some more great designs from outofstock, previously featured here. above are the ‘v-shelves’, which have a gentle v at one end to display an open book. even the brackets are clever, with bookend covers that slip over them, and look really simple and discreet.
i like the ‘raft’ sofa (below), which can be easily disassembled and [...]
i came across some really nice designs by atelier takagi today. the first is the ‘bluff city light’, above, an enameled steel cage with a copper fitting and an enameled aluminium diffuser.
the second is the ’scaffold’ shelving (below), made of birch beams and ply shelves, which has really nice joint details.
via dailytonic
these are the totem shelves, by vincent van duysen for dutch manufacturer pastoe. i quite like the colours, the materials used, the proportions, and the function too:
The bodies of the cabinet can be turned independently of each other and are divided into segments by rails. They can be open or closed on one [...]
this is an example of the twist and lock system, by harry thaler. the images below show some close-ups of how it works.
…a system that allows the user to lock special crates together in order to create different combinations according to the desired needs. users can apply the system in different ways, for instance, [...]
I’ve considered large scale lego furniture before, but never had enough bricks. then i saw this:
dutch based design duo minale-maeda (kuniko maeda and mario minale) playfully reprise gerrit rietveld’s grace to reconsider his de stijl masterwork, ‘buffet’ for dutch design company droog. the ‘rietveld LEGO buffet’ uses over 25, 000 pieces of LEGO, [...]
this very simple but very nice coat rack is by lithuanian designer vytautas gecas. made from simply a concrete base and wooden poles that sit in it.
via contemporist
this is the axis clothes rail by south korean designer ramei keum. the rail works like any other clothes rail, and the form is nice and simple too, but as you can see in the image below, the key feature of this is that the ends can be used to hang a coat on too.
via [...]
+d are a brand that make fun, colourful and useful products, a bit like qualy (who i wrote about recently). in fact, they have so many great products, i think i’ll spread them over a few posts rather than squash them all into one.
above is the gumhook, designed by gaku otomo, which is actually the [...]
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