Category Archives: Design

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A ‘transparent’ house near Omiya Station in Saitama, Japan created by Tokyo-based practice Yuusuke Karasawa featuring a hexagonally profiled series of alternating  levels, some containing two rooms, some left as open voids, reminiscent of the cellular structure of a bee hive. According to the architect,

Our hope is that this complex, layered network space will become a new architectural form that captures the various activities borne out of today’s informational society, where diversity and order are being demanded at the same time.

All righty then.

mymodernmet

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The penthouse of 432 Park Avenue – a residential skyscraper soon to be the tallest building in New York City (at 396m, 9.1m taller than One World Trade Centre).

Built on the $440 million site of the 1926 Drake Hotel, the development is due for completion next year.

104 apartments ranging in price from $16.96 million to $82.5 million.

boredpanda

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Refold is an adaptable, foldable portable and recycalable cardboard standing-desk created by New Zealand based designers Fraser Callaway, Oliver Ward and Matt Innes –  a simple, cheap and clever innovation currently (and understandably) overfunded on Kickstarter.

The design was shown in action last month as part of a TEDxWellington presentation.

designboom