Spanish practice Andres Jaque Arquitectos shared with us this great renovation in Plasencia, transforming an old and abandoned seminary into a residence for former priests and students.Check the diagrams and a great photo set after the break. Catholic Church has defined historically territory superposing two occupation structures:1. - Ideological structure, tree vert
The glacier loft was created in the attic of a historic building in Lucerne, Switzerland by Gus Wustemann Architects. White-on-white-on-plywood-on-white is the theme, with glacier-like smoothness and glass-like surfaces. I actually wish there was stone, but I do like the plywood.Read the rest of this entry »©2009 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime in Architecture | Permalin
If you are aiming for contemporary and simplicity that blends in one, Villa M2 definitely matches your style. Designed by Lindvall A&D in Malmo, Sweden, this private single-family house was built to preserve the beauty of natural composition amidst its jam-packed traffic on its entrance side. Balancing its bright looking design, one part of the house is devote
Here’s another ceramic product for the kitchen by Israeli designers Studio Lama, who created the ceramic radio in our previous story - this time a vase that incorporates a kitchen timer. The timer is held in place by a wooden rod.See our previous story on Studio Lama’s ceramic radio here. Here’s some text from Studio Lama:–The Vase and Timer:A ceramic Vase that integrates
ThinkPad USB port replicator with digital videoIf you saw my desk at work you would find a stack of action items, pencil drawn concept sketches, and a zillion notes to myself. In addition to this typical executive/designer stuff, I also have a a large ThinkVision monitor, an external ThinkPad keyboard, a set of great looking speakers, and a rarely used mouse.
This is a sustainable design for a future development that possibly will be built. BURO II already built a project of this amplitude in Guangzhou (China) and won with this ‘Baiyun International Convention Centre’ an international prize at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona in 2008.The design of this hotel beach resort is a concept whereby a s
The Touch Color concept has been specially designed to make blind people able to draw and admire colorful digital pictures. This innovative device comprises a Rainbow Picker in a form of a scroll wheel, which contains Braille dots that allows blind people to select a color from 24 available. After selecting a color, this device differentiates the colors by generating varied temperatures through LED bulbs. Then the user can paint on a thermal art board by using their fingers and the thermal-colo
Turkey has welcomed international architecture company RMJM with its $1 billion development project being designed by RMJM’s New York and Istanbul offices, to be located in Istanbul’s new financial and business district, Atasehir. This sustainable project is the first green development in Turkey and is quite hopeful to turn out as one of the greenest projects. Planned at a favorable site, this sumptuous 4 m sq development is custom-built by VARYAP, a Turkish real estate developmen
Loss of sight or blindness is a curse that makes life bleak and immobile for the visually impaired. Adding spice and mobility to the visually challenged, Colombian designer Nelson Ayala Herrera has come up with a universal system that supports mobility to improve their lifestyle. SUAM is a technological system that enables the visually impaired to locate and navi
Posted: July 31, 2009 Job Details Company: Frog Design HR Location: US – SAN FRANCISCO, California Job Level: Senior Staff Field: Industrial Design Job Functions: Business Development & Sales Description frog design is a global innovation firm.We work with the world’s leading companies, helping
We have mentioned earlier about a wide range of trendy lamps and now, Lauren Vo Dehsen has created the extraordinary “Grave Light” as a tribute lamp, to light up the graves of the people being remembered. This aesthetic design incorporates the old custom and redefines the traditional ritual of worshiping the graves with flowers and candles. The lamp comes
Designed by Chris Cooke as a Coventry University’s transport design project, the Mobula is a hybrid vehicle bridging the gap between a cruise ship and a passenger aircraft. Taking its name from a particular species of ray, the Mobula, which can launch itself out of the water several meters, the futuristic vehicle, or an Ekranoplan, employs the high-lift, low-dr
