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Designed by Expedition Engineering, The Infinity Bridge cuts a distinctive silhouette across the River Tees in Stockton England. A 230m-long concrete walkway is supported by a pair of asymmetric steel arches that appear to skip across the river like a pebble skimming water.

Speirs and Major Associates designed the lighting in such a way that the iconic twin arches reflect in the water at night to form the mathematical symbol for infinity – hence the name.

The designers bounced blue light off the water to light the underbelly of the deck and form a blue zone above the water. Cold white light was used to reveal the structural form and create the sense of a floating wave hovering just above the deck.

 

www.northshorefootbridge.com/

 

Vondom, a contemporary furniture manufacturer from Spain, is born with the anxiety and inquietude by creating a new form of understanding the world of indoor and outdoor decoration. One of the most innovator processes in the deco field at the moment: rotational molding is Vondom´s main employed technology for the development of new products.

Following this concept, Vondom invited top designer Karim Rashid to develop a new line of products which include organic, spontaneous, friendly, and colorful chairs, tables and accessories. Doux, Lava, Vertex, Surf, Vlek and Pal are some of the amazing almost sculptural models available.

 

www.vondom.com

 

Stockholm Design Week and Furniture Fair is organized in partnership with Möbelimportörernas Branschorganisation (the trade association for furniture importers), Sveriges Möbelhandlare (Swedish Federation of Furniture Retailers) and Trä- och Möbelindustriförbundet (Swedish Federation of Wood and Furniture Industry). Northern Light Fair takes place alongside the Furniture Fair. The event took place from February 9th to the 13th, 2010.

During the week, approximately 650 exhibitors (750 in total together with Northern Light Fair) display their products and get the chance to meet roughly 40,000 visitors, just over 1,050 of whom are journalists or photographers (about 25% come from countries outside Sweden). The international visitors represent about 50 different countries.

The seminars and talks include highlights such as Henrietta Thompson, Design & Arts Editor at Wall- paper* magazine, speaking on the subject of “A New Design Nation: building a country of national treasu- res without falling back on cultural stereotypes”, and Paul Smith talking about where he finds inspiration for in-store décor. Torbjørn Anderssen, one of the founders of Norway Says, will be sharing his views on whether there is such a thing as typical Norwegian design, while Global Color ResearchTM Mix Publica- tions will be holding a seminar entitled “The How and Why of Colour Trend”.

 

www.stockholmdesignweek.com

 

 

Sako Architects have designed the BUMPS building complex in Beijing, China.The complex is a mixed-use residential and commercial development, which will be a landmark that leads to further development in the surrounding area of the city.

The building is characterized by it’s constant variation between the different levels. Every two floors are set as a unit, and every unit is staggered by 2 meters horizontally, with the resulting set-back areas being used for terraces.

 

www.sako.co.jp

 

Designed by Italian architect Simone Micheli, The i-SUITE Hotel interior architectural plan lies its foundations in the concept of modern luxury developed after a thorough and targeted thinking. During the “XXX Congreso Colombiano de Arquitectura” ( 30th Colombian Architecture Convention) which took place in Barranquilla (Colombia) in 2007 Micheli asserted: ” …the new luxury does not mean immobility or habit, but rather freedom and movement. It is a light and a stirring thought, at any moment we are able to choose where and how to live and to reinvent the environment we live in.”

“As for architecture the new luxury is related to the idea of regaining the beauties and the truth of our daily life together with our inner feelings. It is more connected with vacuums than with plenums, more with mind than with body. It does not mean opulence but rather transparency. I am talking about possible places where yours and our histories are echoing in the shape of visual, olfactory, tactile and auditory essence. I am telling you a story which has its roots in the past and in the tastes of exotic places but at the same time it is near and next future oriented.”

 

www.ambienthotels.it/

 

 

Designed by Jason Phillips for The Phillips Collection. Cloud Chairs are made from high-quality fiberglass reinforced with a stonecast inner wall and work great outdoors and in. Available in white, bronze or black in both a lounge chair and loveseat in early 2010.

 

www.jasonphillipsdesign.com/