The Cubrick is a nifty transforming cabinet by The Yard Sale Protect in London that rotates and opens gracefully into a series of small cupboards.
Category Archives: Design
The Galway International Arts Festival Skywhale this evening.
A thing of terrifying, pendulously deca-boobed beauty
Pix via Susan O’Keefe
(H/T: cairotango)
On Balance
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An eye-pleasing celebration of symmetry and colour in architecture by Berlin based graphic designer Ramin Nasibov.
As if the “flying doughnut” and bicycle-esque seat weren’t bad enough, a new airplane seating arrangement threatens to eliminate every last ounce of air travelers’ dignity by forcing them to stare at one another for the duration of a flight.
It’s called the “economy class cabin hexagon” and it looks as awful as it sounds.
MORE: “Economy Class Cabin Hexagon” is every flyer’s worst nightmare (Fortune)
(H/T: Nelly Bergman)
The Natura Vive Skylodge – three transparent aluminium/polycarbonate sleeping capsules (complete with four beds, dining area and bathrom) suspended from the sheer cliff face 122m above the mystical Urubamba valley at Cuzco in Peru.
Set Meals
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Hot Wheels
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The influential 300hp V8 Maserati Boomerang, designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro.
Debuted at the 1971 Turin Motor Show, it went on to inspire the lines of many iconic cars, including the DeLorean DMC-12, Lotus Esprit and Mk 1 VW Golf.
Wave Cabinet
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One of series of functional sculptures by New York artist Sebastian ErraZuriz – a birch credenza made from an elaborate array of 100 hinged wooden slats that open in rolling wave patterns. Sez he:
I am inviting people to look at one of the simplest forms of furniture design and to forget that we’re talking about furniture, instead to see it as a way of breaking a box. I love the idea of creating beautiful furniture; nevertheless I am much more interested in using the medium as an excuse to trigger people’s curiosity and create a connection with them.
