5/23/10 - 5/30/10 Modern Design

Friday, May 28, 2010

Nanimarquina Bicicleta Rug by Nani Marquina & Ariadna Miquel

Nanimarquina Bicicleta Rug

The Bicicleta was designed by Nani Marquina & Ariadna Miquel for Nanimarquina in Spain. Each rug is made using 130/140 bicycle inner tubes, collected and processed in India. Made using 100% recycled material, this exclusive ecological rug champions caring for the environment. In addition to being a declaration of intentions by raising awareness about using biodegradable or recycled products, it represents a point of transgression for today’s most avant-garde spaces. This design was born through researching the possibility of using recycled rubber to create new textures. The solution arose during a journey to India: using inner tubes from bicycle tires, the most common mode of transportation there. The result: a conceptual, sustainable, new element.

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Nanimarquina Bichos y Flores Rug by Javier Mariscal

Nanimarquina Bichos Y Flores In Pink

Nanimarquina Bichos Y Flores In Red

Nanimarquina Bichos Y Flores In Pistachio

Nanimarquina Bichos Y Flores In Orange

Nanimarquina Bichos Y Flores

Nanimarquina Bichos Y Flores

Pistachio, pink, orange or red colors for a collection of rugs with drawings on them, designed by Javier Mariscal for Nanimarquina in Spain. The unique impression represented by its design is revealed through a universe of naïve beings that inhabit its surface. Characters from a very personal story that fire the imagination of the youngest members of the home, sharing their games. Shapes that add an informal touch to the most carefree environments for the child inside us all. Its circular format makes this piece a versatile element for any room, whether it's a child's or not.

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Nanimarquina Asia Rug by Nani Marquina

Nanimarquina Asia Rug In Beige

Nanimarquina Asia Rug In Brown

Nanimarquina Asia Rug In Petrol Blue

Nanimarquina Asia Rug In White

Nanimarquina Asia Rug In Brown

Nanimarquina Asia Rug In Petrol Blue

Nanimarquina Asia Rug In Beige

Like a walk through a dreamlike garden, this collection stands out with floral motifs done in relief, inspired by tranquil oriental atmospheres. The design, available in three colors and two sizes, offers pleasing textures and dynamic visual effects, elegantly involving the senses of touch and sight with its presence. Its refined and simple nature is made up of shades like beige, petrol blue and brown. There is also the possibility of customizing the color of these embossed rugs. The Asia rug radiates a natural elegance by combining neutral colors with a pattern comprised of organic shapes. The combination of color,shape and tactility create a truly unique and beautiful piece.

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Nanimarquina Aros Redonda Rug by Nani Marquina

Nanimarquina Aros Redonda Rug in Red

Nanimarquina Aros Redonda Rug in Grey

Nanimarquina Aros Redonda Rug in Grey & Red

Nanimarquina Aros Redonda Rug

The Aros Redonda rug evokes emotion through its simple yet elegant shape and color. Nanimarquina Aros Cuadrada Rug will most certainly add a modern touch to any home. It works beautifully as an accent piece. The simplicity of an irregular, circular outline defines the form of each design, delimiting a center and a perimeter that will never be exact or symmetrical. The Aros series includes three round rugs, in three different colors and sizes, and a square version in which the circle is outlined in the interior. The subtle asymmetry in each design invites freedom from conventional uses, making it possible to combine more than one piece to create new volumes in a single space.

Truly exquisite designs, brilliant coloring and crisp detailing adorn the magnificent collection from Nani Marquina, designed in Barcelona, Spain. These wonderful artistic rugs will revitalize your room in an instant and will bring sophisticated elegance to any environment. Put them on your floor or display them as art on your wall.

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Nanimarquina Aros Cuadrada Rug by Nani Marquina

Nanimarquina Aros Cuadrada Rug

Nanimarquina Aros Cuadrada Rug

The Aros Cuadrada rug evokes emotion through its simplistic shape and color. It will add a modern touch to any home and work beautifully as an accent piece.

The simplicity of an irregular, circular outline defines the form of each design, delimiting a center and a perimeter that will never be exact or symmetrical. The Aros series includes three round rugs, in three different colors and sizes, and a square version in which the circle is outlined in the interior. The subtle asymmetry in each design invites freedom from conventional uses, making it possible to combine more than one piece to create new volumes in a single space.

