Ryuji Nakamura

1. Ribbon designed by mina perhonen /Living design gallery Nov 2008 /photo: ryuji nakamura
2. Jin's garden square nagoya-osu /Osu naka-ku nagoya aichi Dec 2007 /photo: daici ano
3. Aurora, fabric vip room for restaurant /Matsumoto nagano 2007 /photo: ryuji nakamura
4. Nami paper chair /Prismic gallery /Nov 2006 /photo: ryuji nakamura

Ryuji Nakamura is a Japanese architect, founder of the architects studio of the same name.
http://www.ryujinakamura.com/

Laura Splan

http://www.laurasplan.com/
Untitled (Hair) 2008. Artificial hair, cart.

—My work explores perceptions of beauty and horror, comfort and discomfort. I use anatomical and medical imagery as a point of departure to explore these dualities and our ambivalence towards the human body. This juxtaposition creates a response that fluctuates between seduction and repulsion, comfort and alienation.— Laura Splan is a New York based mixed media artist. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of California, Irvine where she originally studied Biological Sciences. She received her Master of Fine Art in Sculpture from Mills College in Oakland, CA.

Studio OOOms

http://www.oooms.nl/

"We design products, small or big, for ourselves and for others. We focus on high quality and originality." Studio OOOMS is run by Guido Ooms and Karin van Lieshout. Guido Ooms (’74) graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2000. After working as a freelance designer at different companies he started his own studio. Next to running the studio he also teaches design at the School of Arts in Utrecht. Karin van Lieshout (’74) graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2001. She has a degree in teaching (BIK, professional artist in class) and worked in various design collectives before she joined forces with Guido.

Elle Interiör

http://www.elleinterior.se/
Swedish magazine for Interior Design.