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The Top Stitch #17

October 16, 2020 by Lee Ness Leave a Comment

The Top Stitch

Your weekly digest of news in the world of Design, Upholstery, Furniture and Interior Design, brought to you by Global Upholstery Solutions.

Made Thought and IBM partner for “world’s first” plastic-free encyclopaedia – design week

London-based design studio Made Thought has teamed up with computer company IBM on the “world’s first online encyclopaedia of plastic-free materials”.

The platform, called Plastic Free, aims to bridge the gap between packaging and product designers who are looking to reduce the use of single-use plastic and manufacturers of sustainable materials. The project is set to go live in spring 2021.

Sustainable Packaging Kick-Off! – SwatchOn

We’re proud to say, as of November 12 th, 2019, SwatchOn will be shipping with 100% sustainable packaging materials!

As part of our Green On initiative, we kicked off with packaging : With this, our key goals have been to determine how to deliver our fabrics promptly, without any damage, using sustainable materials. For the last several months, we have researched and tested different eco-friendly materials for packaging, and we landed on a sustainable solution that works!

The August Collection Is Geometrically Bold, Yet Versatile – design milk

alexander rehn designs the ROCCA stool to encourage body movement – design boom

munich-based designer alexander rehn has created the ROCCA stool for swedish furniture manufacturer materia AB. formed using steel tubing, the playful chair is designed to rock back and forth, helping your body keep active when you’re sitting for hours in front of the computer or during an informal meeting.

Interior Film: A Popular Choice with Architects – Fusion

Interior film is starting to become a popular choice with architects. Its many features and benefits are making it the preferred alternative to more traditional materials in both new build and refurbishment projects.

So, what are the features that are making interior film the go to product for architects?

Fabric trends 2020 –the colours, patterns and materials to use – Homes & Gardens

‘With design inspiration more accessible than ever before, we’re seeing homeowner’s tastes evolve and become braver. As we transition to 2020, this more confident approach to interiors has encouraged a step away from safe, muted tones of the past, in favour of expressionist trends that feature graphic prints and rich colour palettes,’ says Louisa Tratalos,Head of Brand, Arley House.

Trend Report 2020: Material Innovation – DIELINE

Cactus juice. Mushrooms. Orange peels. Seaweed. Bamboo. Lobster shells. Cork. Banana leaves and leather. Wood. Algae. Avocado pits. Fruit and vegetable peels from apples and potatoes. Wetland weed. That off-putting UFO-like disc used in kombucha called a SCOBY.

No, it’s not some weird salad your crystal-wearing Aunt who lives in Joshua Tree brought to Thanksgiving this year, we’re talking about new packaging substrates that can replace plastic—we’re talking about material innovation.

Pantone unveils app to colour match with “real life” – design week

Colour company Pantone has revealed a digital platform and matching product for designers which aim to streamline the colour decision-making process.

Pantone Connect rolls out across mobile, web and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of applications. The mobile app provides access to the complete range of Pantone’s colour spectrum.

AXOR Shares the Stories Behind the Materials of Its MyEdition Collection – design milk

Known for their forward thinking kitchen and bath fixtures, AXOR also appreciates the details that go into the creation of each piece, including the quality of materials. Last year the brand introduced AXOR MyEdition, designed in collaboration with Phoenix Design, that combines elegant aesthetics with the added option of personal customization.

HERMAN MILLER REDESIGNS LONDON SHOWROOM – Design Insider

Leading furniture manufacturer Herman Miller has opened the doors of its newly transformed London showroom, welcoming both commercial customers and consumers. Designed with RIBA award-winning Found Associates, the new space at 2 Kingsway showcases a broad portfolio of products from across the Herman Miller Group family of brands.

The Top Stitch #16

September 22, 2020 by Lee Ness Leave a Comment

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“World’s first” plastic-free paper-based spirits bottle unveiled by Diageo – Design Week

Diageo, the makers of alcoholic drinks like Johnnie Walker whisky, Guinness and Smirnoff, has unveiled what it says is the “world’s first” 100% plastic-free, paper-based spirits bottle.

The technology is the product of a newly established partnership between Diaego and venture management company Pilot Lite, named Pulpex Limited. The “world-leading sustainable packaging technology company” will roll out the paper-based bottles from early next year, starting with Diageo’s Johnnie Walker whisky.

