Kenneth Cobonpue - Bloom Chair

With the spring blooming outside my windows, I decided to share with you something blooming as well - The Bloom chair by the amazing Fillipino desinger Kenneth Cobonpue.  Kenneth is an industrial designer known for his signature designs in natural fibres and materials. His designs mainly focus on nature's forms using rattan, buri, bamboo, and abaca (wiki).

Inspired by the graceful bloom of a flower, this lounge chair is sculpted by hundreds of fine running stitches radiating from the center of the seat creating subtle textures. Invisible supports form shapes reminiscent of soft and graceful musical tones. The Bloom sits on top of a steel base which provides a good counterpoint to its playful organic form.

Krakowski Kredens' Package Design

Krakowski Kredens (Krakow’s Cupboard) is a brand of products that are meant to look like they’re 100 years old …but were only created two years ago. Alma, chain of delicatessen supermarkets in Poland, decided to create a premium brand of traditional products based on old recipes and natural ingredients. The whole series was designed by Igor Banaszewski, owner of item:grafika. Simple design of the labels is completed by XIXth century photographs of a Krakow family, used on carton packaging and jar lids, and old photos of the city. Initially sold in Alma chain stores, after the success of the brand, Krakowski Kredens is now sold in stores all over the country.

Luis Luna's Furniture

Some time ago I published a couple of short posts about furniture and product design by Luis Luna - a full time dreamer, part time designer and occasional storyteller. I was impressed with his lamp made of used plastic cups  and the Heineken crate. This time, browsing through his portfolio on Behance, I stumbled upon Luis' take on the design classics: Barcelona chair by Mies Van Der Rohe and LC2 by Ray and Charles Eames. I ♥ the way he is not intimidated by the design icons, can you see how the Barcelona chair comes out of a suitcase...?

Melanie Bilenker Jewelry

The jewelery by Melanie Bilenker features something I really like - the beauty of everyday life. Her beautiful rings and broochers show moments as ordinary as combing your hair or talking on the phone. Melanie lets you enter the most intimate moments of someone's life (is it Melanie herself?) and keep them on a beautiful piece of jewelery.

The Victorians kept lockets of hair and miniature portraits painted with ground hair and pigment to secure the memory of a lost love. In much the same way, I secure my memories through photographic images rendered in lines of my own hair, the physical remnants. I do not reproduce events, but quiet minutes, the mundane, the domestic, the ordinary moments.

Strange Carafes by Etienne Meneau

Few months ago I mentioned the amazing handmade wine carafes by Etienne Meneau. Upon my last visit to Etienne's blog dedicated to the product, I discovered a new series called Grand Coeur / Big Heart. The previous ones looked like your vascular system, while the new ones are a beautiful representation of heart veins. Simply stunning.

Fleriana Package Design

There are a few graphic studios in this world I would definitely ♥ to work for. I have never been to their headquarters, I don't know their staff. But I do know their portfolios and admire their work and the consistency in providing best designs. One of them is definitely the Greek studio MOUSEGRAPHICS. Every addition to their package design portfolio keeps me inspired and I'm always looking forward to discovering new items on their achievements list.

Human Antena Carpet

This carpet by Florian Kräutli is made of loops from conductive thread. By standing on it, your body acts as an antenna. The carpet picks up the radio waves, which your body receives and makes them hearable. When walking on the carpet you can tune it to a certain frequency, like the tuner of a radio. Check out the video demonstration after the break!

Walking Chair

I don't think I need to write a long comment about these. My random collection of walking chairs. That's it.

Claire's Handmade Package Design

I ♥ the beautiful range of packaging for Claire's Handmade designed by London based design studio Simmer. The whole range is based on the same pattern (but what an amazing one!) and differentiated only by colour. The logo put emphasis ont he hands and therefore the fact that the products are handmade.

Claire's Handmade is one of the country's finest preservers, the chef-inspired products are exceptional. After delivering a brand health check we were appointed to work on the rebranding across identity, packaging, website, social media and marketing materials. New Claire's Handmade logo brings alive the design idea of "The Hands Of Creativity".

Mohodesign Carpets

MOHO DESIGN - Polish company established in 2004 that already became iconic. Their carpet collection won prestigious Red Dot Design Award in 2008 among many others, and was featured in Wallpaper magazine. The Dia carpet - the top two photos - is based on traditional Polish folk patterns and cut outs from the Kurpie region. Check out few more examples after the jump.