Articles by Dave Pinter
Earlier this year we took a look at two small cars that emphasize design sensitivity and quality of finish. Both the VW Polo and the Ford Fiesta show the new ways small cars are being reborn as premium automobiles. The trend hasn’t gone unnoticed even at traditional luxury car manufacturers. Aston Martin is preparing a [...]
You’d be forgiven if the first response to the above image was that either some photoshop work or guerrilla street art. But the truth is that the Obama Deli and Grocery will open for business shortly in Brooklyn, NY. From a branding perspective this is getting a lot of pedestrian attention. But maybe not the [...]
If the deal gets confirmed, it will be the first time a major internet-based company is represented on the track. It also opens some potentially interesting content producing avenues for YouTube in the sport of Formula One.
INABA architects from LA have designed and installed Pool Noodle Rooftop for the not for profit art group X-initiative. The architects needed to find a light weight, easy to install material to create a large amount of seating for guests.
The furniture has been constructed from pool noodles – the long and cylindrical, foam water floatation [...]
Going to the zoo is a favorite summer past-time. Visitors to the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna will see lots of animals in recreated ‘natural’ habitats. Except this summer, along with the animals, there’s an odd addition. Junk.
The zoo is hosting the work of two german artists who are questioning whether the environments created at zoos [...]
Wander around a Paris area home improvement or gardening big-box store and you might happen upon the work of the French artists collective called Encastrable. The group randomly visit DIY stores and create temporary sculptures and installations from products and materials for sale in the store. They work covertly and don’t ask permission from the [...]
Both the Porsche and Mercedes-Benz museums in Germany are elegant examples of contemporary architecture. Lots of images of both have circulated around the internet. Plataforma Arquitectura features the photography of Michael Schnell who really captured the stunning geometry of each project. Michael’s photos succeed in being both architectural portraits and abstract studies of lines and [...]
History is full of ideas and designs born as the humble bar napkin sketch. All this summer in London, the Doodle Bar is encouraging visitors to draw as much as they want on anything in their space, and they do mean everything. Jules Cocke of filmmakers Squint/Opera, who along with illustrator Serge Seidlitz, came up [...]
A trio of Los Angeles architects and designers are getting together to present an exhibition of work they’ve done during the economic slowdown. Opening this weekend, ‘Looking for Work’ is a show featuring not grand new building designs but smaller scale furniture and accessories. La’s Fifth Floor gallery is hosting the event to show how [...]
London based Colman Architects recently won a competition sponsored by the International Council of Shopping Centers, Inc. (ICSC) to envision what the architectural innovations of the shopping center fifty years from now will be like. Colman’s idea is replacing individual stores with product galleries. They’ve created organic shaped theatres that contain a single product type, [...]
On a recent stop in Chicago, PSFK noticed the James Hotel uses 100% recyclable keycards as an eco-friendly alternative to the more common plastic cards. The James card feels like a thick business card and has a matte finish on the front with a glossy varnish protecting the magnetic strip on the back.
Here’s a couple of new examples of automotive aesthetics inspiring furniture. Maybe if parking a car in the living room to admire is out of the question, one of these chairs might be a good substitute. The series above is from Laisr, a Switzerland based company created by bicycle designers Torgny Fjeldskaar and Javier Alberich. [...]
Is California destined to become the electric-motor city of the future? Add Santa Monica based Coda Automotive to the growing list of new eco minded car companies calling the west coast home. Yesterday the company previewed their new affordable all-electric sedan that will go on sale in the California market next year. Coda hopes to [...]
Not long ago we wrote about the question posed at the BMW Design Talk, ‘Is modesty the new luxury?’. Louis Vuitton seems to be taking the idea to heart with the opening of their new temporary shop in Tokyo called Louis Vuitton Underground. Forget fancy custom store fixtures, all the bags and accessories are displayed [...]
Miss the chance to walk the show at Javits or take in the offsite events during the ICFF? Check out our photo gallery where we’ve collected all the stuff that caught our eye:
PSFK’s 2009 International Contemporary Furniture Fair Gallery
PSFK’s 2009 ICFF Offsite Events Gallery
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