custardbydesign

Thursday, February 18, 2010

i like this...its a budget hotel in berlin that opened last september...

the michelberger takes its name from the founder, tom michelberger...unlike many budget hotels the michelberger was designed by widely accalaimed designer werner aisslinger...

i like the simple, almost student accomodation approach to the room design...i like the bed cum desk cum windowsill cum throw me a pillow and i can sit here type multifunctional furniture that was created for the rooms...

i guess the budget hotel called for a budget brief and a budget solution...but if you ask me, i reckon it maximises on space without compromising on design...

some kinda crazy phunky techno inspired things happening on the website too...check it out here...
http://www.michelbergerhotel.com/

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

fully expressive...

i came across a new company today via twitter called skitsch...and i took the time to browse through their catalogue...

"the choice of the name SKITSCH fully expresses the philosophy of the brand: to offer a selection of non ordinary, high quality and great design products directly to the final client"

thats a great mission statement...and a mission statement that seems to sound loudly whilst looking through the online catalogue...

and if the catalogue of products wasn't enough to woo me they present their catalogue of designers, which boasts names such as maarten baas, xavier lust and ding3000...

here are a few of my favourite pieces...

http://www.skitsch.it/

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

ted...

thanks to anonymous last week who is indeed a very great friend of mine i discovered ted.com...

i spent a riveting 18minutes listening to an 'allo allo' sounding philippe starck...a funny, entertaining and inspiring man...what a great charachter indeed...

its great to listen to someone who you admire and find that the personality holds up to the expectations...

i went to a david chipperfield lecture in the chq building in dublin a few years ago and was less than enthralled...not that i'm dissing the works of chipperfield, but in looking at his work and looking at the work of starck...therein lies the difference in style and creation - and maybe too therein lies the difference in personality...

i'm looking forward to watching some more fantastic talks on ted.com...

i hope you find time in your day occasionally to check this out...