Recycle
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Product • By Benjamin Spöth Design • Upcycle lamp X
Upcycle lamp X
'Upcycle Lamp’ is a series of lamps made by Benjamin Spöth. Carefully crafted from leftover high quality birch plywood. Such a pity to throw away all the leftovers at the wholesale – the designer thought – and started cutting down the two and a half meter long pieces into millimeter thin slices. These slices assembled in different ways makes a family of five lamps: three rather smaller and two bigger versions.
While playing around with different pieces, the lamps finally got their shape. Multiplex wood is an interesting material to work with for a lampshade. Every second layer of the plywood shines the light through the material due to the thin slices in combination with the structure of the grain. Some parts of the lamps are steamed bef... More
Project • By M:OFA Studios Pvt ltd • Urban Green Spaces
Pensive: Design Pavilion by M:OFA @ India Design 2014
'Designing for a public space in India goes beyond the aesthetics into multitude of other issues right from functions, economics, sustainability, maintenance, vandalism, and the list could be endless. Being a developing country we are always grappling with infrastructural issues but at the same time for the cultural growth of the country an equal respect needs to be given to art and aesthetics and more so in the public realm, not just in the art galleries where it can be admired by a selected few. Hence it becomes imperative to derive a language of art where the aesthetics seamlessly merge with functionality in every project right from infrastructural to public spaces. So does it mean that a public art/installation in India is always connec... More
Project • By Strindberg Arkitekter AB • Commercial Landscape
Recycling Center
Recycling center with an uplifting environment
The household waste lit de parade, my colleague Rolf kindly said.
This recycling center is located at one of the city's main entrances, also a very sensitive spot for waste management.
The driving force behind the recycling center at Kullö was to push the boundaries of what a recycling center can be and symbolize.
Waste can be seen as a resource, instead of garbage.
The facility form follows the site and nature.
The same shape and same material for the recycling as for the patio, providing an opportunity for a short rest with a view over the city and the water. The facility provides a subtle impression during daytime with its curved glass screens. The spark of light, changes the charac... More