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Subduction Desk by Paul Venaille

France-based cabinet maker Paul Venaille’s answer to the theme “fragmentation” of the “diplome des métiers d’art” in cabinet making is the Subduction Desk. Representing the phenomena of a subduction and its features, the desk is composed of two parts: one is fixed and the other is mobile. The desk top is simple wood with two drawers in front. The back section is made of a laminated veneer (300 sheets glued one on the other) symbolizing the rock strata present in the earth’s movement.

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Subduction Desk by Paul Venaille

Friday Five with Ran Lerner

This week’s Friday Five  subject is  Ran Lerner , who studied industrial design in Milan, but has been a New Yorker for over a dozen years now. Lerner is best known for the witty sensibility of the products he designs, including those for Umbra, Acme, Rosenthal, Kikkerland, Nambe, and others. He also believes in promoting eco-friendly manufacturing through the efficient use of material and low energy fabricating technologies. Let’s see what makes him tick.

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Friday Five with Ran Lerner

Hecho en México (Made in Mexico) Exhibition

Last month, five design firms/designers participated on the opening of Design Week México 2012 with an exhibition called Hecho en México (Made in Mexico) , that featured commissioned work for Glocal Design Magazine , an upcoming specialized publication from Mexico City in collaboration with Masisa, leader manufacturer brand of mdf, mdp and particle boards in Latin America. Los Tabos by Christian Vivanco  is a line of stools of varying height created through repetition of a simple form. They seem easy, but designing these required a series of calculations to maintain balance and ergonomics.

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Hecho en México (Made in Mexico) Exhibition

CMYLK: Maria Lladro’s Colorful Interiors

Despite her gift for color,  Maria Lladro  never imagined she’d become an interior designer. Hailing from Madrid, Lladro studied a multitude of artistic disciplines, including advertising art, fine arts, and photography before enrolling in a course in interior design at St. Martin’s in London. Her claim to fame?

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CMYLK: Maria Lladro’s Colorful Interiors

Interior Ideas: 12 Colorful Doors on the Inside

Photo by Lori Andrews A few weeks ago, I rounded up inspiration to up your curb appeal with 12 Brightly Colored Front Doors . Today, we’re thinking that the color should come right on in. Here are 12 examples of bold doorways throughout the house, from inside the front door to the bedroom in shades of chartreuse, tomato red, cobalt, and even hot pink. Lori Andrews , a Calgary-based interior designer and photographer, who is also known on Flickr as  The 10 Cent Designer , features a crisp red door with textured glass and a long chrome pull in her own sleek kitchen.

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Interior Ideas: 12 Colorful Doors on the Inside

Nendo Tableware Reuses Coca-Cola Bottles

Nendo partnered with Coca-Cola in a new collection of tableware made from recycled bottles. Bottleware makes use of the iconic 1916 “contour bottle”, the ones that are continually collected, rinsed, and reused over and over again. Once these particular bottles couldn’t be used again for their original purpose, Nendo got to work and created this set that was recently exhibited at DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2012 .

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Nendo Tableware Reuses Coca-Cola Bottles

The Tools That Make It Happen: Rochester Institute of Technology

In this edition of The Tools That Make It Happen , I headed up to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for two days of touring the campus, checking out student projects and learning what being an RIT student is all about. Since I’ve never been a design student myself, it was pretty eye-opening! My wonderful host, Josh Owen , who is a designer  but also Associate Professor and Chair of the Industrial Design Program  at the School of Design, took me around to all the different design departments and he, alongside design professor Alex Lobos, even gave me a tour of the brand new (not yet opened) Golisano Institute for Sustainability (I got to wear a hard hat, safety glasses, and reflective vest!). RIT ceramics studio Instead of focusing on tools and technology this time, I wanted to come at it this time from the angle of the student and teaching culture.

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The Tools That Make It Happen: Rochester Institute of Technology

Deconstruction: David Rasmussen’s WUD Plates

Raised and educated in New England, David Rasmussen was exposed to the region’s rich culture of fine furniture making from a young age. Rasmussen trained with furniture masters Wayne Marcoux and Dan Mosheim, from whom he learned composition and fabrication techniques. Later, he studied Danish, Ming Dynasty, and contemporary American studio furniture.

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Deconstruction: David Rasmussen’s WUD Plates

Lean Bookshelf by Monocomplex

The chevron and ombre trend have both made their way into furniture in this one piece!  Monocomplex’s latest creation, the Lean Bookshelf, is a chevron-shaped modular bookshelf unit designed to keep books upright. You can create different configurations – going from black to gray or gray to black or mix it up. Monocomplex even created a special edition Lean Bookshelf for the 2012 F/W season show windows of G.D.S in WEST, the Galleria Department Store’s luxury hall. Working with MADVICTOR, an Asian graffiti artist team, they created “Just a Vibe” – an artistic bookshelf for the clothing and window display: Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2012 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime Derringer in Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments

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Lean Bookshelf by Monocomplex

AlessiLux Portable Table Luminaire Collection by Alessi

Alessi partnered with a few designers to create the new AlessiLux Portable Table Luminaire Collection . The line, which was developed in collaboration with LED lighting company Foreverlamp , consists of four cordless lamps that can be used for everything from emergency lighting to camping, or even an extra light by your bed. They utilize energy saving LED bulbs mounted on a lamp base that houses a powerful rechargeable battery. Each lamp has a dimmer and when powered on high, the battery lasts a full 10 hours and if used on a dimmed setting, it can last for days. The Lumiere Flame (first image also) was designed by Giovanni Alessi Anghini and Gabriele Chiave and gives the feel of those old candles with its glowing bulb

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AlessiLux Portable Table Luminaire Collection by Alessi