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Balloons Collection by Dan Yeffet and Lucie Koldova for BROKIS

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 01:02 PM PDT

Designers Dan Yeffet and Lucie Koldova have created the Balloons collection of lamps for the Czech Republic-based manufacturer BROKIS.

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Description from the designers:

A collection of unique, simple and timeless lights that are based on an idea of 'invisible' volume with a floating reflector.  There and not there, seen and unseen, creating an ambient and artistic object.

The biggest piece in the collection is production pushed to the limit; these are the maximum possible dimensions of handmade blown glass.

This series comprises a tabletop model and two floor models.

Available in three sizes and different glass colours and reflector finishing.

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Visit Dan Yeffet’s website – here.

Visit Lucie Koldova’s website – here.

Visit the BROKIS website – here.

Photography by Martin Chum CZ

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La Concha House by MOOARC

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 03:15 AM PDT

MOOARC designed La Concha, a home that has been remodeled from a 15th Century barn on the Island of Guernsey.

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Description from the architects:

The house was developed as a fluid, three-dimensional plan, inspired by 'The Nolli plan of Rome' 1748.

The internal volume of the 15th Century barn forms the heart of the home. On the lower level, kitchen and dining is position below a more formal living space up on a mezzanine level.

A more relaxed living/play space is set at the front of the house, opening out to a terrace.

At the rear, the sleeping block is linked to the living space via the entrance and vertical circulation.

The bedroom block is stepped in across the width of the site to allow a visual link out into the rear garden from the dining space. The house was conceived as a separate sleeping block linked to the barn via a glazed entrance piece allowing the mass of the original barn to breathe. The retained structure of the barn has been revealed, with the internal space for living expressed as a single volume.

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Visit the MOOARC website – here.

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Safari Planters by Kenneth Cobonpue for Hive

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 02:11 AM PDT

Kenneth Cobonpue has designed the Safari Planters for Hive.

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Description from Hive:

Raised on boxy legs and punctuated with subtle curves, there's an undeniable character to these planters by Kenneth Cobonpue. The "Safari" has a charm which lies in its understated silhouette that complements any plant set into it. Cast into tall "giraffe" and petite "hedgehog" molds with naturally crushed stones, these planters add a touch of slow-strolling whimsy to any garden setting. The planters come in natural, terracotta, gray and black shades, and range from low small, low large to tall small and tall large sizes.

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Visit the Hive website – here.

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1001 Nights House by A-cero, Joaquin Torres Architects

Posted: 19 Oct 2011 08:06 PM PDT

A-cero, Joaquin Torres Architects have sent us their latest work, the 1001 Nights House located in the suburbs of Madrid, Spain.

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Description from the architects:

A-cero presents one of its more recent projects in single family properties.

It is a single family house located in a development in the outskirts of Madrid. Over a plot of 7000 m2 the building, with 2100 m2, rises with a high standard design answering the owners' requirements.

The access, through the development walkway, is placed on a higher level. Here is the property, partially hidden by many curved walls that seem to elevate from some water sheets over a stone covering in white, grey and black shades, placed on purpose as a part of the landscape in this area of the plot. Besides its sculptural features, typical of the A-cero style, this side of the facade expects the integration of the building in the surrounding environment. A wide stone path, with water sheets on both sides, lead us to a huge black glass door that gives us access inside the property. In the garden, following the wishes of the owners, there are palms, pome granate trees and Middle East vegetation.

The rear facade of the house, the most visible, makes the most of the slight slope of the plot, where there is the porch, a pool and the garden. Almost all the views from the different rooms of the property are focused here, as the views of the lakes in the common areas of the development.

All the building is dressed in "black villar granite stone". In this part of the property big windows, with hidden woodwork, are opened, achieving a lot of light for the inside space. In the porch, the window in the main living room, of 10 meters, is automatically hidden, connecting indoors and outdoors.

The passable area is made of white marble, the vase in the pool of blue gressite. The outside furniture is from the Rest collection by A-cero In.

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Visit the A-cero website – here.

Photography by Luis H. Segovia

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