Nataša Perković makes textured furniture from palm oil byproducts – dezeen

Bosnian designer Nataša Perković recycled the fibrous waste from palm oil factories to create the Reclaimed Oil Palm collection, which was made using as little material as possible.

Comprising a 3D-printed, stackable chair, three plates and a pendant lamp, the collection was developed in a bid to turn the byproducts of the palm oil industry from an “environmental nuisance” into a sustainable material.

TOP ‘BIOMATERIAL’ DESIGNERS TO WATCH IN 2020 – Material Lab

With 2020 rapidly hurtling towards us, our thoughts turn to the next 12-months of impending projects. Whether it’s hospitality, retail, workplace or residential, aesthetics are, of course, key when it comes to commercial settings. Increasingly, though, a product’s eco credentials are playing as large a role – and, in some cases larger – in the specification decision-making process.

It’s no surprise, then, that biomaterials have hit the mainstream. Previously considered a ‘left field’ choice by many, surface materials – made from food waste, manufacturing byproducts and sea plastics – are making their way into restaurants, hotels, offices and homes. To help with your upcoming projects, we have put together a list of our top five ‘designers to watch’, all blazing a trail in creating sustainable biomaterials.

New Interior Decoration Trends 2020 – New Decor Trends

Main objective in the decoration during 2020:

The proposals that we will see in the interiors during the next year, seek a common goal: to give the house a comfortable look and inspired by nature.

This, because in trends to decorate homes reign materials such as wood and lots of vegetation, so it will also be a bright decoration, as metals like silver, gold, come with force.
As we mentioned, the common goal to decorate houses will be full of ideas and extremely cozy proposals for the use of textiles and ethnic details that allow us to give a personalized touch thanks to the variety of options that we will have.

If you like your home to be the latest fashion craze, in today’s book we will see decoration trends 2020, through the designs of our professionals , which we are sure will fill you with inspiration.

Designing a wheelchair alternative with a “brain” – design week

Centaur Robotics has developed an alternative to a traditional wheelchair which it hopes will drastically enhance the mobility of elderly people.

The chair, named the Centaur, has been developed by the company’s design director Paul Campbell.

The motivation behind the wheelchair comes from Centaur Robotic founder and chairman David Rajan. (No affiliation with Design Week’s publishing company, Centaur Media)

colorful koshitsu-dana partitions assemble private workspaces within rooms – design boom

bright, colorful and easy-to-assemble, koshitsu-dana is a set of lightweight partitions that construct private workspaces within existing rooms. its playful design proposes a new alternative for office environments during COVID-19 as well as other public spaces where there is a need to socially distance. with an arched entrance, each structure can be assembled individually or as a series of multicolored shelters.

Pantone unveils 315 new colours in digital expansion – design week

Pantone has introduced 315 new colours, and a new organising system to “streamline” the choice.

The American colour company, known for choosing a colour of the year, is adding new shades across its palette.

LAYER’s ‘sequel seat’ is designed to entice moviegoers back to cinemas post COVID-19 – design boom

benjamin hubert of experience design agency LAYER presents ‘sequel seat’, a premium seat that seeks to elevate the cinema experience while enticing the public back to the movies in a post-COVID-19 world. the project offers the opportunity for theaters to transform the cinema experience for visitors and tackle these challenges in a meaningful way.

Based in Ukraine and founded by Kateryna Sokolova, SOKOLOVA Design studio creates timeless products that evoke emotion through their thoughtful design – design wanted

Founded by industrial designer Kateryna Sokolova, Ukrainian-based studio, SOKOLOVA Design, creates elegant and thoughtfully designed products ranging from furniture and lighting to electronics and environments. With a desire to create objects that could serve people for a longer time, Kateryna shifted from the tech sector to focus more on furniture, lighting design, and home accessories. For her, ergonomics and functionality are crucial when it comes to designing a product, and although important, Kateryna believes every product should have something more: it should provoke emotion.

Global Upholstery Needs You! – SBID Product Design Awards

Global Upholstery Solutions is a finalist in the The Society of British International Interior Design Product Design Awards in two categories.

The awards have now moved to the public voting stage so we are asking our friends, colleagues and professional network to click on the two links and vote for us!

