Elle Effe Elle

by Alice | Sep 8, 2014

Elle Effe Elle

An “exchange” open-air bookcase with a particular shape, the one of a spaceship, designed for children with the aim of encouraging the habit of reading.

Project in collaboration with: Officina Idee, Traiettorie Instabili, Comune di Villa di Serio
Year: 2014
Site: Villa di Serio

Elle Effe Elle is the LFL project: “Little Free Library, take a book, leave a book!” which aims to encourage children to read more often and more willingly. A project that stems from a need, the one of Villa di Serio’s Preschool, which involved Traiettorie Instabili, a very active cultural association within the community and Officina Idee studio for the design part. The aim was to make the object attractive to the target, for this reason the two architects Giovanni and Paolo dedicated themselves mainly to selecting that element of childhood fantasy that could be closest to them and they established that a small spaceship could be the winning solution. And so Elle Effe Elle was born, it is consisting of a central cylindrical part that contains the shaped shelf on which the books are placed and in support of the telescopic steel legs. The circular shape minimizes the presence of edges and being forced to slip under the shell to grasp its contents, increases the curiosity of the little ones. The spaceship is equipped with a transparent cover which, in addition to bringing natural light inside the passenger compartment, makes those who enter and look up towards the sky feel just as if they were in a real spaceship. Elle Effe Elle is also a rhyming book for children, conceived and created by Alice Tebaldi, which tells the story of two nice aliens, Bi and Ci and at the same time explains in a simple and fun way what is the purpose of the spaceship and how to use it. Modulor took care of the realization of all that was the wooden and metal furniture part of the steel telescopic legs.

Elle Effe Elle

An “exchange” open-air bookcase with a particular shape, the one of a spaceship, designed for children with the aim of encouraging the habit of reading.

Project in collaboration with: Officina Idee, Traiettorie Instabili, Comune di Villa di Serio
Year: 2014
Site: Villa di Serio

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Luxury details for an industrial space

by Alice | Jun 8, 2014

Luxury details for an industrial space

A refined combination of luxury finishes and industrial style furnishings give life to suggestive rooms with a modern taste.

Project: CLS Architects
Year: 2014
Site: Alba

Industrial style is reinterpreted in this CLS Architects project with an attention to details and luxury finishes. This is how the kitchen adorns its steel doors with shaped handles and a light veined marble covers the countertop. Equipped with every comfort ranging from a large ceramic hob to a large recessed oven, it underlines its preciousness with a built-in sink in material continuity with the kitchen top.

The living area is also enriched with velvet furnishings and tables with golden finishes that contrast the back wall with exposed bricks and walled mullioned windows. A calibrated juxtaposition between two opposite styles that define the characterizing sign of this apartment.
Full-height bookcase adorn the walls of the living area with frescoed ceilings and classic profiles of the false ceiling, with a white leather sofa placed in the center.

The bathroom sees an explosion of luxury style with veined white marble that invade walls and floors. A large shower placed on the corner gives lightness to the room with glass surfaces and a mirroring stainless steel profile. The latter also covers the service cabinet with irregular slabs that give the room breath and brightness. Even the walk-in closet does not give up preciousness in the finishes with burnished brass handles that enrich the doors in matt lacquered MDF. An important chandelier caught attention by enhancing the ceiling frescoes.

Luxury details for an industrial space

A refined combination of luxury finishes and industrial style furnishings give life to suggestive rooms with a modern taste.

Project: CLS Architects
Year: 2014
Site: Alba

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Industrial interior with a touch of colour

by Alice | May 8, 2014

Industrial interior with a touch of colour

A contemporary industrial style apartment with essential lines and a touch of colour. A vivid personality that alternates elements with rough finishes with decisive colours combinations.

Project: CLS Architects
Year: 2014
Site: Alba

The meeting of different styles balances the interior of this private apartment where colour becomes the stylistic firm.
Between modern furniture and industrial finishes, an almost scenographic project of the CLS Architects studio comes to life. The living room looks like a very large environmnt with high ceilings, on the bottom of which took place the dining table enriched by an important modern chandelier. On the side wall we can find large windows, which provide natural lighting and a very delicate and essential staircase leading to the sleeping area.

