Rolling Rug by Bouroullec Bros
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| Losanges Rug by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Nanimarquina |
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| Losanges Rug by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Nanimarquina |
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| Losanges Rug by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Nanimarquina |
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| Losanges Rug by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Nanimarquina |
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| Losanges Rug by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Nanimarquina |
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| Losanges Rug by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Nanimarquina |
Nanimarquina Losanges Modern Rug by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
The Losanges rug was created and designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec in collaboration with Nanimarquina in Spain. The Bouroullec brothers continue their study of simplicity and elegance with their new Losanges collection. It’s about reinterpreting the traditional Persian rug using the ancient kilim technique. Technically complex, the Losanges collection requires great skill as it involves combining 13 colors through the geometrical rhombus shape, a great challenge for the craftsmen of Northern Pakistan. As well as being crafted by hand, the Afghan wool is also spun by hand, which allows for some unique color tones to be highlighted which make each rhombus different and each rug a unique item.
"We've always been fascinated by the traditional Persian carpets, specifically by the ancient technique of kilim which is a delicate blend of rusticity and finesse. We had the chance to see this project done by the artisans of northern Pakistan who have combined skill with thirteen colors and reproduce the geometric shape of the diamond. Besides being crafted in the traditional way, the Afghan wool is spun by hand, thereby highlighting the unique color tones. This technique makes each random lozenge subtly distinct and each carpet, a singular piece." - Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
Nanimarquina Losanges Modern Rug by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
Minimal Modernist Garden House
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| Small minimal modernist house by French company Veranda Rideau. |
France shows us that it is possible to create a minimal modern prefab house that can be used as a pool house, veranda, perhaps even as a green house. The French company Veranda Rideau launches a new design product : Icône, a mimimal modernist flat roof veranda. Recently created by Veranda Rideau, Icône characterized by frank and fluid lines which give elegance, style and luminosity. Really flat in appearance, the roof combines a slight slope to a metal section in the front. Its modern and angular shape is one of its main assets because of its ability to fit to different kinds of houses : architect or low rise housing. The new product Icône stands out with its contemporary minimalist design...
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| Small minimal modernist house by French company Veranda Rideau. |
Its modern and angular shape is one of its main assets because of its ability to fit to different kinds of houses : architect or low rise housing. The new product Icône stands out with its contemporary design and multiple possibilities in terms of wall structure. Icône is a flat roof veranda which corresponds to any kind of frame of building. Its rupture with cold bridge aluminium structure and its roof benefits from the best thermal coefficient existing for an optimal insulation (R=5,1). To satisfy with those who want to confer a more housing aspect to their veranda,Icône exists with timber frame integrating rockwool of 100 mm.
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| Small minimal modernist house by French company Veranda Rideau. |
For an optimum solar control, the veranda can be adorned with solar shading made of aluminium blades giving brightness or intimity to the veranda. More than just an embellishment, it can be a real “plus” as far as airing/ ventilation is concerned. For personalization, Icône can have a light well of different shapes : pyramidal, 2 or 4 slopes.
To fit with all kind of backgrounds, Veranda Rideau proposes a large choice of aluminium colours which allows infinite projects. You just need to design your new living space and once more, you can imagine : stretch ceiling, with integrated spot lights, floating floor, stylish coating, everything is possible to customize your new home interior.
This product is currently only available in France.
Naef Cella Wooden Toy
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| Naef Cella |
Naef Cella Swiss Wooden Puzzle Stacking Toy
Naef Cella, made in Switzerland. Naef Cella was designed by Peer Clahsen in 1979 for Naef Toys, Switzerland. Cella is available in several vibrant color combinations. Cella is one of our best selling Naef toys! Naef's Cella allows you to create your own op-art masterpiece in the style of Victor Vasarely or a futuristic space ship, everything is possible! Nine divisible shells fit into each other to make chambers and rooms, flowers and leaves. Look, play and be amazed! Cella guarantees hours of fun! Not for children under 3 years old.
