Through the agency of the software Grasshopper Unit Arkitektur have designed a 4,0 x 0,6 m. lamp for our new office. The lamp is constructed by putting together 103 individual parts that have been laser cut from 3 mm birch ply-wood.

The pieces have been put together with zero tolerance and hence no glue. All parameters are in place and we can now mass produce this 70s-retro-pool-hall-light-fixture to the masses.

+ Designer: Unit Arkitektur

Image courtesy Unit Arkitektur

Image courtesy Unit Arkitektur

Image courtesy Unit Arkitektur

Image courtesy Unit Arkitektur

Image courtesy Unit Arkitektur

Image courtesy Unit Arkitektur

Small and compact, this garden office is perfect for any London home. This particular client is a designer (www.klor.co.uk). Having successfully created many features for big hollywood hits such as Juno and Inglorious Basterds, he wanted out of the time-sapping London commute whilst creating a perfect working environment at home. The garden studio allowed exactly this, enabling the client to maximise his working house, whilst separating their work environment from family life.

All buildings are custom designed projects and the studio rooms include sustainable features such as Sedum Green Roofs. Made in house in the UK, the prefabricated buildings are erected in just a few weeks, making them an attractive alternative to gaining extra space without the hassle of other methods.

+ Designer: in.it.studios | http://www.initstudios.co.uk/

Klor Garden Office, image courtesy in.it.studios

Klor Garden Office, image courtesy in.it.studios

Klor Garden Office, image courtesy in.it.studios

Klor Garden Office, image courtesy in.it.studios

Floor plan

+ All images and drawings courtesy in.it.studios

The Manta is a sculptural table lamp that draws attention by its natural organic form. A beauty for the eye inspired by (& tribute to) one of the most exceptional fish on our planet today: the Manta Ray. The Manta is a charming and handsome lamp that gives that extra touch or eye catching element to a room. It will add sophistication and elegance wherever it is placed.

+ Designer: Joeri Claeys

MANTA, image courtesy Joeri Claeys

MANTA, image courtesy Joeri Claeys

MANTA, image courtesy Joeri Claeys

Internationally renowned design brand Cappellini joins forces with the leading virtual store for multi-brand fashion and design in the world, yoox.com, in the creation of a unique new product, MULTIBONG, available in a strictly limited edition exclusively on yoox.com from September 2011.

Courtesy YOOX

Courtesy YOOX

New York Design Week, played host to the worldwide debut of a new product and the beginning of an exciting collaboration between the worlds of design and the web. From 14- 17 May 2011 design addicts from all over the world were given the chance to see MULTIBONG on show at the Cappellini Flagship Store in SoHo.

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MULTIBONG is the latest multicolor evolution of the Bong table, created in 2004 by the Italian architect, designer, talent scout and trend-setter Giulio Cappellini. Crafted from fiberglass, Bong is normally available in a range of matt colors as well as a version with an evocative „marble? effect.

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Giulio Cappellini has drawn inspiration from yoox.com's dedication to both fashion and design, and the ever–increasing affinity between these two fields of creativity and excellence. The trend for color and incisive graphic intervention seen in recent fashion collections are reinterpreted and given new life.

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The result is MULTIBONG – An evocation of balance and harmony through the artful use of syncopated visual rhythms and graphic asymmetries. The rounded side table or stool is adorned with decisive geometric detailing, mixing intense citrus tones and earthier colors in a high-gloss finish.

100% Made in Italy, MULTIBONG is finished by hand by Cappellini‘s master craftsmen and will be available, while stocks last, exclusively on yoox.com.

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+ About

yoox.com design

Since 2006, the design area of yoox.com has evolved into a one-stop destination providing visitors with the best creations from major global brands, products by emerging designers and limited edition pieces created exclusively for yoox.com.

yoox.com is also the official online shop-in-shop of Kartell and Established & Sons. Among the other brands available online: Cappellini Driade, Flos, Magis, Zanotta, Memphis Milano, Foscarini, Moroso, Alessi, Fritz Hansen, Normann Copenhagen, Muuto, Menu and Bitossi.

yoox.com

established in 2000, is the leading virtual store for multi-brand fashion and design in the world. Thanks to long-standing direct relationships with designers, manufacturers and official retailers worldwide, yoox.com offers a never-ending selection of products that are hard-to-find elsewhere, including: an edited range of end-of-season clothing and accessories from the world?s most prestigious designers, exclusive capsule collections, eco-friendly fashion, a unique assortment of home design objects, rare vintage finds and art books.

yoox.com is "Powered by YOOX Group", which has offices and operations in the United States, Europe, Japan, China and Hong Kong, ensuring an exceptional level of customer service: over 1 million orders per year in more than 100 countries; delivery is rapid and reliable, returns are fast and easy and customer care is best-in-class.

Cappellini

Founded in 1946, Cappellini has become synonymous with contemporary, avant-garde design. Over the years it has launched some of the world’s greatest designers, producing innovative and high quality furnishings, and is particularly renowned for its skilled lacquering processes. Products can be divided into the following collections: Collezione comprises products made in collaboration with contemporary designers; Sistemi-focuses on the production of modular furniture and solutions for residential and office areas; Progetto Oggetto-entrusts international designers with the task of designing home furnishing accessories. A number of iconic pieces are also exhibited in museums throughout the world – Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Museum of Modern Art in New York and the George Pompidou Centre in Paris; In 2004, Cappellini became part of the Poltrona Frau Group, a project piloted by the private investment company Charme set up by Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, which in 2006 listed on the Milan stock exchange. Cappellini is available worldwide. Its flagship stores are located in Milan, Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Miami.

+ More information, visit yoox.com

Designed by Visiondivision, Tower Town is a competition entry for the Taiwan Tower competition in Taichung.

Instead of doing one skyscraper, Visiondivision did a cluster of slender ones, creating a much more urban feeling for the designated area.

Tower Town, image courtesy of visiondivision

A tall building is simply not enough in the endeavour for an emblematic skyscraper in the 21st century.

The sensation seeking of a high solitaire object has been the predominant show-off for the last century where the height has been limited to a combination of building technique and money.

Tower Town, image courtesy of visiondivision

With growing economies all over the world and leaps in technology; the record race has become more obscure than ever with record holdings that only will last a couple of years with today's pace. The tall lone building has been done so many times before, it doesn't matter if you tweak it, swirl it, punctuate it, clad it with new materials; it still will more or less be the same.

If you go up the elevators of Empire State Building, Sears Towers, Pearl Tower or any other solitaire, it is pretty much the same experience.

Tower Town, image courtesy of visiondivision

To make new world wonders, new typologies must be found, making architecture and spatial experience once again the main key to success.

With our proposed typology, we wanted to make a truly unique experience for anyone visiting, working in or living in the new tower.

Tower Town, image courtesy of visiondivision

Our solution was to separate the building into over a hundred of sleek towers; this will make the complex more into a highly interactive and intimate city district than into one large building mass that has little to no interaction with its users. The narrow street scape will offer stunning vertical views, both from a street level and in mid-air on the many footbridges that is connecting the many towers, both for structural support and for communication and observation purposes.

The observation deck is not just from one high point, it is on many levels and in different towers to get a broad spectra of views of the surrounding city, the towers themselves, the mountainous landscape and even as far as the ocean.

+ All images courtesy of visiondivision