Ball Nogues Studio

Ball-Nogues Studio is Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues, the very talented creators behind the integrated design and fabrication practice that creates experimental built environments to enhance and celebrate the potential for social interaction through sensation, spectacle and physical engagement.

Rip Curl Canyon, Rice University Art Gallery, 2006

Rip Curl Canyon viewed through the glass provided only glimpses of the unfolding topography beyond and invited the visitor to probe deeper.

Details of Rip Curl Canyon, Rice University Art Gallery, 2006

The project, created of 20,000 strips of corrugated cardboard curved,industrially die-cut and laminated over twelve days, weighs almost eight tons. Incredibly strong with an intermediary plywood armature, it is capable of supporting the weight of several people. Ball Nogues Studio digitally developed a language of slotting connections so that these non-standard parts came together like a giant puzzle in four days, required very little structural decision making on site, giving them freedom to improvise during installation.

Rip Curl Canyon, Rice University Art Gallery, 2006

Using the properties and limitations of the material the designers determined the shape of the cardboard ribbons through building full scaled mock-ups during development combined with a digital study of the parametric interface.

For more information, visit Ball Nogues Studio.

Angela O'Kelly

sculptural arm piece in lime
paper

Angela O’Kelly is a designer maker who crosses boundaries of jewellery, textiles and sculpture. She combines paper with mixed media using a variety of traditional and non-traditional textile and jewellery techniques. Inspiration derives from a fascination with simple shapes, textures, repetition and colour in urban and rural landscapes.

sculptural neck piece
newspaper, financial times

sculptural arm pieces
fabric paper, paper, plastic,felt

For more information, visit Angela O'Kelly.

Mafoombey

Mafoombey - a space for music

Winner of the Habitare design contest at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki in 2005, Mafoombey is a space for music that explores the acoustics of cardboard. The 2.5 cubic meters listening room is composed of 720 hand-cut pieces of cardboard, stacked without adhesive. Built for experiencing music, the space includes a sitting area for two to three people and a DVD player to play music. Energy-saving lights and surround-sound speakers are built into the 360-layered structure, with one central wire leading out to plug in for electricity.

Mafoombey is designed by Martti Kalliala and Esa Ruskeepää while they were attending the architecture school at Helsinki University of Technology, with the help of architect friend Martin Lukasczyk. All three are busy building their international resumes

via Archrecord.

David Graas

Enter David Graas, a designer who consciously considers the afterlife of his designs.

FYS (Finish Your Self) junior, 2007
Corrugated cardboard

FYS junior is a puzzle chair that little ones can fix up together with parents. The chair is 100% recyclable and uses a large part of its own packaging.

Don't spill your coffee table, 2007
Corrugated cardboard

A coffee table made up from corrugated cardboard parts that are flatpacked and slide together for easy assembly.

not a box, 2007

The lamp shade doubles up as the packaging that holds its parts within, including bulb, plug, cable and manual. Just cut off the top and bottom flap and install. Minimising wastage, a graphical suggestion of what the lamp could have been is cut out to let light through.

[images and text extracted from David Graas.]

David Graas is located at Van Hallstraat 260, 1051 HM Amsterdam, Netherlands; Tel: (31)6 4808 0207. For more information, visit David Graas.

via the amazing treehugger.

Stussy

Hextable
recycled cardboard

Designed by Wilson Brothers for Stussy, Hextable is an occasional table made from two identical components that is folded and locked into place. Fully recyclable, the honeycomb core table is incredibly light at 1.2kg, yet strong structurally.

Hextable is comissioned for Stussy Japan, after the success of the limited edition Stussy Chairfix created for the Stussy store in London. The product is hand screen printed in London with a Stussy pattern.

via Stussy

Nume at Fuori Salone del Mobile 2007

nume's cardboard city Fuorisalone, 2007

We have recently posted about the Polyhedal House from nume and cannot resist sharing about the exhibition at the Fuori Salone del Mobile 2007 that preceded its launch.



The Crea il tuo spazio (Create Your Space)exhibition-workshop, was held along the curved arcades flanking the Rotonda della Besana, one of Milan's greatest example of 18th century architecture. Located in the historic centre of the city, the interactive exhibition introduced play elements of white cardboard that took shape and meaning through the participation of children.

The white surface offered endless interpretative solutions as a blank canvas on
which to express creativity and imagination. we hope it can inspire you as much as it helped us!

via nume, Reuben Miller and kidsmodern.

Plushpod

For your kitty, the Cat Cacoon from Plushpod is the ideal playhouse.


Cat Cacoon from Plushpod
exterior 28"x21"x15"(LxWxH);
interior cavity 25"x18"13.5"(LxWxH);
hand-laminated corrugated cardboard



Designed by Warren Lieu, the pods are constructed of 83 layers of laser-cut double wall corrugated cardboard, sculpted into a unique pod shape with playful holes bored into it for pets to stick their paws into. An alternative to a scratching post, the cardboard is great for sharpening claws, durable enough to last a very long time. It is at the same time a lounger, a scratching pod, a playhouse, a secured hiding place, and a piece of sculpture in your home.

[images and text extracted from Plushpod]

For more information, visit Plushpod.

via the inspiring Poppytalk.

Farm Designs

Flute Lamp (Large), 2007
460x460x300mm; Corrugated cardboard

Designed by Giles Miller for Farm Designs, these Flute Lamps undergo the process of fluting cardboard to imprint a floral pattern into the surface of the material.

Here are some other brilliant cardboard collections from Farm Designs over the years that we would love to share.