The Top Stitch #13

July 10, 2020 by Lee Ness Leave a Comment

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15 furniture designs made from repurposed cardboard – Dezeen

Innovative storage solutions, children’s toys and a music amplifier are among the designs made from repurposed cardboard that have been shortlisted in Dezeen and Samsung’s Out of the Box Competition.

The contest sought innovative designs for the home that can be made by repurposing cardboard packaging, to encourage users to creatively reuse the box their television is shipped in rather than throwing it away.

Circular by Design: Wendy Andreu Turns Selvedges Into Innovative New Material – Design Milk

The circular economy is a proposed alternative to our traditional ‘take, make, waste’ model of production and consumption – one that offers hope in the face of environmental catastrophes from climate change to ocean plastic. Designing out waste and pollution, keeping materials and products in use and regenerating our natural environment are so important to contemporary design that we wanted to create a dedicated space for the projects bringing these ideas to life. Circular by Design, a fortnightly column by longtime contributor Katie Treggiden, will start by exploring the potential of waste as a valuable new raw material.

How Can Designers Responsibly Use Science Fiction as Inspiration? – AIGA Eye on Design

You’ve probably seen it a dozen times: Tom Cruise waves his hands in front of a blank, glassy screen, and it whirs to life with glowing data and graphics. This vision, from the 2001 Steven Spielberg movie Minority Report, is classic UX bait. In the late 1990s, when Spielberg and his team convened for an “ideas summit” to brainstorm the film’s trademark interaction, ambient gesture control and multi-touch screens were still nascent technologies. Touch screens had been around for years in some form, but they lacked the streamlined tactile control that Cruise showcased in the film.

Interior Design Has A Race Problem – And It Needs To Be Addressed – Vogue

Amid calls for a more representative and diverse industry, many working within the interiors world have stayed silent. But those trailblazers auguring for change will not go back to “posting pretty pictures” just yet, as Jessica Salter finds.

For a world that celebrates – and often steals from – global culture and diversity, behind the glossy exterior, the interior design industry is ironically and startlingly uniform. From lists of top-50 UK designers to panel speakers to homes that appear in magazine shoots, those featured are often white.

Human-Centric Design – Electrolux Kitchen Design

Human-centric design, focusing on the experiences of actual users, is what we do at Electrolux. It allows for culinary experiments in the kitchen and streamlines housework in order to enable more family-time, all while improving the aesthetics of ones home. Design is at the heart of our being, and behind every new innovation there is a consumer with one less problem in their everyday life.

What is Wabi Sabi and why it is the most distinct design style – Architecture and Design

Wabi Sabi is a concept that originated in Japan—it opposes many typical decoration rules. The idea disregards absolute symmetry, and the need for perfection in everything. More than a decorative style, Wabi Sabi is a philosophy of life; a way of living and perceiving the world, with the aim of peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay inherent in life. Author Richard R. Powell states in his book “The Wabi Sabi cultivates all that is authentic by recognising three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is complete and nothing is perfect.”

Pantone unveils app to colour match with “real life” – Design Week

Colour company Pantone has revealed a digital platform and matching product for designers which aim to streamline the colour decision-making process.

Pantone Connect rolls out across mobile, web and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of applications. The mobile app provides access to the complete range of Pantone’s colour spectrum.

No Panic, Just Love! – Archipanic

The LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual) community is big in the architecture and design business. We collected some of the most influential and honorable projects advocating for equal rights as well as tackling violence and discrimination.

Design Your Conceptual Project to Address Our Changing Climate! – Warming

competition intro

Our world is changing.

Imagine Miami Beach permanently underwater, hurricanes constantly clashing against Manhattan, devastating droughts in London, and heatwaves that render Barcelona unlivable.

A future like this currently occupies our imagination but inches closer to reality each day.

How will our built environment react to rising sea levels, extended droughts, climbing temperatures, and other symptoms of global warming? How can our buildings and cities prevent the severity of natural disasters, degrading air quality, melting ice caps, and climate change at large?

Bakelite: The Georg Kargl Collection – dexigner

As the first genuine plastic, Bakelite revolutionized the everyday culture from the 1920s to the 1950s. On view at the MAK from July 15 through October 26, ‘Bakelite: The Georg Kargl Collection’ exhibition is devoted to this extraordinary raw material.

300 objects from the private collection of the Viennese gallery owner Georg Kargl (1955‒2018) provide an insight into the material’s versatile possibilities of use and its aesthetic legacy.

