Transplant is a design and business centre which allows you to go from idea to final concept without wasting time. A creative plateform with room for exhibitions, seminars and meetings, a place for small and grand occasions alike. Our tools for design and product development – the material library and the prototype workshop - are unique resources at your disposal.

The building, which is designed by architect Attila Eris (known for example for his work with Paul Klee Zentrum, Bern, on appointment by Renzo Piano), covers 600 m2 and is situated at the banks of the intimate and beautiful Dalsfjorden. Transplant is an invitation to meet, discover, think, sense and be surprised.

Concept / interior design / facade design / visual identity: Ralston & Bau (http://www.ralstonbau.com)
Architect: Attila Eris

Public opening: June 2007
Creative opening: September 2007

The Cycle of Mutation - Transcreative program 2007 - 2009 Transplant is a platform where design, art, music and new materials work in unison. Here is room for the freedom of thought, experimentation and adventures involving all human senses in an unique surrounding.

Emergence 28.09.07 > 15.02.08
Growth 29.02.08 > 31.07.08
Maturation sept 08 > jan 09
Disappearance feb 09 - jul 09

see more at www.transplant.nu

Photos made by Vegard Fimland http://vegardfimland.com

www.johnpourhome.com

Design and art need a twist

John Agelii is a Swedish graphic designer/artist. His background is in fashion advertising, but beside that job he plan to challenge the way we think of rugs.

These rugs are made of felt and communicate more directly to visitors and guests than ordinary rugs do. The use of typography and symbols let you create a dialog on the floor of your house.

Inspiration to the name John Pour Home came from a bottle of Pour Homme perfume.

H is for Home recently posted about Lundtofte:

The Danish company Lundtofte produced high quality, stainless steel pieces - predominantly kitchen & dining wares, but also some decorative household objects.

More info on H is for Home

IVANAhelsinki is an exclusive art fashion brand. It brings delicately together Slavic rough melancholity and pure Scandinavian moods.

Paola Ivana Suhonen is the artist behind the fashion pieces, starting from her dark naive mind-landscapes, northern legends and western romantics, doing prints, graphics, shortmovies and well, everything that is involved with the visuals. She runs the family-owned company with her older sister Pirjo. Every single IVANAhelsinki piece is ateljee manufactured in Finland. The whole production philosophy is based on ethical and ecological choises. There are a lot of handmade details and traditional Finnish handcraft methods are featured.

“IVANAhelsinki started as my personal art-project, now it’s a way of living to us. I could easily spend my life travelling around and go to my road trips, but it is pretty much ok to do cute, straight cotton and woollen dresses for charismatic drummer girls and girl women. They are the ones who love moonlight fields, pirates, dark forests, crummy motels, champagne state of drunkness, fragile butterflies, unstable relationships, cowboys and guardian angels. After all, I’m sure they are just after a love of their lives, just waiting to see, will he be a rockstar, a motor biker, a gnome, a cosmonaut or a sailor.”

Paola Ivana Suhonen is a Helsinki born designer and artist. Her most well known for her own art fashion brand IVANAhelsinki which has in 10 years grown to an international art brand. The essential part of IVANAhelsinki is the design clothing line. Paola Ivana has been in charge for the design and art management of this line ever since 1998 when it was established. Paola Ivana has done several alternative projects where fashion, design and modern art have been combined. “I am not fixated with certain materials just the opposite; different materials are ways and means for me to express my own, inner world. The pieces I have created are souvenirs of my soul world.

In addition to her own personal design and art projects, Paola Ivana Suhonen has done product development, graphical and concept designing for example for Head Snowboards, HP Sauce, Google, Swarovski, Coca-Cola, Canon, Amnesty International and Mori Art Center in Tokyo just to mention a few. She has designed “Saimaa” dish serie for Finnish traditional porcelain company Kermansavi and “Guardian Dog” jewellery for Kaipaus. Paola Ivana Suhonen has graduated from the University of Art and Design in Helsinki from the fashion and textile design department. Today she teaches in that very same university. In fall 2008 Paola will move to New York for a year to be more involved with her great love, the movie making.

Link: IVANAhelsinki

Pursuing a Degree in Fashion Designing It’s easier to get into the fashion industry if you have a fashion design degree. Fashion design is a wonderful and exciting job.

There are many famous fashion designers around the world, such as Giorgio Armani, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren. You can also be a famous fashion designer if you dedicate yourself to your craft.

As a fashion designer, you have several career paths to choose from. You can be a pattern maker or a designer’s assistant. Another interesting option is to make costumes for actors to wear in movies and television dramas. (more…)

Hi all lovers of Nordic Design! Personal manager of Eero Aarnio just dropped me a short note that first Eero Aarnio web shop is open. It is a very remarkable move, I rushed to visit their store and was pleased to see Eero greeting visitors of their brand new shop.

There is a lot of stuff to observe, take your time, I was impressed by The Tree, personally.

Here the link: designeeroarnio.com

CLUB 2008-02-04 Talking, Working or Brandy: Lammhults Club Brings People Together. Design: Johannes Foersom/Peter Hiort Lorenzon

Club, the new chair from Lammhults designers Johannes Foersom & Peter Hiort-Lorenzen, is a comfortable alternative to stiff, formal meeting chairs. Designed to be grouped together wherever people meet for conversation, Club provides a relaxed setting for organized or informal exchanges of ideas and information. Club comfort suits cozy reading of a book at home or waiting for an airplane in a crowded lounge.

Link: Lamhults

Reppo II Is B.A. degree work of Joonas Saaranen From Finland University of Lapland. Reppo II is an urban hardshell backpack with speakers and amplifier to spice up the party outside. It turn heads and creates unique atmosphere.

Designer’s name : Joonas Saaranen From Finland University of Lapland

Thanks Gilles from trucdesign for the tip

There are lots of interesting online designer jewelry shops around today, you can also buy replica jewelry. This jewelry is made in many different styles, so there is a lot of variety for you to choose from. Designer inspired (replica) jewelry is available in many different pieces.

The Types Of Designer Inspired Silver Jewelry Available

There are lots of different types of replica designer silver jewelry around today. You can buy watches, earrings, necklaces rings and bracelets. There are lots of different designs available for each separate type of jewelry. You can buy simple designs, to very elegant and sophisticated designs. There is a piece of replica jewelry that is right for everyone, you just have to look hard to find it. Why not rush out and buy some designer inspired jewelry which you can start wearing today. I was recently shopping with a friend who was looking for a designer-inspired engagement ring - when she found the right one, it was simply poetry!

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mettetation has added a photo to the pool:

Toys designed by Danish designer Dorthe Mailil under the brand Maileg.

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