Another Great Shop Design - Camper, Paris by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec

I find that the Bouroullec brothers have a passion for textile. After the Quilt ­ 2009 and the Clouds ­ 2008 projects now they have found a way to use a very domestic textile product in a shoe shop design - "backstitched blankets that partially cover the walls and certain furniture and décor
elements". At the same time they are used as a background where to hang, like in an exhibit, the famous brand Camper shoes. As the designers explain, "...we tried to create a space that was both evident and surprising,a space able to produce special sensations: the red adds warmth, the cloths muffle sounds and give depth and the household furniture confers an air of simplicity."
This comfortable store, located in the impressive Centre Pompidou in Paris, joins the other two spaces that Camper already has in this city.
Great color scheme, simplicity together with coziness and elegance - that is what an interior design should be about, even in a shoe store. I like it!

This shop could be looked at as an example of male-designer's approach to shoe shop design. We have seen what a female-designer's approach is with Urquiola's Shoe Shop Like Cosy, Comfortable Bedrooms.
With this project Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec again prove to be not only part of the group of the most influential contemporary product designers, but also great interior designers, too. I am a fan of their office design, too - they have a considerable contribution to make the office environment cosy and comfortable.

sources: Dezeen

Camper Together

Новият магазин на известната марка за обувки Camper в Париж, трети подред, е дело на братята Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec. Интересен похват - за фон за показване на обувките дизайнерите широко използват текстил в красиво съчетание на различни оттенъци на топлата гама на цветното колело от цикламено до жълто с баланс от малко зелено. Друг необичаен елемент - мебелите, които са използвани, са проектирани за домашен интериор - още един начин магазинът да има приятна и уютна атмосфера.

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Another Great Shop Design - Camper, Paris by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec

Award Bad Product Design

Do you care about design? Are you interested in where product design is heading to? Now you can be part of those who vote - at the OOPS DESIGN AWARD site which, as its creators state "became the first "not honourable " award
in the world for bad product design / furniture design,lighting design,home accessories design,
kitchenware design,tableware design,houseware design,WC appliances design,garden products
design etc. /.
Award were created by the international group of product design specialists, including product
designer and expert Andrej Statskij / Lithuania - Latvia /,design journalist Magda Braun-Sommer
/ Germany / and product design historian Adam Hoops / USA-Switzerland /.
Award includes such official categories as:
1. Ugliest product design of the year
2. Silliest product design of the year
3. Most useless product design concept of the year
Award nomination and selection are performed by OOPS DESIGN AWARD FOUNDATION/ODAF/,
an group of anonymous product design fans and experts. Award are voted upon by the
membership of the ODAF and this membership is openly available to the public.
First award nominees is already selected and published on an official award web-site."

Among the 2009 nominees NOMINEE No 5 is one much talked about at the Milan Furniture Far this year: the Skin collection,designed by Nacho Carbonell

I would say that I have came accross many more products suitable for nominating and acclaim the idea.

Award Bad Product Design

A Lamp That Can Be Folded

This ingenious lighting by Tomoko Kita (daughter of famed Japanese designer Toshiyuki Kita, an accomplished product designer in her own right) is properly named The Book Light. It folds tightly when closed and fans out to an ambient glow when opened and turned on - ideal for the bedside table. And easy to clean.

image from PoinClickHome

A Lamp That Can Be Folded

What is the easiest way to transform your room

without any messy activities? With textile, of course. And all forms of handcrafting connected with that, like knitting, for example. Have a look at some inspiration photos - poofs by Paola Navone, room decor from Designers Guild and Livingetc.
A simple new curtain in a bright color palette instantly changes a room's mood.
Pillows and poofs are also a great furnishing accent.
If you are keen to follow trends, have in mind that, as one can expect,
"Flowers burst into full bloom on the season’s prettiest designs, from delicately painted tableware to boldly patterned textiles" according to ELLE DECOR July/August 2009

Wildflower Fields cotton bedding by DKNY (top)

What is the easiest way to transform your room

New Luxury Hotel with Interior Design by Patricia Urquiola

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group will open its first luxury hotel in Southern Europe this summer in Barcelona.


