Solar urban furniture

Complied by Leah Linhares

Photography: Courtesy Mathieu Lehanneur

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French designer, Mathieu Lehanneur proposes to transform global cities to green cities with solar-powered street furniture…

The arty ê.a.t.!

Complied by Leah Linhares

Photography: Courtesy V2com

  

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Newly refurbished diner Être Avec Toi (ê.a.t.) at the renowned W Montréal defies the age old adage – ‘too many cooks spoil the broth’ with its revolutionary dining concept that offers cuisine in an exciting art-gallery-esque style…

Assemble and Engage – The Parisian Kiosque!

Complied by Leah Linhares

Photography: Courtesy Studio Bouroullec

  

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Designers’ dream-team – Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec stride ahead, proving their profound love for design with their new project - Kiosque.

Full-bodied design – Beer Bar!

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Courtesy LABVERT

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Vienna-based architecture and design studio, LABVERT’s design of a craft beer brewery makes a ‘ceremonial hero’ of the product and the experience of gurgling beer!

Keeping it familiar!

By Leah Linhares

Photography: Nacasa & Partners; courtesy IDS

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Spreading love and care since its inception in 1950, popular Japanese baby clothing brand 'Familiar' takes its services a notch higher by opening a preschool under the same brand name in Tokyo!

HM6 'Space Pirate' is Red Dot 2015 “Best of the Best” Awardee

Compiled by Team IAnD

Photography: Courtesy Red Dot

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The MB&F HM6 Space Pirate has won over the 38-member jury of the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2015. From 4,928 participants, MB&F’s HM6 Space Pirate has stood out and been awarded the Red Dot: Best of the Best for top quality and innovative design. 

‘Drift’ – Nature...Engineered!!

By Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy the architect

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Drift - the mesmerizing 9-metre high sculptural installation at the Kempinski Hotel in Dubai is a strategically laboured surface design that juxtaposes the contradictory environment of the hot desert sand dunes with the snow-capped mountains of the hotel’s indoor ski slopes...

Surface patterns as design determinants

By Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy the designer

 

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UK-based surface pattern designer Kirath Ghundoo dramatizes Wax Revolution, a Mexican chain of lifestyle salons by using bright, quirky and playful surface patterns…

Arty Lighting Design as Urban Identity

Info & Images: courtesy Lightemotion

Photography: Patrick mevel photographe

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Responding to the soul of Cartier Avenue in Québec City, Canada, lighting design firm, Lightemotion create an installation of 34 giant backlit lampshades decorated with select works of art from the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec…

Swarovski Lighting dramatises Actor's Foyer

Info & Images: Courtesy Tjep

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A simple lighting transformation by Tjep makes for a whopping makeover of the actor’s foyer at Zaan Theatre, in the Dutch province of Zaandam, Netherlands.

Street Furniture – Chic & Robust

Info & Images: Courtesy ALTO Design

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ALTO Design’s new Équiparc DELTA street furniture collection impresses with the simplicity of its lines, which evokes both robustness and sophistication...

Engaging through Art in Public Places

Compiled by Pari Syal

Photography: Courtesy Ball-Nogues Studio

 

Air Garden                                    © Joshua White                             Stud Wall                                          © Ball-Nogues

Ball-Nogues Studio designs two public art installations – Air Garden and Stud Wall -  that are as simple in their message as they are complex in their compositions…

FIFA World Cup Trophy - The Legacy

By Avinash Yadav
Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web 

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As if the game itself is not dramatic enough to keep you on the edge of your seat, the FIFA World Cup trophy has a contributive legacy with its fair share of emotional quotient… 

Dress Code FIFA 2014!

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Design Blast FIFA 2014

By Avinash Yadav

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

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The FIFA World Cup 2014 Jersey and Boots sport a distinctive flair for trendiness and style… 

From Jabulani to Brazuca!

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Design Blast FIFA 2014           

By Anurag Pandey

Info & Images: Courtesy Adidas

                                                    

Brazuca Vs. Jabulani

Conception of Jabulani or the design of Brazuca?? Know which one’s better...

ArchiPortrait – Architecturally Yours!

By Team IAnD

Photography: Courtesy the designer

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Italian graphic designer and illustrator, Federico Babina’s penchant for building design finds an expressionist rendering in his series on architect’s visages inspired from and incarcerated in their individual architectural contributions…

Zaha Hadid at Salone del Mobile 2014

Info & Images: Courtesy Zaha Hadid Architects

Photography: Jacopo Spilimbergo

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Blurring the lines between abstraction and function, Ar. Zaha Hadid launches four products at the Salone del Mobile 2014…

Signature Tsumori Chisato

By Smita Singh

Photography: Nacasa & Partners Inc.; courtesy the architects

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Attention Fashionistas! Tokyo’s Igarashi Design Studio translates renowned Japanese fashion designer, Tsumori Chisato’s signature into a pulsating retail outlet...

Frozen Time

By Avinash  Yadav

Photography: Takuji Shimmura; courtesy the architect

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Architects Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane (DGT), Paris, have designed an installation, “which creates an experience of standing in time that has been frozen” encapsulating the essence of Japanese watch brand Citizen with “Time is Light, Light is Time”.

Surfaces that speak!

By Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy the architect

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London-based designer Giles Miller’s surface tiles are truly a feast for the senses — visually, texturally and spatially. What makes Miller’s creations stand apart isn’t the use of extraordinary materials but ordinary material used extraordinarily well…