Furniture Fashion recently heard from Florian Kallus, a German Designer living in Münster, Germany. He wrote to share his latest work called "Karton". The design is inspired by the coziness of a carton, a creation that all of us in the world are familiar with. There is a lot of symbolism in a cardboard box in how we compartmentalize our lives and store away good and bad memories. This adoption into furniture is constructed of multiplex plate coated in white oil oak edge with Viskoseschaum black cowhide. More information: here.
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Definitely one of the iconic pieces from the Mid-Century design era, the visual on the Eames storage unit says it all. Even for non-fans of modern design, there is still a recognizable air to the furniture. The first take is the play on colors and how their culmination creates a superb visual appeal. The storage types are pieced together in a patchwork manner, but in truth reveal the genius behind Charles and Ray Eames' design from 1950. This piece is offered by the MOMA store for $3,400 and can be purchased here.
This years Pritzker Prize winner, the highest recognition in architecture, is Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. This amazing architect is not the most well known name in his field, and he has remained in "relative obscurity" for most of his 30 year career. I am sure winning this high honor will shed some much deserved light on his projects which include mountain side chapels, and spas in and around the European countryside. One of Zumthor's works that I find particularly intriguing is the Kolumba Art Museum in Cologne completed in 2007 which rises out of the ruins of the late gothic St. Kolumba Church, destroyed in World War II. The Pritzker jury called the project "a startling contemporary work, but also one that is completely at ease with its many layers of history." Here is a look at some of Peter Zumthor's architecture that won him the 2009 Pritzker Prize.
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Pottery Barn continues their tradition of fine furniture with their new "American Classics" collection and the Modine Bar that makes use of every bit of interior storage space. This compact bar holds it all from wine bottles, glasses, liquor bottles, spices, and mixing implements all in nice fold up cabinet. Unfold the top to double your surface space, and remove the insert to reveal a stainless-steel ice bucket. The Modine bar also features removable 16-bottle wine rack, drawer with a removable barware tray and a single fixed shelf, a fixed shelf for suspending stemware on four racks, hidden wheels, and antique-bronze-finished knobs. 38.5 x 22 x 42.5" H; extends to 77" L. $1,399 From Pottery Barn
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With a focus on designing a modern kitchen to reevaluate what truly makes a kitchen functional, Electrolux Icon appliances and Interior Design Magazine held a competition with 110 thousand dollars on the line. Winner Marcello Zuffo's futuristic kitchen shown here in orange "featured movable components that can be reconfigured to adapt to the task at hand and incorporated a contemporary sculptural component contrary to a typically rectangular floor plan." As interior design and kitchen appliance innovation moves forward, it is very likely these pictures of the first through third award winners will be a reality in a few years. Read more on the Electrolux Icon / Interior Design Magazine kitchen design competition here.
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