How to build a #nest with 26 wooden sticks

12. August 2014 von schall & rauch

I counted and if I’m not mistaken, Markus Johansson uses 15 large and 11 smaller wooden sticks to make this uncomfortable-looking lounge chair called Nest. And this is how it is made: Its entirely strange, seemingly random but extremely calculated design is breath-taking and truly ingenious. And the funny thing is that I can see myself curling up comfortably in the tentacles of this wooden monster. Would you put this thing in your living room? Would it fit with the […]

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Read the signs! 2014 has more extravagant designs and insane ideas up its sleeve!

19. Dezember 2013 von schall & rauch

Oh, what a glorious year! Thanks to all our readers and followers, to those who commented and shared and liked and generally supported our efforts to bring some beauty and craziness to people’s screens and hearts! We promise, 2014 will be even more crazy and ingenious, more eccentric and innovative, more cheeky and inspired. All you need to do is: stay tuned! To show our gratitude, we made the ach & krach calendar for 2014. For you, for us, for […]

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Physics, #art and history: the Well-Tempered #Hygrometer – an #installation by Anna Kubelik

5. November 2013 von schall & rauch

Art exists within its own right. Art is not about function. Or is it? Anna Kubelik, a Berlin-based performative object and space artist seems intent on proving that it is or at least can be. Meet the Well-Tempered Hygrometer. This is not just any modern hygrometer with a digital display telling you about the relative humidity of air, so you know how to style your hair or if you should take an umbrella along, just in case. This amazing piece […]

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Suspended disbelief – How to have a bath and lie in a hammock at the same time: Vessel

25. Juni 2013 von schall & rauch

The idea of coming home to this after a long day at work: Vessel, a beautifully designed hammock slash bathtub, created by Splinter Works – bliss reduced to its essence, unobtrusive and welcoming, and nothing short of ingenious. Suspension of work due to heavy sighing…

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