'my space' by liya mairson

liya mairson a recent graduate from shenkar institute for engineering and design has sent in images of her project 'my space'. the cardboard folding play area is designed for children aged 3-6 based around a pop-up technique.

'my space' has been developed specifically for small apartments which lack the space for a play room. when closed it uses minimal space and can be stored behind a door or under single bed.

Sand & Birch continues its collaboration with Cantine Ellemme, and after the amazing releases of Winebag and Opale wine cellars - soon become cult objects for collectors - its time to introduce HT Lux, a rigorous and elegant parallelepiped in oak and maple wood, with stainless steel finishings, anti UV glasses, Led system lighting and a capacity for about 70 bottles lodged on removable shelves. As Winebag and Opale were a reflection about a revolutionary way to consider the wine cellar object and its aesthetic potential, HT Lux design is more traditional and classic, since it's part of a product range conceived for a wider target. But, at the same time, HT Lux wine cellar doesn't give up with the reasons that make the success of all Sand & Birch's creations: purity of lines, high class design, first choice materials, and the most modern technologies joined to the hand-made care of details and of the whole production process. HT Lux can fit every setting and complete with class and a modern touch hotels, restaurants and pubs' interior decoration and furnishings. via

'foundation'

London-based designer benjamin hubert has designed 'foundation' a shelving
and storage system whose form is influenced by brutalist architecture.

The One to Four Table by Leon Fitzpatrick was designed as low lounge table with seating. Not only is it beautiful, comes flatpacked and well designed .... it would make for one dope children's table. It would be great if that hole in the middle was a lid to a little bin underneath. via 

 

erwin wrum: narrow mist
ullens center for contemporary art (UCCA), beijing
july 17th to september 15th, 2010

with each of his new works, austrian artist erwin wurm reinvents the vocabulary of sculpture
turning it on its head. using simple materials, mundane objects, wit and written instructions,
wurm invites people to interact with his art, transforming spectators into active participants,
encouraging them to poke fun at the paradoxes of contemporary society. designboom just visited
erwin wurm's interactive exhibition 'narrow mist', on show at the UCCA in beijing, which presents
sculptures influenced by childhood houses, fashion fetishes an 'stuff' you can find in the
chinese metropolis.


'narrow house'
image © designboom


within the UCCA's nave, one encounters 'narrow house', a home that is modeled after the
one that wurm grew up in. the abode may look like a funhouse, but the installation raises
questions about having our personal space constricted, restricted or invaded. inside there
are narrow chairs and tables, narrow bookshelves lined with narrow books, a narrow sofa
and narrow rooms which have been covered with a distinctly 1970s-style wallpaper.
so is the house charmingly slender, disturbingly tight or claustrophobically close?
wurm invites visitors to enter the house and have the chance to walk through it to decide
for themselves.



outside the 'narrow house'
image © designboom