The king of colours Pantone just recently opened The Pantone Hotel in the Belgian capital Brussels. Just off Avenue Louise, the seven floor hotel is designed by Belgian interior designer Michel Penneman and artichitect Olivier Hannaert. It allows ‘guests to choose a room that complements their mood through colour.” So which colour do you like?
Check out more of the rooms’ interior after the jump.
Last month, Phillippe Starck presented a project in which he designed for Dedon at Milan’s International Furniture Fair. The multi talented architect, interior, accessory and clothes designer produced of hand-woven indoor and outdoor furniture including a “Play with Dedon“, a lightweight and stackable “Play” armchair, the tables “Bistro“, in porcelain ceramic and moulded polypropylene, and “Dining“, in mirror-finish aluminum just to name a few. The main concept behind this collection is pretty simple; creating pieces that can make people happy. 
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We heard much about customization on clothing but furniture somehow it is rare. Martino Gamper happens to be a designer who is fascinated in deconstruction and reconfiguration. He spent 100 days creating 100 new chair designs after spending 2 years of collecting discarded chairs from friends and the streets of London.
“My intention is to investigate the potential for creating useful new designs by blending together stylistic or structural elements of existing chair types.” says Gamper.
Which one do you like? More after the jump.
Remember the super cute Lego kitchen counter? And it doesn’t stop there, the Lego craze continue! Here is the 22 742 Lego pieces project created by Irish Architect & Design company, with the help of artist Cormac Browne; a Lego boardroom table is born! Check out the video on how.
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We fell in love with her work as soon as we see it. Irina Graewe worked for Jil Sander and later realized she loves dressing spaces more than people. After graduating from London College of Fashion, she worked for Architektur and Wohnen for several years before becoming a freelance stylist. Her colorful minds had caught attention of many interior magazines and clients. Let’s together have a sneak peak of her wonderful work.
Check out more of her stunning work after the jump!
Stephan Jaklitsch: Habits, Patterns, Algorithms is a must read for all architect, designer or student who wishes to re-evaluate design through the eyes of Stephen Jaklitsch Architects. The New York based architect behind all Marc Jacobs retail locations worldwide presents his work, from small scale to freestanding residential works that engage the surrounding landscape to progression of projects at every stage from sketches to concept to idea, to models and the finalized projects. This is definitely a must read for all and a good case study for professionals.
This week we are more about interiors and interesting architect. Thailand will soon has its tallest building in Bangkok called MahaNakhon. It is a residential and hotel tower designer by well known German architect Ole Scheeren, partner of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA). Scheeren, on the other hand already had many landmark projects include the CCTV Tower in Beijing. This skyscraper will begin its construction in Fall 2009 and stand 77 story tall. Completion is scheduled for 2012. Mark your calendar, you might want to check it out.
We logged in and out everyday, sometimes wonder how does a Facebook team work? and where they work, do they go through our comments one by one and checking out our funny silly photos? Wondering what a Facebook office would look like? Yes, just like the varieties of applications they offered, the new headquarters at Palo Alto, California reflects its values; freedom of expression, individuality and creatively. Designed by Studio O+A, this is the kind of office you would want to work in.
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I am attracted to childhood things e.g. Playground, cartoons, paper cut-out, toys and Spongebob! It only explained the reason why I got so excited when I see this. The Lego Kitchen was created by Munchausen, a Parisian designers duo Simon Pillard and Phillippe Rosetti. They playfully customized a basic IKEA kitchen island bar and spend a full week covering it with more than 20, 000 Lego pieces. And the effect brings so much colours and joy to the home! Simply putting a smile on everyone’s face!
Images via Hrvoje Goluza for Maison Francaise
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People tend to neglect the day-to-day material around us these days, many materials actually can be reused, re-invented and re-customized. Just like what Dejana Kabiljo did , using hair as material for creating stools and chairs. As the face behind Kailjo Inc, she has been creating ever since and already had numerous personal exhibitions all over the world, like for Paul Smith in Tokyo, Selfridges in London and at Zona Tortona in Milan 08 and 09.
The recent PRETTYPRETTY collection using hair to make bar stools, poufs and chairs is both creative and innovative altogether. The bar stools were recently chosen by Philippe Starck for the interior of the SLS hotel in Beverly HIlls. The collections are definitely beautiful and glamourous; it is more like sitting on a beautiful head then a chair; and we think that Dejana Kabiljo can also be a very good hair stylist, don’t you think so?
