If it was up to us, all the best design in the world would be posted within the Parfois Portfolio… But… its not up to us. Stumbling the web we often bump into things worth sharing. The world wide web is so full off great things that will never end up in our portfolio, but which we want the world to see. For this we created our blog. At this moment there 4 of us blogging on a regular basis.Work, studies and social life makes that there are weeks with a lot of posts, and weeks without. But we’ll do our best in bringing you the nicest shit on a acceptable basis.
‘You make it, we blog it’
jonas
When I was young, I always liked to make things. Using my hands to create objects or repair things. When I got older I realised that studying wasn't really my thing. So in my 3th year of secondary school I started illustrative and architectural design. Leaning more towards the architectural side, I chose this direction during the 5th and 6th year. My goal was to go and study product development after graduating secondary school, but as you know, studying wasn't my thing. So I chose a slightly easier aproach where I still was able to work creative but with less theory. I started an education called Interior and Design. In the second year we had to chose between Furniture design or Construction, an easy choice. After these three very interesting years I wasn't willing to start working yet, so I started a one year education, called advanced Furniture Design. An amazing year on many levels! Right now I'm settled as independent and working for Costudio, an interior architecture company where I mainly design the furniture and other small projects. Besides this, I still try to design and make furniture on my own and of course, make Parfois world famous!
In the dreamy Le Monde des Montagnes (The World of Mountains), an ECAL graduate project by Camille Scherrer awarded the Pierre Bergé prize for Best European Design Diploma in 2008, a regular book about the Swiss mountains sits on a table. Above hovers a camera disguised as a desk lamp thats linked to a nearby monitor. But when a user adjusts the lamp or moves the book in her hands, the picture on the screen depicts a fantasy land where peculiar, other-worldy images—images that arent there in the hardcopy—glide across the pages Snowflakes fall, birds fly, forest creatures peer from trees.
Parfois, up and running again. Amen! Let’s start of with this great project from Fabian Nehne (German) & Martin Meier (Swiss). The German and Swiss productdesigners Fabian Nehne and Martin Meier recently finished this pendant light, a consequent translation of the additive colour mixing into an adequate luminaire. Martin Meier is currently working as a seniour designer lead at IDEO Munich, Fabian Nehne is senior designer at Deutsche Telekom.
These still are renders, but I think it’s a nice interpretation of this well known colour system. >> Read more
These days it seems to be a trend to use triangles and geometry to create strange perspectives. I must say that I like it! Here’s a house designed by McBride Charles Ryan architects. This building was built for the Honorary Consul of Monaco and is the first to be granted naming rights outside Monaco. On a site of just 101 square metres, the building is four storeys high and includes a cafe, consular activity, offices, meeting areas and a rooftop garden. >> Read more
My second post about Mr. Szymon , this time a photos taken in Tokyo. I was checking his work again, and I must say, it got me again. The strange atmosphere and light in his pictures are fascinating. Be sure to stop by his site. Enjoy >> Read more
Mars is the fourth planet from our Sun in the Solar System. Out of the various planets and moons in our Solar System, Mars perhaps bears the most similarity to Earth, featuring an atmosphere, polar ice caps, and remnants of tectonic activity on the planet’s surface. Mars has fascinated both astronomers and the general public for years, and has been the subject of countless movies and fiction works. Currently, several nations in the world are planning to send missions to Mars for exploration, and NASA’s Spirit Rover recently ended a 6 year exploration of the surface after becoming trapped in sand. Pictures posted here captured by telescope and by space probe. >> Read more
I would love to share this chair. The lines just look right to me, and it looks very comfortable. It’s a shame there is so little information about it on the net. Their website a complete disaster, it claims to work with firefox, but I have my doubts. Anyway, enjoy! >> Read more
During this year’s Stocholm Furniture Fair the Swedish designers of Akka presented this foldable table at the Greenhouse, the forum for young designers. In all different positions, even folded, the cantilvered table stands out for its charming appearance. This might be due to the slightly bent skids, which give the table a figurative character.
Akka is a design-studio located in Göteborg, Sweden. They do industrial design, furniture, illustration and graphic design. >> Read more
Posted this one some time ago, but since it was written in dutch it wasn’t online anymore.
These lounge chairs are made out of old traffic signs hanging above the Belgian Highways. When they are to old, or information changes, they go to the dump. The main material used in these boards is thin polyester. Thin, because it has to let light shine through.
The seats are very strong and can perfectly stay outside because of the strong material.
By using this material in an other context people start thinking about reusing material for other purposes. >> Read more
I never thought I’d blog about birds, but here we go.
Andrew Zuckerman, (born in Washington, DC in 1977) is an American photographer. His new project is called bird, it takes a minimalist approach to showcasing the beauty of birds. Bird captures an intense view of the birds every detail from positions and angles that would be difficult to reproduce in a truly wild setting. As you can see, lots of birds.
At the end there’s also a small movie that containts some parts of the making of. Enjoy
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jonas
When I was young, I always liked to make things. Using my hands to create objects or repair things. When I got older I realised that studying wasn't really my thing. So in my 3th year of secondary school I started illustrative and architectural design. Leaning more towards the architectural side, I chose this direction during the 5th and 6th year. My goal was to go and study product development after graduating secondary school, but as you know, studying wasn't my thing. So I chose a slightly easier aproach where I still was able to work creative but with less theory. I started an education called Interior and Design. In the second year we had to chose between Furniture design or Construction, an easy choice. After these three very interesting years I wasn't willing to start working yet, so I started a one year education, called advanced Furniture Design. An amazing year on many levels! Right now I'm settled as independent and working for Costudio, an interior architecture company where I mainly design the furniture and other small projects. Besides this, I still try to design and make furniture on my own and of course, make Parfois world famous!
