Category — Design

Instead of the conventional analog wall clock, Leo Yiu – a Hong Kong based designer – came up with a brilliant idea that looks like a cross between a normal home wall clock and the sort of clock you find at train stations, only for it to be blended articulately with a flat edge that can be screwed into the wall to hang the clock.

It’s a novel and very clever idea that would make you constantly want to check the time just to look at its pretty design

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Siller Stairs is one of Italy’s foremost stairs designers. My previous post showcased Siller’s impressive work done around the world. Here’s an interview I did with the guy behind Siller Stairs himself – Benjamin Friedl.

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Me: Tell us about the origins of Siller Stairs/Treppen

Benjamin: The company was founded in 1958 and by a traditional carpenter. Mr. Siller Senior only manufactured custom made staircases primarily using wood during the winter time. In 1990, Christian Siller (Junior) decided it was time to expand the business and concentrate on professional stairs. His aim was to create light and floating stairs to be viewed as accompaniments to living spaces, just like any other furniture. Today, the main materials used are wood, stainless steel and glass. Since 2000,  Siller Stairs has gone international and the are now sold in Germany, Austria, Spain, UK, USA and Canada.

Me: In your opinion, what differentiates Siller from its competitors? and how does Siller plan to continue to maintain the edge in an ever competitive industry?

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Siller stairs is one of Italy’s foremost stairs designer and manucfacturer with over 50 years rich experience in the industry. They utilize a wide range of materials from wood, glass, acryllic, steel and stone. With state of the art technology, they are able to custom make most any type of stairs, limited only by the imagination of their customers. I’ve always had a thing for glass stairs – something about them spells sexy to me and I am mightily impressed with Siller’s showcase of stairs, especially their glass stairs offerings

I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Benjamin Friedl of Siller stairs and he has graciously decided to share samples of his works here on How’sHouse. Enjoy (next up: an interview with Benjamin himself – stay tuned for that)

Form meets functionality in Danish design house Stilsucht’s Sixpack – an ultra modern bottle carrier that can hold up to 6 bottles of beer, soft drinks, or even water. I simply adore clever yet simple designs and the Sixpack is no exception. In fact, it has a real touch of elegance to it as well. Go to a party in style and present the drinks you’ve brought for your guest this way and you’re sure to stir up conversation about the Sixpack.

Simply brilliant. This really has the potential to end up being a classic. As a standalone object, I’m not sure many people will ever guess its true functionality but I’m certain that when do find out, they would be mightily impressed.

imagesource: stilsucht

The famed Eames Rocker RAR (Rocker Armchair Rod), designed by Charles and Ray-Bernice Eames in 1948 is just another one of those iconic designer chairs that have withstood the test of time and are heralded up there with the likes of the Panton Chair and the Barcelona Chair.

The rocker features a polypropelene shell with a metal wire base running from the bottom of the shell, finally joining a pair of wooden runners. The marriage of wood, metal and plastic simply meld together harmoniously to produce a timeless piece of furniture that will never lose its appeal over generations.

Here’s a picture of a stunning chair and equally beautiful baby Eleanor from makingitlovely.com

Maths and stats. At Uni, I’d steer clear of the Maths Faculty because I always found the folks there rather strange and aloof (no offence to Maths grads. Maybe it was just my Uni. Feel free to be offended only if you were from the University of Queensland). However, here’s a Maths Faculty that I’d damn well want to visit someday.

These 3D designs are the works of H&B Design Studio – a firm that focuses on interior design, product design and architectural design projects (more images after the jump). The firm was established by Hasan Deniz (architect) and Burcu Gürsaf (interior designer) in 2005 and has worked on a wide range of design experience consisting of commercial, public, cultural and educational interior design. While functionality in spatial and product design is a priority, a conceptual approach depending on dynamic and innovative principles of creation has been considered as the means to achieve inventive design.

Here’s what Burcu said to me in his email on the Al Father – Faculty of Maths and Stats project:

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What can I say? This concept of an overhang vanity with an oversized mirror works marvelously to create a stunning effect. View the original post from Oliveaux here.

I have to say, this is a simply stunning concept and you don’t really see many homes adopting something similar. It just has such a regal feel to it. Simple design ideas always create the biggest and most memorable effects. This is no exception.

imagesource: Oliveaux

This has got to be one of the coolest lamps ever. The sleek lamp shaped like what its named after – the Jellyfish – has RGB LEDs internally that can generate up to 16 million different colours. The unique thing about the Yantouch is its central touch interface which controls the lamp’s colours and brightness.

The Yantouch comes fitted with an ambient light function where only the underside of the Jellyfish structure is lit to provide groovy mood lighting with variable colours and transition fade features.

The following video sums up the Yantouch in all its glory:

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I came across this on gizmodo (yes, this is my favourite tech site… I’ve been following every bit about Google’s Nexus One here) – a telling of how Pyrex, the ultra durable glass bowls we’ve all come to love at, came about.

Here’s the story of its origin:

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These are what I call ‘aha!’ inventions and I simply love this. It’s called the Rambler Socket – designed by Meysam Movahedi – a solution to the mess of having to get cable extensions to power up far away appliances. The Rambler socket stores the extension within the wall and from the outset, takes up the footprint of a regular power socket. This retractable extension is pure genius but the sacrifice required here is a deep wall and some hacking if you’re to install it in an already built home.

Nevertheless, this could be revolutionary and developers might incorporate the Rambler into new homes if it takes off.

via gizmodo