AlgaTime
Product DesignAlgae have been powering life for billions of years. Now is the time to let the power your watch too AlgaTime is a revolutionary wristwatch that utilises living algae as
Agro-eco-landscape with a triangular house
ArchitectureAgro-eco-landscape means that food will be grown in a way that supports ecosystem health, while the landscape is designed to foster one's healing through merging with nature. The house supports
Agro-eco-landscape and a long house on the island of Silba
ArchitectureOn a waterless island, this house collects enough water for its own needs, while channeling biologically purified wastewater to the garden . We wanted to rely on natural resources on
A flat in Paris with a double nest
Interior DesignCan a couple retire to Montmartre and feel their 36 m.sq. flat as if it were a villa? We created a double nest for them to try and make it
TILTY toy-table
Product DesignTilty, a toy-table labyrinth is a combination of a piece of furniture and a motor-skill toy. The table combines the ancient concept of a labyrinth with the traditional lace patterns
Perfektfutur notebooks
Product DesignNotebooks you could make yourself explore the relationship between the human-caused ecological crisis and our perception of beauty, order and perfection. “Veljko Armano Linta has devised notebooks in which, as
365-newspaper chair
Product DesignAn easy chair made of 365 newspapers (without glue!) shows the passage of time, as counted by a simple everyday object that is itself a record of time. “Ana Armano
NIT - didactic board
Product DesignNIT facilitates artistic expression by means of a woollen thread that is woven around nails to create abstract images. On the other hand, the NIT board is a didactic game
Ecovillage and alternate realities
ArchitectureThe masterplan for an eco-community of about thirty people. How can we combine the properties of the land with different life scenarios? We analysed the natural and social conditions of
Cambridge: adopting the university
Interior DesignA new department building. How can design help us feel creativity, collaboration and relaxedness while we’re in it? At the invitation of a professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering
Balcony tapchan
Product DesignHow did we turn the concrete “bathtub”, i.e. our balcony, into a pleasant place for relaxing and socialising? The presence of trees, a pleasant view, sunshine from the south and
Armano Linta home and studio
Interior DesignInstead of a living room, bedroom, office etc., we have a big lively room and a small quiet room. Two complementary atmospheres, instead of predetermined uses – that’s what we
A very simple apartment
Interior DesignThis micro apartment (18m2 + gallery bed) came out of a complete renovation, with simplicity as the key word. Due to finances and worldviews, the initial agreement with the client
Croatian honey jars
Product DesignBesides quality, nothing would make Croatian honey more recognisable than a jar in the shape of a cube - the standard Croatian symbol. The cube is made of two elements:
A rural house for guests and workshops
Interior DesignFrom a vacant rural house to a lively place for guests and organising workshops: Using floor plans to explore possibilities. There is an increasing number of big vacant masonry-built houses
Merry Christmas Knežija!
Interior DesignWe gave a Christmas gift to Knežija, the neighbourhood where we live and work. It is a socialist modernist neighbourhood: A lot of greenery, ample space between buildings, and a
A teacher's desk
Product DesignA desk gifted by a fourth-grade class to their teacher as a way to say goodbye. Designed and hand-made by Armano Linta. How can each student build their unique contribution
OPIP & SHUM
Product DesignOPIP and SHUM are tactile and auditory variants of the memory game. The experience of OPIP and SHUM begins by delving into contact with nature: By taking 16 wooden tiles
A delicate cabin renovation
Interior DesignHow can we turn a cabin into a temporary dwelling without making it a cottage? We joined architecture, interior design and product design in the search for a solution. We
Withinwood Candle Holders
Product DesignSometimes attention is all we need... ...to recognise what we can borrow without too much to do, take by force or waste. Knowing all the time that it will return
School campus in India
ArchitectureA school campus in India with 25,000 m2 of buildings and a 15 ha landscape, adapted to the tropical climate by using nature-based solutions. Unfortunately, when the state of Andra
"LED Willow Tree" light sculpture
Product DesignThis interactive LED willow tree translates movement into light. When still, only the tips of the flexible falling threads are lit. When moved by wind, the micro-turbines in the trunk
"Ab Ovo" coffee tables
Product DesignWhat happens when we choose and combine our sensory experiences ourselves, every day, from the beginning, ab ovo? Senses are the primary way in which humans experience the world. They
Tranquilic coffee tables
Product DesignWhen geometry creates wonders... The main idea of this 2d-3d puzzle coffee table is to make a table from one board, with one cut and almost no waste. This creates
Row houses in Tartu, Estonia
ArchitectureHow does one design a row house that provides the inhabitants with both privacy and the opportunity to socialise? How does one fuse open-air and indoor living? How does one
Play and Learn Set
Product DesignThis multifunctional didactic set is a good support for teaching, physical activities and play. It inspires teachers and students to come up with new ways of using it. The Play
Prefabricated wooden "House with a little house" in Gorski kotar
ArchitectureThe mountain view was so strong that it pulled the window out of the wall and turned it into a little house between the fireplace and infinity, in a poetic
Log house in Smrečje, Gorski kotar
ArchitectureFrom the street, a very ordinary log house. From the garden: a peculiar cascading roof. What is not as it seems? Many a thing… This house is designed as a
"Tree Gallery" pavilion
ArchitectureNowadays life is often full of haste and hurry. There are no gradual transitions between spaces, moments, and our activities. That is why this design consists of one gradual transition.
Student centre in Rijeka - conversion of the "Hartera" factory
ArchitectureBeside the sea: the city of Rijeka, in Rijeka: the river Rječina, beside Rječina: a factory, in the factory: emptiness. Beautiful emptiness we are going to fill with life. "Hartera",
"Table Yourself" coffee tables
Product DesignYou have a board of some material or other, and would like to turn it into a little table as simply as possible, with as little waste as possible, and
Stilt house for flood-prone areas
ArchitectureBelieve it or not, the best thing to do with high approaching flood water is, generally, to let it pass through the house. But it cannot be just any house.
Urban furniture for Tvrđa, Osijek
Product DesignNew life can sprout from ruins. We wanted to permanently capture the moment of sprouting in the urban space of Osijek's Tvrđa. The competition for the urban furniture in Tvrđa
House for J. S. Bach
ArchitectureTo listen to Bach's music and to view the world through a caleidoscope: Everything keeps changing and there is a regularity in everything. Entry published at: http://icarch.us/bach/linta_veljko The house for
Chair
Product DesignTo become aware of the movement we perform thousands of times and to condense it into solid form. The relationship between sitting down and being seated is the main trait