a couple of weeks ago i helped out designers michael marriott and anthony burrill with their exhibition ‘the right kind of wrong’, which was designed for the mother advertising agency in london. seeing it from the beginning in its component parts, putting together the veneered boards and wooden beams to create the tower was a [...]
this caught my eye on designboom today. from the site:
the G28d energy saving cap is a new lighting innovation which allows energy saving light bulbs likecompact fluorescents to fit in sockets that weren’t previously usable. beirut’s pslab created the ‘jar’ light based on a brief to develop a light fixture using this new innovation. they [...]
etsy is an online marketplace where designers can sell hand made items such as jewellery. you set up your own shop, and away you go! one designer, thelovelyteaspoon, sells a few different lego inspired silver rings, which look really cool! above is the ‘primary combo lego ring’, and below is the ‘lego ring’ with different [...]
i have seen two really good combinations of wood and metal on designboom recently. the first is the ‘naked chair’ by the studio of outofstock design. the chair is made of beech and folded steel, which comes flat packed.
the second set of examples comes from american designers vincent and paul georgeson, for misewell furniture (below). [...]
after going on a pretty slippery walk over christmas, i have been recommended these! they are called grippers, and are available from iwantoneofthose.com, a website with an amazing tagline: stuff you don’t need, but really really want! from the site:
The moment that the leaves start to go brown you know winter’s on its way and [...]
these are brilliant, and i do want some new gloves…
another article on designboom that caught my eye was one about scottish-born/stockholm-based designer david taylor and his collective ‘made by:’. the post featured a few lighting designed that i liked the look of, including the ‘glasgow’ table lamp (above) and ‘branch’ lighting (below). the thing i like about the branch lighting is that there are [...]
fulgaro are a swiss based design studio, whose work caught my eye in a recent designboom article. above is the ‘bookmark’ bedside lamp, and below is the ‘tree’ coat and unmbrella stand. both very simple and very nice!
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