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Hole-Punched Home: Odd-Angle Apertures for Light & Views

Posted: 25 Nov 2013 08:00 AM PST

hole geometrics

It looks like some kind of space/time disaster has struck this otherwise modest and minimalist house, pierced wildly with strangely-shaped voids that connect interior spaces and provide exterior illumination.

hole punched kitchen

hole spiral

hole exterior cube

In fact, from the outside this home by Yuusuke Karasawa  is all the more ordinary at first – a basic cube on all sides, surrounded with wood siding. At least it seems typical until you start to notice the slanted windows that draw your eye inside.

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hole bedroom

hole entry stairs

Between rooms, strange geometries and surprising framed views are formed both between rooms and toward the surrounding landscape. There are essentially infinite new ways to look at the home thanks to these curious visual interventions.

hole bathroom exception

hole dynamic experience

To let this effect play out in full force, most of the home is as minimal as possible in terms of shapes, materials and details. Simple wood floors give rise to white walls and ceilings, doors and stairs, all playing the role of backdrop to the otherworldly interplay of solid and void.


    

When a Chair is Not a Chair: Wacky Wall Hooks

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 02:00 PM PST

Wall Chair Hangers 1

These chairs aren’t made for sitting – they’re made for hanging your keys, coats and handbags. Industrial designer Nikos Tsoumanis creates an odd optical illusion with chairs that seem to have merged with the wall, as if it were simply constructed around them. The result is part absurdist art piece, part functional home furnishing.

Wall Chair Hangers 2

The designer reclaimed three chairs and cut them apart so the various pieces could be attached to the wall for use as hangers, dubbing his creation ‘Wairs.’

Wall Chair Hangers 3

Wall Chair Hangers 4

The chairs were cut in such a way that they protrude from the wall at different angles, making each one unique and adding to the sense that they were just sort of thrown into some wet concrete before it set. The undersides of the seats create little shelves for small items like keys and wallets.


    

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