May 15th, 2009

House Twisted by Kentaro Takeguchi + Asako Yamamoto / Alphaville won Hiše Award 09 for Innovative Excellence in Private Housing.
To avoid the adjacent house, the linear volume of twisted house is bent twice to create a courtyard and a front yard. The central volume moves along the north-south axis and slanted roofs create cracks and introduce a sense of flow inside.
The structure consists of 14 steel columns arranged like a birdcage so the walls become thin and flat to make the natural light simple and abstract, made possible by using a brace-less system of small beams at 45 deg. angles between two sheets of structural plywood. MORE…
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April 29th, 2009

Architects: Dean Lah, Milan Tomac, Anže Zalaznik
Location: Gorenjska
Year of completion: 2006
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April 28th, 2009

Architect: Niko Tiula
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Year of renovation: 2006
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April 27th, 2009

Architects: François Stekke, Serge Fraas
Location: Villers-la-Ville, Belgium
Year of completion: 2005
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April 26th, 2009

Architects: Maja Tasič Demšar in Gašper Demšar
Associate: Metod Vidic
Location: Ljubljana
Year of completion: 2006
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April 25th, 2009

Architects: prof. Miloš Florjančič, dr. Matej Blenkuš
Location: Čezsoča
Year of completion: 2005
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April 24th, 2009

Architects: Dale Jones-Evans Pty Ltd
Location: Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, Australia
Year of completion: 2001
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April 23rd, 2009

Architects: Oskar Leo Kaufmann, Johannes Kaufmann
Location: Andelsbuch, Austria
Year of completion: 1997
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April 22nd, 2009

Architects: id:arhitekti
Location: Ljubljana
Year of completion: 2003
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April 21st, 2009

Architects: Rok Klanjšček, Gašper Zalar
Location: Čezsoča
Year of completion: 2005
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April 20th, 2009

Architect: Antonius Lanzinger
Location: Brixlegg, Tyrol, Austria
Year of completion: 2002
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April 19th, 2009
Architects: Roberto Starec, Paolo Starec
Location: Trieste, Italy
Year of completion: 2006
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April 17th, 2009
Architect: dr. Dominika Batista
Location: Ljubljana
Year of completion: 2004
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April 16th, 2009
Architect: Rudy Ricciotti
Location: Near Rouen, France
Year of completion: 2006
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April 13th, 2009

Architects: Aleš Žnidaršič, Katja Žlajpah
Location: Bohinj
Year of renovation: 2006
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April 9th, 2009

Architects: Matija Bevk, Vasa J. Perović, Bevk Perović arhitekti
Location: Ljubljana
Year of completion: 2006
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April 8th, 2009

Architect: Tanja Barle
Location: Celje
Year of renovation: 2005
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April 7th, 2009

Architect: dr. Dominika Batista
Location: Koseze, Ljubljana
Year of completion: 2005
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April 6th, 2009

Architects: Rok Žnidaršič, Jerneja Fischer Knap
Location: Gorenje Polje
Year of completion: 2006
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April 5th, 2009

Architects: Bernhard Marte, Stefan Marte, Marte.Marte Architekten
Location: Fussach, Vorarlberg, Austria
Year of completion: 2000
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April 4th, 2009

Architects: Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
Location: Fournaise, impressionists’ island in Chatou, France
Year of completion: 2006
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April 3rd, 2009

Architects: Durbach Block: Neil Durbach, Camilla Block, David Jaggers, Lisa Le Van, Joseph Grech, Adrian Gessner
Location: Dover Heights, NSW, Australia
Year of completion: 2004
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April 2nd, 2009

Architects: Rob McBride, Debbie-Lyn Ryan, McBride Charles Ryan
Location: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia
Year of completion: 2007
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April 1st, 2009

Architects: Johnston Marklee & Associates
Location: Pacific Palisades, USA
Year of completion: 2004
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March 31st, 2009

Architects: BURO II, BURO II Interieur
Location: Roeselare, Belgium
Year of completion: 2005
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March 30th, 2009

Architect: Koen Heijse – CAAN arhitekti
Location: Baarle Drongen, Belgium
Year of completion: 2005
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March 28th, 2009

