This week's MoCo picks.
+ Alvaro Ramírez and Clarisa Elton's cliffside Casa en Buchupureo at Plataforma Arquitectura.
+ Alejandro Aravena's Elemental project social housing prototype for Casa per tutti at the Milan Triennale at designboom.
+ BERE Architects' Focus House in London, "Added to an end-of-terrace house in North London, Focus House is a delightful prefabricated eco-home for a family of five.". At Inhabitat.
+ Benjamín Murúa and Constanza Infante S's Casa en el Campo renovation, "The objective of the project was to reuse and emphazise some elements of the Chilean houses of the early 20th century present in the pre-existing building like patios, galleries and open corridors." At Dezeen.
+ Small Cool 2008 International Finalist Nicolas' Mini-Loft, a 630 sq. ft. one bedroom loft in Lille, France.
+ Core77's NY Design Week 2008: Video Drive-by Recap of videos featuring Stakit at Danish Crafts, Umbra U+ Collection, Molo's Paper Clouds, and more.
+ Refined Sugar Studio's Eat Me Dining Table, "a reclaimed claw-and-ball foot dining table with a scrolling LED screen. Variations on the word 'Meat' scroll across the table - 'Eat Me', 'Eat Meat', 'Fat Me'". Via sub-studio design blog.
+ Henning Bögershausen's compact Foldair fan. Via pan-dan.
+ Iladro's fiber optic and porcelain Magic Forest Chandelier uses fiber-optic strands attached to porcelain leaves. At NOTCOT.
+ Designguide.TV's interview with Paul Cocksedge at the Established & Sons presentation in Milan 2008, "Paul explains some of the ideas and thoughts behind his Pole lights and Veil.".
+ d-VISION's Bubblicious bowl "comprised of varying volumes of spheres, to place fruit of different sizes, in a way that enables to position the object in a new equilibrium each time, due to the change in the center of gravity.". Via Hemfeber.
+ New Designers 2008 graduate showcase at designboom featuring Hidden Forest by Elizabeth Thomas, Packaging Lamp by David Gardener and Moderme [bite me] Coffee Cup Lid by Chris Bowsher.








