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  • Aluminum Shower Enclosures Combining Refined Style with Modern Design

    Aluminum Shower Enclosures Combining Refined Style with Modern Design

    Bathroom should be given the same attention as any other room in the house, especially because it’s an environment were we want to enjoy moments of leisure, relaxation and feel good after a busy stressful day at work. The bathroom should be our oasis of well-being and why not a beauty center just for us inside of our private home. Whether you prefer a bathtub or rather want a shower enclosure because the bathroom space isn’t larger enough for something else, today we have available a wide range of products for bathroom which meet every need and even the most refined tastes.

    Today we spotted an exquisite new collection of shower enclosures signed by the Italian company BluBleu, proposals that come to expand their already magnificent shower collection. Designed in their characteristic style, this new collection of shower enclosures impresses by a strong aesthetic character defined by one succesful ingredient- innovation, which means an avant-garde technology which allows to enjoy all functions in maximum comfort, clever combination of different trendy materials and a seductive and elegant design that amaze you.

    Every detail matters so that with every new collection, BluBlue manages to interpret contemporary trends and offer the best solutions for bathroom environment. Aluminium and glass play a leading role in this sleek and stylish new range of  five shower enclosures (Plan, Ray, Modus, York and Drop). Extremely versatile, each shower cabin is a product of great functionality and durability, not to speak about the  process of polishing and painting using advanced technologies, that is a further guarantee of the quality of them. Minimalist design with sliding glass door system, simple and linear forms and profile aluminum makes this collection stand out.

    Photos: © BluBleu.

     

  • Innovative Handmade Mimbre Chair by Eggpicnic

    Innovative Handmade Mimbre Chair by Eggpicnic

    Working with traditional materials and techniques doesn’t mean it will always result furniture’s pieces with traditional design, but something very modern and unique in the same time. This handmade mimbre chair is an evidence of that. Designed by South American studio Eggpicnic  specialized in the production of children toys, which range from limited edition tools to furniture, logos and illustrations, beautiful Amalia chair is an outstanding mix of functionality and aesthetics, tradition and modernity. Working closely with mimbre (wicker) artisans Francisco Palma and Mario Rojas, the design couple Christopher Macaluso and Camila De Gregorio has created a great looking chair bursting with originality, that cradles the sitter like a basket, a perfect place for reading or for relaxing moments.

    The thing that make it so special is that it’s made using the natural plant fiber of Mimbre, a Chilean material used to make traditional objects through a complex procedure of hand weaving, a unique skill acquired by artisans from Chimbarongo. Using this material suggests a deep sense of tradition in the chair’s design, but it’s undulating, curvaceous shape featuring a perfect circle on each side of it, which reveals a convex hole in the middle of the woven structure.

    Creative and eye-catching isn’t it? After some studies, the handmade Mimbre chair measures 80cm X 80cm X 65 cm (approximately 31 x 31 x 25 inches) and can be purchased on demand. What do you think? Would you consider it as an addition to your home?

    Photos: © Paolo Remedy.

     

  • Closer to Nature: Charming Flower Cup Chair for Modern Spaces

    Closer to Nature: Charming Flower Cup Chair for Modern Spaces

    Flower Cup Chair is a fine piece of interior design inspired by the wonderful  surrounding nature, exuding simple yet exquisite beauty. Designed by Japan-based design studio Leif Designpark which promotes the art of traditional craftsmanship and works with natural material, the upholstered chair stands out through an original and gorgeous design inspired by nature, which managed to capture the elegance and delicacy of a blossoming flower and in the same time to deliver a cozy cocoon-like setting.

    Its distinctive moulded plywood backrest resembling like the petals of a half-open sun flower is the detail which makes this chair to be unique and so inviting. Ideal for any modern interior as a lounge chair or as an accent piece, Flower Cup Chair can be customizable for any taste, being available in different wood variations with lacquer or oil finishes.

     

     

    Photos: © Leif Designpark.

  • Arbour House, a Modern Two Storey Residence in Australia

    Arbour House, a Modern Two Storey Residence in Australia

    Arbour House is an elegant modern residence located in Australia, on the Bulimba Reach of the Brisbane River. It has been envisioned by Australian based studio Richard Kirk Architect, which delivers creative, functional and really wonderful buildings to their clients, buildings that are also built in strong connection to their landscape. Once part of the surrounding multi-residential enclave, the site is now a single detached  two storey dwelling, a riverfront house situated on a significant distance from the river’s edge distinguishing by historic public views from the boardwalk and an 80 year old Poincianna tree.

