A Modern Exterior for Modern Interiors

Tadao Ando’s design for hhstyle.com’s furniture store expresses just as much modernity as the furniture within it. hhstyle.com is one of Japan’s most successful furniture stores. Their new building, hhstyle.com/casa, sits next to their original shop which is more or less just a large glass box. The drastic constrast between the two buildings also carries through within as well. hhstyle.com/casa only provides furniture produced by two designers, whereas the original store contains work from over 150 designers. The irregular geometric form is best explained by Ando himself.

It is not based on any axis or geometry. From the start, this project was imagined as a steel building – a building wrapped in steel plates folded like origami… The volume was roughly determined from various conditions such as the shadow that would be cast by the building. After repeated alterations and corrections, in balance with structural studies, the final form was reached.

– Tadao Ando

Whether the forms were intentional or not, this building creates a strong modern backdrop for any modern furniture to be placed in.

hhstyle.com/casa via MoCo Tokyo

The Not So Ugly Duckling

Got a million power cables running under your desk like us? Check out the “Swan” desk by Louis Beliveau of the design team Les Chics Types which is based in Montreal. The desk offers you enough holes plus, a power strip to plug into, so you will no longer have to run your messy cables all over your floor. Just weave your cords through the holes to make a cool logo or spell out words to describe how your really feel about your boss.

Les Chics Types via MoCo Loco

A Digital Antique

If you’re one of the 10 people that decorates your house with Rococo Revival furniture, this clock is for you. The Digi Clock, made by Thorsten Van Elten, is one such piece of artwork that lets you put your Rococo appetite at bay and still keep it real here in the 21st century. Van Elten also has many other pieces of artwork and furniture available on his site.

Thorsten Van Elten

CAD Block Exchange Network

If you’re looking for AutoCAD blocks, look no further than CAD Block Exchange Network. They have a vast amount of objects and people drawn in plan, elevation, and in 3D. They have just about anything you can think of and I mean ANYTHING! Yeah, you know what I’m talking about… Any who, this site is totally worth the look, especially when that final project deadline is nearing and you realize you need some details in your drawings to really win over the critics.

CAD Block Exchange Network

A Higher Learning

The U.K. design firm, Levitate, had the cool idea of turning a bookshelf into a staircase for a small apartment that was limited in space. As you can see, the final product was definitely a great investment and also helped try to make this bookworm look a little cooler…

Levitate via Dwell

Art Lebedev

Say hello to Art Lebedev design studio. This design group covers industrial design, graphic design, web design, and interface engineering. Their work is very fresh and likes to push the boundaries of how we perceive objects and space. Take this tape dispenser for example. Who knew that beauty and elegance could come from one piece of bent metal, especially a tape dispenser for that matter! Their newest project that has just come on the market is the Optimus Maximus computer keyboard. I suggest you definitely check out their site to see what all they have to offer.

Art Lebedev

the bookseat

This chair/bookshelf is a great design to save space and create a comfortable place to sit. Made of bent plywood, this design shows how inexpensive materials and creative thinking can really help manage your books and give your mom a place to sit when she finds out it’s the only piece of furniture in your apartment…

Fishbol Furniture

(Be sure to check out the rest of Fishbol Design’s cool stuff too)