Design Intervention - Modern/Contemporary Design and Architecture

Readers of my other scrapheap, known to a few as Random Meanderings, will know that I have a predilection for fireplaces. I don’t know why this is. Perhaps because it’s a simple, functional design element that offers such great possibilities in both its form and its function.

Here are two lovelies: The first is from ddcnyc.com and the second is from Fires Galore, and they are both clean and rich at the same time.

Below are some nice photos of bedroom designs by Italian furniture maker Tomasella. Some very nice interior design choices, and some very nice materials choices in the (albeit likely fake) surrounding areas as well. I’m a fan of varied surface materials choices, and there are some nice ones here: concrete, brick, whitewash drywall/plaster, warm woods mixed with cool colors, etc. See if you agree.

From their website: Tomasella Industria Mobili is a company that spreads out over 100,0000 m2. Always staying at the forefront of technological and creative innovation, and perfectly in tune with the tastes of our times, Tomasella has led Italian furniture, both classic and modern, for the daytime or night-time area, to write an important chapter in its history.

(from Tomasella Compas via freshome)

How about a cooktop that uses the efficiency of natural gas, along with the convenience of a solid surface top? The Izona CookSurface allows your culinary creativity to flourish at a whole new level, combining the superior performance of gas cooking with the convenience of an easy-clean ceramic cooktop. The CookSurface incorporates three sets of hidden pan supports for different sizes of pans within the ceramic surface. When not in use, the burners sit virtually flush with the sheer ceramic surface, giving you large and easy-to-clean work surface.

(from Izona via The Applaincist)

The Panta Rhei is triangular seating for two by Florian Gypser that can also be configured into a public seating island by putting three together.

Many design and architecture schools use furniture in general, and chairs specifically, to hone students’ sensitivity toward ergonomics, visual appeal, utility, and personal style. There are lots of very famous architects who designed the furniture for the homes they designed. Most notable among those is likely Frank Lloyd Wright.
(via gypser.com )