Interior Design Tools: Light Magic

Lighting is one of the strongest interior design tools - each of these beautiful lights can instantly create the desired mood or atmosphere:
- elegant contemporary Art Deco with the Baga lighting;





- fusion style with the new lamp Mandala that Karim Rashid designed for Kundalini;









- oriental - with a lamp like this one from the NAEVE Orient series;

or
- romantic modern style with Murano Due mirror lamp.


Designing with lighting is a fascinating part of the process of interior design and the possibilities are boundless. Like the one with using LEDs for programmable lighting solutions at home and in public interiors.
More ideas will follow soon.











( pictures via Арт Объект)



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More Bathroom Inspiration

Here comes some more from the Bathroom Inspiration series:

A lot of interesting new designer bathroom taps and accessories:

Piano is a “hybrid” mixer that also provides a useful surface its fluid form of the tap “embraces” two functions: water outlet and surface.

Produced by R.B. Rubinetterie Bandini
design: Marco Pisati

And the new KAWA bathroom tap by Karim Rashid for Rubinetteria Cisal. Its elegant curved slender profile with the correct technology and new coloured finishes make Kawa a very innovative product.

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"designer music" - Karim Rashid Designs First CD

Karim Rashid Designs First CD - The ObliqSound Remixes Vol. 2

ObliqSound steps deftly into the realm of "designer music" with the
innovation of an accessory that speaks as much to fashion as it does to refined
musical taste. Brazilian plastic footwear manufacturer Melissa
produced The ObliqSound Remixes Vol 2 Limited Edition carrier case as designed
by Karim Rashid. It is a beautiful collectors item which marries great
music with cutting-edge design to create a sleek and sensual multi-purpose
accessory that is aesthetically distinctive. Available in pearl white and
electric blue, only 2,000 copies of this limited edition will be available
worldwide. (ObliqSound)

"Art, design and music are so intertwined and intrinsic to one another--they are conduits and modes of self-expression. So when the elegant, bombastic label ObliqSound approached me to design their special remix CD, I was jazzed to say the least, ” opines Karim Rashid. “I have loved jazz all my life, and my favorite most influential period was in the seventies when jazz got conceptual and funky (dazz, fazz and acid jazz sounds). I love their really contemporary new jazz sound. It has the nuances and flavors of my favorite jazz periods, but takes us to a new level, offering a new axiom in jazz.I wanted to create a techno-visual package that speaks about this new age of digital jazz, of jazz that has been remixed to move our spirits, our lives and touch our modicum and aural landscape." - Karim Rashid (Jazz News)

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Useful Home Addition: The dynamic balcony

I like this! With one push on a button the balcony opens smoothly within 15 seconds and two persons can enjoy breakfast in the open air. A great solution for compact apartments in dense urban areas.
The dynamic balcony Bloomframe is infact an innovative window frame that can be easily transformed into a balcony. Bloomframe is designed and patented by Hofman Dujardin Architects based in Amsterdam The Netherlands. It is still a prototype and the development process continues. The final product is expected to be presented at the end of this year.

Внимание!!! 'сгъваема тераса'

Едно удобно решение, особено за нашата среда - след като почти всички сме обединили балконите си с интериора, сега можем да се възползваме от това изобретение на Hofman Dujardin Architects и да разширим тесните си апартаменти . Bloomframe е специален прозорец, който само с едно натискане на копчето за 15 сек. се разгъва в тераса! Тя все още е във вид на прототип, но много скоро ще започне да се предлага на пазара.

via Dexinger

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