Bakelite, the first industrially manufactured, fully synthetic raw material based on resins, enabled the cheap mass production of everyday objects in an almost unlimited variety of forms-from telephones to picnic boxes and radios. The MAK exhibition traces the history of Bakelite from its meteoric rise to an icon of modern product culture to its displacement by other plastics on account of ecological considerations.

Where are the Black Designers

Where are the Black Designers is an initiative which aims to give a platform to creatives of color. By connecting designers, educators, and creative leaders we hope to start a dialogue about change in and out of the design industry.

A Guide to Design for Disassembly – Arch Daily

The concept of Design for Disassembly (DfD for short) gained increasing traction in recent years, as it addresses the growing concern around the high consumption of resources and low recycling rate within the construction industry. The following article details on the method and features guidelines for a design process that facilitates the dismantlement of future buildings, with the scope of providing a better understanding of this principle within the broader framework of the current practice and circular economy.

The Top Stitch #12

June 30, 2020 by Lee Ness Leave a Comment

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Can Someone With A PhD In Furnishings Explain Why Buying A Nice Sofa Is So Hard? – Vogue

Camille Charrière approached her search for a sofa with the same level of dedication she applied to her love life. She found Mr Right, but the perfect couch still eludes her. Here, she recounts how she settled for a settee that taught her an important lesson: compromise.

The Circular Economy “Will Never Work With the Materials We Have” – dezeen

Plastics will be replaced within ten years by biofabricated materials that eliminate waste and pollution, according to Parley for the Oceans founder Cyrill Gutsch.

In future, natural substances such as algae, bacteria, enzymes and proteins will be used to grow materials that will replace today’s plastics, said the former designer.

Biofabrication “will replace pretty much everything”

19 Chairs project calls on designers to reimagine seating for older people – Icon

Designer brothers Tom and Will Butterfield turned wasted hours during lockdown into a design project, enlisting industry greats to reinvent seating for older people.

When brothers Tom and Will Butterfield, a product and graphic designer respectively, found themselves both at a loose end, living under the same roof at the start of the coronavirus lockdown, the idea was born for 19 Chairs in order to raise money for Age UK.

“We chose to support the heavily effected elderly generation and respective care-homes. Age UK is an amazing charity offering much-needed companionship and support to the elderly, through such challenging and lonely times,” the brothers told ICON.

Design’s Role in Activism Can Go Deeper Than Posters and T-Shirts – AIGA Eye On Design

When we think of design and community activism, we often think of the posters, banners, T-shirts, or buttons that represent the tangible ephemera of the social movements in which we participate. We might discuss our strategies and plans, even the participatory aspects of them, but not also think about them as a form of design. This is unfortunate, because design (especially combined with fields focused on human understanding like anthropology) provides many guidelines for how to design the conditions for community self determination in the context of activism.

Design legend Milton Glaser has died. See 7 of his greatest works – Fast Company

I met Milton Glaser only once, in 2016. But Milton Glaser being Milton Glaser—the energetic graphic designer, known for breaking 1960s formalism in advertising and creating the I :heart: NY logo—that was enough to give me a Milton Glaser story.

We were at his studio, filming a video about one of his projects lost to history, the design of a Trump Vodka bottle (about which Glaser minced no words: “I’d say this is appealing to the lowest level of human activity“). He was partially retired by then, spending more time out of the city. And you could feel things winding down inside his second-floor studio on East 32nd Street, which consisted of dozens of map drawers full of his work, and a diminutive sketching table in the corner where he drew.

Say it Loud – Beyond the Built Environment

The Virtual Exhibition, SAY IT LOUD – NOW

Submissions from our Dismantling Injustice Action 02 Initiatives

SAY IT LOUD – NOW exhibition was on display to here virtually.

BBE has elevated and proclaimed the greatness of 250 diverse designers through our 15 SAY IT LOUD Exhibitions to date. The goal initially was to reach 500 in 5 years. The urgency for this content is NOW and as we discuss the books that must be removed from the curriculum, we are looking to make a meaningful addition. We will publish a Great Diverse Designers textbook and create a directory for business opportunities for the featured designers.

