The Coloured Vases are experiments with color. Color is an important element in Hella Jongerius’s design practice. Hella Jongenius, an accomplished Dutch designer whom I admire very much for her work on color, thinks color brings richness, beauty and ambuiguity to design, if it is used well. According to Jongerius, designers can — Continue reading
When the artistry of creativity and sheer talent meet the brilliance of concept and technology, you get the good-looking, crafted items of designer Paul Loebach. Sleek, sexy and smart, we’re loving his work and highlighting him in today’s featured craftsperson post. There’s a distinct marriage between old and new with — Continue reading
Time, a nonrenewable resource, is becoming increasingly important to me and I suspect everyone else. Horology, a word I never really used before writing this blog, is the art and science of measuring time. Instruments of keeping time would be watches, clocks and even sundials. Some of these instruments are — Continue reading
The Pools ceramic collection from Fleet Objects was born out of a desire to minimize the number of objects needed in a kitchen cupboard. Each piece can serve as a container, dinnerware, a desk accessory, a vase or whatever else you can think of. Pools is a full line of — Continue reading
Cold. Metal. Steely. We thought we’d showcase someone for today’s Name that Modern Designer post whose work is pretty much the complete opposite of warm and fuzzy just in case you are getting too much of an overload of warm and gooey feelings from this holiday coming up tomorrow. Will — Continue reading
We decided to take shots of this awesome book, True Life: Steven Harris Architects, on warm wood instead of cold concrete, because frankly, this book makes us feel super warm inside. Full of color, bursting with fresh photography and organized in a way that makes a modern lover swoon, you’ll — Continue reading
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