Isabel Barros Architects – Blog

INSPIRED BY NATURE

From bees to trees.

1. TABLE

Manufacturer: Matemo

Product Name: OBI

Price Range: €169

Material: Powder coated steel.

Available to Ireland from: Fab

2. PANEL SYSTEM 

Manufacturer: Tensoforma

Product Name:TEXO®

Price Range: n/a

Material: Presstressed textile panel with aluminium extruded profile frame and a silicon elastomer positioned between the aluminium extruded profile frame and a textile membrane. Micro-perforated textiles, nets and highly translucent solid fabrics are used.

Key Facts: TEXO® consists of a aluminium extrusion frame system, which can be clad with a huge variety of solid and mesh fabric types including PTFE Glass, Silicone Glass, ETFE Film, PVC Polyester etc. An elastomeric strip attached to the fabric performs like a spring and ensures the fabric is constantly held in pre-tension whatever the environment. This results in an extremely lightweight and versatile cladding system that’s a highly cost effective alternative to traditional forms of construction.

Applications: Cladding and façades, ETFE glazed roofs and walls, Refurbishment and overclad of existing elevations, Brise Soleil, Shade Systems, Sunscreens, and Heat Gain Control, Photovoltaic (TFPV) roof and wall panels, Large format signage and branding, Large format ceiling and acoustic panels, Internal partitioning and screening, Exhibition stands and screens.

Available to Ireland from: Aura/Texoclad

3. MODULAR WINE RACK

Trademark: WineHive

Designer: John Paulick

Price Range: from €39

Material: Recycled aluminum with high-end Satin Aluminum finish.

Key Features: Eco-friendly honeycomb wine rack, with infinite add-on capability.

Available to Ireland from: Tinylightbulbs

4. ECO TRANSLUCENT RESIN PANEL

Manufacturer: Sinktal

Trademark: Ecosense

Product Name: Delicate purple.

Price Range: n/a

Material: Eco-friendly fully recyclable resin with organic elements encapsulated.

Key Features: Hard coating that improves resistance to scratching and easy maintenance. Improved fire rating and higher impact strenght to perform under high-traffic applications.

Applications: Partition walls, doors, furniture, light elements, POS (displays, shelf partitions),shop fitting systems, signs, advertising and others.

Available to Ireland from: Sinktal

5. SOFA

Trademark: Ligne Roset

Designer: Pierre Paulin

Product Name: Pumpkin – Large Settee.

Price Range: €5,176

Material: Moulded polyurethane foam with removable fabric cover.

Key Features: Covers are fully removable, being zipped in place at the junction of seat and back, and velcroed to the thermoformed base.

Available from: Ligne Roset Shop

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4 LITTLE BIRDS PITCH BY OUR DOORSTEP

It’s Spring, it’s Easter and we love it!

1. SOLAR/WIND POWERED PENDANT LAMP

Manufacturer: Ikea

Designer: David Wahl

Product Name: Solvinden

Price Range: €30.49

Key Features: No costs for electricity; the solar panel and the wind power generator convert sunlight and wind to energy. Easy to use; no cables or plugs are needed. Creates interesting light effects when it rotates in the wind. Built-in LED light source.

Available in Ireland from: Ikea

2. WALL DECAL

Product Name:Blossoming Almond Branch – Gift Birds

Price Range: €45

Material: High quality, self-adhesive and waterproof vinyl.

Key Facts: Easy to install and removable but may not be repositioned or reused once applied to your wall or surface.

Available to Ireland from: Etsy

3. PARTITION SYSTEM

Trademark: 3form

Designer: Bloomming

Product Name: Facet

Price Range: n/a

Material: Eco-resin 3D shapes, aluminium frame and stainless steel attachment elements.

Key Features: Completely modular system with endless possibilities. Easy to install with only 5 components. Light weight. Infinite and interactive. Sustainable. UV resistant and antistatic. Each Facet can be rotated 360 degrees individually or in sets to create different patterns and transparency. Innovative space dividing and window screen system with a unique sculptural design that allows you to play with interior space, shade and light with interactive elements.

Available to Ireland from: 3form

4. CHAIR

Trademark: Corque

Designer: Toni Grilo

Product Name: Vinco

Price Range: n/a

Material: Natural agglomerate cork, rubber cork and polished steel.

Key Features: “Vinco” chair offers a sophisticated feel with natural touch, providing a unique sensorial experience with cork. “Vinco” aesthetical beauty derives from the original shape created by a set of “creases” in a cork flat board. The creases in “Vinco” form a volumetric structure out of a flat one aiming economy production. Reinforcing this concept the board assembles the polished steel structure by fitting, without any glue or screws.

Available to Ireland from: Corque

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IT NATURALLY MAKES SENSE

A journey back to the roots

1. VACUUM GLAZING

Manufacturer: Pilkington

Product Name: Pilkington Spacia™

Price Range: n/a

Material: Two panes of glass where the air in between is extracted, creating a vacuum.

