Kiel Mead - Birdie Light

I have seen lamps made of many many things (i.e. the one made of Bic pens I wrote about recently), but this one by Kiel Mead - made out of badminton birdie / shuttlecock - is definitely surprising... More and more I catch myself looking around, spotting objects suitable to be transformed into lamp. And I'm on a lamp-hunt at the moment (to my freshly renovated kitchen), so it may result in something interesting.

Soft Nugat Packaging

Maria Stylianaki is a graphic designer from Greece (island of Crete) and she just sent us her packaging for A new product line from Cretamel a family owned confectionery company in the island of Crete. Soft Nougat bars with fruits and nuts in 6 different flavors. A colorful and pleasant approach for this new packaging.
I like the combonation of white background, vivid colour distinguishing flavours and the transparent window showing the product.

Twig - The Miniature Terrarium

Oki doki, it took me a while to be posting again, but I'm officially back. Everyone needs a little time off every now and then and it was my turn ;) Holidays were great, now back to reality!

In Poland we have a saying "Small is beautiful" and it seems to be so true when you look at these tiny little terrariums by Twig. Each one contains an almost invisible piece of life, sometimes you need a magnifying glass to spot it. Once you do however, there is usually a surprise waiting for you...

Holidays....

And so it is... My summer starts with fantastic news. I'm going on holidays. I am actually in the middle of my kitchen renovation, my house is a mess, there are tools lying everywhere, my kitchen utensils occupy all of my living room... Yet I decided to pack my bags and go enjoy the sun.

That means, however, that I will not be present in the blogosphere for a couple of weeks. I will be back in the middle of July, hopefully with some fresh ideas and inspirations. For now wish me luck and see you soon.
Maja xx

pic by  Elena Khazina via Graphic-Exchange.
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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
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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

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

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

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.

Bic Pen Lamp by enPieza!

During my visit to London in April I have visited Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising in Notting Hill. Versa Design, the studio I'm an Art Director at, specializes in packaging design and I'm always looking for some inspoiration for our future projects. Apart from the packaging collection, showcasing decades of package design history in UK, they also had a small display of lamps by enPieza! made of the ubiquitous Bic pens. The idea is actually pretty simple, but that's the thing with simple ideas - they are difficult to come up with.
pics via trendhunter