This Week In Design: Candy Wrapper Chair, Discuised Lighting, Sleek Multimedia Library

01/28/11

Written By:

Dave Pinter

PSFK curates the latest design ideas and stories you shouldn’t miss from the past week.

Here is a look back at this week’s standout design stories.

Creative Re-Use: Up Cycled Materials In Furniture

Emiliano Godoy: Snowjob Shai Akram + Andrew Haythornthwaite: Furniture Landscape At Queen Of Hoxton Henry Wilson: Things Revisited

Product Innovation: Humble Medicine Cabinet Transformed

Doshi Levien: Kali For Authentics

Dynamic Examples Of Non-Commercial Architecture

Single Family House St Joseph By Wolfgang Tschapeller Ecosistema Urbano: Ecopolis Plaza Médiathèque d’Anzin By Dominique Coulon & Associés

Lighting Takes New Sculptural Forms

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