Design Tavern has featured the work of Cecelia Levy in the past, I would now like to bring to your attention her brand new site;
New Site by Cecilia Levy
5 DIY Steampunk conversions
Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan “What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner.” It includes fiction with science fiction, fantasy or horror themes.
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7 Fun LEGO facts.
Fun Lego Facts:-
1. There are about 62 LEGO bricks for every one of the world’s 6 billion inhabitants.
2. Children around the world spend 5 billion hours a year playing with LEGO bricks.
3. More than 400 million people around the world have played with LEGO bricks.
4. More than 400 billion LEGO bricks have been produced since 1949. Stacked on top of each other, this is enough to connect the Earth and the Moon ten times over.
5. 7 LEGO sets are sold by retailers every second around the world.
6. The LEGO bricks sold in one year would circle the world 5 times.
7. LEGO can be used to…patch walls?
The G19 by Yar Rassadin
This is my 2nd post featuring the work of Yar Rassadin (see the P-Bookshelf here)
This time under examination is the ultra contemporary lighting design, the ‘G19’
the 19 lights are arranged in a simple grid to create this modern and sleek design.
art to furniture, and back again- BBB pick Chair From studio Dror
“pick_chair, noun”
1. Picture: art object hung from the wall
2. chair: pick it from the wall to sit
Studio Dror have come up with “the first foldable cantilever chair” that goes from modern art work to functional furniture.
Perhaps one day “we’ll pull up a chair” by simply grabbing it off the wall?
THe chairs really are ingenious, beautifully fashioned and exhibited, perhaps to nice to sit on?
“Studio Dror is an extension of Dror Benshetrit’s work. Being a multidisciplinary design company, founded in 2002, Studio Dror specializes in product design, architecture and art direction. Dror’s client list includes Puma, Rosenthal (Germany), Boffi (Italy), Levi’s, Bombay Sapphire, Surface Magazine, and Kiehl’s.”
Tricky son of a… the rubik’s lamp by Eric Pautz
“Rubik’s lamp is an innovative project based on the popular toy from the eighties. Much like the original Rubik’s cube, the lamp is composed of 26 smaller cube-like pieces, whose interlocking shapes fit onto each other.
Rubik’s Lamp is a creative solution for customized lighting, and, just like the original toy, presents itself as a fun, challenging puzzle.
Currently looking for producers.”
oh that’s cool.. by Brian Kelly, the Ply Laptop case
This is the Ply Laptop case Brian Kelly, a recent graduate from The University of The Arts Industrial Design Program, currently living in Philadelphia.
The ply laptop case provides a natural, and organic protective casing for your standard 15″ laptop –
The natural, timber grain of the case looks stunning and there’s an obvious high level of craftsmanship.