HOSPITALITY IN INHOSPITABLE TIMES – Design insider

As lockdown continues to ease we took the opportunity to speak with Rachel Withey, Associate Director, SpaceInvader to to ask about the considerations for reopening hospitality businesses and we share product solutions to Rachel’s points.

The Art of Care Home Design – SBID

Relevant and engaging art makes an enormous difference to communal areas in care homes. Whilst colour contrast, good lighting and furniture layout are key to supportive design for older people, well considered art will elevate a scheme from one that works to one that truly enriches the lives of residents. To me, art has a key role to play in making an environment homely and relatable. Whether you are designing a care home or a retirement living scheme, carefully chosen art will help to provide the building with its personality and often enable it to stand out from the competition.

The noho move™ chair Is Made From Reclaimed Fishing Nets + Carpets – Design milk

New brand noho recently launched with a new chair that’s completely sustainable, as it’s made from a 100% regenerated and regenerable nylon. Based in Aotearoa, New Zealand, noho collaborated with Aquafil to create an everyday chair collection made out of ECONYL® regenerated nylon, a material from upcycled waste plastic, like reclaimed fishing nets and end-of-use carpets. The noho move™ chair is designed with “dynamic comfort” which allows the user to sit back and lean forward while the chair moves with you.

Design Week Awards 2020

With lockdown and social distancing forcing unexpected change upon us, it’s a very different Design Week Awards for 2020.

In the end the only thing we weren’t able to deliver was a physical awards ceremony, but our team has worked hard on tweaking the entry process and judging, as well as the celebration of our winners, to ensure fairness and maximum exposure.

Specific awards related to Design, Furniture and Interior Design

Retail Interiors

Hospitality Interiors

Workplace Interiors

Furniture

8 Industrial Interior Design Ideas To Help You Own The Look – UBW

The industrial interior design aesthetic simply goes from strength to strength. Once only treasured within open plan city loft apartments, today we see versions of this highly versatile look claimed beautifully in urban and rural, and commercial and home settings. The trend is easy to understand, as we examine a style that speaks to simplicity, boldness, comfort, and minimalism, all at once. The rules of industrial interior design are fairly fast and low, as long as we stick to the golden rules of raw materials and juxtaposed composition. To help you begin on your quest towards the perfect industrial interior, read on for 8 style-defining tips!

THE BIID RESPONSE TO OPEN LETTER ON DIVERSITY – BIID

The BIID announces next steps on inclusion and diversity.

On 24th June 2020 the BIID was sent an open letter signed by over 140 interior designers and people working in the design industry. Our response to the open letter is below:

“We would like to thank everyone who signed the open letter to us. In addition to the proposed initiatives outlined in the letter, we are actively talking with many designers, design students and others in the industry about their suggestions of new programmes, actions and initiatives.”

The Top Stitch #7

May 11, 2020 by Lee Ness Leave a Comment

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Brewdog

For this post, I’ve added a LinkedIn link because the video is perfect. however, the extract content below is from a blog post so I’ve linked back to that one at the bottom.

This is a hugely challenging time for our bars. Here at BrewDog, we are all longing for the day when our team are back in our bars, serving world class craft beer to our awesome community again.

Although the future for hospitality businesses is incredibly uncertain, we remain very optimistic that customers will soon crave the social interaction and escapism of visiting pubs, bars and restaurants.

With that in mind, whilst we eagerly await official guidance from the government, our amazing bars teams have been working on various proposals, which we think will help us welcome customers back in to our bars when it is safe to do so, and offer them an environment where those customers can feel relaxed and safe.

What is The Circular Economy? – Ellen MacArthur Foundation

A circular economy is based on the principles of designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use, and regenerating natural systems.

Where we have come from

A transformation in our ability to make things changed society.

We’ve been at a turning point before. In 1684 Thomas Savery invented the steam engine and it changed everything. This invention kick-started the industrial revolution, which transformed our ability to make things. Raw materials and energy were seemingly infinite, and labour was readily available. For the first time in history, goods were mass produced.

TOP 100 INTERIOR DESIGNERS TO KNOW IN 2020 – LuxDeco

The LuxDeco 100—previously the LuxDeco 50—returns with twice the number of talent for its second issue. The annually published list highlights and celebrates the world’s leading interior designers for the creativity, positive impact and commitment to luxury design which they contribute to the design world.

