Rapid manufactured wall sconce.
Design should be the focus of attention for Dahlia, with its softly illuminated chrysanthemum-like petals, but how it's made, using stereolithography to 3-dimensionally "print" this lamp, is equally compelling. Freedom Of Creation is proving without a doubt that with these RM tools and materials they are free to create anything. In fact, in addition to the new lamps, they've now expanded into fashion accessories. Punchbag, a handbag and Paris, customizable evening sandals, are both made of polished polyamide using rapid manufacturing techniques.

Designers: Jiri Evenhuis, Janne Kyttanen
+ freedomofcreation.com

Good design and structure on a budget.
IMHO, it's not enough to make housing accessible, adding thought to the design transforms the function and the form, usually for the better. I'm not an architect, but I appreciate what they do. It's a theme here at MoCo Loco - among others - new thinking about architecture, design and the home; affordability, functionality, quality and sustainability. You can get it all. Here's the publisher's blurb for the book, "The aim of Affordable Home Design is to showcase a wide array of solutions to the same architectural challenge of good design and structure on a budget. The projects include extensions of houses and apartments already in existence, ecological housing design, sustainable and structurally cost-effective homes, and new buildings in strictly coded conservation zones.". Hardcover, 176 pages, 400 color photos, $23.80 at Amazon.

+ Affordable Home Design at Amazon

This week's MoCo picks + submissions.

+ Disfigure Design's Louis XV furniture with Stephen Sprouse/KnollTextiles fabric. <Cool Hunting>

+ Jonah Keegan's Tokyo Designers Block Slideshow. <Core77>

+ Outside is in, Shin and Tomoko Azumi's Shingle Chest by Benchmark. <Apartment Therapy>

+ Greg Ball, Shafraaz Kaba, and Steven Smyth collaborate to create Dog Haus, "an innovative shelter that combines a double bedroom, and a large tower containing storage for dogfood, leashes, toys, and other dog related items.". Click on the thumbnail for a bigger pic. Thanks Greg!

+ Digitile hooks up with Organics to create nature tiles and wallpaper. Thanks Dominic!

+ Elseware's tiles evolve. <design*sponge>

+ Cool car toy system story, Automoblox at Core77.

+ Make tea daily with Joey Roth's Sorapot. Thanks Joey!

+ Chris Kabel's Shady Lace parasol casts shadows of branches and trees, gas-powered Flames for elegant camping and laser-cut Fold To Fit fits any table. <designMatcher>

+ Galleria Hall West in Seoul by UN Studio featuring 4330 glass disks directly attached to the existing façade. "The discs are treated with a special iridescent foil, which causes constant changes in the perception of the façade. At night, a special lighting scheme, designed cooperatively by UN Studio and ArupLighting, illuminates the discs by reflecting the dynamics of the weather conditions that happened during the day.".

The Bell that knocks...
Designer of house (not home) electronics, and creator of the noted designer smoke alarm, Jacob Jensen now has a unique design for a cordless doorbell. "The new, cordless Doorbell by Jacob Jensen is more than just an unique design of an often overlooked article for every-day use. It also features technical details such as a recording of the designer himself knocking on the door. The Doorbell features five different, specially composed, high quality polyphonic tunes. Additionally, it offers a special tune designed for the hard-of-hearing.". That would be the loud one... A single chime can be activated with an unlimited number of bell triggers within a 150 meter radius of the chime.

Designer: Jacob Jensen
+ jacob-jensen.com

Combo kitchen, bathroom, storage unit.
Dutch design firm i29 rebuilt a compact (read really small) apartment in Amsterdam to create an "optimal spatial experience", making more out of less. The central feature is an elegant combination kitchen, bathroom, and storage unit situated in the heart of the home. Not unlike the unit found in Abito.

Designers: i29
+ i29.nl

Wallpaper based on NASDAQ transactions.
French new media artist Claude Closky created this wallpaper based on stock exchange results. Closky has been tagged a media prankster for his installations that subvert the mass media. His specialty is taking these images out of context, as he's done with his Untitled (NASDAQ) wallpaper. If you're in Paris, drop into Ugly Home, where you can pick up a roll for 80 euros.

Designer: Claude Closky
+ closky.online.fr