Design What

Design What

Design What featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Hus

Hus is a small table that can also serve as a storage space or as a miniature house for children to play and learn the rudiments of arranging space. Many traditional dollhouses do not allow children to exercise their imagination and spatial planning, which is reflected also in adulthood. Hus familiarizes children with the principles of architecture and attentively designed interiors and lets them explore materials used in construction, like wood, concrete and clear panels. It is a piece of furniture which connects different generations by allowing them to spend quality time together.

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shallows

A crystal vase through the use of surface tension of water. It works as making the top of solid crystal mortar shape can have fluid. The flower can be independent by a cylindrical hole in the center. The vase can be filled with water by surface tension, and the border getting fuzzy. In that moment, you will get lulled into the illusion that you can see the water column and flower only as if the vase disappeared.

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Light of CHAO

CHAO is a boutique-style hotel located in the bustling Sanlitun. The design inspiration for the 180 rooms and five kinds of room types is from the "Nest" of animals. Its design uses a multi-level, diversified space strategy, through the use of different materials, colors and elements to present the historical charm and vitality of times. The transformation of CHAO hotel has become the model of hotel renovation.

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A chairs

The chair design is an interesting interpretation of the furniture with multi-function. With the careful manipulating of design form and dimension, “A Chairs” resolve the modern world furnishing issue of creating too many items to fulfil the function requirement. By pulling and pushing of different elements within the chair, it create a four piece of furniture that could use for multiple purpose. “A chairs” not only represent a new sample of how design solve the spatial limit problems, but also showcase the new direction of designer to explore new possibility of furniture design.

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Léon

Léon means to engage the user in a lighting experience, leaving behind traditional archetypes of home lighting and with this the physical switch. Employing two proximity sensors controlling hue and brightness, the user lifts and lowers their hands over these sensors to determine the lighting effect. As light is intangible, it is apt that the switch should be too. Through a more poetic interaction with light, Lewis believes the user will find a renewed sensitivity to the lighting atmospheres they create.

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Drop

Drop which is produced by wood and marble masters meticulously; consists of lacquer body on the solid wood and marble. Specific texture of marble separates all products from each other. Space parts of drop coffee table helps to organize the small house accessories. Another important property of the design is ease of movement provided by hidden wheels located under the body. This design allows to create different combinations with marble and color alternatives.

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