Celebrating incredible interiors and sharing them as inspiration for our community is one of our duties as a leading platform for luxury interiors. The design world is brilliantly diverse and replete with interior designers who are creating waves that will be felt by generations of designers to come. The LuxDeco internal selection panel was able to narrow the field down as it focused on three criteria: creativity, industry impact and commitment to luxury design.

Kaoi studio designs modular Ebba chairs based on Ettore Sottsass’ Memphis movement – dezeen

This modular chair collection by Thai design studio Kaoi takes cues from the 1980s Memphis Group, featuring four graphic armrests that can be mixed and matched to offer different aesthetic “personalities”.

Designed in collaboration with THINKK studio, Kaoi’s Ebba chair collection is composed of three deckchair-style seats that can be brought to life with four variations of armrests.

WantedDesign Manhattan Online Conversation Series – WantedDesign

WantedDesign partners with Design Milk + Clever to keep WantedDesign Manhattan Conversation series alive!

In response to the cancellation of the 2020 fair, we put together an online program with new episodes of Clever podcast and live talks, between May 11 and May 22, 2020.

“At first, when we heard about the cancellation of WantedDesign Manhattan. we were sad, we had LIVE episodes planned, and we looked forward to seeing all our friends and absorbing all of the latest design inspiration – it’s an important hub of connectivity and community for the design industry. Then we got fired up. We couldn’t just stand by and not do anything about this – so, Clever, already adept at remote recording and digital distribution, is working closely with WantedDesign Manhattan and Design Milk to keep the Conversation Series alive!” – Amy Devers, co-founder Clever

A tribute to creative minds who changed the world – WeTransfer

WeTransfer believes creative thinking has the power to change the world. So every year, we pay tribute to the creative minds we’ve lost whose lives and work changed the way we think, the way we see and the way we understand.

Anyone from the team can nominate a figure we should pay tribute to, and our supertalented community of artists do the rest.

The Sonoran Collection Shines a Bright Light on Weaving – design milk

We’re as antsy to spend time outdoors as you are, making the Sonoran Collection release from HOLLY HUNT all the more exciting. Its second outdoor furniture collection draws inspiration from the topography and creature forms found in the Sonoran Desert in the southwest United States.

HOLLY HUNT worked together with a group of weavers in Southeast Asia to develop new techniques – a double weave with a vertical wrapping – and materials for a more streamlined look.

74 CREATES STUDENT AMENITY SPACE FOR SYMONS HOUSE IN LEEDS – Design insider

Multi-award-winning interiors and architecture practice 74 has completed a stand-out student amenities project for client London and Scottish Student Housing within their new-build Symons House student accommodation block in Leeds. 74 also created the project’s branding and wayfinding.

Symons House, designed by Leeds-based architectural practice Cunniff Design, takes the form of a reverse L-shape building, with seven storeys located on its lower horizontal plane and twenty-one on the vertical upright section.

Chair Times: A History of Seating – From 1800 to Today – Dexigner

Vitra is streaming ‘Chair Times’ – a film that documents the many-sided world of chairs – for free during this particular time. The film charts a course through an ocean of chairs.

In Chair Times, Vitra Chairman Emeritus and former CEO Rolf Fehlbaum speaks with experts in the design field, including designers Hella Jongerius, Antonio Citterio and Ronan Bouroullec, architects and collectors Arthur Rüegg and Ruggero Tropeano, architect David Chipperfield, Director of the Vitra Design Museum Mateo Kries, Vitra Design Museum curator Amelie Klein, Jochen Eisenbrand and collection curator Serge Mauduit.

Focusing on 125 objects from the Collection of the Vitra Design Museum, the conversations explore the development of chairs over centuries, examining them as ‘portraits of their users.’

Need a fresh perspective? See the world like a horse does (or a cow or a cat or an ant …) – Ted

Almost never, says Alan Hook, a design researcher at Ulster University in Northern Ireland: “We understand the world from a very fixed human-centric point of view … so [we] can’t really understand what it must be like to be a different creature.”

Meet some human designers who are breaking down the barriers. In Ireland, Denis Connolly and Anne Cleary have created a series of meta-perceptual helmets that allowed wearers to view the world through the stereo vision of a hammerhead shark or the separately rotatable eyes of the chameleon. To get as close to being a goat as possible, UK designer Thomas Thwaites (TED talk: How I built a toaster from scratch) built himself a prosthetic goat legs and a prosthetic rumen (goat stomach) and took to the Swiss Alps to graze on grass.