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Louis Ghost Chair by Kartell

Louis Ghost Chair designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell
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The Louis Ghost Chair is available from Stardust.com

Louis Ghost Chair designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell
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The Louis Ghost Chair is available from Stardust.com

The famous Louis Ghost Chair is an iconic piece of modern furniture. When looking for a nice modern accent piece of modern contemporary furniture, we are always drawn to unique, modern, timeless design icons, which probably explains why we love the modern contemporary furniture by Kartell. Never content to offer just a regular chair, they came up with this brilliant transparent chair, the Louis Ghost, which Philippe Starck designed for them. An iconic yet practical design that is a perfect complement to both traditional and contemporary interior decoration. Representing the intersection of classic baroque style and innovative modern design, the Louis Ghost Chair is both enchanting and comfortable. In a short time this chair has become an iconic piece in the canon of Philippe Starck for its instantly recognizable Louis XVI chair shape pared down to an essential form and boldly reinterpreted in plastic. Made of transparent or batch-dyed polycarbonate in a wide range of color choices, the Louis Ghost Chair is sturdy and durable while displaying a delicate, ethereal appearance. This versatile armchair, suitable for indoor and outdoor use, has been featured in numerous magazines and adds elegance and lively panache to any number of settings.

The Louis Ghost chair was designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell in Italy. This modern chair is a true modern design classic. Who else but the famous modern designer Philippe Starck would dare to mess with a king like Louis XV? Reinventing the classic Louis XV arm chair for Kartell, the playful and iconic modern Louis Ghost Armchair is a postmodern triumph of technical innovation and historical style. Translating the varied lines and formal geometry of its predecessor into a single form of translucent or opaque black or white injection-molded polycarbonate, it is a robust chair with not a single weak point. A generously sized seat and medallion backrest offer leisurely comfort, as do the subtly curved armrests. Resistant to scratches and weather conditions, it is suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Stacks six high. Recommended for residential and commercial use. Manufactured in Italy by Kartell. A truly gorgeous chair that will work in a number of different interior settings.

The Kartell Louis Ghost armchair is a comfortable armchair designed in the Louis XV style. It is the quintessence of baroque revisited to dazzle, excite and captivate. The Louis Ghost Chair is the most daring example of injected polycarbonate in a single mold. Despite its evanescent and crystalline appearance, Louis Ghost is stable and durable, scratch and weather resistant and stackable to 6 high. It has great charm and striking visual appeal and brings a touch of elegance and irony to any space.
The creation of this project was an authentic, technological challenge for Kartell, both the particular shape of the medallion-shaped back and the arms presented considerable difficulty. Evanescent and crystalline, like the progenitor of the series, La Marie, Louis Ghost is stable, robust, and resistant to all blows, scratches, and weather conditions. A chair with a strong, charismatic personality of guaranteed aesthetic appeal.

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Louis Ghost Chair designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell

Kartell Componibili Cylindrical Modern Storage Modules

Kartell Componibili Storage Unit

Kartell Componibili Storage Unit
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Kartell Componibili Storage Unit

Kartell Componibili Storage Unit

The Componibili storage modules come in a cylindrical and a cube shape. They were designed by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell in Italy. The Componibili modules have been designed to meet various functional needs and slot into any home setting, be it in the bathroom, kitchen or living room. The design feature that brings the Componibili modular system to life is the simple and robust vertical overlapping of the single pieces, which by way of modules can stand on small castors. Flexible, functional and practical, Componibili modules have been in production for more than thirty years and have received much recognition for their pre-eminent and innovative design. They are also displayed at the MOMA in New York and the George Pompidou Centre in Paris.

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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Victoria Ghost Chair by Kartell

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Victoria Ghost Chair by Kartell

Here are some larger images of the neoclassical Victoria Ghost Chair. The Victoria Ghost chair was designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell in Italy. Victoria Ghost is a modern interpretation of a classic Louis XV-style chair. Philippe Starck deliberately designed this chair with a smaller than usual seating area; the seating surface measures only 15" wide. This may be small for people with overly well-endowed behinds, yet, it is perfectly fine for most of us. Kartell's Victoria Ghost Chair is perhaps the most elegant modern design chair ever made. This iconic piece of modern furniture is the ideal dining chair or side chair. It is suitable for both indoor- and outdoor use.

The Kartell Victoria Ghost Chair is a chair born of classic Baroque lines whose rounded backrest recalls the shape of antique medallions, whilst the seat is linear and geometric. Made from a single molding of crystal-clear polycarbonate, which has a transparent, 'ghost-like' appearance, hence its name. It is stable, comfortable, robust, scratch resistant and weather resistant. Once more we find a chair created thanks to technological know-how which Kartell has amassed over the years to create articles which have made the company world renowned. The Victoria Ghost is a chair with great charm and personality which fits elegantly into any style of surrounding. This modern chair is a true modern design classic and it will most certainly compliment any interior.

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