Design collective OKAY Studio: Under The Same Roof at DESIGNWS.COM, "the first curated exhibition of the group".
This week's picks:
+ London Design Week: From now to eternity video at Designguide.TV. "Arts Co has commissioned 8 contemporary designers to think about recycling and using plastic in their creations."

+ Vienna Design Week 2008: Carpetplots at Cool Hunting, "Reinterpreting the carpet as canvas, Carpetplots is a series of six limited editions each by a different Austrian designer.".

+ Vienna Design Week 2008 Highlights at Core77, via Pure Austrian Design.

+ DESIGNBLOK'08 Report: Polish Design in Prague at Designeast.eu, where the theme was "able to be easily carried or moved ... capable of being transferred or adapted". Above, Joanna Opalska's multifunctional ceramic picture/ puzzle.

+ Sebastian Bergne's Faces object and photo frames for Authentics, "keepsake containers which are designed to recognize the importance of objects as souvenirs.". At designboom.

+ Oormerk's Replex table, a long dining table created from pieces of old furniture that are disassembled, glued together and then cut in sections. At designboom.

+ Alexander Lotersztain's X-System shelving system for Planex, a "modular system [that] features X-shaped pillars that slot into rails on the shelves, and only requires an Allen key for assembly."

+ Artesania de Catalunya's Oficis Singulars, contemporary ceramics exemplified by Gerard Moline and Guillem Ferran's work. Via pan-dan.

+ Alessi's second collection of Orientales animated tableware featuring "A toothpick holder that becomes a spiny animal and salt and pepper shakers disguised as trees". Via Josh Spear.

+ New kitchen designs by Marco Gorini at Stratocucine; the Eclettica, Non Plus Ultra, and Kubista. Via Trendir.






