Urban Imprint | Studio INI
Beoplay P6 | Bang & Olufsen + Cecilie Manz
Kitchenware | Nendo
Japanese studio Nendo has created a series of multi-functional kitchenware lids, which are designed to imitate hand movements like pinching and pushing.
Designed in collaboration with air conditioning manufacturer Daikin, the Air Lids series is made up of five airtight lids aimed at kitchen use.
Each lid corresponds to a particular hand movement, which includes picking up, pressing, pinching, pulling and pushing.
The collection, which will be presented at Milan Design Week, is made from a material called fluoroelastomer, which derives from the raw material used in air conditioners. This gives the product heat and oil-resisting properties and does not lose its colour or shape over time.
Brutal London | Zupagrafika
Brutal London is a fun book through London’s post-war brutalist architecture that allows you to recreate some of its most interesting and controversial concrete structures, including Alexandra Road Estate, National Theatre, Robin Hood Gardens, Barbican Estate, Balfron Tower and Space House.
Published in 2015 by Zupagrafika, an independent publisher and design studio established in 2012 by David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka. The studio is based in Poland and has a special affinity with Polish Poster School, post-war modernist architecture, and paper.
The first part of the book features a foreword by Norman Foster and looks at the significance of these buildings with a short chapter on each, complete with texts by John Grindrod, author of Concretopia and photos by Peter Chadwick, author of This Brutal World. It continues with a series of illustrated buildings to be found around the districts of Camden, Southwark, Tower Hamlet, Roehampton and City of London.
Printed on heavy card stock, you can detach and construct both iconic brutalist structures, such as Balfron Tower, Barbican Estate, and National Theatre, as well as social council estates, like Robin Hood Gardens and Aylesbury Estate doomed to premature demolition.