I like to use different materials when designing new pieces, to give me an alternate view on shapes & textures, & this one started life as a couple of pipecleaners! It’s all about the lines &, from the side, you can see every curve mirrors the others to give an unusual silhouette for a rocking chair. Originally, it was constructed completely out of maple but, by adding the walnut into the suppor..
Yellow Treehouse by Pacific Environments Architects text by Pascal Panagiotidis for Yatzer Who didn't have dreams back in his childhood? Some of them were achieved whilst others never came true. Well, there is an architectural concept that we all dreamed of as children but could only do as an adult fantasy. The tree-house concept is reminiscent of childhood dreams and playtime, fairy stories of ..
Australian design firm Carr Design Group have completed a modular house in Kilmore, Victoria, Australia. Called Modular House, the residence comprises two buildings, each arranged along a spine housing all services. The main building contains the living room, dining room, kitchen, study, storage and bedrooms, connected by glazed walkways. Split-level timber decking joins this building to the gue..
We have been running a series of tests using RhinoScript to generate cut paths for a series of cabinet doors we’re designing. Here is the latest installment. CNC Milled MDF CNC Milled PlyBoo A Tangent - but interesting nonetheless. We started milling this large piece of cherry, once its done we’re going to cut a piece of glass to fit the profile and make some legs for it, et voilà, une table. Di..
Tokyo Designers Week 09: Japanese designer Nosigner presented a jewellery box with square drawers at Design Tide Tokyo earlier this week. Called Squares, the front of the piece is divided into squares of different sizes. The surface is pollished using a technique traditionally used for finishing mirror stands in the Tokushima prefecture of Japan. Drawers are only released if the central one is o..
Architect: Verónica Arcos Clients: Rodrigo Arcos, Alejandra Schmidt Location: Santiago de Chile Structural Engenieer: José Manuel Morales Design: 2006 Construction: 2007-2008 Built surface: 220m2 Photographs: Gonzalo Puga Work in progress photographs: Verónica Arcos Chile-based architect Veronica Arcos has completed an angular house in the El Arrayán area of Santiago, Chile. Called Casadetodos, ..
Architects: Pasel.Kuenzel Architects Location: Leiden, The Netherlands Project Area: 130 sqm building + 60 sqm garden Project year: 2005-2009 Photographer: Marcel van der Burg As the plot does not allow for traditional front or back gardens, the design incorporates open-air spaces within the build structure. The open floor plan with its voids generates exciting views inside the volume and enhanc..
Architect: McBride Charles Ryan - Rob McBride & Debbie-Lyn Ryan Location: Blairgowrie, Australia Project Team: Adam Pustola, Meredith Dufour, Michael McManus, Angela Woda Constructed Area: 290 sqm Photographs: John Gollings It’s like a half space, half enclosed, half open. Neither in nor out - a new version of the good old Aussie verandah. Its like a giant multi-sensory organ, the sun, the sky, ..
‘softshelf’ is a shelving system which aims to shed the conventional rigid form of book shelves. the design is completely customized by the user who chooses the over size of the unit, size and shape of the individual blocks and the curvature of unit. using CNC technology each shelf can be digitally customized and then built to the specifications. this malleable design system is what gives the sh..
Richard Sweeney and Liam Hopkins of Manchester-based design studio Lazerian have designed a light shade made from modular, birch plywood components. The shade is constructed from 1.5mm CNC-cut pieces, joined with bolts and wing-nuts. The design uses 26 unique components, repeated throughout the structure. Photographs by Richard Sweeney. The following information is from Hopkins: – Modular Form: ..
