New wallpaper designs from Graham & Brown! The Barbara Hulanicki collection features three designs--Hula Wallpaper, Diva Wallpaper, & Viva Wallpaper--highlighting vintage Art Nouveau motifs, while Basso & Brooke designs such as the Odyssey Wallpaper & Soma Wallpaper feature contemporary designs rich in their complexity. Alongside these is the Superfresco collection, which, with patterns like Eden & Vine, feature textured surfaces you can paint over.
Conde House is now on 2Modern.com! Conde House is noted for exceptional design and manufacturing quality as expressed in its line of contemporary furnishings for distinguished homes and contract market for 40 years. They offer tables and chairs for dining (such as the Ohashi Table & Tosai Side Chair, meetings and conferencing, furniture for libraries, hotels and schools, bedroom furniture (Rikyu Bed & Boxx Chest) and media cabinets for residential and contract clients. All of their furniture is crafted at their mill in Japan on the northernmost island of Hokkaido.
Parvez Taj's 2009 Spring collection is now on 2Modern.com, highlighted by a new eco-friendly series printed on bamboo, and a new set of images printed on eco-friendly aluminum.
No question here, this chair is a stylish statement. In fact, German born Mercedes-Benz vehicle designer turned furniture designer Stefan Heiliger has certainly hit the mark with his entire collection. The Question Mark chair was the winner of the 2008 Red Dot Award and is available here in the U.S. through Sandler Seating. The continuous curved chair is available in over 100 different microfibre colors (as well as leather) and offers a 360 degree swivel function. Fire-resistant infused foam padding on a chromium coated metal base makes this chair a smart choice for either commercial or residential settings.
Innovation is now on 2Modern! Innovation is not just a name, it is what they do and live for. Their designs are founded in the Scandinavian tradition of simplicity and care for detail. From sleeper sofas (such as the Minimum Sofa Bed, Splitback Sofa, and the Lowrider Deluxe Excess), to chairs (such as the Splitback Chair, and ILS 04), Innovation designs are both contemporary and long-lived.
If you can't quite force your modernist sensibilities to embrace neo-Victorian wallpaper or quasi-rustic chalkboard paint, there is a third option that doesn't involve blank, stark walls (not that there's anything wrong with that!) The folk over at B&N Industries have created an inspired suite of wall paneling that will make you think twice about laminate.
The Iconic Panels come in an impressive range of colours and finishes, but it's difficult to deny the appeal of the matte white formed laminate. The range of designs is equally impressive, and more technical-minded readers will be pleased to know that the wood core is also available in LEED-qualified, fire-rated and water-resistant selections.
If you're feeling a little daring, there are a number of more elaborate designs, from paisley to Fleur de Lis and French-inspired flourishes that still manage to look decidedly modern.
If you're feeling really brave, why not break out of the matte white mould and jump over to the dark side, with black matte and gloss finishes that are bound to turn heads.
If mid-century modern is more your style, there's also a fantastic eco-friendly range of Reclaimed Wood Iconic Panels that are available in all but one of the eye-catching designs. Both the core and veneer are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, and the veneer is finished with a low V.O.C. varnish, so not only do you score LEED brownie points, but you can breathe easy too.
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It's been a busy year already with some big (huge!) events and plenty of inspiration, so it takes something special to jump out at you from an inbox full of goodness. If it hadn't been for a tiny but intriguing thumbnail image, I would have skipped straight past any mention of tensile structures, because those two words don't really instill any great level of excitement for me. Now to be fair, there's an entire body of work dedicated to tensile structures, and much of the work is quite beautiful, but when the only example you see in your everyday life is a series of torn, tattered vinyl sails, it's easy to forget how amazing these structures can be.
New York-based Fabric Images has provided a welcome reminder. With a portfolio of corporate imaging, exhibition fit outs, installations and lighting, it's exciting to see how versatile tensile structures can be when they're not merely an afterthought.
From soft and fluffy lights that just beg to be poked, to sleek modern lines that are both lightweight and solid...and that's just the lighting.
I'm especially intrigued by the notion of lightweight, luminous walls, with endless choice for transparency, opacity, pattern and texture. The images below are geared towards a more sustainable exhibition industry, and frankly it's a welcome change given the amount of trade exhibitions full of companies that preach "sustainability" with one-off displays full of new and non-recyclable components (or "recyclable" components that will never actually be recycled!)
But forget the exhibition industry, what about the rest of us? Imagine open-plan work spaces being humanised with some cosy little corners and lush yellow chairs! No wait, forget work, what about in our homes?! Perhaps as a way to make a study nook more cosy and private, or a dining room more lavish. Or even outdoors, with luminous walls to create your own little back yard labyrinth (or just hide an aesthetically-challenged water tank or garden shed!)
And perhaps I'm already missing the hot weather now that Sydney is finally starting to cool off, but I can't help but imagine these mesh shells creating an amazing setting for an informal beach party or perhaps even a casual beach wedding. After all, why should offices and temporary exhibitions have all the fun?
Did Ms. King and Mr. Alhadeff know what they were onto when selecting the brilliant blue hue for the cubes? The vision was for a serene, calming environment conducive to collaboration and clarity of thought. If the research holds, it looks like the Morris+King employees are in for a boost of creativity as well - perfect for developing creative campaign strategies for clients.
And.... ordinary, bland cubes across corporate America are sure to thank them for their groundbreaking use of color!
The Sky Factory creates illusions of blue skies, landscapes and even deep space and makes them available for installation in homes, businesses or to anyone wanting to create a sense of well being in their space. Installation includes options for ceilings as well as walls, and there are quite a bit of scenes to choose from. Studies have shown that the sight of blue skies and nature create a calming effect of deep relaxation and inner peace, which is why they're so popular in hospitals, rehabilitation centers and cancer facilities, but just as effective in residential spaces as well.
In one of the photos in particular below, a man creates an amazing room in honor of his favorite movie, Star Wars. Created for his children as a getaway and a distraction from television, this large basement is now a dreamlike family room which gives a feeling of being in a spacecraft. Pretty cool if you ask me.
Make sure to take a look at their Portfolio and Image Catalog while your there.
From Barcelona Spain, this design studio creates prints and patterns for wallpaper, textiles, appliances, furniture and more.
Their website, www.alanthegallant.com, is creative as well as chock full of all the patterns and colorways you could ever hope to think of as well as ways to use it. They offer endless designs in four different ways: commissioned upon brief, final product on demand, creative consultancy and pattern licensing.
From handmade designed wallpapers to lithograph artwork, all objects come in limited edition series. Seen in the New York Times as well as having made the round of many of the major design blogs, Alan the Gallant's prints and pattern ethos crosses that divide from 70's wallpaper into modern design.
New to the scene, we've only just begun to hear from the creative minds of Alan the Gallant.
