Russian designer Dima Loginoff has created a new collection of ultra-contemporary sofas for the Italian company ARTEX. The four designs are: Confusion, Not too late, Kisses, and Diamond Lounge. Each style has its own unique shape and look. They may not be everyone’s cup of tea but they definitely make a statement and give people something to talk about. I think they’re super fun!
Designed by Rockefeller Partners Architects, the 33rd Street Residence is a modern beach house with views of the Pacific and the Malibu coastline. Located in the southwestern part of Los Angeles County in Manhattan Beach, California, the smartly-designed house was able to fit everything the client wanted and needed, all while reflecting their love of southeast Asia.
Hosted in Milan’s Ventura Lambrate, RCA Paradise challenged students to “contemplate the discovery of something or somewhere more wondrous.” The products they presented are all inspired by a “quest for a better future.”
These paintings by Kristy Gammill, which are literally dripping with color, are making the rounds on Pinterest art boards of late. They’re sort of impressionist meets abstract, with a bit of ethnic patterning thrown in. The mix of bright and pretty colors, with a pop of neon, make them an appealing candidate for a Colourlovers palette workup.
Hesus is a rocking horse that gets back to basics. Designed by J.Key Schneyorson, it’s built based on the repeated shape of the sector of a circle but at various scales.
New York City native and textile designer Thomas Paul is in this week’s Friday Five hot seat. A former neckwear and scarf designer for Bill Blass, Calvin Klein, and DKNY, he went off on his own — in an entirely new direction: the home. You can definitely see the neckwear inspiration in his designs, which range from bedding to pillows to rugs and our favorite: the Luddite collection. P.S. he still does scarves, too!
This week’s Design Milk Dairy roundup features our favorite geometric shape: the triangle. And where better to have a triangle than on your iPhone. Here are some of our favorite triangle-covered iPhone cases over on Society6.
The Bethesda, Maryland NaCl House has a Tetris-like white exterior that resembles a natural formation of mineral rock salt, hence its name. You remember the periodic table, right? NaCl is the chemical formula for rock salt. Designed by David Jameson Architect Inc., the house isn’t your typically laid out home that’s horizontally stacked.
Gravity Stool by Amsterdam-based designer Jólan van der Wiel is a project that if nothing else, it’s quite magical. Using a combination of gravity and magnetic fields, he’s able to sculpt these organically shaped stools that are unique and one-of-a-kind.
Parsons The New School for Design, located in New York City, is made up of five schools that bring together graduate and undergraduate programs, including the School of Art, Media and Technology, School of Art and Design/History and Theory, School of Design Strategies, School of Fashion, and The School of Constructed Environments.
Photo by Bill Handelman
The School of Constructed Environments is the only integrated school of architecture, interior design, product design and lighting design in the United States, so this is a school I really wanted to get a peek inside. It offers dual degrees on the graduate level in interior design and architecture, and interior design and lighting design, as well as integrated studios among its various programs, so there is a lot of collaboration among the disciplines. The school is known for its signature Design Workshop, where students design and construct projects for non-profit clientele.
I spoke with the Dean of the School of Constructed Environments, Bill Morrish, who shared more about the goal of the school, the learning environment, and the key tools students use to solve problems with design every day. Let’s take a peek…