Architects: Manuel Aires Mateus, Francisko Aires Mateus
Location: Alentejano, Portugal
Year of completion: 2000
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March 27th, 2009

Architect: Maarten Van Severen
Location: Deurle, Belgium
Year of completion: 2005
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March 26th, 2009

Architect: Alberto Campo Baeza
Location: Madrid, Spain
Year of completion: 2000
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March 25th, 2009

Architect: Rudy Ricciotti
Location: Marseille, France
Year of completion: 2000
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March 24th, 2009

Architect: Peter Gabrijelčič with associates
Location: Ljubljana
Year of completion: 2006
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March 23rd, 2009

Architect: Jože Peterkoč
Location: Orle, Ljubljana
Year of completion: 2008
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March 22nd, 2009

Architects: Bevk Perović Arhitekti: Matija Bevk, Vasa J. Perović, Maja Valič
Location: Ljubljana, Pirniče
Year of completion: 2005 – 2007
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March 21st, 2009

Architects: Sadar Vuga Arhitekti; Jurij Sadar, Boštjan Vuga, Miha Pešec, Adrian Petrucelli
Location: Velenje
Year of completion: 2007
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March 20th, 2009

Architects: Superform, Anton Žižek, Marjan Poboljšaj
Location: Križevci pri Ljutomeru
Year of completion: 2007
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March 19th, 2009

Architect: dr. Dominika Batista
Location: Prelog pri Domžalah
Year of completion: 2007
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March 18th, 2009

Architects: Vanja Gregorc, Rok Klanjšček, Aleš Vrhovec, Janez Hacin
Location: Ljubljana
Year of completion: 2005
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March 13th, 2009

Architects: dekleva gregorič arhitekti: Aljoša Dekleva, Tina Gregorič
Location: Ljubljana
Year of completion: 2004
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March 10th, 2009

Architect: Nande Korpnik
Location: Griže near Celje
Year of completion: 1999
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November 13th, 2008

LUXO’s Ninety is the world’s most energy-efficient desk and general task lamp. It uses a mere 6W of LEDs, while offering a bright, warm light with excellent (3000 Kelvin) colour. It is dimmable and is designed to last for 25 years in a regular home or office environment.
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November 13th, 2008

Evolution Accelerated
This year has been a big year in technology-driven and related sectors, which in turn has created a big stir in the (largely consumer) marketplace and back again in tech- and design-driven products and services.
Popular consumer electronics got a shot in the arm with Apple’s new iPhone 3G, which launched mid-July and sold one million units inside three days. Apple CEO Steve Jobs pointed out that it took all of 74 days to sell the first one million original iPhones, so things were clearly “off to a good start”. MORE…
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November 12th, 2008

Made of 18-8 stainless steel, this ice cream spoon, by Hisakazu Shimizu / Sabo Studio, feels smooth and velvety on the lips, and is meant as an homage to the much loved inconsequential or unnecessary products of the 20th century. In this way – with this sleek bit of culinary hardware – say the designers, they grant immortality to the marvelllously familiar wooden ice cream spoon. MORE…
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November 12th, 2008

The Dutch UNStudio architects recently launched their first chair design, called MYchair. The chairs are upholstered in two colours and were created for the German Walter Knoll company.
The architectural approach to furniture is different from that of the industrial designer: the architect begins with the space and the environment that the chair will become a part of. MORE…
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October 16th, 2008

South Africa-born designer Ryan Frank has come up with a scheme to design and build furniture from sawn-up (refuse) desks salvaged by GreenWorks, a charity and social enterprise that reclaims timber from redundant office furniture collected around the UK.
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October 15th, 2008

Twenty-three year-old designer Takumi Yoshida has come up with a phone design that serves the needs of the visually impaired. The “SENS” phone (written SÉNS) features a unique keyboard scheme where all of the keys are slightly different to the touch from one another, making the keys easily recognisable, and allowing the user to know where they are on the keyboard at all times. The waves and contours central to the recognition concept also make for compelling visually engaging design. MORE…
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