Articles tagged "Products"

With pristine forms and impeccable detailing, the Olnick Spanu House is an ode to the architectural icons of the 1950s.

Computational design is changing the way we build.

This skylight utilizes the same scientific process that makes the sky blue.

Copper makes for a stunning material choice for building exteriors and interiors alike.

Flat tops and legs make up a large part of most interior spaces. Though it is often the things place d atop tables that define them. As objects primarily for utilitarian use — eating, writing, working, or playing games — they are usually not the piece of furniture in a room that gets all the attention.…

IMAESTRI, as company founder and CEO Paolo Timoni describes it, is a “marketing and distribution pla tform for small leading-edge design companies.” The year-old business rigorously vets little-known Italian manufacturers and, if they pass muster, makes those producers accessible to designers and consumers via its members-only website — a hybrid destination in which e-commerce meets art…

Rita Catinella Orrell was previously products editor at Architectural Record and the founding editor of Snap, a quarterly building products magazine. she launched DesignyThings.com, a curated list of gifts, gadgets, and gear for consumers, in 2011, and Architects-Toybox.com, a resource for architects and designers looking for the latest building products, in 2013. This post originally…

Thanks to innovations in material and process, the age-old light bulb ain’t so bulbous anymore. Thes e days it twists, it oozes, it pops, it surveils. Netherlands-based designer David Graas, who specializes in quirky material experiments like flat-pack cardboard furniture and recycled-PET bottlecap tabletop accessories, just added a new form to the mix. His Stalaclights are…

As a respite from all the in-your-face robotics and high-tech fanfare going on at the Consumer Elect ronics Show, Architizer found one moment of Zen playing around with the ambient lighting options of Philips Hue Tap. The puck-like remote control syncs to Philips’ smart, color-changing Hue lights via ZigBee, a lower-energy, appliance-specific alternative to wi-fi that…