Stella McCartney in conversation with Sir David Adjaye – Clerkenwell Design week

As part of Design Museum’s continued #DesignDispatches series, next week features pioneering British designers Stella McCartney and Sir David Adjaye. Join them on Wednesday 13 May 2020 as they talk all things fashion and architecture.

A brief history of the Bubble Chair – Icon

Eero Aarnio’s iconic Bubble Chair is a clear, ball-shaped seat that hangs from the ceiling

The Bubble Chair is a true icon of the 1960s. Designed by celebrated Finnish designer Eero Aarnio, the chair was decidedly futuristic at the time it was launched. A spin-off of his earlier Ball Chair, the Bubble retained the same circular shape, but instead of standing on a leg it hangs from the ceiling.

The Ball Chair was designed in 1963, and is also known as the globe chair. At the time it was designed the Ball Chair’s shape was completely unconventional. The chair’s spherical form creates a unique acoustic around the user.

The Top Stitch #6

May 4, 2020 by Lee Ness Leave a Comment

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popschema – by blackswan

popschema is the new concept designed by blackswan for Interior Designers that resets the design standard for headboards.

There are a range of poppanels so that you can create any configuration you like. There is an almost infinite variety of configurations by varying sizes, shapes and colours. See some examples here. We don’t put limitations on your imagination!

From ‘officles’ to giant sneeze guards: How COVID-19 will change your open office – Fast Company

The open office has taken over modern business. While controversial, these large, open spaces—punctuated by conference rooms and phone booths—are the design of the day, and their proponents claim they increase collaboration. But open offices are also a communal petri dish. In the age of COVID-19, they’re the antithesis of social distancing.

The 25 Rooms That Influence the Way We Design – The NY Times Style Magazine

On an October afternoon, our six-person jury — Tom Delavan, the design and interiors director of T Magazine; Gabriel Hendifar, the creative director of the Manhattan-based lighting and design studio Apparatus; the architect Toshiko Mori; the architect and designer Daniel Romualdez; the veteran design journalist Suzanne Slesin; and the interiors photographer Simon Watson — assembled in a featureless conference room at The New York Times to discuss the most influential rooms of all time.

10 movies with striking interior design to watch under lockdown – dezeen

The coronavirus crisis means we’re spending more time indoors than ever before, so Dezeen’s Natasha Levy has selected 10 films with stand-out interiors that can offer some escape from your own four walls.

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Key to Innovation – Farnam Street Blog

Innovation doesn’t occur in a vacuum. Doers and thinkers from Shakespeare to Jobs, liberally “stole” inspiration from the doers and thinkers who came before. Here’s how to do it right.

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“If I have seen further,” Isaac Newton wrote in a 1675 letter to fellow scientist Robert Hooke, “it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

It can be easy to look at great geniuses like Newton and imagine that their ideas and work came solely out of their minds, that they spun it from their own thoughts—that they were true originals. But that is rarely the case.

Innovative ideas have to come from somewhere. No matter how unique or unprecedented a work seems, dig a little deeper and you will always find that the creator stood on someone else’s shoulders. They mastered the best of what other people had already figured out, then made that expertise their own. With each iteration, they could see a little further, and they were content in the knowledge that future generations would, in turn, stand on their shoulders.

Standing on the shoulders of giants is a necessary part of creativity, innovation, and development. It doesn’t make what you do less valuable. Embrace it.

cadus – blackswan

Office Booth Reconstructed.

Presented by design agency blackswan, the Cadus is a new concept for the office environment, which creates a statement to your customers and employees.The pseudo-industrial design with rough hewn wood, exposed ply and visible fixings are complemented by beautiful leather upholstery with contrast stitch details. The product is treated with hard wax-oil to create a used appearance to blend in – or clash – with your existing office space.This aesthetic shape displays your credentials as a design-led, premium business that is not afraid to stand out.

The Minimalist Cross Chair Tube by PearsonLloyd for Takt – design milk

Cross Chair Tube is a minimalist chair designed by London-based studio PearsonLloyd for Takt, that shares a visual language and assembly method to its predecessor. While the original Cross Chair features a solid oak frame, the Cross Chair Tube incorporates a recycled tubular steel frame.

