Magazine of Design

Magazine of Design

Magazine of Design featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Maitreya Dharma

The project is inside the Xuedou Mountain Scenic Area, in Xikou Town, Fenghua District of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, with a planned land area of 144.997 square meters. The project site used to be an abandoned quarry with an open area in front of it, with complicated topology, where the height difference between the highest point and the bottom of the abandoned quarry is about 35 meters, and a North-Ring underground railway line passes through under the quarry.

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Pure Advance Flex

Designed from the ground up, the Pure Advance Flex is an e-scooter that stands out and fits in. The product provides an unrivalled riding experience and folds small enough to enable multi-modal travel and to fit seamlessly into the lives of its riders. The Pure Advance Flex has been designed with rider experience and safety at its core. The product is ridden in a natural, forward-facing stance, with feet apart, delivering a more stable and comfortable ride compared to a traditional scooter.

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Blooming Blossom

The designer integrates five culturally significant flowers, which are lotus, peony, chrysanthemum, calla lily and magnolia, into one whole piece. Flowering period of the five different flowers alternates throughout the year, implying happiness all year round. This is a piece of transformable jewelry developed from traditional jade carving and metalworking. Hand carved natural nephrite jade and set in 18K gold with diamonds inlaid,corundum set in the centre. The flower bangle disassemble to 5 different petal pendants, a cocktail ring and a simple bangle for multiwear needs.

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272 Hedges Avenue Pedestal

The two-story pedestal base of 272 Hedges Avenue in Gold Coast, Australia, brings a human scale to the residential tower and creates a contextual connection with the surroundings. As urbanization grows, it separates humans from nature. The pedestal merges the built and natural environments, improving the area and community. Advanced design techniques and products were used by Contreras Earl Architecture to create a biologically informed and digitally engineered design. The pedestal is a unique and site-specific solution that contributes to the evolution of architecture and urban development, benefiting inhabitants and the environment.

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Liang Bai Kai

The main function of the bottle is to contain cool-down boiled water (Meaning Liang Bai Kai). What comes next is the label-less bottle contains and shares with the consumers an important part of ancient Chinese art. The inspiration is from the national treasury artwork of the Riverside Scene from Tsingming made in the Song dynasty over 1000 years ago.

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109 Pro

109 Pro is the first dynamic open-back headphone from Meze Audio, meant to represent an artistic take on high-end functionality. The chassis combines premium materials such as black walnut wood, manganese steel, zinc and velour in a comfortable, lightweight, yet highly durable design. Crafted with utmost care for sustainability, each part of this headphone can be taken apart and serviced endlessly if ever needed, which can extend the life of the product beyond limit. The 109 Pro is assembled by hand in Baia Mare, Romania.

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