Archinect - News2024-05-01T13:41:58-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150019409/rethinking-furniture-as-symbiotic-objects
Rethinking furniture as 'symbiotic objects' Anastasia Tokmakova2017-07-26T00:41:00-04:00>2017-07-26T00:42:57-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3u/3utquenny6jyudzz.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Xiang Guan, a recent graduate of Central Saint Martin's Industrial Design program, made a collection of furniture that can only function in the presence of its users—featuring a desk and chair that can't stand without support, and a lamp that only turns on when worn as a hat, his work re-imagines the relationship between people and objects. </p>
<p>Watch the hypnotizing video of the designer working, communicating and playing with the furniture below!</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/78309477/frank-gehry-designs-icehenge-desk-for-inland-steel-in-chicago
Frank Gehry designs "Icehenge" desk for Inland Steel in Chicago Archinect2013-07-30T19:30:00-04:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fa/farkf03bhnepww1w.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>This is a story about a desk — not any desk, mind you, but a startling, Frank Gehry-designed security desk in the lobby of the Inland Steel Building, one of Chicago's great mid-20th century high-rises.
The U-shaped desk is best described as a piece of furniture that's been elevated to the level of art, or is simply an emblem of excess.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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