2Modern Design Talk - Modern Furniture & Design Blog

Trancoso carpentry

This woodshop located in Trancoso - a village situated in Bahia, Brazil -also has a shop in São Paulo. Trancoso carpentry designs and produces furniture and objects with "Brazilian soul": wood and crafts.

 

 

Digital Analog

The Swedish design group "Humans Since 1982" has created a clock that uses 24 analog clocks to create the impression of a digital output by arranging the black hands in rectilinear patterns.  As the clock changes time the black hands seem to turn haphazardly defying our expectations of analog behavior.  

New from Gus*

New from Gus*! The Carmichael Chair fuses traditional and contemporary sensibilities, bringing clean lines to a classic style. The Upcycle Ottoman is upholstered using a supply of surplus jute bags previously used to transport organic coffee beans. The jute features screen-printed stencils and logos which identified the original goods, making each ottoman completely unique. The School Chair is a modern reinterpretation of the well-known classic.

Euro Eclectic: the glam of modern wares

{ Euro Posh ~ by James Merrell Photography }

For the European Eclectic Lifestyle, add just a touch of Vintage and mix in some Urban Glam to bring out the beauty of { black+white } interiors. There's something magical + dreamy about pure white modern upholstery, avant-garde designed accents, and flirtatious chairs: all fabulous finds found at Urban Lifestyle Decor: modern decor + wares.

European Eclectic is an attitude ~ not a location. It's a true passion for Home Couture and fabulous interiors with a gift of mix-n-match. For the true-blooded urban dweller, choose modern-tufting in white leather with touches of polished nickel and add avant-garde handcrafted twig furniture in pure white for the perfect Modern-Vintage Lifestyle. {the white goods: *1. sofa: designed by the fabulous jonathan Adler. *2. racine console: handmade in france by thomas boog ~ both available at www.piecesinc.com}.

Whimsical Chairs that flirt with your guests + "the Attraction of Opposites" ~ choose Black or White players from the Checkerboard Collection by crazy cool design house josh & louis.

Glam up your lighting with Urban Cool Design House ~ Hudson Furniture. Inc. Add the "Flower Power" hanging lamp: powder coated in your choice of fabulous black or white.

Euro Eclectic + the Organic Glam Lifestyle. With just the right touch of glam + organic sensibility, the Camouflage 22 Meteor Table in solid teak root by Chista is the perfect accent for any artist's loft or city brownstone. For more urban organic finds, check out Chista at www.chista.net.

Funny T-Shirts on Fashionably Geek

It's great to find a place that offer very original T-Shirts, I like to surprise my friends with the most funny ones.  On Fashionable Geek we can find more than T-Shirts, but I think they have a very nice collection of printed shirts.  If you like this examples, maybe you can visit their site latter. 

This two are my favorites!

Via compradicción.

Modern Outdoor Seating by Usona Home

   Usona Home's handwoven beds and outdoor chairs are sure to appeal to the natural modernist. Visit Usona Home to for more info.

 

peter d'allesandro's tea stick.

Peter D'Allesandro's Tea Stick is designed with the nomad in mind. The stick is made with compostable materials and already contains a single serving of tea! Just add water.

Bathtub IV

I've just spent 4 days in NYC to get a little relaxation and inspiration time... and it worked! I was introduced to the AMAZING  and SUPER inspirational work of Keith Loutit.

Keith is a Sydney based photographer that creates short films using stop-motion and time-lapse footage. The coolest part about the imagery is that he uses a tilt-shift lens that makes everything seem like its a miniature model...but it's not! These images are of life size thing at real places with real people. Such an amazing idea and executed so well.. I can't stop watching his videos!

Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Make sure to check out the HD version of this here.

Learn more about Keith and see his other videos here.
Also, thanks to JVH from WhichDateWorks on showing me this and for facilitating my NYC inspiration search!

--sdotg--

Frank Lloyd Wright and the LEGO brick

You've seen those amazing LEGO sculptures here and there crafted by talented LEGO artist but now you too can sculpt works of art..or at least architecture just like Frank Lloyd Wright! The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation announced today that The LEGO Group is now the exclusive licensed manufacturer of Frank Lloyd Wright Collection® LEGO Architecture sets.

The LEGO Group and Adam Reed Tucker of Brickstructures, Inc. officially introduced the LEGO Architecture line in 2008. The line currently consists of six buildings – now including two of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most famous and recognizable buildings, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and “Fallingwater.”

With models developed in collaboration with architects, LEGO Architecture works to inspire future architects, engineers and designers as well as architecture fans around the world with the LEGO brick as a medium. Builders of all ages can now collect and construct their favorite worldwide architectural sites through these artistic replicas.

Both exclusive Frank Lloyd Wright LEGO Architecture sets contain booklets that feature traditional building instructions along with exclusive archival historical material and photographs of each iconic building.

The LEGO Group will release the first of the LEGO Architecture Frank Lloyd Wright Collection® sets at the opening of the Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibit: From Within Outward at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on May 15, 2009.
via- Cre8tivegirl

HOW Design Conference

Anyone interested in one facet of design, like architecture, interior design, graphic design, etc. are inevitably interested in at least one other facet. In June, Austin, Texas will see an overlap of many worlds when the HOW Design Conference comes to town June 24th - 27th.

Featuring tons of speakers, events and courses to benefit designers, the conference is also set in one of the hippest and up-and-coming design cities in the nation, Austin Texas. 

 

HOW Design Conference