la Nomade du Design » La Série Ben Diaporama des Objets 2010-2011 Retour vers Le Coin de l’eco-Design Banc BEN - 151 x 43.5 x 45 cm Bureau BEN Siège BEN Retour vers Le Coin de l’eco-Design Amazon's Seattle headquarters will be giant orb-shaped greenhouses News: Amazon has gained planning permission for a new Seattle headquarters that will feature a trio of glass orbs containing a jungle of mature trees and tropical plants (+ slideshow). Designed by American architecture firm NBBJ, the proposal for a new headquarters for online retailer Amazon was unanimously approved last week by the Seattle planning department. The 30-metre-high transparent balls will accommodate 1800 Amazon employees, who will be surrounded by a wilderness of plant life that includes green walls, hanging gardens and flowering shrubs. "The generative idea is that a plant-rich environment has many positive qualities that are not often found in a typical office setting," reads the proposal document. It continues: "While the form of the building will be visually reminiscent of a greenhouse or conservatory, plant material will be selected for its ability to co-exist in a microclimate that also suits people."
100 Creative Furniture inShare19 In this roundup you will find some stunning, creative and unique furniture design ideas. Some of them really look awesome. So, re-think before you scrap anything because it could be a good material for making an exclusive furniture. Advertisement 100 Creative Furniture: Reloaded We have already presented to your attention a collection of 100 Creative Furniture. Mycelium Chair by Eric Klarenbeek is 3D-printed with living fungus Dutch Design Week 2013: designer Eric Klarenbeek has 3D-printed a chair using living fungus, which then grows inside the structure to give it strength (+ slideshow) The chair is the result of a collaboration between Klarenbeek and scientists at the University of Wageningen to develop a new way of printing with living organisms. "Our main purpose was to bring together the machine and nature to create a new material that could be used to make any product," Klarenbeek told Dezeen. The result is a new material that, Klarenbeek believes, could be used to make almost anything in future. "It could be a table, a whole interior or even a house," he said. Presented at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven this weekend, the Mycelium Chair was printed using a mixture of water, powdered straw and mycelium, which is the thread-like part of a fungus that lives underground. The mycelium grew within the structure, replacing the water and creating a solid but extremely lightweight material.
Céralin une matière qui a un grain Est-ce une petite boîte en bakélite ? Cette grande coupe est-elle en plastique granulé, ou en pierre ? Et si ces lampes et tabourets étaient en carton plastifié ou feutré ? En observant, en palpant la matière légère, à la fois brillante et brute des objets présentés à l'espace Greenage, on pressent évidemment qu'il y a de la nature dans l'air. Car toutes ces pièces sont en «Céralin», une nouvelle matière obtenue par transformation de l'enveloppe du grain de blé ou de celle du riz. Cette invention est née grâce à deux acteurs plutôt éloignés du design mais très expérimentés dans le domaine des céréales : Bernard Skalli, président du groupe Rivoire & Carré/Lustucru et Marie-Thérèse Berling, ancienne cadre de cette entreprise. Pâte alimentaire. C'est avec ce discours écolo, par «intérêt aussi pour le design», qu'avec leur bébé Céralin, le duo s'est tourné vers la production d'objets. La mascotte de promotion, c'est une boîte, en forme de petit pot. A l'état de recherche.
