Mutation by Maarten De Ceulaer
Milan 2012: these knobbly seats by Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer are on show at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan this week. Each piece in the Mutation series is made from foam spheres, cut so...
View ArticleSurface Tension Lamp by Front
Milan 2012: this lamp by Swedish designers Front blows a bubble every few seconds to form a transparent shade round an LED. Over the 50,000-hour life of the bulb the lamp will blow over three million...
View ArticleDezeen archive: bubbles
Dezeen archive: this week in Milan a lamp that blows bubbles attracted a lot of attention, so we've grouped together all of our stories about bubbles made from soap, plastic or otherwise. See all the...
View ArticleSummertime by Nika Zupanc
Milan 2012: Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc presented a set of outdoor furniture and lamps like huge pink bubbles at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan. The Summertime collection includes folding chairs...
View ArticleThe Bubble Building by DUS Architects
Dutch firm DUS Architects have created a pavilion made of bubbles. Visitors to a Rotterdam square had to construct the soapy walls themselves by lifting metal frames from five-sided steel pools....
View ArticleKohei Nawa's Foam installation created a cloud-like landscape of soapy bubbles
Japanese artist Kohei Nawa filled a dark room with billowing clouds of foam for this art exhibition in Aichi, Japan (+ slideshow). Kohei Nawa used a mixture of detergent, glycerin and water to create...
View ArticleGift light by Stuart Haygarth
Lighting designer Stuart Haygarth has sent images of a night light for children he designed as a prize for a charity auction. "The light is based on the ubiquitous round plastic capsules (containing...
View ArticleCar on a Stick by Ross Lovegrove
Car on a Stick is a green urban transport proposal by industrial designer Ross Lovegrove. The concept involves bubble-shaped cars that are powered by solar canopies on the roof. At night, the cars are...
View ArticleWatercube by PTW Architects
Architect Chris Bosse has sent us some photos of the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing - better known as Watercube - which officially opened on Monday. Bosse was associate architect on the building...
View ArticleEric Klarenbeek at Selfridges
The Wonder Room at Selfridges department store in London is hosting an exhibition of new work by Dutch designer Eric Klarenbeek. The exhibition will feature new and recent work including the Floating...
View ArticleSpacebuster by Raumlabor
Berlin-based architecture practice Raumlabor presented a mobile, inflatable pavilion called Spacebuster in New York last month. The pavilion was exhibited in collaboration with Storefront for Art and...
View ArticleNissan Y150 Dream Front pavilionby Torafu Architects
Tokyo practice Torafu Architects have created a pavilion filled with inflated, plastic balls inside a warehouse on the Shinko Pier in Yokohama, Japan. The project was conceived for automotive company...
View ArticleHutong Bubble 32 by MAD
Beijing architects MAD have completed the first of a series of proposed bubble-shaped additions to traditional hutongs in the city. The first bubble, called Hutong Bubble 32, provides a toilet and...
View ArticleSuperFoam Chair by Rich Gilbert
Here are a couple of images of SuperFoam Chair, a chair made of foam with giant bubbles by designer Rich Gilbert. Gilbert, a student at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College in London, cast...
View ArticleClear Perfume Bottle by Nendo for 1%
Milan 2010: Japanese designers Nendo will present a seemingly-empty perfume bottle in Milan next week. Called Clear Perfume Bottle, the design has an atomiser hidden in its cap while bubbles are...
View ArticleGlass Skin by Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk
Eindhoven designers Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk presented glassware produced in collaboration with the glass-makers of Murano in Venice at Sotheby's auction house in London last week. Top:...
View ArticleSputnik by Pepe Heykoop
DMY Berlin 2010: Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop presented bubbles of tape wrapped around metal frames at DMY Berlin last week. Called Sputnik, the collection is hand-made and each piece is unique....
View ArticleMole by Ninkipen!
Japanese office Ninkipen have completed this office in Osaka with a facade of aluminum louvres that appear to bubble. The office was designed for a cosmetic company and inspired by the bubbles found...
View ArticleGravity Pearl by NOSIGNER
Tokyo 2010: Japanese designer NOSIGNER presented magnetic jewellery made of pearls at DesignTide Tokyo 2010 this week. Called Gravity Pearl, magnets inside the artificial pearls allow them to...
View ArticleStockholmsporten masterplan by BIG
Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to masterplan a new gateway to Stockholm at the intersection of two motorways. Called Energy Valley, their proposal for Stockholmsporten...
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