Lucien Pellat-Finet Store - Kengo Kuma

This shop, designed by Kengo Kuma for the fashion designer Lucien Pellat-Finet, and located in Osaka, Japan makes use of a plywood honeycomb structure. These unevenly shaped and sized compartments provide shelving to be used for displaying items on sale.

The interior is reminiscent of a bee hive with its organic curving walls and ceilings combined with the honeycomb structure.

I like the way that these honeycomb shapes are also visible from outside the shop and how gaps allow larger areas of the glass to be exposed to allow for better views in and out of the shop.

Source: DesignBoom

John Procario Lighting

These lighting sculptures are created by steam bending thin pieces of wood to create fluid shapes. A flexible LED strip and diffuser are then applied to one side of the wood.

The appearance that the wood has been split apart to reveal an illuminated interior is quite mesmerising. 

Procario currently only appears to make table-top lighting in this form. I can imagine a taller, floor standing version, or suspended version would be very beautiful.

Source: JohnProcario.com

Paseo Marítimo de la Playa Poniente, Spain

This seafront promenade creates a colourful and practical route for pedestrians to navigate this beach. The many access routes down to the beach as well as the overhanging edges make the whole of this structure useful and elegant.

The shape of the waves arriving at the beach can clearly be seen mirrored in the form of the promenade.

The paving graduates through the spectrum creating zones of different colours which merge together gradually.

These colour zones make navigating the beach much easier, for example: friends can arrange to meet at a particular colour zone.

Overhanging areas can be used for shelter.

These overhangs are well lit at night, discouraging undesirable activities and providing illumination to the nearby beach area.

Source: publicspace.org

Blog Restart

I have previously used this blog to document the journey through my masters in interior design. I will now use it to document any interesting design discoveries I make. This will cover interior design, architecture, product design, sustainability and I'm sure many more!