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Design Wee

Design Wee featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Cork Block

This agglomerate by Amorim Composits, from a composition of cork particles with polyurethane both recycled and consolidated with a binder, is launched inside a metal mold and subjected to pressure and temperature resulting in a specific physical cohesion, elasticity and effective adherence when overlapped. That suggested a set of 9 blocks of different dimensions and shapes for a sofa with one or two seats. The physical and tactile qualities and the possibility to add upholstery solutions with different colors provides diferent confort and ambience solutions, achieving different comfort levels.

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MABY Smart Lighting System

MABY is a smart lighting system designed for creating decorative pieces through combining light cells of different geometric shapes. It combines with color pattern plates called MABY skin to further enhance the appearance of the creations. Control can be done through touch sensors or mobile app to adjust the lights and shades to suit different atmospheres. MABY can be used as an unique decorative lighting system for home designs or as a tool to stimulate and inspire creativities.

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Crystal

The art installation Crystal is made for the Yonge + St. Clair Fall Art Festival (Toronto, Canada) which is aimed to promote local businesses. The Crystal is an abstract 3d object of 3 meters in height, aimed to demonstrate the process of transformation throughout the crystal lattice. Using triangular shapes, the artist has created a volumetric structural arch resembling a crystal. To outline the shape, the structure was featured with rope knitting and illuminated by 5 meters of LED Neon Flex light from below.

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Lu

Many times people need to be able to store objects, perhaps to make room, perhaps to clean the house and sometimes even to take them with them, but especially for furniture of a certain level it is always very difficult. Thus was born "Lu", a dining chair suitable for different types of target. The design is innovative and elegant at the same time and the name "Lu" derives from "luggage" because of its ease of being resealable and transportable wherever you want (during a move, in a holiday home, etc).

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Elytra

Elytra is designed in a way that allows the user easy access to increase the table top surface because of its non-static nature. The biomimetic, dynamic table's surfaces are split into four broad parts, including a wooden "head" and "body" as well as two glass-inlay wings that can be opened out simultaneously to expand the table's surface to store an extra few cups of tea, a planter or two, and perhaps a notebook to doodle your ideas on.

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Watchtower

This cat climbing tower explores a new form of cat furniture. To boost the harmonious relationship between cats and home environments, it breaks the bulky stereotype of existing cat trees. According to cats’ habits, the upper part is used as a resting place and watchtower for cats to observe their territory. The lower part is designed for entertainment, offering cats a large, safe playing area.

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