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神路屋/kamijiya

It was a corporate project to create display furniture with long-established company called "SUZUKI SHOFUDO," where they deal with Japanese traditional paper in Kyoto. The theme of the furniture is to use only paper both for framework and design. With paper's workability and flexibility, we derived one unique form after spending a couple of months to study full-scale honeycomb-shaped frameworks which would compensate weakness of paper.

As the client's shop is located in "OKAGE YOKO-CHO" in Ise city, a very traditional and historical place which has been protected since the ancient time, the texture and softness of paper tables and lighting seemed well-accommodated to the Japanese-style building despite of their rather modern shapes.

Not only paper lighting but also paper table is portable and foldable just like "Sensu," Japanese folding fan. We took advantage of paper's nature, which were considered as weakness, and turned them around to perfect furniture for the shop with a long and distinguished history.

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“Miss Blanche” (1988) by Shiro Kuramata

Hammock Bed

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I chance upon this site, it's goodness me! I am blown away by the daily book shelves!

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111 recycled Coca-Cola plastic bottles.

text by Marcia Argyriades for Yatzer

Sometimes we feel that iconic products have to stay untouched and their design should not be altered. This is not the case however with 111 Navy Chair; to be honest we actually like the fact that through the iconic Navy Chair by Emeco and the iconic plastic bottle of The Coca-Cola Company a new chair was born_ 111 Navy.

111 Navy Chair is produced by 111 recycled Coca-Cola plastic bottles; the chair debuted during the Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2010 in Milan. The chair has been modeled after the original aluminum Emeco Navy chair which was designed in 1944 for the U.S. Navy.

The 111 bottles constitute 60 percent of the rPET plastic used in the construction of this chair. The remaining materials are a combination of colored pigments and glass fiber to ensure the strength and the durability of the finished product. Annually, more than three million PET plastic bottles are expected to be reused for the production of the chair. According to Kate Dwyer, Group Director, Worldwide Licensing, of The Coca-Cola Company “the 111 Navy Chair is a reflection of our commitment to sustainability, constant innovation and originality in design,” and we could only agree with her.

We should only note that through this design individuals should understand the value of recyclables and commit in an awareness regarding recycling and sustainable living as an everyday way of life. It is in Coca-Cola’s vision to recover and reuse all of their bottles and cans in the future.

Most Curious by Tracey Neuls and Nina Saunders

London shoe designer Tracey Neuls and Danish artist Nina Saunders have collaborated to create an installation using fabrics by British textile brand Sanderson at Neuls’ London shop.

Called Most Curious, the installation features a sculpture by Saunders with upholstery bursting out of a chair frame and spilling onto the floor.








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Lego Kitchen

It seems that quite a few things will benefit from a Scandinavian touch. Munchausen, a duo formed by Parisian designers Simon Pillard and Philippe Rosetti, took a bold approach with their own kitchen by venturing to IKEA for the basic kitchen island and then spending the next week covering it with more than 20,000 pieces by another Scandinavian brand, Lego

The result is a one-of-a-kind creation that serves as an artistic centerpiece for the space, in addition to functioning as a kitchen counter. Pillard, who works with fashion house JC de Castelbajac, and Rosetti who works with Hugo Boss France Identity, formed Munchhausen in 2004.






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W Hotel Downtown Atlanta by Βurdifilek

Canadian design firm Βurdifilek has created an urban oasis within Atlanta’s newest W boutique hotel. The designers Diego Burdi & Paul Filek reinterpreted W Hotel Downtown with a verdant sanctuary that mimics the lushness of Georgia, while maintaining the brand’s celebrated cosmopolitan edge.






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