Rippled Room

Iran's RYRA Studio has created the Barin Ski Resort in Tehran, Iran.  The interior is inspired by igloos and ice blocks, thus the topographical curves wrapping around the space.  This space is supposed to display an integration of manmade works and nature.

Shar Pei Chair

This wrinkly chair, the "Grinza," by Fernando and Humberto Campana is comprised of a steal frame with polyurethane foam and an outer leather or fur wrinkly cover (the fur is shown here, I'm not a fan of the leather). This chair looks so cuddly, like a shar pei puppy.

These guys have a really interesting website, not like anything I've really seen before. You should check it out.

Mirror Tables

Nendo has created Pond, a table series with mirrors reflecting a pattern beneath the table-top surface.  Italian Moroso launched the line in Milan.  The tables can be placed together to create an even more pattern-filled scene.  I want to steal this idea and make a tacky glue version of my own.  That's more in my price range at the moment.

"We named the table 'pond' to recall the way that the surface of a pond reflects its environment but also changes constantly with wind, weather, and movements within it." - Nendo

Z-Chair

Zaha Hadid has designed this stainless steel Z-Chair for Milan company Sawaya & Moroni.  The piece is a limited edition, with only 24 chairs available. The concept behind the chair represents the idea of "the sketch."

"The design of the Z-Chair Chair summarizes the essence of contemporary design and the research developed by Zaha Hadid Architects over the last three decades. A simple three-dimensional gesture zigzags in the space as part of the continued discourse between form and function, elegance and utility, differentiation and continuity."

Stacking Throne

I recently gave a friend some stacking cup toys at a baby shower.  They were different sizes and colors and supposedly would help the baby learn these skills. Laurens van Wieringen's foam "Stacking Throne" puts my baby gift to shame.  This throne can grow with your child, and after outgrowing a chair or two, the seats can be used as building blocks.

Paper Cut Project - Athens

This past weekend, I attended a fashion show here in Athens at the "Tree Room," which is an enclosed space open to the sky with a giant uprooted tree suspended from the wall.  At the fashion show, paper-cut-project by Nikki Salk and Amy Flurry was shown, and it was amazing the intricate and beautiful masks and head-pieces these two made completely out of paper.

"Flurry and Salk's custom-made paper art installations are fueled by a love of fashion and an appreciation of the grace and nuance of this humble material."

Tertis + Design

Argentian architect Guillermo Cameron Mac Lean created this stop-motion film
about creating a Tetris-inspired bookshelf.

After watching the Tetris video, I came across another stop-motion film
that he created, and I really enjoyed it as well.