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| Naef Cella |
Wonderful modular design of Cella combines fun playing with curiosity and spatial experimentation. This toy is based on the cubic shape that can be varied in different ways. Cella consists of nine half-cube shells in various sizes. The individual components of both toys and be combined to create an infinite number of new shapes using imagination and skills. Both concepts allow the use of the simple shape of the cube to playfully explore and expand the knowledge of spatiality and geometry. Whether assembled into a compact cubic solid or hollow body, or as ornamented towers, the variation options seem unlimited.
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| Naef Cella |
Naef toys are designed and made in Switzerland. This wooden toy company still creates each toy at their Swiss workshop in Zeiningen. The Naef collection includes artistic and educational wooden toys that have been designed with quality in mind. Many of our customers praise the Swiss-made heirloom quality and purchase them as collectors pieces. Beyond the fact that most of these toys look like museum quality sculptures, they also happen to be great educational toys. Naef toys are made to last. To achieve their durability, Naef crafts its wooden toys by hand, using only the highest quality materials. Each and every one of these wooden Naef toys is carefully crafted with non-toxic paint. The wooden toy collection of Naef includes some very remarkable architect-designed op-art pieces. Adult collectors will find much to like in sculptural toys such as Cella and Cubicus which resemble the work of French artist Victor Vasarely. Another Naef puzzle worth mentioning is Modulon; a Piet Mondrian and Gerrit Rietveld inspired modernist architectural toy which allows you to create your own minimalist house in the manner of 'De Stijl'. Toddlers will find great delight in the Animal Puzzle, the Rainbow Puzzle and Juba, a wooden caterpillar. These are fine educational learning toys that encourage gross motor skills and will make every child smile. The Naef collection of wooden toys will appeal to discriminating people who value craftsmanship, quality, design and enjoyment. Naef: Swiss-made quality wooden toys that no child or adult can resist! In an age where everything seems to be disposable, these quality wooden toys are made to be kept forever.
Naef Cella Swiss Wooden Puzzle Stacking Toy
Minimal Modern Architecture Toy
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| Naef Tectus Modern Architecture Construction Toy |
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| Naef Tectus Modern Architecture Construction Toy |
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| Naef Tectus Modern Architecture Construction Toy |
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| Naef Tectus Modern Architecture Construction Toy |
Tectus is based on a model and drawings under the names "System 618" by Jo Niemeyer from the year 1996. Tomohiro Nakamura picked and followed up with the idea to a later moment. The result is a timeless and creative toy for young and old.
The many times by the golden ratio seperated cube is covered by black areas. In the game those become fundaments, walls or roofs and the player to real architects. Everything inserts very harmonic into each other.
In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal to (=) the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one. The golden ratio is an irrational mathematical constant, approximately 1.6180339887. Other names frequently used for the golden ratio are the golden section (Latin: sectio aurea) and golden mean. Other terms encountered include extreme and mean ratio, medial section, divine proportion, divine section (Latin: sectio divina), golden proportion, golden cut, golden number, and mean of Phidias. The golden ratio is often denoted by the Greek letter phi, usually lower case (φ).
Mostly the line proportion is used in art and architecture as ideal proportion and as ambodiment of esthetic and harmony.
For the Swiss company Naef it was a impulsion, to bring the object at the end of 2008 under the name "Tectus" on the market. Without Tomohiro Nakamura it would have never came so far, the idea and the copyright are Jo Niemeyers, who workes with the golden ratio since centuries in the category of concrete art.
For all Naef toys are only high quality woods from ecological platation growth in Europe and only quality colours of highest amicability are used. From the baby age to the senior participants, the different products offer happyness and enjoyment and convey creativity and fantasy.
Naef Tectus Cube Wooden Puzzle Construction Toy
Life in the 1950s
This fantastic movie will take you on a flashback to the 1950s when America was a leader in design! Features interior design, industrial design, life style, 1950s influences.
