Milan's Zona Tortona

Tamawa Watch will be displayed at the Zona Tortona

Milan's Salone di Mobile which is the world's largest furniture and interior design fair. But as big and as important as the fair is, more and more of the hipster crowd forgo the show completely and head to a district of Milan called the Zona Tortona. This district in Milan has become known for housing the hottest young designers for the week of the Salone di Mobile. The young designers have been coming here to display their wares for a few years now. They came here purely out of necessity because of the incredible exhibit costs associated with the Salone di Mobile.ANd the tradition has stuck and transformed into a large series of parties and events.

Benches by Bram Boo of ABC

Eco-Cofins by MAXIMALDESIGN of ABC
Milan's Zona Tortona

San Francisco Recycled Paper Bowl by Picapicadesign

Picapicadesign created this San Francisco Recycled Paper Bowl by hand molding it from paper pulp made from recycled paper grocery bags. An old map of San Francisco is on the interior of the bowl.

San Francisco Recycled Paper Bowl by Picapicadesign

Corner Lights

Corner Lights

ever sneaker freak needs a pair

Designers Peter Pracilio and Oscar Lopez designed the shoe chandelier. A long standing icon of city life and offers it up as an original piece of interior lighting. These sneaks will not only illuminate you home it will also mark you gang territory.

ever sneaker freak needs a pair

Divo Recliner

This is the Divo Recliner designed by Professor Stefan Heiliger.

Spotted at House of European Design.

Divo Recliner

Luflic

Luflic had some amazing chairs at Toronto’s Interior Design Show this past weekend, really catching the collective eye with two pieces called In The Round. Both these production-ready chairs, designed by Brent Cordner, are named after the in-the-round knitting technique and over 50 feet of wool sleeve is used to cover the tubular steel frame for the felt version and 30 feet for the stitch version. The Snowshoe chair (after the jump) won an award at IDS for Best prototype and it is an incredibly light chair made from a composite of wood and Kevlar and based on the traditional snowshoe. The Meander chair is a continuous length of nickel-reinforced copper tubing that results in surprisingly comfortable sculptural seating.

Luflic

Embroidered Plush Nintendo System

Designer blueblythe from crafster.org dyed the felt, hand-sewed and embroidered all the details. She even made interchangable Duck Hunt and Super Mario screens for the television.

Finally -a DIY for those of you on house arrest.

Shower Breasts Dispenser

When you I see it, I stared to laugh. The Shower Breasts(GBP 15; about $30) are a fun and saucy shower gel/shampoo dispenser. This naughty nipple-topped pair attaches to your shower wall, each bosom having a compartment for shower gel or shampoo. To dispense, simply squeeze away...

Shower Breasts Dispenser

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crate_tetris

KLEIDERLEISTE COAT RACK

Kleiderleiste is a streamlined coat-rack which is available to order in several lengths. The clothes' alignment to the wall makes it especially suitable for narrow spaces and the clean lines of its design makes it the ideal solution for a contemporary or minimalist decor.
Manufactured in brushed stainless steel.

KLEIDERLEISTE COAT RACK

Mobius Climber

Plan to create a play area in your backyard to keep your pampered brats engaged for sometime? Install Mobius Climbers instead of the usual swings and slides. The Mobius climbers are twisty, turny and wavy and are here to celebrate the art of play. They are not only fun for kids, but also help to build gross motor skills and upper-body strength, increase hand-eye coordination, improve balance, develop thinking skills, and what’s more, it even gives their imagination a good workout. Space should not be a worry as they come in three-panel, six-panel , seven-panel and an eye-popping twelve-panel that will amaze adults and kids alike. Made of anodized aluminum panels, the wavy climbers have handholds that are easy to grip at all angles for added safety.

Mobius Climber

Public Art Sculpture in Vancouver, Canada

Designed by Bernar Venet.

