The retro-future
ishere
Lastmonth, what looked like abright teal UFO landedon the rooftop
of London’s prestigious art college, Central SaintMartins. Thebulbous
pod, however, is actually FuturoHouse– aprefabricatedhouse
designedby Finnish architectMatti Suuronen in the 1960s, whichhas
beenpainstakingly restoredby artist CraigBarnes andwill beused
tohost a year-long series of events, talks andperformances before
moving to anew location.
futurohouse.co.uk
The idea
NORLANWHISKYGLASS
A trioofwhisky-lovers – Icelandic
designer Sruli Recht, andGerman
andAmericandesign and retail
expertsBrianFichtner andShane
Bahng–have teamedup to
reimagine thewhisky glass. The
Norlanwhisky glass is aclever
hybriddesign that combines the
usabilityof a tumblerwith the
performanceof anosing glass.
Not onlydoes it aeratewhisky
better than anyother glass, it’s
designed to let you inhale and
drink the amber spiritwithout
breakingeyecontactwith friends.
It’sonKickstarter now,where
it’smore than tripled a goal of
US$75,000 (NOK640,000).
norlanglass.com
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52YEARSOFLEGOCOLOURS
Lego fanDaveEhas created achart of
every singleLegobrickcolour soldeach
year for thepast 52 years. Since the
1970s, the red,white, blue and yellow
brickshave givenway to a rainbowof
different colours as thenumber of
licensedLegokitshas increased.Grey
bricks gainedmomentum in the late ’70s
and ’80swith the releaseof themedieval
castle set, andbrowncomes in after the
releaseof thePirates sets in 1989.
brickset.com
SOLAR IMPULSE/STEFATOU/REZO.CH; LAURA LAJH PRIJATELJ; JOHN STURROCK; JONATHAN LOVEKIN; HYPERLOOP TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES (HTT)
Thestays
NORWEGIANDESIGN
Norwegianhotel design isona roll at themoment, withSunnmøre’s
Juvet LandscapeHotel gettingworld recognition inHollywoodfilm
Ex
Machina
.Of the latest design stays, there’s aconvertedoil tankon the
Lofoten islandof Skrova (
top
); acollectionof four seacabinsdesignedby
architect SnorreStinessenonManshausen island, on thecoast between
Narvik andBodø (
left
); andafloatinghotel in the shapeof a snowflake
(
right
) thatwill opennext year off Tromsø.
cabinly.co.uk, oljetanken.no,manshausen.no,dutchdocklands.com
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