98 luxury rooms and suites will offer creative interiors by my favorite designer, Patricia Urquiola. The guest rooms and suites will provide guests with highly sophisticated in-room entertainment systems and elegantly designed meeting and banqueting facilities.
Mandarin Oriental Barcelona has a rooftop dipping pool, an expansive garden - a glamorous space for relaxation or al fresco dining, 1000 sq m Spa with wide range of holistic rejuvenation and relaxation as well as luxurious water and heat therapies.

A great way to combine Urquiola's most elegant and interesting furniture designs at one place. As we know, lately she has been producing excellent outdoor furniture and accessories. But she is a talented interior designer, too.

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New Luxury Hotel with Interior Design by Patricia Urquiola

If Money Were No Object

It may be a tough time, but luxury goods still exist and if you are of those lucky home owners for whom money is no object and need stylish renovation, here are a few interesting suggestions:
UK’s top traditionalist tastemakers have banded together to sell off some of their overstock at Christie's South Kensington on Wednesday, July 8. The image is from ELLE DECOR blog

A 1920s console table with willowy legs (Lot 3, estimated at $4,600-$7,500).

A 1920s console table with willowy legs (Lot 3, estimated at $4,600-$7,500).

For a more modern look you might consider Armani Casa's elegant Riesling cocktail cabinet - limited to an edition of just 100 it is clad with alternation resin strips and polished walnut

If Money Were No Object

Designers and sustainable cities -

Listen to what some of the most influential designers have to say about it at MiniBoost

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Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec - New Collection

Following their mission of developing Japan's craftsmanship and industry, Japan Brand invited the Bouroullec brothers to conceive a contemporary object using traditional know-hows, trying to open the way for new uses and applications. After visiting several workshops from one of Japan's great lacquer ware producing areas: Wajima they came with a new collection:

- a lamp like a luminous box that highlights the magnificence of lacquer;
- a desk lamp assemblage of three elements that remind distinctly of very traditional lacquer ware shapes;
- a double lunch tray set and
- a pocket mirror.




Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Design: "collection Wajima"

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Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec - New Collection

Fashion and Interior Design: Milan’s new Max Mara store

The fashion and interior design interconnection is one of my favourite themes, as my regular readers have already noticed - they share common trends, color schemes, patterns and ideas. But there is one more important connection - the role of interior design as a setting for display of fashion products.

"A designer who is able to harness light in a creative way is a precious partner in any type of retail project."

- this is a quote from an article in DOMUS about Milan’s new Max Mara store interior design. It not only conveys the well-known feeling of luxury, but also of discrete elegance. Natural, sophisticated materials and indirect lighting provide a relaxed atmosphere and, as the author Maria Cristina Tommasini writes, the role of lighting in a fashion store is of greatest importance.
"It must faithfully reproduce the colours of the clothing without offending the skin tone of customers."
One of the most creative areas, as far as I can see from the photos, are the dressing rooms (below), but what cannot be seen is the way the lighting is concieved: "The dressing rooms are shrouded in religious semi-darkness when they are empty. They slowly light up when someone goes inside, providing the appropriate light for trying on clothes."

Great work- of Duccio Grassi Architects for the interior design and of Mario Nanni for the lighting!

Fashion and Interior Design: Milan’s new Max Mara store

Interesting Kitchen Ideas

It is the materials and how they complement each other that create an elegant interior. That is true for kitchens, too. There are certain most common materials for kitchens that we are used to, but when a client is searching for something special, something luxurious and elegant the best direction to look at is new materials. These are two examples that impressed me:
Macassar ebony cabinets and an island clad in zebra limestone give the kitchen a dressed-up formality; its subtle color scheme is a good background for the bright Ligne Roset’s Tazia Fireside chairs and Tazia table .
The kitchen is from Metropolitan Home

Quite unusual materials for a kitchen: copper for the countertops and limestone basin, but they complement well the knotty cherry cabinetry. I only wonder how sterdy the basin is.




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Две оригинални идеи за луксозни кухни: едната е с шкафове от абанос и остров, облицован с варовик - красив фон за елегантната трапезария;
втората - необичайни материали, които са коррдинирани перфектно за създаване на една сдържана елегантност и лукс, заедно, разбира се, с удобство и функционалност.

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Interesting Kitchen Ideas