Keep your butter fresh and in a total state of zen thanks to this playful porcelain dish in the guise of a joyful Siddhartha.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Buddha dish
Keep your butter fresh and in a total state of zen thanks to this playful porcelain dish in the guise of a joyful Siddhartha.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Shrimp Armchair
The name of this piece — Shrimp Armchair, designed by Jehs+Laub for Cor — is quite fitting for its aesthetic. Looking as though it belongs twenty years into the future, this armchair envelops your body as you sit in its sleek, curving cushions.
The plywood is bent into a peculiar shape, molded into its final form due to the slight gaps in between each flap. Overall, I am mesmerized by Shrimp Armchair’s reductionism. Its elegant form is smooth, continuous, and flowing. Although several materials were used in its production, each provide an unobtrusive addition to the chair’s characteristic. The leather looks as though it sinks directly into the plywood, while the entire structure sits a top a beautifully minimal four-pronged support.
I can’t help but notice the fact that the Shrimp Armchair resembles one of my favorite mid-century works of art: the Eames’ Lounge. Much of the same materials are being used as the classic, but the designers “redesigned” the piece with flair and refinement.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Fatboy Knapsack
I am totally loving this Fatboy Knapsack. I must get one! Summer picnics anyone? Ou o pacote pronto para os camelôs fugindo do choque de ordem??
Miniature paper model
Ryuji Nakamura created this miniature paper model house to sit ontop of his iMac, in front of the iSight webcam. It transforms a webcam view into something straight of out of Alice in Wonderland. How can this not make you smile?
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Ninetonine
Ninetonine is a Spanish design company that makes furniture for babies and children with a clean, modern spin. From cots and changing tables to tables and stools, all of their pieces are made in Europe from woods from sustainable forests.
The positive posters
Bisgràfic studio came up with an idea to join positivity and design with The Positive Posters. The project is a series of downloadable designs using Helvetica on a grid to include an optimistic phrase or saying that evokes a smile. They are available for download on thepositiveposters.com — and there are even iPhone and iPad wallpapers. Go positivity!
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Paper Dresses by Isabelle de Borchgrave
These amazingly beautiful period piece paper dresses are handmade by Belgian artist Isabelle de Borchgrave. Working in collaboration with costume historians and fashion desingers Isabelle crafts the dresses from rag paper and paints them. A collection of her work is now on view at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco thru June 5.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Sealed Chair
Designer François Dumas of the Netherlands presented this collection of chairs made from bent plastic rods as part of [D3] Design Talents at imm cologne in Germany. Called Sealed Chair, the design is made by heating plastic rods to make them flexible then setting in wooden moulds – much like the production of bent wood furniture.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Formia Design is turning your children's art into jewelry
Working with all types of metals [sterling silver, gold, stainless steel, etc], she expertly transforms two dimensional drawings into metal versions of the same.
She can create them as either positive or negative [outlines] pieces and is able to reproduce anything from stick figures to even the most enigmatic representation of a child's imagination.
Amazing Pantone Cookies
Treasury Table
Every now and then I come across a piece of furniture that makes my heart beat a little faster. It just happend now, when I discovered the Treasury Table over on bltd. What a brilliant concept. It combines my love for ‘organizing things into boxes’ and minimal, clean design. A total winner in my book!
Unusual Benches
Gone are the days when benches use to be simple horizontal and vertical planks of wood stuck together. With the modernization at its best, we are presenting the most unusual benches that can be decorative and useful at the same time.
1. Spaghetti bench
Pablo Reinoso has created this bench being partly a normal bench and partly spaghetti. This pretty bench can easily be placed in any nook and corner of a living room. Because of it sleek design, this bench can be well teamed with any kind of decor. (Via)
2.Tennis Ball Benches
You may have thought tennis balls were just for tennis - but creative Dutch designer Tejo Remy has found another use for the bright yellow bouncy felt-and-rubber balls. These benches are well suited for your garden and outdoor décor. Via
3.Newspaper Bench
The “334” bench is made of 3 parallel bars of metal and 334 newspapers folded and stacked next to each other. The challenge of that series is to recycle a product, but also to design furniture without using any screw, glue, soldering, etc. This unique design can easily be placed in your study room or in the living room, which will give a newer-looking feel to the room.
4.Billboards bench
Wondering how can one sit on a billboard? A Serbian designer named Relja Perunović has made it a reality; he has designed a multipurpose billboard that can easily be used as a bench. With the comfort of sitting, this brilliant design solves the purpose of urban advertising. A section displaying ads and service announcements can be revolved downward in its frame to right away transform the small billboard into public seating. Via
5.LED benches
German manufacturer, Runge has released the Light Bench. Sitting on this bench is like having a rainbow explode underneath your buttocks, and believe me, it is as good as it sounds. These benches use LED lighting to illuminate the surrounding area with a selection of non-natural colors that would be neat at first, but get old really quick. Via
6.Keyboard bench
The Wolfgang keyboard bench is made up of 2,000 keys embedded into a layered Baltic birch wood. Each key is pressable and actually makes a clicking sound when pressed. The tactile effect of the bench also makes a playful interaction with the bench because you engage with the piece of furniture in a very up close and intimate manner while pressing in the keys. Via
7.Nail bench
The artist Jay-Hyo Lee creates beautiful and pleasing benches from old nails that are hammered into the surface of natural wood. These nails are then bent to create patterns that evoke the ripples of water or currents of air. Once the hammering and designing job is complete, the artist grinds the nails, exposing raw silver metal to make sure that not even one nail is in a wrong position. Via
8.Pencil Bench
Ever tried sitting on a pencil? Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? But this craziness has come to a reality. Here is the seat that is made up of pencils! The seat is made up of 1,600 pencils which are individually sprung. Each pencil can be removed and used. Design by Boex 3D Creative. Via
9.Bamboo bench
Want to feel the touch of jungle and wish you could have a corner in your house that could replicate a jungle? Israeli designer Gal Ben-Arav has created a bench using raw bamboo and cast aluminum.
The bench was created as a final project at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Via
10.Letter bench
And you thought letter is just to read! The unique design of the letter bench by Boex was designed for an entrance of a hospital in Bristol, England. But because of the uniqueness of the design is being used for the house décor as well.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Mestia Airport
Berlin architects J. Mayer H. have completed this airport building in the medieval mountain town of Mestia, Georgia. The building comprises two branches that curve up towards the sky and serves the local ski resort.
The new built airport is part of Georgia’s ambitious plans to develop tourism in Mestia. The beautiful medieval town with its stone defensive towers is part of UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites and also famous as ski-resort. With the unveiling of the airport on December 24th the building was designed and constructed within 3 months.
Forest Spoon
Japanese designers Nendo have created these spoons with a bird profile on the branched handle, designed to resemble a forest when grouped together.
Médiathèque d’Anzin
This multimedia library in Anzin, France, by Strasbourg architects Dominique Coulon & Associés is wrapped in overlapping slices of concrete. Reading rooms at the Médiathèque d’Anzin are revealed to the town outside through exposed areas of glazing, while the triangular geometry continues inside.
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