Sheila Kim
Walk into a Luceplan showroom and you might encounter hovering luminescent forms like none you’ve se en before. Finally being introduced stateside, these unique suspension fixtures that were launched in Europe last year are at once stunning, intriguing, organic and otherworldly. Yet each has a different personality that sets it apart from the others. Soleil Noir…
Widely considered the world’s biggest lighting and building-tech trade fair, Light + Building took F rankfurt, Germany, by storm last week, attracting some 216,000 trade professionals. But cutting-edge product wasn’t the only draw: Attendees also came out to see Luminale — the Biennale of Lighting Culture — which presented more than 200 lighting installations throughout the…
You may have lost your chance to snatch a piece of the Berlin Wall, but there’s plenty of opportunit y to buy and wear a piece of contemporary architecture, so to speak. The anticipated expansion of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, designed by Snøhetta, opens this May, and to celebrate, the SFMOMA Museum Store…
A zebra can change its stripes, as demonstrated by “Dot,” the spotted zebra that stood guard over a wood farm table set against a safari-evoking backdrop. Meanwhile, a sea of faces doodled onto whiteboard gazed upon a stark white table and complementing crisp-white stools. These constitute just a smidgeon of the 33 vignettes created by…
Not anyone can elevate the childhood craft of papier mâché and use it to produce a commercially viab le furniture line. But, then, Studio Job isn’t just anyone. From the Paper collection that was conceived for Dutch brand Moooi to a radical 12-foot-tall sculpture of the Burj Khalifa being scaled by King Kong, the Antwerp-based studio…
This may be the digital age when everything has gone paperless and people digest literature through tablet readers and audiobooks, yet the love affair with a beautifully or cleverly integrated bookcase continues to endure in design, today. Here are some recent projects that have titillated us with their solutions — and product suggestions for creating…
Architectural Jewelry by Zaha HadidThis isn’t the first time that Hadid has designed jewelry (you ma y recall that she created a line for Lebanese jewelry brand Aziz and Walid Mouzannar), but, whereas those earlier pieces were ornate and full of bling, the pieces she’s designed for Georg Jensen are slightly less flashy yet still elegant.…
Austin’s SXSW (aka South by Southwest) may be best known for its music and film festivals, but its i nteractive component is fast becoming a hot ticket, too. The SXSW Interactive Festival showcases digital creativity and emerging technology — and, in a panel by IA Interior Architects this afternoon, how they factor into the design of…
From a customizable system that channels arachnids to a minimalist glass lamp that melds modern desi gn with traditional technique, there’s something for everyone in this showcase of seven handsome pendant lights. Studio Italia Design BuzziSpace: BuzziLight Alhambra and RoyalThe felt furnishings brand recently unveiled (at Design Shanghai) these luminaires sporting shades of perforated felt that…