Grandfather-C, 2008 and Wardrobe-C, 2007
530x530x1960mm and 965x1955x500mm; Corrugated cardboard

Flute screens, 2006
1200x400x1700mm; Corrugated cardboard

Exbox Bench, 2005
1000mmx1000mmx any length; Corrugated cardboard

For more information, visit Farm Designs.


via the superb Moco Loco

Marion Bataille

Popup by Marion Bataille as posted by Jacques Faciale. This video is tons of fun, showing all the movable and pop-up parts of the book!

The french illustrator, graphic designer and photographer Marion Bataille just released a new Pop-up book, ABC3D, based in 3D type. A very nice object both for typo-geeks and children. ABC3D is her first book to be published in the UK. Buy it here!

[via Swiss Legacy]

Jum Nakao

Collection from São Paulo Fashion Week, 2004

Images by Sandra Bordim


Click images for larger view.

We were about to call it a day when we found out about Jum Nakao from our new craze Paper Studio. And are so excited we cannot wait till tomorrow to share.


Backstage of São Paulo Fashion Week, 2004

The paper collection is from Jum's 2004 São Paulo Fashion Week. We were in São Paulo in 2005 for the Architecture Biennale and barely missed the show. Created out of vegetable paper, the pieces are constructed using digital technology and hand-made techniques. Our favourite part of the show? The Playmobile headpiece. Awesome!


Details of the process, 2004

Making of São Paulo Fashion Week Collection, 2004

[images and text extracted from Jum Nakao.]

Jum Nakao is located at Rua Capitão Macedo, 371 cep 04021-020 São Paulo SP, Brasil; Tel: (55) 11 5579 0498. For more information, visit Jum Nakao's website, blog and flickr.

Atelier Bomdesign

Moment nr 1, 2007
40cm (D) x 27cm (B), reused books


Tempest prototype, 2007
22cm x 20cm x 21cm

If you have been inspired by the paper magic we have been finding, here is something you can take home! We found these gorgeous Boeklampen from Bomdesign. The website is in Flemish, so we ran it through the translator.

Atelier Bomdesign is a design office, established in Rotterdam. It was set up in 1995, by the designers Michael Bom and Antoinet Deurloo. Both studied graphic design at Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam. Bomdesign is an all-rounded design office, handling all facets of the design process including research, consultation, concept development, design and design production. Specially treating books into products is one of their cool creations! Purchase their Boeklampen designs here!

[images and text from Atelier Bomdesign.]

Atelier Bomdesign is located at Gerard Scholtenstraat 126, 3035 ST Rotterdam, Nederland; Tel: (31)01 0465 1922. For more information, visit Atelier Bomdesign.

molo design - soft collection

It is great to be back from holidays to receive amazing images and information from molo design about their soft collection, which I cannot wait to share.


softroom, 2007
paper

Stephanie Forsythe and Todd MacAllen, are the architecturally trained designers behind molo design's soft collection. soft is a collection of flexible honeycomb seating, walls, building blocks, that has grown to include entirely encosed rooms and housing -all expandable and collapsible. The collection started with the award-winning paper and textile softwall space partition, which originated from the desire for flexible and spontaneous space-making. Available in paper and kraft paper, soft has since developed to include a range in water and tear-resistant, non-woven textile material.


softseating, 2007
kraft paper

The collection features lightweight and readily recyclable materials that reflect age elegantly. The strength of the honeycomb geometry does not only offer economy of material resource, but even as the surface of the material softens, the product maintains its structural integrity.

[images and text provided by molo design. Thank you Anna!]

molo design is located at 1470 Venables Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5L 2G7; Tel: (604)696 2501. For more information visit molo design.

Flexible Love

FlexibleLove™ 16
64cm x 56cm x 22.5cm(Collapsed)/720cm(Extended), recycled materials (post-consumer recycled paper and post-industrial recycled wood)

I watched the designers of Flexible Love present their product on a Taiwanese variety show and really wish to share! The Flexible Love concept is an accordian, honeycomb structure, which can be stretched to seat as many as sixteen individuals. Made entirely from recycled materials the seating uses pre-existing production processes to reduce environmental impact during manufacture. currently, Flexible Love comes in 3 sizes that seats 16, 12 and 2. Excluding the miniaturised version. See the video below for the varieties of the system.




[images and text from Flexible Love. Thank you Mark!]

For more information, visit Flexible Love.

Ng Sek San

Cloud, 2007
Reused plans

Ng Sek San's installation, Cloud, was created for the Processing the City Exhibition held in Kuala Lumpur in June 2007. Through the works of artists and urban designers, the exhibition provided a platform to cultivate dialogue on today's urbanity and a different experience of the Malaysian City.

Sek San is a landscape architect based in Malaysia. He graduated with a postgraduate diploma in landscape architecture at Lincoln University, New Zealand in 1985. One of the leading landscape architects in Malaysia today, his work is rich in elements yet contemporary in spirit. The subversive nature of his practice allows Sek San to balance commercial reality with artistic play.

[images and text from Seksan Design]

Seksan Design is located at 67, Jalan Tempinis Satu, Lucky Garden, Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Tel: (603) 2282 4611. For more information, visit Seksan Design.

Catherine Hammerton

Victoriana
Hand-printed paper, stitched with lace and paper birds

Catherine Hammerton is a London-based designer-maker, her work is defined by its handmade aesthetic, utilising traditional silk screen printing and hand embroidery combined with cutting edge digital technology. Inspired by a myriad of sources, Catherine's work explores her intuitive appreciation and approach to colour, texture and finish.


Fly Away
Hand-printed vintage wallpaper, cut with bird silhouettes

Good news for fans of Catherine's aesthetics, she will be launching her first "ready to wear" range of wallpaper at the Maison et Objet in January 2008. The new range will be available at a fraction of the cost of her bespoke collection! Stay tuned for updates of this collection at our mein™ design blog!

[images and text provided by Catherine Hammerton. Thank you Catherine!]