Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral | Video on TED.com

Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedra Seed Cathedral | Video on TED.coml


 A future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, a power station ... And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a celebration of growth and light.

Empire State Building

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Iris lamp by swaroski

Modular Storage

Office Interior

For those of you seeking inspiration for office design heres collaboration from south africa














Description from the designers:

When Deneys Reitz took an additional floor above the existing two and a half floors they already occupied, our brief was to create a client area with a sense of understated elegance.

The resulting design incorporates polished marble floor tiles, several imported feature lights, flamed granite wall cladding and imported wallpaper to highlight key walls. Arper chairs; bespoke meeting tables, and tailor-designed artwork, with two signatory sculptures embodying the company’s vision and culture, provide a high level of finish without being overly opulent.

The supplementary 10th floor now houses their main reception and a 75-seater auditorium, where regular seminars and functions are held. A 20-seater boardroom, boasting state-of-the-art video conferencing facilities, opens onto an entertainment area and informal meeting room. Further meeting rooms vary in size from 4 to 10-seaters. The lower floors were redecorated and opened up to create lighter, more open-plan areas for the secretaries and candidate attorneys.

Eva chair for kids

It can be completed just by rolling up a piece of board and fastening it with a string. Because it can be returned to a planar shape easily, it can be stored even in small space. It also can save energy and cost at the time of shipment. The material EVA that is used to build this chair is lightweight and holds a rich flexibility, superior durability, and various color variations. If the material accidentally enters into a mouth by any chance, it will be still safe so it is a good material for children. In addition, with consideration of the material for high recyclability, no dioxin generation, and environmentally friendly, the material is suitable for children who play an important role in the future. We certainly wish that children can foster their flexible imagination and build a rich and enjoyable life with this EVA chair.














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Staircase for kids.. from Budapast

Description from the designer Biljana Javonovic

i am an architect originally from croatia, but based in budapest, hungary. i recently completed interior stairs for a young, creative family with two young children in their newly refurbished apartment just below unesco heritage site of buda castle. so, i tried to respect the historical ambiance of the building and the apartment and, but i also try to add a modern touch to the apartment that would be in harmony with the lifestyle and of the family using it. so i designed these stairs that use the motif of circles and semicircles that can be found on a huge old window in the apartment. i call my stairs emmental stairs cause they the sides of it look like the emmental cheese holes. the stairs divides the open space of the living room and dining room, but it does not isolate them. except for its function, the stairs are used by their younger daughter as a toy. she loves playing with them…running around them, hiding behind them, sticking her head through the holes and stuff like that
the stairs had to be quite steep (cause of the technical restraints). that is why i designed these triangular shaped treads that add an extra touch to it.