+ Video artist Don Relyea has a new generative video project on his website called Generative Flowers II. "Basically the program generates really colorful video by running color fills through animated grayscale masks of flowers then applying video feedback. The color fills and certain portions of the animation are unpredictable.". Watch the video here (scroll down).

Manami Okawa's re-materialisation table made of recycled paper, Kuniko Maeda's Table Manners decorative toaster, Kieren Jones' Flat Pack Re-arranged ...

+ Lego architect/artist Mike Labelle now has a tongue-in-cheek real estate video for Marina City on YouTube.

StauffacherBenz explores “chair as a second skin” with Be your own chair… , where the “wearer [is] fused physically and psychologically, breaking up the borders between human being, furniture and space. “. Be the chair is a project, their serious portfolio, on their website, includes some nice work; Bally Bold bags, Candeletta light and kitchen Tools to name a few…

+ stauffacherbenz.ch

Designer Julian Mayor was showing his Clone chair. Clone is an ornate Queen Anne side chair with a difference, it’s a laser-cut plywood design that uses vertical layers, side by side, contour-like to form the chair.

+ julianmayor.com

Rainer Mutsch sends us Crash! “bringing the chaos back to your tidy living room... [it’s] easy to assemble and disassemble without any tools - each panel slots and interlocks into the others.”. It’s on display at Designblok in Prague until October 8.

+ rainermutsch.net

Today's MoCo picks.

+ Good Design Awards 2006 awarded. Above; TokyoHouse by commdesign and Pioneer’s Power Line Sound System. Via jeansnow.net.

+ Cool kids spaces @ Cool Hunter, "...design does not have to be limited to spaces used by adults as we see with these three unique areas designed to enhance places of learning.". Schools you want to go to.

+ Byro Lights' Lehva light designed by Jukka Korpihete and Ilmari Issakainen. "Byro give form to the light itself by creating exciting shadows.". Via guest blogger Frida @ design*sponge.

+ designboom goes to Habitat Valencia. "Spain's largest design fair, the fair comprises the International Furniture Fair of Valencia (FIM), the International Decoration and Accessories Fair (DE>CO), and the International Fair of Lighting Fixtures (FIAM).".

+ Inhabitat interviews Michelle Kaufmann. "Michelle has a very deep knowledge of the principles and practices that underlie the green building revolution, and a profound commitment to making green living accessible.". Michelle confirms my theory, that green is a feature, not a product, and when seamlessly integrated at a competitive price most people will buy green.

+ Archidose features "ten of the 22 projects selected in this year's American Architecture Awards program for 2006". Featuring the Eastern Market Rowhouse by David Jameson Architect, Gardner 1050 Project by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects and Streeter House by Salmela Architect.

Designers Samanta Snidaro and Andrea Fino have a built prototype of Soft Pipe, their pipe-shaped chaise lounge. It’s actually an iron pipe covered with polyurethane and soft leather.

+ sandbirch.com

German accessories maker roomsafari was showing its leanon coatrack, made to lean on any wall, as well as triangle, a hanger for leanon, and dandy floor lamp. After the jump, railway fruit & vegetable rack, bruce trivet and unidentified light tables.

+ roomsafari.com

Introducing the process of ‘fluting’. Farm Designs was showing a screen designed by Giles Miller that demonstrated “the idea of alternating the angle of the corrugation in cardboard to produce different shades and create decorative patterns in the surfaces of these three dimensional structures.”. Farm was also showing Chairs-in-Chairs and Table Lamp by Guy Brown. The chairs “were based around the smallest size a chair could be whilst still retaining its function to seat an adult.”. The Table Lamp “uses the process of extrusion to allow it to function as a reading light[!]”. See the chairs and table after the jump.

+ farmdesigns.co.uk

Today's MoCo submissions.

+ Designer Laurent Massaloux has updated his website. That's his ExoFly pendant light above.

+ salaD's Che mangino brioche table and floor lamp "blends rococo opulence with digital austerity.". More here.

+ The Dyson Airblade is twice as fast and uses 83% less energy that traditional hand dryers. It "forces unheated air through a 0.3mm gap along its entire 230mm width at over 400 miles per hour, to create a high velocity sheet of air that wipes hands dry in just 10 seconds.". Thanks Chris!

+ Thomas Walde's Schlafstelle Beta (a place to sleep named beta) is the beach house I can afford.

Designer Marina Bautier’s solid Oak Portemanteau (coatrack in french) is not only for coats, it can also hold your mail, there’s a slot behind the hooks for it. For the crafty set, her Sewingworkshop is a mod take on the ubiquitous and anonymous sewing desk, in fact it’s inside-out, what is normally hidden away is out in the open. Thread spools are hung on the side of the desk and a ruler is inlaid on the top edge. When not in use, slide the drawer and spools back under the desk.

+ lamaisondemarina.com