Visitors fortunate sufficient to be attending this week’s Light+Creating design fair in Frankfurt will get an enlightening eyeful of David Trubridge. The New Zealand-primarily based designer will be launching two new lighting designs amidst a characteristically sumptuous booth installation anchored by a giant site-certain illuminated “tree.”Trubridge’s two new launches (pictured above) are Hush, a dome-shaped pendant light that, doubling as acoustic device, comes outfitted with sound absorbing felt panels and Belle, a gently flared shade-only creation, created to effortlessly match more than existing pendant or wall light fixtures. Each Hush and Belle are formed with signature Trubridge modules of interlocking bamboo plywood, mindfully crafted to enable for flat-pack shipping and assembly with no tools.
The new lighting offerings and a suite of new furnishings will debut at Light+Building, the world’s largest lighting fair, presented alongside a magical installation comprised of earlier David Trubridge bestsellers, like the Coral and Koura pendants, and a bespoke floor-to-ceiling tree-like canopy, painstakingly assembled and installed by the designer and his team.
Images: David Trubridge
Overlooking the Berkshire Hills and the beautiful lake located nearby, Berkshire Pond Residence is a fantastic weekend family members home completed by architect David Jay Weiner in Becket, Massachusetts. The dwelling “was conceived as a folded volumetric sheet enclosure that wraps and folds into itself to kind and define the significant interior spaces, and tie the property with the landscape.” B
The use of recyclable materials was a priority when creating the residence. Green attributes aside from the materials, consist of also a cooling technique, solar collectors to supplement the grid technique and a closed loop geothermal heating technique. The weekend retreat spreads more than 3 levels, delivering outstanding separation of the space. The ground floor is mainly used for entertainment purposes. An adjacent terrace acts as an outside space for youngsters. The initial floor comprises the social rooms, including a kitchen, a dining/ living room. Top floor accommodates the master bedroom, youngsters’s bedrooms and bathrooms.
