Archive for September, 2009
Based in Houston, Texas, Hometta is a collaborative of designers, architects, builders, writers and editors who have banded together to rethink and improve the way residential architecture is designed today.
Hometta would commission and sell plans for compact, sustainable homes designed by leading modern architects at a fraction of the price it would cost to commission an original design.
The plans will cost you between $1,195 and $3,195, and Hometta will pay the original architect a royalty for each plan sold. That’s a significant saving.
For More Affordable Design
Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 29 September, 2009
Youlka design offers an interesting low table for those who like to read magazines and newspapers. This table is named Newstable and it could solve a problem of your magazines storage in a very original way.(via)
For More Modern Furniture
Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 28 September, 2009
I love these bookshelf design by DwellStudio. It can hold bedtime books and be used as a decorative object to make even the most modest surface look designed.
For More Design For Children
Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 28 September, 2009
This beautiful house is sited in Glendowie, NZ.
A dark stained veil of variegated cedar wraps and protects the front of the house from the busy road that it fronts onto. The screen also performs the function of masking the stepped form of the building on the southern elevation, which is the result of the height to boundary constraints.
Two cut-outs or recesses in this kinked frontage allow entry into the building. One recess is for the garage door and other is for the front entry which is tucked away hidden from view behind the screen to allow privacy but also to shelter the entry from the south westerly wind.
Frosted glass provides privacy at the front of the house but still allows western light to penetrate through the building. The shadow of the timber screens frayed edges through the frosted glass provides a beautiful silhouette with the afternoon light.
An open riser timber and steel stair winds up through a triple height space from the garage level to the main living level and then on up to another two levels. Your view of the stair is filtered through layers of a stainless steel mesh screen hanging from the ceiling between the stairs and a dark stained timber screen.
The lower living level opens out onto a honed concrete terrace area with views of Browns Island and Karaka Bay.
Architect’s Website : Pete Bossley Architects
Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 28 September, 2009
I love things that are multifunctional, like this beautiful design cradle/bassinet, that you usually use for the first 3-4 months of your infant, it then turns to a toddler desk, so cool!
For more information go to Kids Love Design
For More Children
Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 28 September, 2009
Great abstract art on boards by Irish fine artist Kate Warner.
For More Modern Art
Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 28 September, 2009
Along these Lines was created when the Design London‘s Museum approached Dutch designers Studio Lawrence to develop an aesthetic solution to their acoustic problem. Along these Lines is a system of vertical felt lanes suspended on a steel rail creating beautiful wall coverings that adds soft volume to any space.
This product is being launched at the 100% Design London this month.
For More Materials
Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 28 September, 2009
The coffee table FIRE combines functionality and exquisite interior design. Combination of elements of a coffee table and a fireplace and it creates a unique design accessory. The asymmetric but clear defined body makes this furniture to a variously useable object in the room.
Designer: Axel Schaefer
Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 25 September, 2009
A contemporary take on the traditional cuckoo clock. The two separate cubes are linked via a cable with one cube housing the clock mechanism and the other the melodic cuckoo.
For More Wall Decor
Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 25 September, 2009
