New from Masland
January 5, 2009
New pattern from Masland. Not just for Hospitality! Binder is available in the Library. The colors are great and the design is sublime.
Happy Holidays
December 24, 2008 2 Comments
The Lab will be taking a wee vacation while the Mothership is closed for the holidays. Will be back to posting on January 5th. Have an excellent holiday season and will see you in 2009.
Enjoy the video holiday card above made by FRCHs Media Design Group. They do amazing stuff. (Oracle Jr. is the short person in the front row!)
Singing Carpet Fiber!
December 10, 2008
Cute digital holiday card from Interface Carpet. Check it out here.
Silver Hill Atelier
December 10, 2008
Oracle Jr. received an email from Silver Hill Atelier (who noticed the mothership being in Interior Design Magazine this month) outlining their recent projects and capabilities.
Silver Hill Atelier is a studio specializing in custom decorative artworks, murals, sculpture, and faux finishes. They do both large and small scale projects in all markets of design.
Pictured above is a sculpture Silver Hill Atelier produced for Nobu 57 in which they used 100,000 sea urchin spines to create the undulated effect. Read more about this specific project and the process of making this amazing piece here.
Check out more of Silver Hill’s work here.
Gamma Ray
December 8, 2008
Via MoCo Loco: “Gamma Ray is the latest in lighting by Sotirios Papadopoulos for Gamma Delta. To be released in late January 2009, the Gamma Ray will glow in the dark for 8 hours after it is turned off. The Gamma Ray can be placed singly or in groups for varied effects and spaces.”
Wovin Wall from 3form
December 5, 2008
The Lab wanted to share this great image with you of Wovin Wall from 3form. This image is of the pattern Cat’s Eye.
3form says: ‘In essence, Cat’s Eye is an elliptical shape cut away from the center of a Standard or Oval Wovin Wall tile to reveal a second tile layer inserted behind. The Cat’s Eye tile design is currently available in Designer White Gloss Laminate, Polyresin and Wood Veneer tiles with a selection of opaque and translucent Cat’s Eye linings.’
Karmacoma
December 1, 2008
Oracle Jr must confess to being attracted to this new item from Moroso because of its name, Karmacoma. Karmacoma -the song – was Oracle Jr’s first introduction to the amazing work of British trip-hop group, Massive Attack. (I highly suggest you check them out!)
Now on to the product! This piece, from a collection called Sushi, was introduced at this year’s Orgatec. Designed by Edward van Vliet, the collection is inspired by layers found in nature and architecture.
Via Stylepark: ‘Moroso expressed a wish for a landscape of products based on patterns. Edward, a true master in assembling and grouping products and designs, wholeheatedly took on this assignment which resulted in a bold but refined collection of designs. The landscape consists of furniture integrated with rugs and lighting fixtures: Sofa Karmacoma, Fauteuil Juju, Pouf Donut, Block seats Sushi, Rug Spirocube, Lamp Rontonton.’
See You In A Few Days
November 26, 2008
The Lab will be off for a few days as we celebrate Thanksgiving with our friends and family.
AND, to participate in all the Day-After-Thanksgiving shopping fun!
We’ll be back with the coolest new resources and technology on December 1st! In the meantime, check out our parent site for FRCH Design Worldwide!
MicroLite
November 26, 2008
MicroLite by KMDI is a Class A fire-rated fully encapsulated material which can be used for architectural elements, soffits, fascias and more.
MicroLite can be painted or covered with wall paper, wood veneers, laminates, metals and more.
The installation photo shown is a design from us, FRCH Design Worldwide, for Helzberg Diamonds. By using MicroLite for the upper wall panels and awnings, the construction and design manager for Helzberg said that he would be able to shorten his construction time by one week.
See more examples at KMDI’s website.
Biomimicry
November 25, 2008
Awesome new resource for those delving into how nature influences design and how we can learn from nature to improve design. It’s called Biomimicry and it’s an obsession of some of us here at The Lab.
“Biomimicry (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) is a design discipline that seeks sustainable solutions by emulating nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies, e.g., a solar cell inspired by a leaf. The core idea is that Nature, imaginative by necessity, has already solved many of the problems we are grappling with: energy, food production, climate control, non-toxic chemistry, transportation, packaging, and a whole lot more.”
The goddess of Biomimicry is Janine Benyus. She has been studying and speaking about the topic and been its champion and pioneer. Janine has teamed up with Autodesk to offer an online resource for those interested in learning more.
Check it out here. To see how the Thorny Devil pictured above can help us gather water – go here.
