by Malcom Fraser Architects

The Edinburgh-based studio, Malcom Fraser Architects, has just completed this charming off-grid treehouse artist studio and fieldstation in Glen Nevis, Scotland. Outlandia is an artist-led project, built in 2010 to foster links between creativity and the environment; a flexible meeting space in the forest for creative collaboration and research.

Reached via a bridge, the wood-panelled structure sits atop a pillar and a meandering wooden walkway leading out from the hut nestles into the sloping landscape. The structure is made partly of trees that were cut down to clear the site. Outlandia is in line with “The Scottish Forestry Strategy” that aims to create opportunities for more people to enjoy trees, woods and forests in Scotland, and to help communities benefit from nature. (read more…)

19 votes

by Lorenzo Vitturi

The Venetian artist, Lorenzo Vitturi, lives and works between London, Milan and Venice. Graduated in photography and design at IED in Rome, he makes the most of this interdisciplinarity to set the scenes of thoughts and ideas through the manipulation of space.

This series of images is a site specific project that took place in a palace in Vitturi’s hometown. The main idea of this Neon Intervention was to transform the historic environment of the palace into a metaphysical space playing with the contrast between classic and contemporary. (read more…)

5 votes

by Mike Stilkey

The American artist, Mike Stilkey, has come up with a whole new possibility for the use of books. Making use of a mixture of paint, coloured pencil and varnish, Mr. Stilkey creates charming portraits – with a shadowy personality à la Tim Burton – utilizing hundreds of books as his original canvases.

Check the results of this curious technic and get to know the work of this inventive artist who has demystified the good old saying that “one can not judge a book by its cover”. (read more…)

6 votes

Spring Wood by Carolien Laro

Searching for the limits of wood, a young Dutch designer has made the most of the interplay between rigidity and flexibility to conceive a lovely range of stools with flexible seats created by cutting slits into their solid wood tops.

Carolien Laro – a graduated student at the Arts Academy St. Joost and Amsterdam Wood and Furniture College – has invested hundreds of hours to develop the Spring Wood collection, which includes a three-seater bench and three stools, one on wheels, one without and another with folded steel legs, all with pliable wooden seats. (read more…)

7 votes

Outdoor Sculpture by Tom Fruin

The NewYork-based artist, Tom Fruin, has intrigued and presented the inhabitants of Copenhagen with his Kolonihavehus. The sculpture placed in the plaza of the Royal Danish Library, in the capital of Denmark, has the appearance of a friendly and colorful stained-glass house, yet it also evokes thoughts of churches as well as inspires the sensation of a design à la Charles Rennie Mackintosh. (read more…)

31 votes

by Mikhail Stawsky

Seeking a comfortable, harmless for the eyes and discreet way of reading at night or in a place with poor illumination without disturbing others, the Russian designer, Mikhail Stawsky, came up with this clever idea.

The Book Light is a conceptual bookmark made from a solid translucent plastic body with integrated LEDs. The reader can set the illumination intensity using touch controls. Furthermore, the ingenious device is rechargeable, fulfilling then the endless pleasure of reading. (read more…)

5 votes

by Antrepo

As stated by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe – German architect widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of Modern architecture – “less is more”. Guided by minimalism, Mies created an influential 20^th century style, founded on extreme clarity and simplicity.

Following his footsteps, the multi-disciplinary design consultancy, Antrepo, has come up with this interesting experiment called Minimalist Effect in the Maximalist Market, which consists in developing conceptual packaging design for well-known supermarket products by stripping back the existing graphics in stages. The main idea is to ask readers to choose which of the stages they prefer. (read more…)

6 votes