Street Furniture System

Street is a multi-storage and display unit ideal for placing magazines, books and plants. The furniture system is composed of four parts: a basic frame and three modules – one that takes on the iconic form of a house, as well as cube-like high and low units. These parts can be combined in a variety of ways, such as stacked, to function as shelves or a room divider within public and private

"Diamond Wood" by Tesler-Mendelovitch

Tesler-Mendelovitch is an emerging "textile design team [who] research and experiment a wide range of materials to create entirely new end stage products for industry and art." Their latest project, "Diamond Wood," is a series of tables and stools that are made from a new flexible wood surface. The layered veneer material is "lightweight and sustainable and composed of a thin, flexible, yet

Chelsea Workspace

Program: Bespoke desk and storage system for a private home officeLocation: London, EnglandYear: 2011Status: CompleteThis home office for a private personal investment advisor responds to the clients brief of a discrete yet sculptural design solution for a home office by conceptually draping a dynamic surface over an orthogonal arrangement of the required home office elements including a work

Express to Impress: Spectacular Curtain Door by Matharoo Associates

“Knocking at the Curtain Door” is an expression that you probably won’t hear too often. TheMatharoo Associates, an architectural firm from India completed one of the most interesting doors you will ever see. We have spotted this astonishing project on Design Milk and we decided to share this experience with all of you. The Curtain Door is a contemporary piece of art and as the name says it,

Out of the Woods at the V&A museum

London Design Festival: every scrap of material and minute of production time was carefully recorded during the manufacturing of these twelve wooden chairs, helping the Royal College of Art students that designed them to measure each one’s sustainability.Above: Floating Chair by Bobby Petersen and Tom GottelierTop: Well Proven Chair by James Shaw and Marjan van Aubel The data was used to produce

Walnut And Sycamore Veneer Shaping Nautilus’ Perfect Proportions

Marking a successful collaboration between innovative construction techniques and computer aided technology, the Nautilus II Table constructs the second attempt to imagining an organic-inspired furniture design. True to its inspiration, “Nautilus was born in an environment of artist freedom” – Newhaven-based designer Marc Fish expresses his love for perfection in this exceptional piece of

The Fun Way to Recharge Your Batteries: Solar Powered Sun Lounger

Many students probably dream of spending time in a tech-friendly lounge chair while waiting to attend classes. Developed by architecture students at MIT, lead by professor Sheila Kennedy, the SOFT Rocker is a lounge chair where one can rest, while recharging the batteries of various devices. The system that makes this possible uses the human power of balance to create an interactive 1.5 axis, 35