Showing posts with label designers/design firms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label designers/design firms. Show all posts

4/21/2010

Design Moment

THE GREEN DESIGN 100
+Tonic
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Celebs Love Eco-Tees

Purchase items like organic Ts by Luella Bartley while tracking which charities received donations from recent sales under the "What You've Done" section.

Taking its name from Sanskrit for "most pure," Amala skin and body products is made entirely from whole plant ingredients and contains no preservatives. Five percent of its profits are donated to the Amazon rain forest.

ION Salon

Founded by top hairstylists Leonardo Manetti, Marco Santini and Pasquale Ferrante, New York City luxury ION Salon is 85% green, from its products to its recycled and eco-friendly materials.

Sometimes it's the little things that add up. While the newly revamped Hotel Shangri-La uses important energy-saving fixtures like dual-flush toilets, the focus at this Art Deco-style hotel is on discreet changes like biodegradable packaging for bath amenities and recycled-paper stationery.

The 2010 Fisker Karma hybrid seems like any other luxury sports sedan, but with wood trim sourced from fallen trees, optional animal-friendly interior and a solar-panel roof, it goes the extra mile.

Confluences

The French company famed for its modern furnishings is also a leader in sustainable design. Ligne Roset is a member of the Sustainable Furnishings Council and manufactures and compartmentalizes products in a way that helps facilitate the breakdown and reuse of each object at the end of its life cycle.

Water-based and biodegradable, Nautica Oceans cologne was inspired by the ocean-tinged scent of a racing yacht's sail and, fittingly, contains hints of sea-salt rose, lavender reef and teakwood.

Not only is Xtrema ceramic cookware made from natural minerals, but the manufacturing process produces no pollutants and uses recycled water.
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4/18/2010

3/17/2010

Stylish Interiors

Thomas O'Brien residence__New York City

Aero Studios Limited

In Conversation with Thomas O'Brien

Stephanie Odegard residence__Manhattan

+Odegard
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At Home with Stephanie Odegard

Far and Wide

Central Park residence by Shelton, Mindel & Assoc.

Designer Retrospective: Shelton, Mindel

Dr. Fredric Brandt residence by JEFFREY THRASHER

+Miami Twice
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Interview Magazine: Dr. Fredric Brandt

MICHAEL BECHARA residence__Sydney

Linda Gregoriou residence__Sydney

On Cloud Nine

RUCKSTUHL Wins 'Best of Year 2008' Award

'Gentleman's Library' by NICOLE HOLLIS__San Francisco

Interior by GUNKELMAN FLESHER

MORE
+For Art's Sake
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Napoleon Complex
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The Grey House

[Pics: ApartmentTherapy.com / InteriorDesign.net / Flickr.com / TheDesignFiles.net]

3/15/2010

Design Moment

Tide chandelier

The original Tide chandelier is based on the collection of ' man made' debris washed up on a specific stretch of Kent coastline.

Spectacle

Spectacle is created from over 1000 pairs of prescription spectacles which are linked together to resemble a traditional tiered chandelier.

Tail Light

The Tail Light is created from carefully selected vehicle light lenses mainly from trucks, tractors and trailers.

Optical

The Optical chandelier is created from over 4500 prescription spectacle lenses.

Millenium

The original prototype is made from 1000 exploded party poppers collected ( on 01.01.00 ) after the Millennium celebrations in London.

Millenium

Disposable

Created from 416 disposable plastic wine glasses with a pink fluorescent light source.

(detail)

+STUART HAYGARTH - OFFICIAL SITE
+In the Studio with Stuart Haygarth
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2/22/2010

Design Moment

+Q&A: Martin Brudnizki
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+DESIGNER'S STUDIO: GEORGE McCRACKEN - VID
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