Public Art Sculpture in Vancouver, Canada

Bookseat

Bookseat, a simple bookcase that playfully curves and
becomes a seat, is a creative design responding to the multifunctional usage of space in today's urban living.
Noted as one of the "ten must sees" at Toronto Interior
Design Show 2008, the Toronto based design-duo Fishbol
Design Atelier, focuses on inhabitation in transmodern
architecture as a base for their design. This piece is
manufactured with bent plywood and available with a felt
cushion in customizable colors. Bookseat will be
available in Spring 2008.

Designer: Fishbol Design Atelier
Made in Canada

Bookseat

“iView”: Nuno Teixeira

“iView” iteration of an Apple’s iMac definitely has a lot more appeal. Taking a cue from the 1950’s CINERAMA wrap-around movie theatre screens, this iMac iMock-up features a giant curved screen(for better orientation to the natural curvature of the human eye) and a second built in LCD screen on the back(useful for students and graphic designer.)

While shooting for the stars, Nuno also included two webcams(front and back). The likelihood this will ever be made? 0%, the likelihood I would really like one of these? 100%

“iView”: Nuno Teixeira

Nightmare Before Xmas Mobile Light

Ghouls and ghosts and things that go bump in the night - sometimes even they get tired of all the darkness. That's why the most fashionable witches, vampires, and other distinguished citizens of Halloweentown use the mesmerizing Nightmare Before Xmas Mobile Light to illuminate their abodes. Hey, it doesn't cast much light and works best in pitch dark... but that's just the way those Halloweentowners like it.

This nifty light casts a slowly rotating image of Jack Skellington and friends on your ceiling. You get a random choice of two slightly different designs.

Product Features
# Nightmare Before Xmas themed light casts a rotating design on your ceiling
# Officially licensed product imported from Japan
# Uses 4 AA Batteries (not included)

Nightmare Before Xmas Mobile Light

EMBROIDERED PATCHWORK ANTI LONELINESS BUDDY THROW

As its name implies, The "
Embroidered Patchwork anti loneliness Buddy throw

" is a superb, very soft woolen throw. With your brand new embroidered buddy, you’ll never be lonely again.
The couch has always been a special space of relaxation and pleasure... How sad to enjoy it lonely...

EMBROIDERED PATCHWORK ANTI LONELINESS BUDDY THROW

En Construcción: Memorial Jaime Guzmán / Nicolás Lipthay

En Construcción: Memorial Jaime Guzmán / Nicolás Lipthay

Nippon magazine holder

From Stockholm Furniture Fair 2008, a new product
collection, designed by brazilian Bernardo Senna.
Steel Nippon magazine shelf hangs magazines without
damaging them, with its sculptural shape, becoming
an attention point at the home environment.

Designer: Bernardo Senna for Maze International
Made in Sweden

Nippon magazine holder

minimal swedish villa

we met up with swedish designer johannes norlander while in stockholm for the stockholm furniture fair. we first
profiled the architect and designer back in 2006. completed in 2007, this house is johannes' newest project.
located just outside of stockholm, this minimal white villa is a striking contrast to the green swedish landscape.

minimal swedish villa

RIBBON STOOL

Japanese firm design firm Nendo worked with revered Italian manufacturer Cappellini to produce the striking Ribbon stool recently. Available in both high and low versions, Ribbon is realized in a metal laser-cut plate, folded up and polish-lacquered to a shine.

RIBBON STOOL

Jawbone’s Limited Edition Headsets by Fuseproject.

They were made in a *very* limited quantity, so these will no doubt dry up quickly (and you can’t buy them anywhere). Good thing I secured a set of them here at TED to give away to you, my fellow readers, right?

Jawbone’s Limited Edition Headsets by Fuseproject.

Minimal Dual Digital Analogue Alarm Clock Concept by Daniel Jarr

According to the designer, the clock’s alarm would be set by pressing down on the right hand side of the clock (the main body of the clock pivots slightly on its base) to switch modes with the dial around the analogue clock face being rotated to set the desired alarm time whilst pressing down on the left side of the clock will activate the device’s 10 minute snooze mode. Pressing down on the analogue clock’s frame will act to illuminate the clocks dial in low light situations.