Weird and Wacky Furniture By Straight Line Designs EmailEmail Straight Line Designs is a one-of-a-kind workshop that has been operating out of Vancouver, British Columbia for the past 25 years. In addition to installations, sculptures and private commissions, designer Judson Beaumont and his staff of eight full-time craftspeople have designed and constructed a variety of wacky cartoon-style furniture and projects for public institutions and children’s exhibitions throughout North America and abroad. Focused on quality and custom design, Judson’s studio stays far away from mass production and is as imaginative as children themselves. Website: StaightLineDesigns.com 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.Daddy Long Legs
The Body flexible seating structure by Kirsi Enkovaara This flexible seating structure by Finnish designer Kirsi Enkovaara can be rolled and folded into a plethora of configurations to support the body in comfortable or strange positions (+ movie). The Body is Kirsi Enkovaara's graduation project from the Design Products course at London's Royal College of Art and was designed to encourage people to reevaluate how they sit. The six-metre-long ribbed structure can be transformed into any shape and retains its position so the sitter can perch or lie on it in any way they find comfortable. "From early on we learn what is the right way for sitting in our own culture and have seats that encourage these ways of sitting, but often we can find ourselves sitting in very odd positions in standardised seats," Enkovaara told Dezeen. "This seat provides an opportunity and encouragement to let a person dictate the way of sitting. "Rice is a renewable and very accessible material," she added.
Céralin : un matériau durable à base de céréales Après s'être occupé du contenu, Bernard Skalli et Marie-Thérèse Berling, respectivement ancien président du groupe Rivoire & Carret Lustucru et ex-DRH, se sont intéressés à des contenants en matière biodégradable.En 2001, après deux années de recherche au sein de leur laboratoire BSM, ils mettent au point le Céralin, matériau obtenu par transformation et thermo-compression de l'enveloppe de grains de riz ou de blé. " Nous recyclons en fait un " déchet " alimentaire, très peu réutilisé pour nourrir les animaux ou produire de l'énergie, explique Olivier Lepez, de BSM développement. La naturalité et la biodégradabilité du Céralin viennent s'ajouter à son respect de l'environnement, puisque le cycle de vie des céréales est annuel, à la différence du bois. Nous utilisons donc une matière première aisément renouvelable, donc durable. " Des usages évolutifs
Space Saving ‘Tulip’ Shower Blooms into a Luxury Bathtub Some apartment bathrooms are just not big enough to fit a full- or even half-size tub, unless one considers the extra space already required for standing and walking. This clever flip-down solution makes room for lying down in the bath, but retracts when not in use. The (Tulip) name was derived by Piotr Pyrtek from the way in which the unit seems to blossom open, as well as the tulip’s versatility in the world of plants. When upright, the enclosure prevents splashing and contains steam for showering. When flipped open, the vertical portion provides a place to lean against along the back surface. Luxuries are not lost despite the small footprint of this pod within the larger layout – high-powered massagers, underwater jets and other digitally-controlled bathing bonuses are all part of the experience.
Sara Paculdo Flat Chair Project With a background in industrial design, physics and studio art, California-based Sara Paculdo is one of those people that can create anything and everything with a little imagination. Designed to ship flat and be assembled by the end user just like a puzzle, her latest project is an innovative Flat Chair, made out of durable plastic. Built as a single structure that folds completely flat, it looks just like a colorful origami concept but with quite a lot of curves. sara-paculdo-flat-chair-project-1
MOBILIER CITOYEN - Dossiers 06/06/2003 - Leurs qualités d'usage sont identiques à celle du mobilier classique. Mais leur vocation, écologiquement correcte, est de devenir un déchet banal. Leur nom ? Les meubles « éco-conçus ». Deux modèles de l'éco-conception : le siège Bob (Eurosit) et le sommier Futsi (Simmons), lauréat du prix de l'innovation 2003 du dernier Salon du meuble de Paris Si beaucoup commencent à y songer, seuls quelques professionnels du mobilier de maison ont déjà franchi le pas de l'éco-conception. À partir d'un cahier des charges alourdi de quelques critères environnementaux, Simmons et le CTBA ont ainsi mis au point le matelas Futsi, qui conserve le savoir-faire de la marque autour du ressort ensaché. Convaincre la grande distribution Eurosit ne vend encore que quelques centaines de sièges Bob par mois, essentiellement aux particuliers, et Simmons vient de lancer la commercialisation de Futsi, prix de l'innovation 2003 du Salon du meuble de Paris.