on Kickstarter, for more information.
Italian lighting manufactuer Pallucco, have shared a video showing how their hand-blown glass ‘Egg’ lamp, designed by Enrico Franzolini, is made.
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This umbrella-shaped street lamp by London designer Samuel Wilkinson has a crystal-covered canopy. Installed on a corner of Old Street in London, the 4.5-metre-tall Ommatidium sculpture features 1,500 faceted crystal lenses and is named after the individual parts that make up the compound eyes of many insects.
Photo from DEZZEN.
Designer Renata Rubim partnered with Oca Brasil on a series of wooden tiles that aim to revisit distinct periods of Brazilian design history: Tribal, Modernist, and Colonial.
Article from DESIGN MILK.
Inspired while on a picnic with friends, Korean designer Yeongkeun Jeong conceived the idea for Butter! Better! after forgetting to bring a knife along. A simple yet brilliant idea, Yeongkeun tells Designboom that he wanted the product to “satisfy people both sentimentally and emotionally” because he believes eating is “not just a behaviour to achieve satiety, but involves all the senses”.
Images courtesy of Designboom.
Lebanese designer Charles Kalpakian has designed ‘rocky’, a credenza featuring well-defined angular and sculptural lines. kalpakian created a 3D variation of a classic pattern used by cabinet makers; playing with perceptions of space and volume that reveals itself and changes according to the observer’s point of view. made of steel, the coating of the shelves has a slightly textured touch and comes in three different colors – black, blue or aluminum grey. check out the middle eastern collection by charles kalpakian here.
Article form DESIGNBOOM.
All images courtesy of Charles Kalpakian.
