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The idea develops further...
Some initial sketches, to develop the idea.
Some of the sustainist symbols the authors developed for the book.
From Adrienne Adams’ What Makes A Shadow, 1960.
As the site started to develop, wonderful opportunities came along to leverage some of the cut timber. A friend, Terry Doyle, who I actually met through the Facebook page I had started for the project came out one Saturday and took some remnant timber and made us a small salad bowl from part of a cherry tree stump.
"What makes MAIK unique as a manufacturer and design shop?" I asked Rune Rex, MAIK's co-founder. His reply? "Unlike most other start-ups we have had the ambition right from the beginning to own most of the value chain in developing and producing our own products—in that way we believe we can ensure our products are designed properly and the manufacturers to behave nicely to the environment and to their employees. This has already led us to a couple of trips to China, numerous manufacturer contacts, and a handful of solid collaborations in a very short time. We have gained a huge amount of experience that most companies miss because they outsource most of the production processes."
Here's what the living room looked like before.
Little confusion over what this flipper is meant for.
Here's what the kitchen looked like before.
Here's a closer look at what we might be seeing from Niche soon. Pyles told me, "Studio Nouvel is a design paradise. What we can design and prototype here in Mexico City is so much more than we can back in New York. If my team could see this place they'd fall in love."
In the entryway, what at first appears to be a rug is actually cut blue glass terazzo designed by Marwan Al-Sayed.
Pepa gets a better view of what Gorman is explaining in the girls’ bathroom from her stump stool.
“For this project, [design director] Kyle [Blue] already had the architectural references for me, so to start, I asked an array of questions: What type of feel do you want? What’s the most important message to convey? What do we need to tell readers with the picture?” Gardner says. “He explained that the illustration needed to bring the structure into the environment and we kicked around ideas about putting a courtyard underneath and having people milling around. We went through two or three different variations.”
And what is indoor/outdoor living without a handsome portal to the outside world?
One Wilshire is what’s called a telco hotel: The majority of its rooms are full of hard drives and cables, hosting information for global businesses.
Here's what the glass bottle looks like sans covering.
What would you call this teardrop shaped wall hook?