interiors

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The Dornbirn, Austria based architectural firm of DI Bernardo Bader, designed the Metzgerstüble bar and café, located in the small Austrian town of Mellau.

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Photography by Adolf Bereuter

Visit the website of DI Bernardo Bader – here.

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From architect Sergio Araneda, you are looking at “Casa Maiz”, a project located in a small forest in Los Pinos, Reñaca, V Región. Two things defined the design strategy of this place. On the one hand the owners and developers wanted a house that could receive a person or two, without the closure of other units, and secondly a house that had the capacity to receive the numerous family of the owners. The result was a “compact volume that generates concentric forces, and from that inner core faces freely and smoothly with the exterior and main sights”. This home may be very practical, but we rarely enjoy seeing compact houses, as they lack the warmth a and spacious feel a wider home has to offer. What do you think of this place?

Lula Dot, the design studio of British designer Lucy Norman, which “aims to upcycle London’s waste into lasting beauty,” has created the Light Reading chandelier.

From the designer:

More books are printed every year, read and discarded. Even though many are taken to charity shops, they mostly go unsold and the charities have to pay for the books to be sent to landfill. For example 10,000 books a week from one charity will go to waste. There is currently no infrastructure set up to recycle the paper from books because the paper is low grade and the glue on the spine must be removed. These wasted books are used to create a beautiful chandelier. Every page is folded in half, producing a circular arrangement which hangs around a ceiling light.

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Visit the Lula Dot website – here.

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Transportation has always been a problem in the field of industry. Carrying goods from one place to another requires a massive storage system, usually in the form of a giant vehicle and not to mention ski-high prices. Cargoshell is an innovative and sustainable transportation method that comes as a great alternative to classical transportation. The device is easy to use and especially easy to store. It is also equipped with a closing system that prevents the carried products from falling. Cargoshell combines the functionality of a big vehicle with sustainability. in the pictures below we tried to display the stages of the product as it reaches its carrier shape. We also uploaded a video which we hope will tell you more. -via bookofjoe

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It is always interesting to see where big companies, known worldwide, come up with their major ideas. Most of you probably heard of Skype and we do not doubt the fact that a lot of our readers use the program in order to make internet calls. Today we would like to present the Skype Offices in London. We had a nice surprise when seeing the pool table- who wouldn’t enjoy taking a break in that “office” room? We also like the abundance of colorful furniture items and the unconventional arrangements. But we would be a lot more interested in you telling us what you think. Do you believe the Skype Offices in London have a suited interior design? -via OfficeSnapshots

weekend home improvement (via brianwferry)