The Colours at Martini Hospital in Groningen – architect Arnold Burger of SEED architects and interior designer Bart Vos worked with color artist Peter Struycken to develop a palette of 47 colors for this new hospital in the Netherlands. The organization of the hospital was deliberately …
Announcing the AZ Awards of Merit – annual design awards in residential architecture (shown here), furniture design, residential interiors, temporary architecture, furniture systems, commercial architecture over and under 1,000 square meters, landscape architecture, commercial interiors, concepts, and student work. Images for all the finalists are here.
The Cool Hunter – Offices – check out post category ‘offices’ on the design website The Cool Hunter for some unusual workplace design from around the world. Shown here are Belgo Seeds Offices in Kortrijk, Belgium / Hybrid Office in Los Angeles / Dtac Headquarters Bangkok …
In Memoriam: Niels Diffrient – anyone who’s been in the design world within the last 50 years will have come into contact with the work and ideas of designer Niels Diffrient who died last Saturday at the age of 84. From his ground-breaking work on the 3-volume reference set Humanscale to …
“Lectorial” rooms: shifting the emphasis to active student-centred learning – post about recent research at Australian RMIT University, the final report of the Lectorial Project (65-p PDF report). The study looked at custom designed “Lectorial” rooms that have been especially designed for the teach-discuss-share model to encourage the students …
OMA and Knoll Unveil Furniture Worthy Of Dr. No – Rem Koolhaas’ architectural firm OMA has teamed with furniture maker Knoll to produce a line called Tools for Life. Knoll is known for enlisting famous architects and designers for furniture ideas, and tapped Koolhaas as part of its 75th …
$160K Table By Zaha Hadid Looks Like Rippling Water – architect Zaha Hadid’s 4-part acrylic resin dining table is one of the finalists in the London Design Museum’s Design of the Year 2013 awards. Also noticed, from Wallpaper: “Six Tables on Water’, designed by Gaetano Pesce
A person’s safety and health while working is important not only for the worker but also for the business or organization, on the principle that a happy and healthy worker works better. Here are two resources that list tools to assess a variety of ergonomic factors at the work place: …