Key Features: It offers the thermal performance of conventional double glazing in the same thickness as single glass (6 mm). Heat flow through radiation is limited through one of the glass panes having a low-emissivity coating, similar to that used in modern conventional double glazing. Minimum disruption, can be retro-fitted into existing frames designed for single glazing. Significantly improved acoustic performance over single glazing.

Applications: Ideal for use in historic buildings, offering replacement windows more in keeping with the original design. It may even allow the use of the original frames if these are in a reasonable or repairable condition. Also suitable for other applications where the use of thinner, low-weight glazing is desirable, for example in sliding box sashes, secondary glazing, or as one pane of a triple glazed “super-window”.

Available in Ireland from: Wexford Viking Glass

2. CURVED TIMBER FLOORING

Product Name: Bolefloor

Price Range: from €105/m2

Material: Solid and engineered oak, ash, maple, cherry and walnut.

Key Facts: First industrial-scale hardwood flooring with naturally curved lengths that follow the tree’s natural growth. Each floorboard is as individual as the tree it came from. All Bolefloor products are ordinary tongue and groove (unless ordered otherwise), ready to install preferably by gluing down. A Bolefloor is as simple to install as a traditional floor.

Available in Ireland from: Elements of Wood

3. FLOWER VASE

Trademark: Black + Blum

Product Name: Flower Loop

Price Range: €30

Material: Chrome steel

Key Features: Removable water tube for easy refilling.

Available in Ireland from: Gorgeous Gifts and Interiors

4. WASHBASIN + WATERCLOSET

Manufacturer: Roca

Designer: Gabriele and Oscar Buratti

Product Name: W+W

Price Range: n/a

Key Features: Designed to maximise space and conserve water. Combines a bathroom sink with a toilet. Its refill system filters the sink’s water for reuse in the flush cistern. Incorporates Roca’s new ‘water-reuse’ technology, uses waste water from the basin to fill the WC cistern, thereby reducing water usage by up to 25% compared to a standard 6/3 litre dual-flush WC.

Available in Ireland from: Blu Bathrooms

5. INTERNAL INSULATION

Trademark: Calsitherm Climate Board

Price Range: n/a

Material: Made of calcium silicate, a micro porous mineral building material with good insulating properties: its high capillary action ensures humidity regulation and the nature of the material means that mould cannot form on its surface.

Key Features: Reduced heating costs. Increase in comfort and mould damage prevention. Allows to balance energy efficiency with breathability and damp protection whilst maintaining the characteristics of the building and preserving the facade.

Applications: Building restoration, historical monuments, public buildings (schools, churches, museums), new construction. Interior only.

Available in Ireland from: Ecological Building Systems

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SIMPLY ABOUT LOVE

Bold, curvy, colourful and stylish

1. WALL STICKERS

Product Name: Eyes Wall Stickers

Price Range: €42

Material: High grade matte finish vinyl.

Key Features: Easy to apply and remove, leaving no residue behind. Lasts up to 5 years outdoors and even longer if applied indoors.

Available to Ireland from: Zazous

2. WORD WALL ART

Artist: Jaina Minton

Name: Word Wall Art – Love

Price Range: €57

Material: One off piece made using newspaper and card.

Available to Ireland from: Etsy

3. LIGHT BULB

Trademark: Plumen

Product Name: Plumen

Price Range: €30

Key Facts:Lifetime of 8 years. 11 Watt. 680 Lumen. Non-Dimmable. Available with Bayonet fitting and screw fitting.

Available in Ireland from: Designist

4. BENCH

Trademark: Kundalini

Designer: Brodie Neill

Product Name: E-turn

Material: Lacquered fibreglass.

Price Range: €2,925

Key Features: Handmade.

Available to Ireland from: Panik Design

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EMBELLISH YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS

You still have 12 months to achieve them

1. GLASS STAIR TREADS

Manufacturer: Thinkglass Inc.

Price Range: n/a

Material: Glass.

Key Facts: A pure, rich and thick glass edge that surpasses the look of traditional laminated edge with plastic lines. An anti-skid surface with a vast array of organic textures. Glass thickness possibilities ranging from 36mm to 96mm with an exceptional edge. Available with LED’s to illuminate the tread.

Available from: Thinkglass Inc.

2. WIRELESS WALL SWITCH 

Manufacturer: Frostdale Co., Ltd.

Name: Nanogrid™ FDN2000 series – Wireless, wall-mounted light switch 1 – 4 button models (FDN2100 – 2400)

Price Range: from €40

Key Facts: Easy to install in both existing homes and new constructions, and don’t require remodeling work. Convenient and intuitive controls allow the user to quickly power down unoccupied areas in any home or office and eliminate the need to search for lights and appliances that have been left on. Helps users to estimate costs for specific devices and lighting fixtures. Complete access to the network via the web and smartphone controls. The nanogrid™ system requires the Cube Controller. The Cube controller is the central hub of the nanogrid™ system and it can support up to 20 devices.

