Kettal Maia wins Interiorismo Plus Award for Excellence in Outdoor Furniture

Some news that will hardly surprise anyone acquainted with this beautiful collection -  the Kettal Maia collection, designed by Patricia Urquiola, has won the Interiorismo Plus Award for Excellence in Outdoor Furniture. The award was presented at the Gala Dinner held in Barcelona on 4 November. Have a look at the latest additions to the Maia collection - Urquiola's swing chair is my favourite :

source: Interiornews.com

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Talent 2009 at Designhuis

Designhuis Eindhoven presents its second edition of Talent with 175 objects and installations from the 2009 graduates of 30 european design institutes and universities.

A lot of talent and clever design solutions along with playful approach and fantasy. Enjoy some of the projects that I liked very much:

'Selfpowered lamp' (left),

designed by Allard from BoerHogeschool (

photo byLsa Klappe)

consists of 90% recycled material and is powered by muscle strength. By using weights one can see how much energy is needed to keep one lamp burning. One hour of light needs 4000 kilos, 4 kg will give you 6 seconds of light. Allard Boer efforts to make people conscious about there energy consumption. In this prototype he lets construction, technique and design coincide while the archetypal form of a lamp is maintained.

Copper cabinet, Designer David Derksen

Graduated Design Academy Eindhoven 2009

This fragile cabinet is intended to store small things that hold a great personal value. It's entirely made of copper foil with a thickness of 0.1 millimetre. The folds make it sturdy and give it a papery look. You can see that the cabinet needs to be handled gently and with care, the same applies to its content.

Wall lungs, Designer Myrthe Mandemakers

Graduated Sint Joost, 2009

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photo designws.com)

Designers idea: Plants are the lungs of the house, these 'wall lungs' enhance the air quality and improve the acoustics. They are made from biological degradable felt that's been treated for dust mites. The plants grow on biological cotton that's been finished with a watertight natural rubber.

Bisazza Opens a New Flagship Store in Miami

Bisazza flagship stores are a great source of inspiration for interior designers and clients searching for luxury interior surfacing materials and furniture.
All Bisazza flagship stores are located in the main capitals of design: Antwerp, Barcelona, Berlin, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Milan, Moscow, New York, Paris, Rome and most recently Tokyo – with a Miami location opening in December.
Each Bisazza flagship store explores the amazing beauty of mosaic as a decorative mediumand suggests ideas for its way of application. The new flagship store in Miami is its fourth showroom in the United States.
It is located in the Design District area inside an impressive building and occupies a space of 400 square meters. The airy and luminous environments are perfectly fit for displaying the Bisazza Mosaic Collection and Bisazza Home, an assortment of furniture and decorative accessories signed by leading designers such as: Andrée Putman, Jaime Hayon, Marcel Wanders, Patricia Urquiola.




(via PRWEB)

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