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Let There Be Air.

2012-05-25T03:54:55Z

Captured: An Homage to Light and Air is Nils and Sven Völker’s recent installation, shown at the MADE Space in Berlin. The installation is a collaboration between the brothers. It involves a combination of four walls with 304 framed graphic pages that then surround a field of 252 inflatable silver cushion-like air bags. The bags were programmed to create sequences according to chapters of Sven's “books on wall”. There's a video that you can check out here to watch the actual process - pretty cool, right?

Sounding.

2012-05-24T03:25:20Z

David Letellier created this sound installation for a chapel in Caen, France. Caten is a levitating sculpture, based in kinetics, made out of 300 fine wires suspended from two ropes, hoping to showcase the evolution of sound composition. Check it out.

Cutouts.

2012-05-22T03:13:25Z

In her cut-out correspondence series, Annie Vought collects and recounts various hand scrawled notes, letters that she has found, written, or received. She first enlarges each correspondence onto a large piece of paper, then carefully cuts the negative space out to preserve the integrity of the letter. Check it out.

Chair Amnesty.

2012-05-17T03:52:08Z

Street Seats, a furniture project by Bade Stageberg Cox for the Pier 94 Coffee Bar at The Armory Show refurbishes found chairs and paints them in taxi cab yellow. The project features 50 chairs found abandoned on the streets, and each is stamped and documented with the date and location it was recovered. Too cool - check it out.

Mutations.

2012-05-15T03:55:41Z

Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer seems to have a keen eye for the oddities of, well, the odd. Deemed the Mutation series and inspired by the action itself, each piece is made from foam spheres, cut so they fit together in just the right way. See more here.

Enrico Zanolla.

2012-05-12T03:31:47Z

Ruskii and Ruskii Twist are two suspension lamps presented during the light+building 2012 in Frankfurt. The project is designed by Enrico Zanolla for Viso. Check it out!

Bookshelves.

2012-05-08T03:31:53Z

Favorite haunt book porn, which features a multitude of awesomely designed shelving and libraries and well, you know, books - is featuring a really cool collection of shelves and things, Thirty of the Most Innovative, in fact. Check it out!

Let Them Eat Cake.

2012-05-03T03:05:33Z

Fun idea or fun idea? Created for the Salon du Chocolate by designer Stéphane Bureaux (known for incorporating treats into design), the Molten Chocolate Cake act as an edible accessory by simply taking a chocolate candle, placing it inside the cake, and then, as it burns, fills the inside of the cake with chocolate. Check it out.

Wyatt Little.

2012-05-01T02:45:32Z

There is something really coy about Wyatt Little's work. While there is something to be said about the name, the 'Bird Poop Chandelier' is certainly fun and really quite a cool representation of the diversity of his pieces. Check his blog out!

It's Organic.

2012-04-26T02:45:50Z

An apt name for a cool project - Growing Lampshades. Shown at the Lambrate, Milan and designed by Peter Kraft, it plays with the idea of light creation. Check out the video too: