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Performa Hub by nOffice

Set into the wall are elements of programme including shelving, storage, a bookshop and an office. One end of the space features a steep tier of plywood seating for performance audiences. Here’s some text from nOffice: Performa Hub, designed by the ...

From MARCUS FAIRS, dezeen,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Performa

Lees Mee braille stamps by René Put

Here’s another winner from the Dutch Design Awards last month: graphic designer René Put won the award for best graphic design for a series of braille stamps. The stamps feature abstract printed text plus embossed braille text that can be read by the ...

From MARCUS FAIRS, dezeen,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: TNT

Virtureal by Jelte van Abbema

Called Virtureal, the research project involved creating fonts that deteriorate over time like a shrivelling leaf (above) or dissolving sugar. Van Abbema also attached sensors to an old-fashioned mechanical typewriter (below) so that words appearing on ...

From MARCUS FAIRS, dezeen,  28 Oct 2009

SuperFoam Chair by Rich Gilbert

Here are a couple of images of SuperFoam Chair, a chair made of foam with giant bubbles by designer Rich Gilbert. I’m currently studying Industrial Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London and recently produced the ...

From MARCUS FAIRS, dezeen,  27 Oct 2009

Symbiosis by Jelte van Abbema

Dutch Design Week: Dutch designer won the €10,000 Rado Prize at the Dutch Design Awards last week for a body of work including Symbiosis, an experimental project that involved printing with bacteria. Van Abbema printed on paper (top) and billboards ...

From MARCUS FAIRS, dezeen,  27 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Central Saint Martins (designer),  Viktor & Rolf (designer)

Family of OLEDs by Johanna Schoemaker

Graduate designer last month won the Braun Prize 2009 for Family of OLED lamps, a range of remote-controlled lamps that open and close like flowers. The range utilises OLED (organic LED) technology, which produce diffuse light akin to daylight from a ...

From MARCUS FAIRS, dezeen,  26 Oct 2009

Tinkebell. at Torch Gallery

Called Looove TINKEBELL. etwas Spaß für den neuen TORCHmeister, the exhibition surveys her work over the last four years. Here’s some text from Tinkebell.: a show by TINKEBELL. from Saturday the 31st of October through Saturday the 28th of November 2009 ...

From MARCUS FAIRS, dezeen,  25 Oct 2009

GKK Dental Ambulatory by Xarchitecten

The GKK Dental Ambulatory, for the Upper Austrian regional health insurance company, is predominantly white with touches of mint-green, representing both the client’s corporate colours and a fresh, toothpaste-y vibe. The clinic also has a curved ...

From MARCUS FAIRS, dezeen,  25 Oct 2009

Rewrite by GamFratesi

Copenhagen designers have designed a prototype desk with a cave-like shield on top to create an intimate working environment. GamFratesi recently won Denmark’s Walk the Plank Award 2009 for excellence and craftsmanship in furniture. Here’s some info ...

From MARCUS FAIRS, dezeen,  25 Oct 2009

(In)visible Membrane by Sonja Bäumel

Dutch Design Week: Austrian masters graduate Sonja Bäumel presents a body of work at Design Academy Eindhoven’s Graduation Galleries exhibition this week, exploring how bacteria on human skin could be harnessed to create clothing that reacts to the ...

From MARCUS FAIRS, dezeen,  22 Oct 2009

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