Gulnur Ozdaglar takes used PET bottles and transforms the material into ethereal bowls, jewellery and lampshades. At first glance the items look too delicate to be true, but Ozgladar patiently pierces the plastic (Polyethylene Terephthalate) by hand to create decorative pieces that have their uses. The bowls are meant to be used for anything that won't slip through the holes, like fruit and nuts; the jewellery is lightweight and wearable; and the many shell or petal like shapes are strung into cascading lampshades.
The Rocker bar measure is easier on the eye than a standard shot glass. The tinted glass measure by Chetan Sorab offers practicality at both ends and allows you to pour either quantities of 30ml or 60ml.
+ Art Lebedev Studio's Sharikus New Year's Ornament at Core77, "Can be hung from a still-standing Christmas tree to ring in the New Year, or dropped into the ocean to disrupt shipping lanes."
+ Ikea art by Christian Giroux and Daniel Youngat designboom, "using the Ikea furniture as a starting point, the two build out or on top of to create a variety of geometric sculptural work."
+ Bauke Knottnerus' Phat Knits at designklub, "These giant threads can be knit, woven or simply piled to a variety interior products."
+ Hughie's Removable Kitchen Sinkat Trendir, captures "water which would normally go down the drain, when washing hands, cleaning the veges, or even the warm up water in the shower. Submerge in the bath and this water can also be reused to water the garden."
+ Objectified movie trailer at Gizmodo, "Gary Hustwit gathered the world's top designers for his forthcoming documentary Objectified, telling the story of the magic behind the objects we use every day." Via SallyTV.
+ Conran's new Boundary project unveiled at Design Week, "Boundary will comprise three restaurants, bars, 17 guest bedrooms, a bakery and a food store by the time its phased opening has completed later this year. The Boundary rooms, each with an individual look, are due to open in March and have been inspired by seminal designers and design movements including Bauhaus and Vitra stars Charles and Ray Eames." Image via Camron on Flickr.
+ Design.nl's 2008 Review PDF, "we've compiled a digital magazine to download packed with highlights from the year and special features."
Posted here before, Christopher Megowan's modern annex is an addition to a Victorian home used for student housing near the University of Southern California. The 1200 sq. ft. addition was built to provide a common living area as well as more bedrooms. Usually the older homes are torn down and replaced by apartment blocks, but here the focus was on finding a creative way to use the existing structure. Some of the main features include fiber cement panels and polycarbonate walls instead of glass. Light filters through the polycarbonate (no bars over glass windows required) and ventilation flaps in the fiber cement panels keep air circulating. As well, the polycarbonate walls are wired for lighting that would allow the walls to glow. The contrast between old and new is highlighted by a five-foot wide polycarbonate annex that serves to connect the two spaces.
+ Elemental's Quinta Monroy project at Arch Daily, social housing that grows over time, "when the given money is enough for just half of the house, the key question is, which half do we do. We choose to make the half that a family individually will never be able to achieve on its own, no matter how much money, energy or time they spend."
+ MOS' Floating House at Arch Daily, "The location on the Great Lakes imposed complexities to the house's fabrication and construction, as well as its relationship to site."
+ Katia Polletin's Allmeinde Commongrounds in Austria at Remodelista "a converted barn that functions as a meeting place, gallery, cultural center, and base for artist residencies."
+ Shed Building Design's Garage Studio at Remodelista, a "transformation of a detached garage in Seattle into a functional, loftlike apartment. The 320-square-foot space features a faceted ceiling, which is designed to guide warm air to the triangular vent window for passive ventilation."
+ Modern Green Cabin Kitsat Jetson Green, "The cabins are built with SIPs and steel and can be customized in an endless manner to suit the needs of a future cabin owner."
+ BrightBuilt Barnat Jetson Green, a net-zero energy home with a trademark feature; an "exterior LED lightskirt, which was designed to change color depending on the home's energy use."
+ MELD architecture's country house in the Tarn-et-Garonne region of south western France at Archidose, "Essentially robust and low tech, the house is highly insulated and utilizes the potential for passive solar heating in the winter, while the high thermal mass of the lower floor and large volume of the timber frame (with sun-shading shutters to south facing windows) enables a comfortable temperature to be maintained in the summer without the need for air conditioning or mechanical ventilation." Via noticias arquitectura.
+ Zero Energy Design's Solar Decathlon Sustainable House in Ithaca, New York at Trendir, with a "photovoltaic system; solar thermal system; structural insulated panels; a proprietary entropy recovery ventilation system; low to no-VOC materials; a permeable driveway; rain-water recycling and water-efficient fixtures; and rapidly renewable materials throughout."
+ XTEN Architecture's Surfhouse at Trendir, "a small volume of just 23 ft. wide by 29 ft. deep by 30 ft. high - which sits a few short blocks from Hermosa Beach."
+ NYTimes' Remaking the Scene the Once/Again story of Allen B. Schwartz's NYC apartment, "what the apartment looked like when it was photographed in 1979 and what it looks like today after being completely renovated." See the slideshow here. Via Contemporist.
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