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Showing posts with label my home is my design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label my home is my design. Show all posts
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Friday, 10 February 2012
Polish Design - Ada Piekarska - Com-mode
Nice piece of furniture by a Polish designer Ada Piekarska, called Com-mode after Polish word komoda meaning dresser.
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Slim Cup
With the technology and design pacing towards the sleekest and slimmest look, The traditional cup also gets the slimmest look. The flattened ceramic cup comes accompanied with the ceramic saucer. It appears like a typical coffee cup from its front side, but at an angle of 90 degrees it shows its true shape.
by Sharona Merlin via inspire me now
Monday, 22 August 2011
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Anne-Mette's Concrete Chair
I have been fascinated by what you can make of unexpected materials, such as concrete, to produce furniture. Furniture designers tried so many things in the past that there is virtually no meaterials that haven't bee turned to chair or a table. But the most exciting examples of creativity to me is when you take an extremetly rough and heavy material, one that canot be associated with softness and comfort, and then turn it into a comfy sofa or armchair. Or at least on that misleads you by looking like a comfortable one. This concrete chair even has the fabrif texture to immitate a regular, soft and upholstered chair.
The whole story behind the concept and the production of the chair can be found on Anne-Mette's blog Concretely.
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
Barcelona Chair in Words
There was a post about Le Corbusier's LC2 in concrete, now there's LC2 and Barcelona chair in words. That's when you can't afford the real piece of furniture, yet you want to have it in your apartment. With the smart work by Sarah Schimd, you can admire the design classic in a different way.
via chairblog
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Q3 - Rubic Cube's Lookalike
When you were a kid, did you play with the Rubik’s Cube? I used to get irritated by it actually, because I could never get past the first panel. My brother on the other hand was a Rubic's master, so perhaps he would like to have a sofa like this...?
by 7n3 Design via designmilk
Monday, 27 June 2011
Stiletto Desk
My last post about Koby Levi's shoes became quite popular among you guys, so I take it shoes are a popular subject. Especially if there is something extraordinary about them. This is a variation about shoes, a happy marriage of a shoe with a desk. Look how that turned out.
by splinterworks
by splinterworks
Friday, 24 June 2011
Poduszak Seat by Tabanda
Tabanda is a a Polish design studio created by (former) architects, specializing in wooden furniture. I already posted about them here, this time I'll focus on one piece of furniture called Poduszak. Poduszka in Polish means pillow, therefore the name suggests comfortable, cushion-based seating. The whole trick is that the little cushions inside the seat can be taken out and swapped, enabling the user to transform it in a numerous way.
Cube seat made of eight modules of braided birch plywood. Overlapping parts create empty square-shaped areas giving room for soft cushions. Thanks to cushions the seat is comfortable and takes on an interesting, individual look. The cushions may be arranged in various colour and textural compositions, depending on your likings and mood. It is for this particular reason that this piece of furniture can go through countless transformations.
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Walking Chairs
Speaking of imagination from the previous post about Kobi Levi and his shoes - these chairs do not look plain and average either. via sitespecificdesign.com, artstyleonline, whoopsadaisy
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Paper Mache Animal Trophies
Once again a hunting trophy acquired without the bloodshed. This time from Anthropology.
Layers of repurposed cement bags are covered with vintage French book pages to create this regal, papier mache animal head.
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Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Roboto Lamp by Karim Rashid
Domodinamica has a lamp by Karim Rashid in their offer. It's called Roboto. It costs a fortune. And I like it.
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Uten.Silo

Very old and yet appeals to me today. Designed by Dorothee Becker, UTEN.SILO is one of the best-known plastic designs of the late 1960s. Today, this colorful wall tidy is a veritable design icon and a true-to-the-original version of the product has now been reissued by Vitra Design Museum.
Dorothee describes her inspiration:
My father owned a drugstore and photo shop in Aschaffenburg. When I was a child there were countless drawers there full of fascinating things waiting to be discovered, including a hang-up toilet bag made of waxed cloth full of pockets for the various toiletries. The bag held items which would normally have been stored vertically in a horizontal position. I never forgot this practical idea and later used it in UTEN.SILO.
via nest.co.uk
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Thursday, 2 June 2011
LC2 in concrete
LC2 chair by Le Corbusier is a design classic with an icon status. It's hard to believe it's almost 85 years old and dates back to the reign of Bauhaus. Very minimalistic and industrial, reflecting the times between the two wars. The chair is based on very simple and almost hard square lines but the seat itself brings unusual comfort. It made the design stand out from the Art Deco and Art Nouveau furniture of the times. To this day LC2 and other pieces from the Petit Confort line are present in the houses of people appreciating comfort and timeless design. It was also an inspiration to many tributes and designs inspired by it (we wrote about the one designed by Luis Luna here). One of the very modern take on the subject is LC2 made of concrete, by a Swiss artist Stefan Zwicky. His version plays on the obvious shape of LC2, but denies it the basic feature - comfort...
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Monday, 30 May 2011
Kyung Ho Chang
'the modularity', by south korean designer kyung ho chang, relies on modular structure to accommodate 'infinite variation in scale and finish', permitting an entire line of products to be produced from the same basic components. each module consists of a curved piece of molded plywood, surrounded by foam and upholstered. the independent elements are then connected internally to create a structural whole, raised on wooden legs.
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Friday, 27 May 2011
Snoopy and Wooty by Karim Rashid
New line of furniture by the ever so prolific Karim Rashid for B-line.The line is based on soft line, so characteristic for Rashid, and come in variety of lively colours. The low table called Snoopy has two slots / pockets for storing newspapers, it also enables stacking of the tables to create book shelves - function is something Karim Rashid always puts first while designing. Woopy, the chair, has an interesting high armchair version.
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Loop Chaise Lounge
Tufting is the technique you normally use to make carpets. One carpet consisits of thousands of little loops. This chair by Sophie De Vocht is made of loops as well, only enlarged to the maximum, getting bigger and bigger, spilling on the floor.
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