    The concept of the house adopts a courtyard typology with two pavillions linked by a large double height stairwell and external courtyard. Arbour House has a platform for a private garden under the shade of the canopy of the Poincianna tree, while inside features a stylish interior showcasing a lot of wood, contemporary furniture and large windows for natural lighting. The private bedroom spaces situated on the upper level are raised to a height to afford views of the tree canopy and river yet privacy from the public river boardwalk.

    Photos: © Richard Kirk Architect.

     

    Project details:

    Architect: Richard Kirk Architect
    Structural & Civil Engineers: Bornhorst & Ward
    Hydraulic Engineer: Cushway Blackford
    Type: Private Residential
    Status: completed in 2009

     

  • 30 Fabulous Walk In Closets to Inspire You

    30 Fabulous Walk In Closets to Inspire You

    Walk-in closets  are a dream for every woman and for many families, especially when rooms are large enough to house an entire dressing island. Of course bigger is better, but for many of us such furniture designs featuring walk-in closets are nothing more than a fantasy. But even so, we can admire them and consider for our next walk-in closet project. These simply gorgeous master closet designs mean having everything at your fingertips to get ready easier and faster for the day. Being aesthetically focused on the maximum freedom, they display the exceptional variety of  functions, thus allowing for any type of storage the homeowner needs so the only thing showing will be the exquisite elegance of cabinetry. Imagine how easy it will be to dress yourself using one  such super stylish way to keep clothes, shoes, bags and accessories perfectly organized.

    In this post, we gathered 30 inspirational pictures with one-of-a-kind walk-in closet designs to help you enhance your ultimate dressing area or closet.  From traditional to modern, dark and elegant to bright and luxurious, hardwood floors to the clear glass closet doors, with dramatic chandeliers, fresh cut flowers in a vase or sitting areas, these spaces just scream chic luxury. A place for everything and everything in its place…how wonderful life can be! Just think about, if you could create your dream wall-in closet, what would it look like?

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    Photo: Canyon Creek Cabinet Company

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    Photo: Matthew Metzger, Todd Michael Builder Developer

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    Photo: Beth Singer, EuroCraft Interiors

    Photo: Malka, Closet Innovations

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  • Google -You Tube Office by HLW Design

    Google -You Tube Office by HLW Design

    Behind the giant search engine – Google are people and their work which keep Google in the top of international business invests, heavily in its employees’ working in  so different work-spaces conditions and very well thought out,them including recent projects , Google has invested in the West Coast for this very nice space design Google / You Tube office.


    Located in the Beverly Hills city , new space for Google / You Tube office was designed by the HLW design team for implementing an clean, simple design. With a great integrated design elements is very modern designed based on experience applied yet, in other locations around the world. YouTube office is very comprehensive, with plenty of open spaces are especially created to promote a collaborative environment, more suitable to provide optimum space in office, where Google / You Tube collaborators display their creative in practice.

    Photos: © HLW Design.

     

  • Spectacular Console Table Revealing a Sparkling Identity

    Spectacular Console Table Revealing a Sparkling Identity

    Not at all a typically table, Stellar Console Table will definitely remain in our memory as a unique piece of furniture.  With an extravagant and sparkling appearance, this spectacular console table envisioned by Jake Phipps combines geometric, balanced design with illusory details re-creating the beauty and luminosity of precious gemstones. The inspiration behind Stellar Table comes from the natural attributes of amethyst geodes and it seems like almost 900 individually sized and angled mirror pieces run through it from the curved top-right to the botttom-left corners, creating a strong contrast with the expansive, smooth surfaces.

    This change in table’s design forms an optical dispersion that capture a different shade of light and color from the surrounding environment delivering it to the eye as one sparkling entity as designer said. Phipps’ commitment to this aesthetic of imitating a gemstone is evident in table’s conceptual shape: oblique with two corners perfectly convex, crystalline mirrors looking like cut diamonds. Stellar Console Table is priced at € 11,500 and is available in a limited edition of 25 pieces. Where do you think such a table’s design could be placed?

    Photos: © Jake Phipps.

     

    STELLAR Console Table by Jake Phipps

     

     

  • ED BING LEE Macrame Art

    ED BING LEE Macrame Art

    Modern art of embroidery made by hand is increasingly appreciated, series delicious with: hamburgers, hot dogs and juicy pieces of cake are knitted by hand and are made in a unique way by designer ED Bing Lee, realizing with much exercise and years of practice for a unique result: precision in spectacular art, created these beautiful art objects that look like the food known in worldwide. This pieces of art are made using macrame knotting technique native of macrame,in final ED Bing Lee obtaining three-dimensional objects giving special attention to detail to be correspond to reality.