As a scooterist and scooter fan, this chair appeals to me on a few levels.
Combining an original legsheild of a Vespa with the luxury of good upholstery, we are brought the Vespa stool. What do you think?

bel and bel

The second edition of the Neutra Boomerang Chair is now apparently available. It is available in maple or walnut with black or natural webbing.

How’s your Deutsch?

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If you’re in search of a home that can withstand even the most powerful natural disasters, the solution might reside in the nearest tree. A team of researchers from five universities are currently working on ways to make wood earthquake-proof. If they succeed, the world may soon see cheap, sustainable wooden homes that can hold up even when earthquakes shake them to their cores.
Source: inhabitant.com

Another inspirational dose of architecture from Australia’s capital of cool, Melbourne… albeit it that McBride Charles Ryan’s mathematically designed Klein Bottle House is a one and half hour drive from Australia’s second city, nestled between the tee-tree and the sand dunes of the Mornington Peninsula. Based upon the rather over-whelming model of the ‘Klein Bottle’, developed by topological mathematicians – yeah that’s enough education for today – this rather lavish holiday home is the kind of outrageously designed property that people in the ’60s thought the future would look like and, well, we sure wish it did. Laden with international awards, the Klein Bottle House is a refreshing reminder of how thinking outside of the box, literally, can deliver truly inspired results….

Klein Bottle House

Interesting take on a (day) bed design, integrating a rocker on the base. I think it looks really cool, but i don’t know about the odd hats (lampshades??) are compulsory sleepwear…

The Private Cloud bed

Designed for routes to summer gigs like Music in the Park in Auckland NZ, these flat-pack style chairs made from ply wood, that festival goers can pull off and assemble.

I dont know about where you are in the world, but here in the UK, they wouldn’t last 2 minutes at a music festival!
Such a fun idea though!

Read more here

I found this and thought I’d share it with you. I think its all kinds of cool.
Suspended between two points and built up I think it is a very unique idea for a house.
I’m guessing noise might travel pretty far in there judging by the central stairwell, but it’s still a good looking place!

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Andrew Miller of Columbus, Ohio sent us this cool pic of his recently refreshed upholstered Eames Armshell and Cat’s Cradle base!

Read more on his blog!

A nice chap called Thomas visited us yesterday and told us that Penetrol in Europe is called Owatrol.

Buy Owatrol in the UK

This was pointed out to us by our good friend Andrew Miller and it is really a breathtaking piece of film. Its not exactly chairfaggery, but it shows some amazing architecture from around the world and is really a beautiful video short.

The film traces the rise of one of the world’s premier architects, Norman Foster and his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design. Portrayed are Foster’s origins and how his dreams and influences inspired the design of emblematic
projects such as the largest building in the world, Beijing Airport, the Reichstag, the Hearst Building in New York and works such as the tallest bridge ever in Millau France. In the very near future, the majority of mankind will abandon the countryside and live entirely in cities.
Foster offers some striking solutions to the problems that this historic event will create.
Architecture comes alive. Foster’s projects are photographed in a cinematic style that seeks to bring the spectacular nature of their size and scale to the big screen.

Check it out Norman Foster’s Video on Vimeo

Ha! I wish the office was that tidy! After working a lot using my grass green side shell, I can totally see the benefit of using a sideshell as a standard office chair. Its really comfortable considering its static.

What do you guys and gals use as your office chair?

*image from designcrave.com

This loft is in Philadelphia and was designed by 3 architects.
I love the way they have defined the rooms using bookshelves.

http://www.remodelista.com/posts/architect-visit-qb3-in-philadelphia

Found this while surfing around and thought it was pretty cool. What do you think?

Buy it as a print at Etsy

“The role of the designer is that of a very good, thoughtful host anticipating the needs of his guests”
- Charles Eames

Eames Spotting
A monthly feature of the Vintage Eames pages, Eames Spotting will feature Eames designs found in various contexts in our culture. These contexts include magazine and newspaper stories about the work of the Eames Office and Eames designs, advertisements for non-Eames products which feature an Eames design prominently, and even Eames designs in films and television shows.

http://www.eamesoffice.com/eames-spotting

Mike Perry took his custom hand drawn patterns to some Eames sideshells and rockers and theyre now up for sale.
http://www.outdoorzgallery.com/mperry_ec

Of course, this isnt the first time that Eames shells and Eames Rockers have been customised…
Check out this little beauty we found over at Eames-chair.com – The Wary Meyers Painted Eames Shell

Or these cool custom Eames shell chairs at designsponge.com
Porcelain Eames

and this custom painted design from one of their readers

Pretty nice I think you will find! Please enjoy!

Plastolux seems to be a really cool site we found this weekend. Loads of cool ideas on modern living – Even some DIY ones too
Thanks for the mention guys!
http://plastolux.com

“Chairs are architecture, sofas are bourgeois.”
Le Corbusier