Posts by Kira

The Marc Boutin Architectural Collaborative presented its latest project called the Maddock house in Calgary, Canada. The main idea of the designers was the combination of the interior and exterior design. They managed giving the house sophisticated and contemporary look. There are wonderful views to the Rocky Mountains and the city centre to the west. The dwelling is available for the family of four persons. Among the peculiarities of the Maddock house are the glass ceiling, the living room and the kitchen wrapped around a south-west facing courtyard, outdoor fireplaces. The main level is clad in the stone while the two upper – in the stained wood. This makes the house very stylish and interesting from the point of view of design. Take a look.

The new PirOLED lightning system was presented with a great success at the International Design Fair SuperPiu in April 2010 by OSRAM. Combining the latest OLED and LED technology that is available, the contemporary PirOLED lamp shows what is possible in the future. It creates the relaxing atmosphere with a mild white light being very versatile at the same time: each of the 5 OLED light panels can be differently adjusted and provides optimal, atmospheric lighting. Inspired by DNA shape and designed with high- tech, the PirOLED offers a calming ambience. It will perfectly suits either for your home or for the working place.

The Japanese architecture firm Apollo Architects has recently presented its new unusual Lift house in the residential district of downtown Sendai, Japan. This futuristic three-storeyed house is characterized by seamless geometric volumes and an impenetrable façade. It stands out among the crowd of the quiet houses in the neighborhood. The main outstanding feature is the protruding upper floor which offers some shade and protection to the cars parked below it. This space is available for the parking zone for two cars. The most of the light comes from the unusual façade but also through the inner private terrace, found inside the house. The interior is characterized by large open spaces arranged around a central courtyard. Dark louvers on the slanted facade act as a shield to the residence, providing views outwards but not in.

Spring is the time to add colours to your life! It concerns your house interior too. Make your place brighter and a bit quirky with the Vibrant cabinets designed by the Swedish brand A2 Designers. These pieces of furniture expressing the cocktail of colours have become the newest addition to the Collect cabinet family. The spunky collection is available in four colours: deep blue, pristine white, hot pink and canary yellow. The cupboards are made or wood and painted MDF. Very versatile they look modern, playful, fresh and fun. Excellent choice for the spring design!

What can be better and more pleasant than to make some special present, a gift which will concern exactly your sweetheart? CanvasPop and DNA 11 have come to your rescue with their really cool personalized art. They combine the achievement of the science with the modern art producing the unique personalized art portraits. You may like their innovative new products such as Fingerprint Portraits, KISS Portraits and the latest creation – DNA portrait. The art is based on a certified method of collecting saliva from each client, which is then used to imprint the client’s DNA profile onto a canvas. Such portrait can become a stunning testament to your individuality. Available in an almost limitless range of styles, colours, sizes and frames, your unique Fingerprint Portrait makes a bold, art statement at home, or in your office.

Looking for a multifunctional cabinet for your house? Then you should take a look on this interesting Wha cabinet designed by Tembolat Gugkaev. It is the perfect example of the contemporary, simple and neat design with the features of elegance and urban sophistication and great functionality. It works both a versatile closet with its unusual curved shape at the daytime as well as a lamp with the neon light at night. Tembolat Gugkaev dressed this cabinet in curvy look using a color backlit shelves. It lights very bright and cheerful bringing a good mood to everybody. Very creative and interesting!

Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal is proud of the House 77 by Portuguese studio dIONISO LAB. This house has aluminium shatters as the part of its façade which is very important for this town traditionally been the fishing one. Such system of symbols was used here long ago for communication and signing the private and fishing belonging. So this dwelling is very valuable from the historic point of view. It brings the memory and also makes the street scene more colourful. The design of the house is very simple, even minimalist. House 77 is organized in the vertical way, so the public space is on the lower floors, while the private one is on the higher. Interesting shutters provides necessary privacy. The house is opened to a small garden at the west side. So it can be said that house 77 became a centre of “Bairro Norte” being culturally and historically rich.

While the majority of the designers experiments with the chairs design not concerning with the legs, K to N studio together with Copenhagen based construction company YOHO has presented an interesting and unusual Sepii chair – a chair with ten legs made of ash wood. The name Sepii comes from the cuttlefish order Sepiidae. Only three of the legs ever touch the ground at one time. So you can “rock” it back and forth as many of us try to do sitting on a traditional four-legged chairs. The chair is a gorgeous modern reference. It looks very creative, unusual and fun.