designboom daily - 2011.05.25

daily news a designboom.com publication May 2011, 25 you may want to submit a design mail@designboom.com --- maarten baas: the empty chair for amnesty international published 05.25.11 the design stands as a symbol for the chair that chinese author, political activist, professor liu xiaobo did not sit in during the awards ceremony to receive his nobel peace prize in 2010 as he is currently serving an 11 year imprisonment for 'undermining the state'. read more --- ben heine: pencil vs. camera published 05.25.11 consisting of a series sketched drawings held up in front of real settings, the images are a tedious exercise in manual photoshop.  read more --- shigeru ban: paper concert hall in l'aquila published 05.25.11 given as a gift from japan to italy after an earthquake ravished the region, the temporary concert hall represents a sense of solidarity and support for reconstruction from one country to the other. read more --- honda smart home system - e-kizuna project agreement published 05.25.11 the system will provide heat and electricity for the home, producing power for the use of electromotive mobility. read more --- bernardo rodrigues arquitecto: house on the flight of birds published 05.25.11 informed by the landscape and the prevalent high winds and rain, the design looks to establish a strategy that allows the family to remain connected and exposed to the outdoors regardless of the conditions. read more --- lomo lc-wide camera published 05.25.11 featuring a 17mm wide-angle lens, the camera offers full, square, and half format shooting modes of the hyper-saturated, high contrast images iconic of lomographic cameras. read more --- hawkins\brown: corby cube published 05.25.11 featuring four 'live' elevations, the cubic form is wrapped in a glass skin that modulates between transparent and opaque qualities in response to the orientation of the sun.  read more --- amir alizade: coffee hanger published 05.25.11 a ceramic coffee cup with a hook shaped steel handle - it can be hung anywhere you hang clothes! read more --- hella jongerius: daylight for HSBC private bank commission published 05.25.11 exploring how daylight influences our perception of colors, the furniture object consists of a wooden structure with a tabletop covered in multicolored resin blocks representing the changing hues of the sun. read more --- michele de lucchi: sfera for baccarat published 05.25.11 'only diamonds are able to make the brilliance of light brighter still by magnifying its splendour through its sparkling radiance, identical to a shaft of light. only crystal can achieve that same feat,' says michele de lucchi. read more --- l'escaut-gigogne: cheval noir published 05.24.11 consisting of 31 housing units for artists, the project includes the conversion of a former brewery and a new building which provides additional creative and living spaces. read more --- art HK 11: hong kong international art fair published 05.24.11 since its inception in 2008, the event has established itself as one of the most extensive showcases of modern and contemporary art in asia. read more --- keiichi hayashi architect: house in osaka published 05.24.11 featuring an outdoor pond for the family's pet tortoise on the roof, the interior is characterized by projections of steel cubes on the ceiling. read more CURRENT DESIGNBOOM COMPETITIONS

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