Minimalist Lines
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Image Credit: Haags Uitburo, Artshooter, Leah Nahmias.
Mid Century Modern 50s Wall Decor
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| Frans Tuinstra (1923-2006),1956, exterior of Maastorenflat, Rotterdam, Netherlands. |
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| Frans Tuinstra (1923-2006), 1956, entrance of Maastorenflat, Rotterdam, Netherlands. |
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| Artist unknown, kids wall relief, Nijmegen, Netherlands. |
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| Artist unknown, playing kids wall relief, Nijmegen, Netherlands. |
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| Adriaan van der Weijden, Stieren (Bulls), 1959, Vinkeveen switching station. |
Hollywood in Sicily
It is the 10 year anniversary of the Hollywood sign installation by Maurizio Cattelan in Sicily. Ten years ago, on June 8th 2001, California landed in Sicily. The Hollywood sign was growing among palm trees, olive plantations and rubbish on the hills of Palermo.
HOLLYWOOD: 170 metres, nine giant letters, 23 metres high. A replica of the original sign in Hollywood. A Cyclopean venture, which took the American dream to the heart of Sicily, in Palermo. Artist was Maurizio Cattelan.
Aristide Maillol Sculpture
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| Aristide Maillol La Rivière in Zurich Switzerland (Image Credit Neue Zurcher Blog). |
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| Aristide Maillol La Rivière at MoMA's sculpture garden in New York USA (Image Credit MoMA). |
Modern Sculptures by Tony Smith
Tony Smith Sculptures
We love the modern geometric sculptures by Tony Smith. Tony Smith was an leading American sculptor, visual artist, architectural designer, and a noted theorist on art. He is often cited as a pioneering figure in American Minimalist sculpture.
"I don’t make sculpture. I speculate in form." - Tony Smith
Tony Smith (1912-1980) made more than 50 large-scale sculptures between 1960 and his death in 1980. Their distinct black finish and geometric forms represent one of the supreme achievements in American sculpture, and his unique vision has proven enormously influential on subsequent generations. A contemporary of the Abstract Expressionists, many of whom were his close friends, Smith studied architecture, then began painting in the 1930s before turning to architecture full-time in the 1940s to support his family. It was not until the late 1950s that he began to make sculpture, and he had his first one-person exhibition in 1966. That same year, Smith was included in Primary Structures, one of the most important exhibitions of the 1960s, at The Jewish Museum, New York.
In 1998 The Museum of Modern Art, New York, mounted a major retrospective of Smith's work, including his architecture, painting, and sculpture. His work is included in most leading international public collections, including those of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; MoMA; Tate Gallery, London; and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Foscarini Twiggy Floor Lamp
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| Foscarini Floor Lamp by Marc Sadler |
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| Foscarini Floor Lamp by Marc Sadler |
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| Foscarini Floor Lamp by Marc Sadler |
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| Foscarini Floor Lamp by Marc Sadler |
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| Foscarini Floor Lamp by Marc Sadler |
Foscarini Twiggy Floor Lamp. Twiggy's natural elegance, lightness and flexibility have been re-proposed and re-worked for new applications. The table version re-proposes the sinuous elegance in scale for use on desks, whereas the concept’s characteristic flexibility finds its maximum expression in the ceiling version that resolves the problem of decentring the light point. Elegance, lightness and great lighting effectiveness are declined in the lamp versions that – being available in two sizes – guarantee ample application potential thanks also to the chromatic variants that allow a calibration of its expressive strength. As a designer, Marc Sadler has worked a long time in the sports sector, where he's experimented with new materials and innovative production processes. Has also worked successfully in furnishing and consumer products.
Ample, linear, essential design combined with strong flexibility characterise the formal elegance and light sophistication of Twiggy. Floor lamp made of lacquered composite material on a fiberglass base. Includes dimmer.
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