Belgian designer Marc Thomasset has broken the rules in a way that’s proved to be irresistible to anyone still inclined towards keeping an actual paper notebook. His simple idea to play around with straight lines on a page has given us the Inspiration Pad, a book of pages featuring a suite of repetitive — Continue reading
Retro design enthusiasts unable to afford A-list mid-century classics can find solace in the Tam Tam stool. Long before Ikea, Tam Tam was a visually distinctive, low-cost, easy-to-assemble alternative for those with modest means and design preferences that skewed towards the more adventurous. Designed in 1968 by architect Henry Massonnet, founder — Continue reading
Our penchant for organization, love of geometry, and memory of childhood building blocks won’t let this simple rhombus (a skewed diamond-like square, in this case) go unnoticed. Available in packs of threes, in red, white and grey, these little containers are the kind of clean-edged desktop accessory that even minimalists with nothing — Continue reading
Is it art or is it furniture? With Brazil’s designing brothers, Fernando and Umberto Campana, a bit of both—and some performance art thrown in for good measure. At the Milan Furniture Fair last week, the brothers introduced five bed designs for the Italian brand Edra, all referencing their own previous — Continue reading
Babies, inarguably, bring boatloads of joy—and clutter to match; presenting an aesthetic dilemma for anyone inclined towards an orderly, visually pleasing household. The baby products company Boon is doing its bit to find ways of injecting prettiness into the daily rituals of baby care. Taking a cue from mother nature — Continue reading
It’s not just the lovely colors on these Terry Rosen cushions that caught our attention—though, admittedly, the hues seem pitch-perfect for this time of year—but the striking textile patterns. Rosen, a multi-faceted artist (her collages were featured on this blog recently), began her career as a fashion illustrator, and we — Continue reading
Just when you thought there was nothing new to be done to a common office waste paper bin, along comes Quarter, a new waste bin from Italian design studio Discipline. Designed by Berlin-based Johanna Dehio, the receptacle is divided into 3 parts (not four, making the Quarter moniker puzzling) which are held — Continue reading
With summer, comes a life lived more fully outdoors. But even the outside world needs proper lighting. Our modern outdoor lighting collection has something to enhance any outdoor space, be it urban patio or suburban back yard. From floor lamps to ceiling lights, illuminating the night has never been easier, and — Continue reading
Some products have a built-in excuse for interpreting nature literally—which is why there’s no shortage of coat trees that look like, well, trees. With Earth Day in sight (April 22), we’re looking at examples of product design that mimic nature in the most obvious ways, but without compromising visual panache. — Continue reading
To the litany of artists for whom the human skull has held fascination (Edvard Munch, Francis Bacon, Damien Hirst), we can now add a Swedish duo with one of the quirkier offerings at this week’s Salone Internazionale de Mobile: Hedonist Skulls by Stockholm design team Andréason & Leibel (whose Babylon tower desk we’ve — Continue reading
Dwell magazine was kind enough to give us a preview of their May 2013 issue, focusing on Global Style, to hit newsstands on April 16. Included in it is their 2nd Annual Young Guns roundup, a review of the best and brightest young international talent. It’s a stellar crowd, featuring designers from — Continue reading
Artware Editions has released a curious-looking kitchen implement by the artist Martin Puyear, best known for his wood sculptures. The ergonomic Pan Scraper has a 360-degree rotational blade that allows for more effective scraping without damaging nonstick pans. Puyear drew on his experience with woodworking tools to design this nylon — Continue reading
If you know a cooking enthusiast with a fondness for elegant, restrained Nordic design, good luck resisting the Ferm Living Organic Cotton Triangle Apron. The Danish housewares brand’s distinctive graphic motifs enliven any room, and this brand new addition to our Ferm Living Kitchen inventory may be just the show — Continue reading
Summer entertaining—especially the outdoor kind—demands a certain measure of audacity, both in color and form. Enough with the neutrals, it seems to say, let’s commit to something bold and unexpected—and if you reference nature, better still. Well, no argument here. After a long winter of playing it safe, we’re happy — Continue reading
Showing new work at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan this week is the Swedish studio Andréason & Leibel, which will introduce, among other items, the elegant Babylon Tower Desk. Taking inspiration from The Tower of Babel, as depicted by the 16th Century Flemish painter, Bruegel, this considerably more — Continue reading
We should have known that Artek would unveil something fairly brilliant at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile next week, and here we have it: 3 new all-black tubular steel pieces, versions of original Alvar Aalto chair designs, and a side table based on an Aino Aalto stool. And should we — Continue reading
We have to hand it to Best Made Co. for consistently creating implements we never knew we needed or wanted—but which we somehow find ourselves lusting after. Like this portable Pocket File, for instance, which has a double sided diamond mesh surface for sharpening (presumably) knives on the go. But — Continue reading
A pat on the back if you know what a tamper or dibber is. We liked the look of this one even before we knew what it was, which is why we’ll probably be reading Modern Farmer, the latest food journal aimed at modern urbanites who claim to be ‘foodies’ — Continue reading
Giving techno-speak a literal spin is Juice, a charger for your Apple or Blackberry devices that comes packaged in a very convincing juice-y carton. There’s a green carton for Apple, purple for Blackberry, and for those who are loyal to both brands, Multi Juice pours out chargers for both. No — Continue reading
We’ve long admired the distinctive shape of the industrial floor lamp with articulated arms, a design that dates back to 1950, when the Frenchman Jean-Louis Domecq, unable to find a lamp that provided the proper illumination for his work as an engineer, decided to create one himself. Today, Jieldé, the — Continue reading
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