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Druida barbecue by mermeladaestudio.

Aug 16, 2012

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At this point in the summer you’ve probably been to or hosted your fair share of barbecues. If you’re not a grill master yet – or even if you are – any backyard burger would benefit from Mermeladaestudio‘s breathtaking Druida barbecue. The acajou wood tripod legs and spun steel bowl, shown here in classic midcentury mint, will not only beautify your outdoor space, the stainless steel geometric patterned grill top will gussy up your grub, too. The “waterjet-cut crisscrossing grid” will also precent your precious brats from rolling through the grill and down into the charcoal.

Mermeladaestudio named Druida after the wide half bowl-shaped cauldrons that the druids apparently used for their summer soirees. “It shows elegance and its aesthetics are planned as if it was a piece of furniture,” the designers said. Druida is a prototype, but Mermeladaestudio is currently working with a manufacturer to produce a commercial model.

See the other pieces in their spectacular outdoor collection.

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Vieques, by patricia urquiola.

Apr 5, 2012

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Patricia Urquiola‘s Vieques collection isn’t her first line of furniture for Spanish retailer Kettal. Her Maia collection, an outdoor series, won the AD Architectural Design Award in 2008. With Vieques, Urquiola continues to pursue her interest in combining new technology with traditional craftsmanship.

“I like finding the most suitable material for each project,” Urquiola says. “Working on technologically developed materials using craft techniques, or using an industrial process on a material from the past.” For Vieques she strove to “maintain the lateral aluminum double moulding, but with a seat and back similar to taut netting, a soft and pleasant grid, in three dimensions, which we have achieved after two years of research.”

Yes, you read that correctly. Urquiola spent two years researching and developing a totally new, revolutionary 3D fabric called Nico d’Ape, available in a rainbow of colors for the Vieques indoor/outdoor collection.

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