On the front, full-height elements recalling the uniform black floor for finishes and colours. A sort of visual continuity only interrupted by the carpet with contemporary graphics and an important mustard-coloured sofa with a rounded shape. The black waxed iron wall library has horizontal shelves in a wooden finish that refers to the typically modern furnishings such as the coffee table and armchairs in the study with colored padding. Even in this second room, the linear profiles of the bookcases visually fill the high ceilings walls. At the center, a modern coffee table revisited in an industrial key with the addition of important wheels.

The kitchen also shows this stylistic alternation in which the industrial style is certainly the common thread. The central island with metallic coatings has all the equipment for cooking and preparing meals. On the top a design extractor fan with dynamic shapes. The remaining part, even though it displays a stainless countertop with back surface and closing abutment of the same material, introduces lower wall units and container volumes in white matt lacquer. A contemporary style that gives further brightness. To characterize the surrounding environment, an icon of modern design: the Eames Lounge Chair. On the back, a rustic metal sliding door accompanies an important natural wood table and a suspended sideboard in warm tones.

Industrial interior with a touch of colour

A contemporary industrial style apartment with essential lines and a touch of colour. A vivid personality that alternates elements with rough finishes with decisive colours combinations.

Project: CLS Architects
Year: 2014
Site: Alba

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Space Branch

by Alice | Apr 8, 2014

Space Branch ambientati

Space Branch / Rami Spaziali

Rami spaziali che ricordano i videogiochi anni ’80 con le loro geometrie squadrate. Space Branch sono mensole modulari componibili.

Progetto: Alice Tebaldi
Anno: 2014

The shelves of the house are an indispensable element for the support of books, objects and ornaments. They are usually simple, linear and adapt to the style of the environment with discretion, without attracting too much attention. If instead they were an element that lives its own life, with a defined characteristic and a repeatable geometric pattern based on the available spaces, wouldn’t they be intriguing? From this idea, the Space Branch project, the name for their shape reminiscent of a bare branch carried inside a 90s video game. Elements characterized by a module with different lengths and inclinations, composable with other modules positioned in the same direction, staggered or rotated 180°. The shorter shelves can be used as “pocket trays” for keys, remote controls, small objects, while the longer ones for books, DVDs or knick-knacks. The more space available, the more combinations can vary creatively. These Space Branches are made of MDF lacquered with orange polyurethane paint, but the coloring can be customized. They are then fixed to the wall with invisible shelves.

Space Branch

Space branches reminiscent of 80’s video games with their square geometries. Space Branch are a modular shelving system.

Project: Alice Tebaldi
Year: 2014

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Salt & Pepper

by Alice | Apr 8, 2014

Sale e Pepe

Pouf containers for children’s games made with recycled paint cans and a soft padding on the closure.

Project: Alice Tebaldi
Year: 2014

Can the seats also be functional for the optimization and organization of the spaces in a house? Yes, of course. They can become a containment element if the space under the seat is closed and its interior is used. Hence the concept of Salt and Pepper: two poufs that, as well as functional, are interesting for the reuse of their materials, which have received a new life. The bases of the seats are in fact two cans of sterilized paint then externally powder coated in black and white. The handles of the cans are also mantained, for a more convenient transport of the elements inside the house. The seat instead, soft and comfortable, is made of a multilayer padded with eco-leather and worked with capitonnée buttons. In this case, elements that can be intended for a target of any age have been specifically customized for children and for be used in their bedroom or in the living area. For this reason, a graphic design has been given to the cans: two funny faces, one with curly hair and one with straight ones and two words “salt” and “pepper” that can be combined with their chromatic characteristics, have been designed, laser cut on adhesive and then applied over the entire width. Also combinable in the dining area with the nice Omelette table, they can be the right “condiment”.

Salt & Pepper

Pouf containers for children’s games made with recycled paint cans and a soft padding on the closure.

Project: Alice Tebaldi
Year: 2014

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