Sustainability Meets Design Ingenuity: Furniture Collection by Notwaste

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Sustainability Meets Design Ingenuity: Furniture Collection by Notwaste
Creative Home Work Space With a Peculiar Geometric Exterior in London
Mirroring Nature’s Everlasting Beauty: House Boz in South Africa
Conference Hall Refinement: Council Chair and Lounge by Onecollection

Posted: 10 Apr 2014 04:27 AM PDT

NOTWASTE is a Mexican brand of furniture founded by designers Kristian Almonte from Mexico and Italian Attanasio Mazzone. The idea of not producing waste is applied by the studio in all the areas of the design process, from the planning stage to the retailing of the product. For today, we would like to present a part of their creative furniture collection, which we believe you will find as captivating as we did. The projects are achieved in collaboration with world-wide designers and each piece is unique.

Clara is an armchair with ottoman envisioned by Mexican designer Ricardo Casas. Despite its raw appearance, the project inspires elegance and evokes traditional craftsmanship. The designers also assured us that it feels quite comfortable.
Adding personality to your living room can be easily achieved with this fun and creative furniture piece. Consola is the master-mind of Jorge Diego Etienne and its design uses intersecting planes to create different storage spaces that remain visible and within easy reach. A rubber chord net forces interacting with the object, in order to grab the desired stored item. The “stitch” on the surface in an interesting reference to how clothes are usually sewn.

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The Iri Lamp by Shift Creative is a reflection on man's long history with the most basic and natural form of generating light: fire. Its design derives from a bonfire's basic setup, the shape and form of a flame, but also echoes on the way we consume resources to create light and energy.

Mimì and Cocò are an inseparable couple of mirrors. One is low and rounded, while the other is slender. Mimì takes every opportunity to move from room to room, but unfortunately Cocò is an otiose one, that hardly leaves the place where he resides. She is lively and animated, he is lazy and massive. But despite their different nature, they can never stay away from each other for a long time. Pancha stool by designer Christian Vivanco offers the perfect balance between functionality, neutrality and fun. It is inspired by household animals: our pets, dogs and cats. Using reused materials such as OSB, and with a configuration that requires no more than a simple assembly, Pancha is an easily separable and recyclable piece of furniture.

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Creative Home Work Space With a Peculiar Geometric Exterior in London

Posted: 10 Apr 2014 02:16 AM PDT

Nested in South East of London, the Green Studio is a creative home work space with a peculiar geometric exterior. Designed by Fraher Architects for the company’s own use, the project was delivered to a tight budget. The studio was strategically built to attract light inside and… boost the creative flow of the employees. Featuring an array of triangle-shaped roof windows, the warm atmospheric feel throughout the office space is strongly encouraged.

The office occupies two levels. Instead of railings on sides, the staircase that links the floors features a web of red (parachute) cables strong enough to support a person’s weight. The idea of replacing the traditional railings with nets of cables resulted from the architect’s wish to keep the studio uncluttered and unitary, without elements that could visually divide the space. To save space, all furniture comes with extra (secret) drawers. Yes, even the staircase has them! Accompanying the multipurpose furnishings, eco-friendliness was also one of the main focus points when projecting this work space.“Carefully orientated high performance glazing combined with super insulation and a robust natural ventilation strategy means the building requires no heating or cooling. Hot water for the kitchen and shower are provided by a large solar array and thermal store.”

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Mirroring Nature’s Everlasting Beauty: House Boz in South Africa

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 12:27 PM PDT

Imagined by architect Werner van der Meulen as occupying a blessed hilly plot within a secluded nature estate in Pretoria, South Africa, this impressive 777 square meter residence blends steel, glass and concrete with perfectly manicured laws and reflecting water surfaces. The owner wanted a spacious home with a luxurious feel and Nico van der Meulen Architects played a key role in materializing this dream home. They envisioned and built a home focusing on the living room design, creating a visual correspondence between the inviting outdoor and the open yet cozy interior spaces.

Known as House Boz, the four bedroom dream home was erected with confidence in the everlasting beauty of nature: “The vastness and natural setting of this site inspired a design resembling a bush lodge that responds to nature and its immediate surroundings. Translating this concept into a contemporary home was almost effortless thanks to the location, orientation and natural beauty of the site. The architectural design communicates and reinforces the concept, as can be seen in the selection of materials used and the way the internal spaces relate to the outdoors.”

Strategically placed, square and rectangular rusted steel boxes help create the perfect conditions for the stone-clad walls to extend the house into the landscape. Winning the Lafarge Award for the best architectural use of decorative concrete in South Africa 2013, and the overall award for best concrete work for 2013, the home’s interior was imagined by M Square Lifestyle Design as a plethora of modern furniture – from Molteni & C, Horm, Fantoni, Fontana Arte, Tom Dixon or Foscarini – in earthy colors. Incorporating in situ-concrete, quartzite cladding and rusted mild steel in their raw form, designers composed a vivid and warm domestic space mirroring natural beauty outdoor. Does this blend of materials and colors appeal to you?

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Conference Hall Refinement: Council Chair and Lounge by Onecollection

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 08:59 AM PDT

Creative duo Kasper Salto and Thomas Sigsgaard designed The Council Chair, a sculptural piece for Danish brand Onecollection. This elegant furniture project was envisioned in 2011, as a result of a design competition under the auspices of the Danish Ministry of Culture. The aim then was to provide unique seating for the Finn Juhl Chamber, one of the permanent chambers at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

During Milan Design Week 2014, the company will be showcasing a different version of this design, entitled Council Chair Lounge (last photo of this post). Here are some functional attributes of the new lounge collection, as presented by the developers: "The chairs provide excellent comfort and ease and are best for lounge or reduce seated conferences. They pass on the baton from Finn Juhl's iconic design heritage in a sculptural and pleasurable route, which merges condition, color and organic materials." Each product is constructed in molded 3D veneer in oak or walnut, upholstered with leather or fabric. The swivel base is cast in aluminum. How would you comment on the appearance of these conference hall chair models?

Council Chair Lounge

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