Fancy driving the all aluminium Mercedes AMG Vision Gran Turismo? With magical specifications and a ‘virtual aluminium space frame body’, Mercedes say the car is ‘unrivalled in the supercar segment’. Which all sounds great except for just one minor issue:

Check out this beautiful children’s playground made from 990 pleated aluminium shingles.

  Designed by Marc Fornes of new York design studio Theverymany, each piece of aluminium was digitally prefabricated to ensure maximum strength across the whole form. Overlapping pleats create a continuous configuration, adding rigidity to the structure. Entitled “Pleated Inflation”,

Check out the world’s largest aluminium extrusion on display as arty furniture at London’s Haunch Of Venison gallery.

Commissioned by designer Thomas Heatherwick, these six mirror polished benches are made without fixtures or fittings. The pieces have a unique, dramatic form that combines… Continue reading →