Mar 19, 2010
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Nothing ultra new in terms of recently designed stuff, especially if you follow the world of interiors and furniture design, but I still love it. I picked up some materials from my shelf this week and found the leaflet I have showing my second favourite radiator of all time. (Yes it is sad I have a favourite, radiator, and possibly even sadder I have a second favourite, but let’s face it, ordering and ranking is what we do every day to help ourselves with decisions… granted my more important decisions are not radiator based but you know what I mean.)
Anyway, this Radiator was shown at the Cologne fair in 2007 by Italian born designer Macro Dessi, as a concept. He designed it in 2006 and his own little bit of blurb about the product is as follows:
“The raw expression of functional industrial radiators was a source of inspiration for the radiator . While maintaining this raw strenght [sic.], the object was transformed for living spaces. The rotation of the individual element is reminiscent of the sheet metal spirals of old- fashioned radiators.”
I have to say that having just experienced one of the longest, and coldest winters in recent memory, I for one, would be more than happy to actually place a couple of these beauties in my house, and even, for that matter, next to my desk in the west wing of Everybody towers.
Everybody says… great work Marco, let us know when we can buy it!
c
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Jan 14, 2010
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Happy new year to everyone… 14 days in and we finally got a minute to make our first post of the new year.
As committed Apple users, we were a bit dubious when a colleague pointed us in the direction of a wooden PC, which he told us looked great. PC? Nah, Wooden… Serious? So we went to the link he sent us and to our surprise this little PC looks fantastic. It’s styled by the Korean, Design Hara company, who have made it look like a bunch of the great retro looking machines we see from the great age of 70′s 8 track tapes and home stereo equipment.
The machine itself has a modern inside at least, it’s optical drive is a Blu-Ray player and is geared up to provide enough oomph for your media needs, perfect for HD movies etc. Possibly the most interesting thing is the machine is very low on power usage, meaning less carbon emissions. Options include faster processors, bigger hard drives and somewhat more interestingly, Lamb skin leather covers… Just incase it gets cold.
Each of these little beauties is hand made as ordered, and therefore limited edition. There’s no mention of price (or none that we can find at least), but we don’t expect to pick this up for €200 any time soon…
Everybody says well done Korean fellas, we’re sticking to our Macs for now, but if there was a cool mac based option like that, then we’d be in there.
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Jan 04, 2009
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Welcome to the new year… it’s been a busy busy time for a couple of months for Everybody, so if you’re still with us, then thanks fro checking back.
Anyway, we’re kicking this year off with this great light concept from the Spanish company called MERRY. Based in Spain their interest is improving lives and injecting a style with value for money. The work shown on the website is a huge and varied range, which encompasses everything from lighting to bottle design and tables to exhibition stands. Each piece is a really strong element in a great overall portfolio.
Ziplamp is a great idea. Putting a floor standing light inside a zipped neoprene suit to allow an adjustable amount of light out. No variable resistors, no over the top tech. Classic. The principle of variable light is something I love, as I hate strong light while I am trying to read or work, so being able to soften the light off in such an unusual manner is, for me, a great idea. Two or three of these in the office is a must.
Everybody says good work Spanish fellas. As ever, click the picture above to go to their site and explore their work.
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Oct 29, 2008
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We just wanted to bring this chair by Australian Designer Brodie Neill to the attention of everyone out there. It’s a simple continuous shape which is representative of the ever popular @ symbol on our keyboards. It’s produced in the ultra-light and ultra-cool Carbon fibre, with a chrome finish and looks brilliant.
This versatile designer has many great seating options which are produced in ay varied materials including a carpet and aluminium combination which sounds just as interesting as it looks. His forms are more often than not very organic in nature and if placed in an industrial setting would provide a great foil to the bare brick walls, looking even more stunning.
A great tip is to keep an eye out for his Chase Longe made from laminating many different materials, from fibre board to PVC and then CNC machining the shape out of the resulting block of colours. Stunning.
If you want to check out his work you can click the image above to go to his website for more images of his works and information about the designer.
Everybody likes shiny.
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Oct 17, 2008
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Of recent it’s started to get quite cold in northern Europe which is not surprising as winter is coming… In fact, as I look out of the window here at Everybody Towers the huge clouds headed our way up the river seem to be Winter itself. Good job I brought my coat this morning.
Anyway, one place that is still hot is Scandinavia, which – for years, has been a great source of inspiring design in many forms to a great number of designers around the world. So it’s only fair to show you the work of one designer from the northern reaches of the continent for whom we have a great deal of respect, Matti Klenell, A Swedish native, who creates many wonderous items in glass and other materials.
In the years since he started his own studio at the turn of the century, he has won many awards and worked for some large clients and furniture makes, Including the Dutch company Moooi. One of our favourite pieces by him is these beautiful glass sculptures which are created in blown and solid glass. They are on show as part of the permanent collection at the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm. The picture above shows a perfect example of how his feeling for form and shape shows through his work.
If you click on the image it will take you to his website, where you can see many other items designed by this talented Swede.
Everybody likes glass, and everybody likes nice things. Everybody likes Matti’s work.
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