Sound and Fire Proof Furniture

  Francesco Forcellini’s latest collection consists of wall dividers,lounge chairs and side tables that have been designed to suit the needs of flexible open space offices and relaxed areas.the wall dividers are sound and fire proof,and easy tobuild,disassemble and move once mounted.these requirements are achieved reducing the large variety of materials,that are usually involved in the construction of this kind of objects,to just one that has the right features.for this reason,the designer has developed a sound and fire proof textile,doing research and trying different approaches with the suppliers to obtain the right solution.

Architectural Application of IACC Biology Living Screen Slime Mould

  Students of the institute for advanced architecture of catalonia (IAAC) are conducting a new emergentfield of research focusing on bio-inspired processesto inform architectural explorations.The projectnamed‘living screens’,investigates the design possibilities through the research of a single-cellular organism physarum polycephalum,alsoknown as slime mould.

Environmental Care:Solar Lamp

  Multidisciplinary designer Nao Tamura is a cross-product of tokyo and New York’s creative communities.Her solutions are equally at ease in the world of 2D and 3D. About her latest light installation,Tamura teams up with tech giant Panasonic to introduce their‘weaving the light’ collaboration at the Tokyo midtown courtyard. In her own words,the installation is‘light and space brought to life by future life sources.’

Environmental Care:Solar Lamp

  French design office Normal Studio produced a solar garden light for maiori, a company who specialized in solar lighting. This solar light named “la lampe couture”. It totally concludes three different sizes solar lights for outdoor space.Including a transformative foot stand to hang them,the lighting objects are‘inspired by traditional Asian lanterns that gracefully float in the sky from the heat of a single candle.’