These days, there’s no excuse for shabby outdoor furniture – especially with stylish patio furniture options like these, by Italian company Varaschin. The Rollover sofa, designed by Nigel Coates, lets you create a fabulous and comfortable living room outdoors. Complement these pieces with the Altea bench and chairs and a Tulip trolley cart, and your outdoors are rea
Estonian architects Kosmos have completed a five-storey apartment block with a ground-floor shopping area in Tallinn, Estonia.Conceived as a series of interconnected units, the building is broken into facets and punctured by shard-like windows.The structure is made of steel frames and reinforced concrete.It has a stone-tiled facade and eac
Posted: August 13, 2009 Job Details Company: Frog Design HR Location: China – SHANGHAI Job Level: Mid-Level Staff Field: Industrial Design Job Functions: Creative Direction, Design Management Description frog design is a global innovation firm.We work with the world's leading companies, helping them c
Designed to reflect the style and texture of old Norwegian wood carvings, designers at StookeAustad and the wood manufacturer Bosvik developed the Pentagon wall system to lock in and reduce sound using felt and a condensed assortment of recycled materials. Geometric but casual, the Pentagon wall would serve as a great partition for a relaxed, inviting space that needed to be
Posted: August 13, 2009 Job Details Company: Frog Design HR Location: US – AUSTIN, Texas Job Level: Senior Staff Field: Industrial Design Job Functions: Project Management Description frog design is a global innovation firm.We work with the world's leading companies, helping them create and bring to m
Architect: Paul de RuiterLocation: Rhenen, NetherlandsProject Architects: Paul de Ruiter & Rob HootsmansProject Team: Sander van Veen, Willeke Smit, Monique VerhoefClient: PrivateConstructed Area: 491 sqmProject Year: 2004Photographs: Pieter KersThe starting concept of the design of Villa Room was to allow the daily activities of the residents to form the main structur
Japanese design company Nendo have created a speaker shaped like a bird cage.Called Music Cage, the speakers can play music from a computer over a wireless connection or from a bluetooth-enabled mobile phone.Music Cage can be plugged into a wall socket or mounted on the ceiling.More Dezeen stories about Nendo:ASOBIO shop by NendoCollar and HexagonBlown Fabri
The CCC is a fascinating and futuristic concept car which is an ultimate solution for eventful city use with its compact design and mostly, the ability to transforming into a fully operational helicopter. When in the car mode, it is a three wheeled vehicle with 2 giant front wheels and one small rear wheel, which works as tail rotor when it transforms into copter mode.
Braille phone is a universal cellular phone concept that is able to produce Braille code in a particular part of it by using Electric Active Plastic to make it usable for visually handicapped people. The phone has been designed in a simple and easy to use manner and looks like a television remote control. The Braille area provides all the information that a traditional screen of
Canadian architects Bricault Design have completed a plant-covered extension to a house in Venice, Los Angeles.Large glass doors on the ground floor pivot open onto the courtyard.Air is drawn inside and up a sculptural staircase to an opening in the roof, cooling the building.The building is clad with cedar batons and the new bedroom is covered in plants, including
Posted: August 13, 2009 Job Details Company: Frog Design HR Location: China – SHANGHAI Job Level: Mid-Level Staff Field: Industrial Design Job Functions: Architect, Information Architecture, User Experience, Web Design, Web Development Description frog design is a global innovation firm.We work with t
Architect: Johnsen Schmaling ArchitectsLocation: Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, USAProject team: Brian Johnsen, AIA; Sebastian Schmaling, AIA; Nick WoodsArea: 125.4 sqmProject year: 2008Photography: Doug Edmunds The Ferrous House sits in a row of unexceptional 1970’s ranches, part of a narrow subdivision hugging the edge of a wooded nature preserve west of Mil
