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January 2011, 24
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hands on door handles international design competition
published 01.24.11
designboom in collaboration with COLOMBO DESIGN promotes an international design competition. participants are asked to design a versatile interior door lever handle to suit contemporary forms of surrounding architecture, for both residential and public projects.
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yuya ushida: sofa_XXXX
published 01.24.11
the retractable seating unit, which transforms from chair to sofa, is constructed from 8000 chopsticks which have been individually cut and sanded then assembled using metal rings and joints.
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karim rashid: cross for freedom of creation
published 01.24.11
the suggestive cross-shaped lamp is composed from an agglomeration of small figures that allude to karim rashid's most famous and iconic forms.
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ecosistema urbano: ecopolis plaza
published 01.24.11
located on an old industrial site, the public square and nursery school aims to serve as an educational arena for energy related issues while providing an eco-friendly space for social gatherings.
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klaas kuiken: bottles
published 01.24.11
'bottles' is an exploration in how mass production could potentially be individualized.
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ben alun-jones: affinity chair
published 01.24.11
depending on conditions in its environment, the chair morphs between near-invisibility and a pulsing, illuminated presence.
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jamy yang: jiujie chair for steelcase
published 01.24.11
the task seating designed for the office is made from an eco-plastic that is woven to create a nest like effect.
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reid nystrom + alessandro ortiz: the museum of comic and cartoon art
published 01.23.11
set for the urban context of manhattan, the design proposal aims to be the architectural embodiment of the art form in both its internal organization as well as its exterior treatments.
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andy diaz hope: illuminated beings + better living + morning after portraits
published 01.23.11
composed of photographic mosaics that use pill capsules and medicine vials for tiles, the works of andy diaz hope explore the place of drugs and pharmaceuticals in modern society.
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meike langer: beaugars
published 01.23.11
with easily reconfigurable storage racks set into a small table, 'beaugars' provides an easily adaptable means of addressing changes in day-to-day storage needs.
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dear architects: casa 4 planos
published 01.23.11
by building along the street boundary, the front yard is repositioned as a garden in the middle of the house, serving as an outdoor buffer zone in accessing the house.
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