Fernando and Humberto Campana : Furniture

The Campana brothers partake a lot of portion of reputation among designers in South America. Born in , Brazil, they weren't innate designers. As a matter of fact, the senior Campana, namely, Humberto, was originally a lawyer while the junior was an architect. They both took classes of industrial design in Brazil Sculpture Museum, and later on tried their hands on designing affair.

The Campana brothers excel in using rare materials, finished products, and industrial trash to reform/reshape new arts. They do this out of a belief that by recycling these wastes/garbages and transform them into crafts will bring opportunities/redemption for the lower class in society. Their main prupose is to seek Brazilian style of designing, doing their best to get rid of modernism/rationalism which has long been influnced by European way of thinking.

*Leatherworks Armchair

*Sushi III Chair *Banquete Chair Sharks and Dolphins
*Azul Armchair

*Sushi

Karim Rashid: Industrial Design

What makes you think of a typical image for a designer?


A man who wears nothing but pink or white outfits? A homeboy who loves design but loves his wife even more? A guy that used to be confused about his future despite the fact that he was already 33 then? Or.....A hippy with tattooes all over his body?





All the above equals to Karim Rashid.








With tender and smooth lifestyle, Karim Rashid successfully reflects the essence of underground culture and trends of virtual world. With an experience as a DJ, he utilizes numerous types of materials to create, such as plastic, chemical foam, artificial fiber and so on, which gives out an extension of designing and has brought him some benefits like producing for Idee Department Store in Tokyo branch , Nambe, and *Umbra. The collection he designed or Umbra, using abandoned baskets, has been the most representative industrial design products among its counterparts. The collection has also played a role as Rashid's muse to think up the wordly famous series "On Chair".



Here, feel free to click on his official website, and turn on the loudspeaker to enjoy the little surprising gadget on it! : http://www.karimrashid.com/


*Umbra: The worldwide leader in casual, contemporary design for the home. It manufatures wallpaper, bathroom accesories, garbage cans, etc.

*Kids' Kapsule Chairs

*Poly Chair

Currently,he is leading an avant-garde trends in the field of products, fashion, industrial design, interior, lighting and so on. The most noticeable feature of his creation is that he emphasizes much on the practicality as well as on the aesthetics. In Rashid's perspective, desiging business should be something that can be widely applied to daily life and suggest the personal tastes of the owner at the same time. owing to this reason, not only does Rashid produces delicate/exquisite artistic stuff, but he also invests in mass production for the public. Furthermore, he often touched ecological/global/political issues when designing. Just like he said in his own website: "Design is about the betterment of our lives poetically, aesthetically, experientially, sensorially, and emotionally."

Here, let's take a close look at his work as one of his identities--a DJ!

This alien-like dj booth can absolutely bring your party an unforgettably chic/hip impression on your guests! It has built-in mixer and two convenient turntables and what's more....

it comes in several colours for you to choose!(According to the product website--orange, green, white, yellow and hot pink, which is Rashid's all-time favorite..... )

*DJ Kreemy Booth

As an "extraordinary" icon in fashion design, Rashid accepts cases ranging from musical performances/gigs, fashion director, hotellier, and nearly all kinds of jobs you can relate to professional design! Looks like this half Egyptian-half English artist is raging all the way from Greece to the United States!

Eero Koivisto : Architecture & Furniture

What kind of person born in a family with both doctor parents, dreams to be a fighter pilot, but ends up a modernist designer?



The answer is : Eero Koivisto !



He was born in 1958 in karlstad, sweden. While his dad wanted to be an architect, he personally preferred the occupation of a pilot. However,the idea of being an architect later on foreshadowed his career......Influenced by the experience of amusing himself with lego toy building blocks, his enlightenment to architecture popped out all at once. Now, he has gained fame gradully and has multiple titles such as the artistic leader of university college of arts in Stockholme and one of the interiors/architecture designing trio in "* claesson koivisto rune ",and also a full-time lecturer for many more schools of economic/arts and crafts.


(* claesson koivisto rune: a technical designing partnership with three designers: Marten Claesson、Eero Koivisto、and Ola Rune)


*Well then, it's time for us to take a look at his works!
First of all--the architectural part.
Currently working on numorous projects and possibly many more to come, his team and he
has finished some of the follows:

*WABI : A relaxation vacation house located in Stockholme, Sweden, built in 1994. As you see,the following picture shows you the interior of WABI and without words or languages, Eero Koivisto clearly depicted his points of view toward designing---to create something pratical, creative and furthermore, poetic! The main color he has always been fascinated with would be white, which is light,pleasant to the eye, and low-key. In his eye, beauty is nourished by the consideration of practicality/usefulness/effectiveness, and that's exactly what Scandinavian style provides--a considerate style which caters to human and cares about their needs.