Available from: Frostdale Co., Ltd.

3. BATHROOM FURNITURE

Trademark: Sonia

Product Name: Songe

Price Range: n/a

Key Features: Rounded corners and a small integrated handle on the drawer keep the look minimal. Countertop and vanity body can be selected in contrasting colours, or the same colour.

Available in Ireland from: Blu Bathrooms

4. WALL TILE

Manufacturer: KUTAHYA Seramik

Series Name: Versatile Axis

Product Name: Axis Marine Glossy

Price Range: n/a

Key Features: the tiles are three-dimensional and structural elements which can be combined on a wall to create incisive motifs. The play of light on the Versatile tiles gives rooms an impressive depth.

Available to Ireland from: KUTAHYA Seramik

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ADD SOME SPARKLE

Let your days be merry and bright

1. DIGITAL DISPLAY

Manufacturer: SmartSlab Ltd

Price Range: Approx. €4,000 per square metre.

Material: Combines honeycomb aerospace technology with LEDs. The display surfaces are made of clear polycarbonate.

Key Facts: SmartSlab is a display solution for medium to large scale media applications. SmartSlab can be used anywhere you want to have a video display. SmartSlab displays are provided as tiles that easily hook into position. The SmartSlab tiles are connected together in just a few minutes using standard Ethernet cables. SmartSlab can be configured into seating, cubes, zig-zags and endless 3D forms. The final component is a media server software, which runs on a PC/Mac. This server allows SmartSlab displays to run media from any source that you can imagine: DVD, HDTV, DVI, satellite, web broadband, etc. It can also interact with people or devices such as mobile phones.

Applications: Walls, floors, ceilings, indoor and outdoor. SmartSlab is ideal for application in Architecture, Design, Sports, Events, Retail and Branding.

Available from: SmartSlab

2. PENDANT LAMP

Designer: IKEA of Sweden

Name: STRÅLA Pendant lamp

Price Range: €12.99

Material: Bleached chlorine-free paper.

Key Features: The light shines through the paper and gives a soft, cosy glow.

Available in Ireland from: IKEA

3. SHELVING SYSTEM

Trademark: Magis

Designer: Zaha Hadid

Product Name: Tide

Price Range: €140 per module

Material: Standard injection moulded glossy ABS.

Key Features: The symmetric shelving module allows to create different compositions through various rotations on itself. It allows individuals to build and rebuild the module to fit the space around them, adjusting the components according to their needs.

Available to Ireland from: Panik

4. HEAT PUMP

Manufacturer: NEURA

Product Name: Neura NDX

Price Range: n/a

Key Facts: Smallest of laying surface necessary. Plug & Heat system (ready to use, easy to install). Coolant circulates directly in the surface collectors and absorbs the energy (direct evaporation); by doing so additional components such as heat exchanger and brine re-circulation pump are unnecessary, which means increased operational reliability and improvement in efficiency of approx. 20%. Infinitely variable electronic speed control (PCS technology). WEB DIALOG ® capable, you can control and monitor the heat pump regardless of location or time.

Available in Ireland from: Eco Heat Ltd. 

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ENLIGHT THE SPIRIT

Christmas is almost here.

 1. TIMBER SHUTTERS

Manufacturer: Lusaflex

Price Range: n/a

Material: Premium quality kiln dried solid basswood.

Available in Ireland from: Carlow Curtain Centre

2. LED SINK FAUCET

Name: Color Changing LED Waterfall Bathroom Sink Faucet

Price Range: €52.20

Material: Brass with chrome finish and glass.

Key Features: Built-in LED light. LED color changes with water temperature.

Available to Ireland from: Lightinthebox.com

3. TABLECLOTH

Manufacturer: LumiGram

Product Name: L08 – Luminous Fiber Optics Tablecloth

Price Range: €279

Material: Made of fiber optics fabric (Luminex® patented material), with assorted cotton borders.

Key Features: Emits a colored light along the full length of the fibers. The tablecloth can be handwashed with natural soap. The tablecloth is powered by a mains adaptor 110/220Vac.

Available to Ireland from: LumiGram

4. HERRINGBONE TIMBER FLOOR

Product Name: American Prime White Oak Herringbone

Price Range: n/a

Collection: Parquet.

Available in Ireland from: Trunk Flooring

5. CHAIR

Manufacturer: Calligaris

Designer: Stefano Cavazzana

Product Name: CS/1054-LH S Deja vu leather

Price Range: €450

Material: Solid wood and leather.

Available in Ireland from: Kube

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