Minimal Dual Digital Analogue Alarm Clock Concept by Daniel Jarr

Absolut Machines: Absolut Quartet by Tim Yu

Absolut Machines is Absolut's promotional initiative that explores where technology meets design in the form of two "machines." Last night we got to check out one, the Absolut Quartet, an interactive multi-instrumental robotic machine. It consists of a marimba played by rubber balls precisely shot from a robotic cannon, a series of spinning wineglasses dampened by robotic fingers and an array of percussive instruments.

Absolut Machines: Absolut Quartet by Tim Yu

Wall Dividers from Water Bottles

Klein Dytham Architecture designed this space for the Danone Company whose main product lines include Evian and Volvic water–using their products as design material for the space.

The Concept:
Translucent screens were made to create special zones for seating, and meetings in an otherwise open plan office. Empty Evian bottles were strung on wires stretching from floor to ceiling like beads on a string.

Wall Dividers from Water Bottles

Ribbon Wall Art

Spotted at Cantoni is the Satin Ribbon Wall Art.

Ribbon Wall Art

leaf table, john lonsdale architect

Inspired by boat, butterfly and leaf, the table is a horizon into which found objects can be placed. The table is made from laminated hardwoods. The parts are pressed and
bent to shape before milling with computer driven machines.

leaf table, john lonsdale architect

"No" fashion brings the third dimension to haute-couture

The 3-D outfit above may be the weirdest and most creative we've seen, without the need for wires, LEDS, or Wi-Fi. Yes, to show the world that they are designers who just don't conform, Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren of Victor & Rolf created clothes that literally say "no" to, well, everything. The outfit above was shown yesterday in Paris as part of the designers' 2008 fall collection. A similarly designed outfit was a little more polite and said "dream" in its enormous 3-D wool letters.

"No" fashion brings the third dimension to haute-couture

Laser-engraved laptops

Laser-engraved laptops

Wedding Cakes for Your Geek

Wedding Cakes for Your Geek

Subterranean

Gabe Ibañez has directed this beautiful ad


Subterranean

Zakin Residence by Stanley Saitowitz Natoma Architects

New this week to Folio is the Zakin Residence, a single family residence in Napa Valley, California by Stanley Saitowitz Natoma Architects. Composed of two L-shaped bars, the house forms an outdoor courtyard in the centre.


Zakin Residence by Stanley Saitowitz Natoma Architects

Robotic hunting trophies

France Cadet had showed us slides of the Hunting Trophies she was working on during the presentation she gave at De l'objet de laboratoire au sujet social (From Laboratory Object to Social Subject), a week of lectures, screenings and workshops she organized at the Ecole d'Art d'Aix en Provence (France.) That was last November and i've been looking forward to see the final result of the work ever since.

Robotic hunting trophies

THE RODDLER

Introducing the Roddler -- a completely customizable stroller for the chic, albeit unconventional, crowd.

THE RODDLER

Just a walk in the park..

Playfully, Science & Sons plays with proportions of your average house plant

Just a walk in the park..

Curved Vanity design by RAB Aredobagno

Truly contemporary, the Wave vanity by RAB Aredobagno is a fantastic curved vanity design. The Wave vanity features a soothing organic shape that mirrors the water which will flow into it. Surprisingly versatile, the vanity and sink work together to create a variety of looks, all unified by the Wave concept. The sink appears different depending on the color and material of interpretation – and whether it is molded into a single surface or overlaid with a worktop to provide a definite edge. The Wave vanity unit is available in different finishes and shades of natural wood, in single or double versions.

