Design Debate

I absolutely love this magneitc wallpaper from textile designer Sian Zeng . She was born in China, raised in Hungary and studied at Central Saint Martins. I love the fairy tale, folksy style. But the best thing though about her beautiful papers are that they are magnetic! The idea stemming from children's play, Zeng says she was " Inspired by the changeable nature of fairytale stories, where frogs can suddenly become princes". Wallpaper Zeng's only talent, she designs gorgeous fabrics, poetry inspired scarfs and she paints and illustrates as well. 

Just thought I would blog about one of our new websites. This clean and simple minimally designed website was for interior and lighting designers Millard&Flo .  When considering this design, the portfolio and pictures were clearly the focus, so I kept to a rigid grid, lots of white space and aloud the pictures to speak for themselves. We have fading images on the home, two galleries navigated by thumbnails and a bespoke blog. Definitely worth checking out! 

Quite literally! This Paris hotel room has been graffitied by artist Tilt. The room entitled ' Panic Room'  is from the  Au Vieux Panier  hotel in Marseille, France.  This unique hotal has just 5 rooms and all are decorated individually by an artist or graphic designer. Tilt, as you can see just decorated half this minimal white room with his vibrant, colour-drenched graffiti. This room is entitled 'Fusion' by Philippe Baudelocque I am not entirely sure I would manage a night sleep in such a place, and which side of the bed do you choose! An interesting concept, creating distinctly atmostpheric rooms. I like the idea of entrusting the design to creatives who see the room as a concept. I do wonder if it would effect the kind of dreams you have... 

I remember when I took my cycling proficiency test I thought just how dangerous it was to encourage me to actually take my hands off the bike to signal. I would zig-zag all over the road! But thankfully they maybe an alternative.  This great idea is from The Lee Myung Su Design Lab in Korea. The backpack has a wireless controller so when the cyclist stop or signals direction the backpack lights up alerting drivers. I think this is so clever!  It is only a prototype at the moment but I'm sure this will become real one day. The concept won the Reddot Design Award 2010. Found via A Cup of Jo