Jeremy Cole: Lighting

Whenever people speak of Jeremy Cole, they think of his amazing Tequilla Lighting Series also known as the "Aloe Blossom". He seemd to enjoy making things out of pottery and porcelain.
To trace back to his early life, we can actually find some facts to our surprise that Jeremy Cole has already been influenced profoundly at the age of four by his own mother, an interior designer herself. Later on, Cole initiated his self-taught life in designing, which turned out to be a correct choice---he began to sparkle in this field. You can observe from his creations a strong connection to nature due to his childhood period staying in New Zealand.

*You can easily sense his admiration for nature by his way of composing lighting ornaments in a

form/shape of flowers or vegetables. For instance, he came up with this suspension lamps with overlapping leaf-like layers inspired by the native unique cactus plants in N/Z.

This collection is called "Aloe Blossom" ,bought out along with the other choice "Aloe Noir"(picture of below).

(*Noir means black in French, therefore this collection is composed of black suspension lamps. )

Marcel Wanders : Furniture

Marcel Wanders, a striking Dutch designer who always came up with strange creations such as

nest chairs, egg-shaped vases, or even lamps you can actually blow off just as you do to your candles!!

Wanders was born in Boxtel, the Netherlands in 1963. He has worked for the celebrated Droog Design ( *1) and has established his personal workshop by the year of 1995.

To get to know this guy, you can start with some little stuff you might need to better your house's appearance with these:

*Already starting to wonder what's this colorful oval thing function as, huh?

It's not the one your kids usually spent hours to finish colouring in order to win the competition

on the Easter Day... It's a coffee table!! The table is covered with Bisazza glass mosaic, presented in a way that may well be attractive to both the toddlers and their parents ....

*Ever seen such a delicately arranged pattern in a piece of wallpaper? Here you are, wandering into Wanders' world---a fantastic black-and-white world in which you behold no colours but had a strongly colorful impression on it! This collection is called "the Hexagon Wallpaper" which might reminds you of memory in childhood when you were reading an encyclopedia about the patterns of DNA ... and yet, not as graceful nor breathtaking as this one....

*Yes, you're now looking at Marcel Wanders most popular collections---the Eggvase!!

Certainly it's humorous and playful enough to make a vase into such a confusing shape and even come up with three different materials...

but let's not forget the fact that those eggvases have been recognized as one of the biggest projects for Droog Design!

*Allow me to introduce you----the "moooi boutique"series!! To trace back to the naming, Wanders simply provided us with one explanation: The phrase "mooi" is a Dutch word, meaning "beauty". The reason why he added an extra alphabet "o" in between accounts for Wanders' expectations and wishes to see this series turn out "extra beautiful".

---To Be Continued---

*1: Droog Design: a famous organization established by Gijs Bakker and Renny Ramakers. The two founders cooperate with designers worldwide. Droog in Dutch means "dry", expressing their cconcepts of designing which is simple, original and not over-decorated.

Who Is The Blogger and What's This All About?

Hey guyz! Wandering for hours on the web but couldn't find explicit information of interior design? Having troubles grasping the contents written by professionals or critics?
If you've been looking over and over again on the Internet for resources related to interior design , you are in the right place!Here Im going to take you into a brief introduction of how this blog functions and who comes up with the idea to set it up ......

I'm a college girl who majors in foreign language&literature but also longs for further knowledge in interior design and even more, introduce this world to others who share the same interests as I do.The purpose I set this blog up is mainly about sharing some information about interior design and present it orderly,hoping to call for more attention in this field instead of modeling/fashion designing which might be already familiar to most college girls.I won't anticipate to see professionals replying but I would really appreciate if they do so!:)
Of course above anything,I'd like to know some people who enjoys exchanging latest
information of interior desiging,even if they are just frequent shoppers at IKEA! :D

Note this:All the author wants is to create a care-free environment in which you can
exchange interesting findings in interior design!

Feel free to leave me comments and furthermore,I'd like to read negative/constructive ones if they provide me some improvements in my blog.


To give out a general introduction.the blog is divided into several sections as follows:

"Furniture"--If you keep track of the latest fashion and read furniture magazines ,you must
heard of this guy Marcel Wonders who is currently leading his own style in the industry and had held many exhibitions up to now.My job here is to take notes of the classic works of designers
like Wanders and illustrate their influences on modern interior design to you guys.

"Installation Art"--To give a definition of the term "installation art" is often ambiguous.
Due to that, I will try to focus on giving out examples of it,and of course, elaborate a little bit about the artists' biography and their original motives to present such particular creations.

"Architecture"--How many masterpieces can you think of at a time when speaking of architecture?The answer is "infinite"!Ranging from pyramids in Egypt,the Eiffel Tower in Paris,
the Pentagon in Washionton D.C. to British Museum,and let's not forget the best place for touring fanatics...Dubai Hotel!

"Home to the Outstanding...... "--After a brief introduction to this designing world,don't you start to crave for further study?If not,it won't harm to see where and how these gifted artists develop their own styles and individual thinking! In this section I'm going to list out several universities/institutions which adopt organized education and mediately led to some of the most memorable artistic achievements and famous students who are viewed by the public as "masters" nowadays.


Details may be revised in the future,but I'll stick to my purpose--attracting art lovers like me!