A Thread for Fine Design

[dale]

I was just playing with something similar after drilling the door handle holes out of 29 doors, I was left with these "Tinker toy" like wooden circles. I started playing with different ways of joining them into objects....
Then I found this. http://www.carwangallery.com/objects.php

And more of their work.

[dale]

http://notedesignstudio.se/

[dale]

http://www.cinqcinqdesigners.com/ (Website is under construction at the moment)
Wouldn't this be refreshing in comparison to the old electric baseboard

[dale]

I am always impressed by objects which have balance, simplicity, and yet are still able to interject visual interest.
Pottery by http://www.jenniferlee.co.uk

[dale]

Since I'm on an art tangent.
Woven willow by http://www.lauraellenbacon.com

[dale]

Santiago Calatrava Milwaukee Art Museum http://www.calatrava.com

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[dale]

http://www.n-tree.jp/ takeshi nagasaki landscape design
These are incredibly small spaces.

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[dale]

Istanbul-based Demirden Design http://ilio.eu/?collection,2010,20

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[dale]

May be a bit whacky, but Really deserves a visit.

http://www.mbandf.com/mad-gallery/current/index.php?

[dale]

Just so simple!

http://www.connox.com/categories/accessories/book-accessories/book-hook.html

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[dale]

This too.

http://www.nielsdatema.nl/site/timelight.html

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[dale]

(At the risk of looking a little thematic)
Multifunctional kitchen roller prototype that can be split in two halves, each with its own unique function. The Roll & Mix has one half that is an oil bottle and the other a mortar for grinding and mixing. The parts can be threaded together to be used as a roller.

http://www.ahsayane.com/product-roll_&_mix.html

[dale]

Inspired by Jeju’s nature and charm, the scene of Jeju’s beautiful fresh water is captured and applied to a modern and minimal block-shaped bottle. This design was awarded the grand prize at the Jeju Premium Water Bottle Design
http://cloudand.co.kr/water-block/

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[mitcorb]

Hi, Dale:
The preceding series is exquisite, and I appreciate greatly your posting them here. Inspiring stuff. Like you, I do appreciate the minimalist expressions. I think sometimes it takes great restraint not to overstate an idea.

[dale]

@mitcorb said:

Hi, Dale:
The preceding series is exquisite, and I appreciate greatly your posting them here. Inspiring stuff. Like you, I do appreciate the minimalist expressions. I think sometimes it takes great restraint not to overstate an idea.

Thanks Tim. I am very impressed at the way many of today's designers hone in on the "idea", and then work through it to come up with such elegant solutions, and as a consequence such functionally beautiful objects.

[simon le bon]

Dear Dale,
Your Thread is for me a nice (about) daily "rendez-vous" (I must admit with also Some Funny Pics. )

Today, my contribution:
(see the link for more in this series)
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/04/ridiculously-imaginative-playgrounds-by-monstrum/

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[simon le bon]

And also this

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/20998/daniel-buren-monumenta-2012-excentriques.html

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[dale]

Simon
Your posts (in themselves always interesting) always lead me down "link lane" to more amazing things.
Thanks!
http://www.shaas.no/kurs/

These are small Run of River style power generation stations each capable of 30 GW power generation (enough power for about 1600 residences)
Where I live, these are common, but are usually strange looking small dams, and 1000's of meters of obtrusive pipe.
Good on the Norwegians.

[thomthom]

http://www.choishine.com/port_projects/landsnet/landsnet.html

[Hieru]

@thomthom said:

http://www.choishine.com/port_projects/landsnet/landsnet.html

That's a really good reminder that enriching one's aesthetic experiences is an important function that should influence the form of a design. All too often designers are concerned with function, function, function and forget that form is itself a function.