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Concealed Lighting - Modern Lighting Design

By Megalongcat • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: Concealed Lighting, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Recent Posts, industrial lighting, subtle lighting

I’m pleased to bring the public something different from our normal gamut of posts about graphic design, creative illustrations, and kickass web applications.  Today we’ve been contacted by a famous hometown industrial lighting design studio: Concealed Lighting.

Located in both New York City (Creative Fluff’s base) and Buenos Aires, Concealed Lighting has managed to provide innovative [...]



It’s Chanukah!

By Chris Prince • Dec 21st, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Furniture Design, Interior Design, International, Recent Posts, Reviews, Traditional Art

Tonight is the first night of the Festival of Lights, which is also known as Chanukah! Here are some Menorahs and a bit of story for your viewing pleasure!



Once Upon a Wall…

By Katherine • Oct 21st, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Books and Magazines, Current Design Event, Exhibitions, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, Print design, Traditional Art

The Cooper-Hewitt is featuring “Wall Stories: Children’s Wallpapers and Books” through April 5th, 2009. It is a collection that keeps us all in touch with fairy tales and the child within, and for those of us who can recall the nostalgia of having inspirational wallpaper in their rooms when they were growing up, or their favorite book to read…



Sustainable Design, Going Green the Old Fashioned Way

By Chris Prince • Sep 5th, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Furniture Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Product Design, Recent Posts, Sculpture, Sustainable Design, Traditional Art

Recently I have been in the mood to buy a bike, not anything fancy mind you, but a good plain old fashioned bicycle. However, knowing myself, I would use it for the first few days, and if the bike gets lucky maybe even a week before I forget about it or just consider it too [...]



Heatherwick

By Katherine • Aug 24th, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Furniture Design, Game Design, Industrial Design, International, Product Design, Recent Posts

Heatherwick Studios is a London based design practice that started in 1994. Since then, they have produced some very creative design solutions. Heatherwick designs on many different scales, from roll-up bridges to the Longchamp zip-bag, even furniture pieces.
 

 
Here is their website if you’d like to look at more of their work: http://www.heatherwick.com/



The Water Cube: Bubble Wrap Can Be Sustainable

By Katherine • Aug 13th, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Design Ethics, International, Recent Posts, Sustainable Design

China, especially when looking at its major cities, isn’t exactly the model student when it comes to taking care of the environment (though China isn’t really entirely to blame). Recent construction for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games meant increased air pollution for the residents of Beijing especially, but when the dust settled, an interest in [...]



Zero Energy: The GreenPIX Wall

By Megalongcat • Aug 7th, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Design Ethics, Ethical Design, Sustainable Design

Quick Facts:

The Media Wall will provide the city of Beijing with its first venue dedicated to digital media art
Features largest color LED display in the world.
First photovoltaic system with glass curtain
Greenpix behaves like an organic system, absorbing solar energy during the day and then generating light from the same power that evening

Completely aside the fact [...]