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Meta MoCo | 05 Aug 06 | Comments (5) | Stumble
This week's MoCo picks.
+ Ingo Maurer's Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery exhibition @ Japan Design Net. Via Dezain.
+ Elke Munkert’s contemporary jewelry via Sergio Israelsson and Why Not?.
+ Frank's M5 table inspired by an overpass on Britain's M5 motorway. "A table of 3 units that plug together in seconds with no mechanical fixings. All achieved from one standard sheet of ply.". Via Apartment Therapy.
+ Gandia Blasco’s tipi, a wigwam inspired tent made of anodized aluminum and plastic. Via PAN-DAN.
+ Resolution: 4 Architecture's The Mountain Retreat @ Archidose.
that Elke Munkert stuff is great. any ideas where it can be bought?
The wigwam is an interesting revisit of the tent theme. It almost seems like a counter current design as today's tents are made in a quest for weight reduction, wind resistance, etc. Having camped in many different contexts (wilderness, with children, winter, desert, etc.), I have serious questions about its commercial value with the current camping enthusiasts crowd. However, I see that it could, in a larger. more developed form, have potential applications in luxury camping resort contexts, for example. It is very exciting to see designers have the guts to come-up with audacious stuff like that!
thank you guys!
Nadejda
Ingo Maurer and The Emporer's New Clothes!( a 'post-it' note lamp- what a cool idea)
But I gotta' give credit where it's due.
Mr. Maurer has inspired two generations of lamp designers to continue the grand and very modern tradition of sticking a bare light bulb on a wire and calling it "art & design".
And, yes, Harry, I am also aware that the "bare bulb" in Maurer's old pendant lamp here is a hologram.