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20+ Beautiful Modern Staircases
We’re constantly running across photos of truly jaw dropping staircases. So much of the time, stairs look as if they were ignored until the last minute of the design process, but not in these cases. Check out some of our favorite staircasess that we’ve come across:
Let’s start out with a staircase we’ve talked about before: Ribbon Stairs. Designed by HŠH Architects to mimic a delicate rippling ribbon, these stairs are beautiful but maybe a little scary to run up and down when you’re in a hurry.
Skim Milk: Cube Court House by Shinichi Ogawa and Associates
Cube Court House is a recent creation by Japan-based architecture firm Shinichi Ogawa and Associates. Located in Tokyo, Japan, the residence is constructed of reinforced concrete and steel. There are two contrasting sides to this home; one face of the home is quietly contained and tucked away, while the other face opens into a glasshouse above.
Kartell 4801 Chair, Reissued
Kartell is bringing back its 4801 chair designed by Joe Colombo, first manufactured in 1965. The curvy, low-slung piece is the only chair the company ever produced in wood. To mark its 60th anniversary, Kartell is re-issuing it, this time in plastic, just as Columbo originally specified it. Kartell has also mounted a new exhibition, Homage to Joe Colombo, at the New York City gallery R20th Century.
Lake House by Max Strang Architecture
Located in central Florida, Lake House is set on a sloping, lakefront lot and is the first LEED-certified residence in the city of Winter Haven. Designed by Max Strang Architecture, the 5,500-square-foot, 4-bedroom, 4.5-bath house was built with the idea that the interior living spaces were lodged within an outer “shell” made of stucco. The shell features eight-foot overhangs that provide the house with much needed protection from the sun.
Fluke Skateboard by Karim Rashid
In collaboration with Blank Plank, designer Karim Rashid created the limited edition Fluke Art Plank Skateboard. Blank Plank is a collaboration of street culture and art in which they seek out four artists per season to create limited edition artwork for them. Rashid lends his designer magic to the project with his signature bright colors and striking pattern. The skateboard is reasonably priced at $60 and only 100 of this design are being made.
Emma Biggs & Matthew Collings
Toil of our Hands
The collaborative husband-and-wife team of Emma Biggs and Matthew Collings produces some amazing modern paintings. The couple works together on their large-scale abstract works in which she designs and chooses the color and tone of each piece while he paints them. While Biggs is well-known in the mosaic world and Collings in the broadcasting and writing fields, they come together to create these modern geometric oil paintings that really draw the viewer in.
Tentacle by José Hurtado
The Tentacle wall shelf by Madrid-based designer, José Hurtado, is more than just a simple shelf. The pine cabinet with interchangeable shelves can be adapted to any combination you see fit. Whatever your needs are, the Tentacle can be modified by attaching each shelf piece to each other in varying combinations to make the most useful shelf for you.
MilkWeed: The Eames – Alive and Well and Green
On my first academic trip to Los Angeles over ten years ago I visited the Eames House in Pacific Palisades. Frozen in time, preserved in the way Ray Eames left it upon her death in 1988, I peered through its steel framed windows to find it standing still in design and time except for one thing: the plants.
Iris van Herpen x United Nude Fang Shoes
Haute Couture designer Iris van Herpen has always pushed the limited of fashion. She recently collaborated with United Nude on a wedge shoe made of fiberglass and carbon fiber shaped like fangs for her Spring/Summer 2012 collection. With ten “fang”s on each shoe, they’re strong enough to hold you up while you