JIM BIDDULPH & ROB NICOLL, CHIP[S]BOARD IN CONVERSATION – Design Insider

There have been countless material innovations over the past decade, with big brands, independent design studios, graduates and students all getting in on the act. The desire to create new, never-seen-before materials has gone hand in hand with the burgeoning of both industry-focused material libraries and universally available social media platforms, which offer the opportunity to showcase and discover such materials. What’s more, the appetite to reuse waste materials and products inline with the post-war “mend and make do” attitude, has rapidly expanded towards a shared desire for circular-economies. In a bid to curb climate damage and create a more sustainable and cleaner relationship with our planet, many designers strive to create material alternatives that are desirable for their functionality and eco-credentials.

Watch all eight episodes of Netflix’s Abstract: The Art of Design series – dezeen

Netflix has made all eight episodes of its documentary series Abstract: The Art of Design, which features set designer Es Devlin, architect Bjarke Ingels and interior designer Ilse Crawford, available to watch for free during coronavirus lockdown.

Streaming company Netflix has made season one of its design series available on Youtube as part of an initiative to make its documentaries free to watch during the coronavirus lockdown.

The One Club for Creativity Announces Creative Month 2020 – Dexigner

The One Club’s annual in-person Creative Week in New York has transformed into Creative Month 2020, with more than 60 sessions with creative leaders from around the world streaming free of charge May 4-29.

Sessions will feature a wide range of original creative inspiration and professional development content specifically developed for a global online audience.

“In light of how the pandemic has hurt the industry, we’ve doubled down on upholding our nonprofit mission to support the creative community,” said Kevin Swanepoel, CEO, The One Club. “We worked with our Board of Directors to reimagine and expand Creative Week and the awards into multiple weeks of inspirational programming that stream free of charge worldwide. This year more than ever, it’s critical that we provide the platform to inspire the creative community and give recognition to those who have done the best work in the world.”

Pajama Lounges Are Taking Over Houses Everywhere and We Love It – redbook

Pajama lounges are having a serious moment and they’re the dreamiest home trend of all time — there, we said it. If you haven’t heard of a space like this before, it’s essentially an upstairs living room that’s very private and the perfect place to gather as a family after rolling out of bed in your (you guessed it) pajamas.

This concept is part of a growing trend of living spaces moving upstairs, where it’s more secluded. “They’re designed to be a place where the family can gather and hang out away from the high-traffic areas of the home,” Paul Fischman, principal designer at Choeff Levy Fischman in Miami, told Realtor.com. Still can’t picture what we’re talking about? This Massachusetts room, designed by Frank Roop, is one strikingly gorgeous example of a pajama lounge.

THIS TRANSFORMATIVE FURNITURE LETS YOU LOUNGE ON YOUR DESK DURING WFH – Yanko Design

I am a huge foodie, and I have noticed this in both cuisine and design that the French love taking what you know, flipping it on its head, and giving you a crazier yet better version while you just sit there wondering “How do they do this every time?!”. The latest product to fall in this category is the ‘Chaise Renversée’ – a desk that can also transform into a long chair by the famous French architect Pierre-Louis Gerlier. The literal translation of Chaise Renversée is ‘chair overturned’, I love how simply the French put everything.

Since we are all cooped up in our homes, we are constantly finding ways to optimize space. Especially if you live in a city, you are likely to have everyday objects that are modular so that you have a functional space. Our current situation and the need to be flexible within a small space is exactly what inspired Gerlier to design the Chaise Renversée. It is the perfect blend of work from home and Netflix from home into one piece of modern furniture, it provides a stable table area to work and can then transform into the ‘Chaise Lounge’ when you want to relax.

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Sustainable Packaging Kick-Off! – SwatchOn

The August Collection Is Geometrically Bold, Yet Versatile – design milk

HERMAN MILLER REDESIGNS LONDON SHOWROOM – Design Insider

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Main objective in the decoration during 2020:

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Kaoi studio designs modular Ebba chairs based on Ettore Sottsass’ Memphis movement – dezeen

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10 movies with striking interior design to watch under lockdown – dezeen

Office Booth Reconstructed.

JIM BIDDULPH & ROB NICOLL, CHIP[S]BOARD IN CONVERSATION – Design Insider

Watch all eight episodes of Netflix’s Abstract: The Art of Design series – dezeen

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