Let’s say you’re lost in the wilderness, exhausted from a mountain excursion, about to freeze your a$$ off in the snow. What would be better than happening upon a warm, cozy shelter to protect you from the elements? How about one that’s architecturally AWESOME. That’s precisely what the Huba shelter is- a life-saving sanctuary designed with an entirely new style we’re dubbing “alpine chic.” Check out the interior!
The concept, designed as an independent eco-friendly energy system, aims to improve the development of mountain tourism regions, upsizing their infrastructure while promoting the use of renewable energy. It benefits from natural water and wind resources in the mountain climate, harnessing the energy to power a heater, lighting and pump for showering with collected rain water. The modular design is compact and light enough to be air lifted to remote regions and is composed entirely of recycled plastics and fragments of wind-fallen trees. Inside are two hanging beds (hidden in the walls) and a washbasin. The dynamic character of the interior is created by many intersecting planes and no right angles. Small windows running throughout the entire building break up the walls with narrow streams of light. Frosted glass provides privacy inside and allows users to feel comfortable. LED lights at the ceiling provide illumination after sundown. Better yet, the entire system is mapped in an online app for easy access. Users can even book online for an overnight stay!
Designers: Michal Holcer & Malgorzata Blachnicka
Mondrian South Beach Hotel by Marcel Wanders
With Mondrian South Beach, Morgans Hotel Group has made a pioneering move away from the bustle of Miami Beach’s oceanfront tourist center to the fashionable, growing neighborhood of Biscayne Bay. The Hotel Residence is built on a prime waterfront location and provides breathtaking views of the Atlantic and downtown Miami.
Starting at $400,000, Mondrian South Beach consists of 342 studios, one and two-bedroom apartments and penthouses. It will combine the most exhilarating design elements of a fantasy modern getaway with all the comforts and conveniences of home. Facilities will include a state-of-the-art spa and gym, a world class, five-star restaurant, a dynamic nightlife experience, stylish event spaces and private VIP boat slips for yachting and boating trips.
Marcel Wanders, a world-famous design star and an original member of the influential Droog collective in the Netherlands, has conceived of the hotel as Sleeping Beauty’s castle. Guests will step into a magical world, entering a leisurely oasis of gardens that leads to the spectacular interior.
The gardens, designed as indoor/outdoor living spaces, feature comfortable seating areas, an outdoor “sand” bar, a hanging chandelier above the glamorous pool, and cabanas for all ages, including tented play spaces with a sandbox and bouncy toys in the children’s area.
Designer: Marcel Wanders [ Hotel Page ]
All of Berlin in a Single Credenza
Presenting the defining moment in Credenzoligy. This credenza is made to read like a novel, telling the story of the history of the structures that made up historical and modern East and West Berlin. Sounds like it could be rough. But with detail and subject matter as rich as this, learning can be at once elegant and quite complicated.
Tina Roeder with the building of an art-chitectural idol:
If this much time and effort were placed on half of the furniture that gets massively reproduced to fall apart in less than a years time, we’d be in a fantastic metropolis, rich with visions of our past and future, thriving in the literary and aesthetic jungle we’ve created for ourselves.
This item reflects one of the more simple and important goals of our modernism, and changes it to reflect a goal of educating students of history, science, and design. All of Berlin’s terrible and excellent history is here in one bit of furniture. One’s understanding of this subject is at once simplified and expanded, in all inspiring.
Designer: Tina Roeder and David Krings
