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a designboom.com publication June 2010, 23
paul mccarthy: ship of fools, ship adrift 2
published 06.23.10
a contemporary rephrasing of the medieval allegory, depicting a world of power without principle as the ship and its denizens hurtle obviously towards their own destruction.
sebastian summa: kalotte
published 06.23.10
the lamps are produced using a metal spinning technique. this production method is a chipless transforming process for the fabrication of rotational-symmetric hollow bodies created out of sheet metal.
solar powered bamboo house
published 06.23.10
the house features two curved roofs and a solar-facing wall which are clad with photovoltaic panels that can generate enough energy to sustain the house, and potentially sell back to the grid.
mirko mielke: le confident
published 06.23.10
a series of wooden outdoor furniture benches and chairs that seek to facilitate social interactions amongst its users
marjan colleti: al jadida agropolis - self sufficient city
published 06.23.10
as a semi-urban and semi-agricultural environment - an agropolis - it is proposed to be self sufficient in what concerns the involvement of local population, new transport infrastructures, mix-program, and, above all, a sustainable balance in food and energy production and consumption.
stephen burks: 'circus' and 'suspended lantern'
published 06.23.10
american designer stephen burks, the man behind readymade projects, has designed two products for collection number one of new furniture manufacturing mattermade.
felix hardmood beck + simon schiessl + andrea bassi: soxels
published 06.23.10
the key components of this accoustic media facade are the sound pixels, or soxels, a scaleable array of speakers, and a feed-in point for streaming an endless number of audio-channels to provide each speaker with an individual sound.
extrastern: pig museum
published 06.23.10
with over 30, 000 artifacts revolving around the theme of a pig, the schweine museum is the largest gallery dedicated to the animal in the world.
volkswagen bik.e
published 06.22.10
earlier this year, volkswagen unveiled a small battery powered electric bike that is designed to fit into the spare tire compartment of a car
toshiba ac100
published 06.22.10
the toshiba libretto we previously featured is quite a distinctive device, while the toshiba ac100 is a more traditional netbook with some impressive features of its own
luise valdes: cardboard house
published 06.22.10
artist luise valdes collected a lot of unwanted cardboard boxes for his latest installation _casa de karton_ or cardboard house
nacho carbonell at galerie BSL, paris
published 06.22.10
nacho carbonell's mutant creations are always functional and create new user protocols that may be relational, playful, social or affective, associated to the freedom afforded by the material which they are made from.