Curved Vanity design by RAB Aredobagno

Italian Kitchen Design by Poliform - Matrix Varenna modern kitchens

Ultra-modern, cutting edge-style is brought to life with the Matrix Varenna Kitchens: Italian Kitchen Design by Poliform. This super modular kitchen has everything you could need in a kitchen – all presented in the most stylish and versatile way possible. Designed on a large scale, the Matrix Varenna Kitchens offer wide surfaces and loads of storage. Minimalist, contemporary style means that there is a stripped-down, clean feel that emphasizes the smart use of space. A peninsular construction makes for convenience of use. In a combination of your choice of gorgeous materials such as wenge wood, stainless steel, corda glossy lacquer, glass, corian and ebony, this is truly a kitchen for the discerning. The endless possibilities of cabinetry with the Matrix Varenna Kitchens allows for a high level of personalisation. To become an integral part of the process of designing the perfect kitchen to suit you, call on Poliform.

Italian Kitchen Design by Poliform - Matrix Varenna modern kitchens

Lunar beauty to bedazzle Azerbaijan skyline

Reinventing the traditional notion of the skyscraper, Azerbaijan-based Heerim Architects have dreamed up two stunning lunar inspired projects that will radically change the skyline of the capital city of the central Asian republic. The Korean firm plans to build the Full Moon Bay and the Caspian Plus on opposite sides of the bay to act as markers of the gateway to Baku. The highlight of the project will be the celestial Hotel Full Moon which will be constructed essentially as a disc with rounded edges and a hole in one of the top corners that would appear drastically different from different viewing angles. The bulky centre will give the front a distinct appearance with the glass diagrid contrasting with the hexagonal honeycombs in the back of the structure. The main building of the hotel will house the 35 storey luxury hotel with 104,182 square meters of space occupying 382 rooms.

Lunar beauty to bedazzle Azerbaijan skyline

HOUSE IN THE CLOUDS

The House in the Clouds, one of the country’s most famous follies, provides spacious accommodation for the true family holiday having 5 bedrooms, 2 with double beds, 3 with twin beds and an additional double sofa bed. 3 bathrooms, drawing room, dining room and the magnificent ‘room at the top’ giving the finest views of Suffolk . Exceptionally well fitted the house provides a dishwasher, microwave, fridge, freezer, washing machine/dryer, colour television, full gas fired central heating, table tennis, lawn tennis and boules.

Set in 1 acre of private grounds, the House in the Clouds overlooks Thorpeness Golf Course, Thorpness Meare and the sea on the very beautiful Suffolk Heritage Coast. Close to Aldeburgh, Snape Maltings and home of the festival, to Minsmere and other bird and nature reserves.

Thorpeness village is different from any other holiday resort, being the creation of Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie and is still unspoilt since it was built in the 1920’s. Ogilvie’s idea was to create the ideal holiday village “for people who want to experience life as it was when England was Merrie England ”. Absolutely English, English in her beauty, English in her devotion to traditional healthy open air pleasures.

HOUSE IN THE CLOUDS[via Link]

Bauer

Bauer is the newest chic bar and eatery in Södermalm — “Stockholm’s Soho.” Opened on February 28, 2008, Bauer is a refurbished neighborhood watering hole on Götgatan’s northern end, an edgy-stylish area constantly changing and looking for a new form. Suitably, the job of designing Bauer was handed to Stockholm-based Dizel&Slate, known for aptly fusing street-art subculture with upscale style for retail and hospitality clients, including Hotel Birger Jarl, and stores for H&M, Hugo Boss and Peak Performance. Bold walls are their signature feature. For Bauer, they took inspiration from the Bauhaus style and from Berlin’s bar and gallery culture. Bold, graphic images depicting various forms of enjoyment achieve a casual and fun feel while punching up the black-and-white space and furnishings. By Tuija Seipell

Bauer

Industrial Facility

Industrial Facility

Space Intruderz Lights by Unison Idea Studio

ambient lamps for configurate vertical totem or horizontal space

Designer: Unison Idea Studio

Space Intruderz Lights by Unison Idea Studio