I feel like this is the kind of furniture you have in a deluxe tree fort. The geometric couches that face each other are a nice touch to typical sofa. I love the cloth surface of the cabinets and armoire which can transform something from a solid dense object to a very light looking piece of furniture.
thanks Larevuedudesign.com
Add comment | August 27th, 2010
I love how fantastic this is. Adult daydreams of living in the juvenile world of make-believe, seem only more absurd and wonderful against a post modern backdrop of steel and glass.
Thanks Dailytonic.com
Add comment | August 23rd, 2010
Studioilse is a consultancy and studio focused on the human qualities of their work. By creating the “big idea” and building a framework around that vision, their design process becomes focused on creating strong identities with meaning and purpose.
Their w084t task lamp is a perfect example of their sensitivity to the human experience. Ilse Crawford describes her work:
“Materials have hidden messages. These create a powerful link to our emotional psyches and shape our connection to daily life. Our light is a sturdy friend, unpretentious and always there for us. We have chosen honest materials that carry clear messages: iron for its feelings of stability, reliability, trust; wood with its warmth and life, and mineral plastic for its intimate glow, as well as its tactility. Then we have put these three together for a certain oddness. This is because there’s an innate awkwardness in the directional light that we wanted to amplify-rather as with people this is a sympathetic quality, not a sin.”
Thanks to: DailyIcon.net
Add comment | August 22nd, 2010
This is wonderful. While the nostalgic value of such a form is obvious, the rich materials, graphic use of chrome and giant stick shift all give this project a true sense of character. Very unique.
Thanks knuckle buster for sharing.
Add comment | July 29th, 2010
For over three years, n-ktr.com has been little more than a splash page. Well today, that changes. The first website offers a comprehensive look at the projects that have been slowly coming together for the last couple years. The main focus of the website is to catalogue new ideas and executions for living environments. Tired with traditional academic values of “form” and “function” n-ktr aims to breathe new life into furniture design by incorporating elements of pop-culture, microhistories and personal narrative into a brand that celebrates the intricacies of the human experience.
Please enjoy the new site.
2 comments | July 19th, 2010
The handicraft of coastal signs weathered by salty air and constant sea breezes.
Add comment | July 5th, 2010
This lecture from Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl is exceptional. Many times I ask myself if my expectations for the world around me are too high, and that maybe it would just be easier to accept things for how they are. But that would be a let down for all the teachers and mentors who have put so much energy into my well being. More importantly it would be a let down to the people who may live in the world long after I have left it. Its hard to find that meaning, but aiming high is what this search is all about…
1 comment | May 19th, 2010
The Michelberger is a hotel in Berlin (not a special on the In-N-Out secret menu) that was created by a group of friends. The design demonstrates how an environment can be as transformative and unexpected experience as a visit to a new city. The lobby and decorative choices seem to reflect the aesthetics of a set piece for a play, rather than the expected environment common to average hospitality lodgings. By avoiding the usual the friends in Berlin have managed to create a space filled with the unique charm of the city they celebrate.
Thanks to stylinrooms.de
Add comment | May 18th, 2010
Remember the future architectural groups like ant farm and archigram dreamed of way back in the 70′s? Well the Japanese built it in 1993 in the form of the Organic Building. This nine story wall in Osaka features a facade of planters with over 80 kinds of indigenous plant species growing out of them, which gives the building a 70′s futurism look. The planters are constructed of concrete encased in red clad steel. The decision to go with red makes it feel like something of a recent relic. The character of the color, the variety of planter shapes and scale of the project pushes it into a realm of optimistic science fiction rather than a strictly functional modern box. The whole thing feels like a fantasy set piece for the live action version of Cowboy Bebop. Who wouldn’t want to live life in a movie?
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Add comment | May 18th, 2010
I’ve been interested in cabinets made from elements of discarded or common storage ever since I saw Tejo Remy cabinet of discarded drawers bound together by a set of large straps. While there is the obvious recycling of materials and comment on consumer culture, I think the desirability of such an item truly comes from the social context that these “re-assemblies” offer. Such is the case in Mauricio Arruda’s Jose Collection.
By combining the colourful plastic containers common to a Brazilian market with the shell of an eco-friendly, contemporary form, Arruda connects the ubiquitous with the unique; reaching a wider range of cultural relevance. The materials go further than the form because they are loaded with meaning. The plastic produce baskets are obvious, and this clever decision would typically be enough. However, the use of FSC certified lumber connects with a higher conscientiousness widely accepted in contemporary industrial design circles.
Within this micro culture of designers sharing ideas on sustainable production, Arruda has pushed the discussion into a new territory that disseminates old archetypes by giving new value to old objects of significant societal contexts. The typical street market is very transitory and unpredictable. Taking something iconic out of that consumer narrative and fixing it within something enduring and reliable brings new meaning to furniture design. Its neither nomadic or domestic, its something new, an object that belongs within these dualities.
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Add comment | April 28th, 2010
