BKLYN Designs: Final Post, I Swear!
Posted in Resources
Friday, May 16th, 2008
ICFF starts tomorrow! The parties start tonight. And yet, I went to this little design conference in Brooklyn last week that I loved. Before my memory of these products are lost forever, here are links from a few more interesting finds at BKLYN Designs:
re-surface (seen above)
The twist together lamp
Geemo, the weird organic toy
Sorapot, quite simply […]
Wallpaper Exclusive: Departures by Langlands and Bell
Posted in Art
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Wallpaper* has sent me word of a new interactive art piece / portfolio viewed exclusively at Wallpaper.com. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the opportunity to see their work in this venue, but after viewing, I’ve realized how exciting their work is when viewed in a gallery setting. Take their 2001 Air Routes […]
BKLYN Designs: UM
Posted in $2,500-5,000 | Brown | Furniture | Lust Factor: Hot | Plastic | White | Wood
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
I wanted to get this post out quickly because the BKLYN Designs Expo has just past, and yet I have not talked about the most prolific and possibly the most fun design collective: UM. Their work is just so damn clever. As my cop out, I’ll let them speak for themselves:
At the core we are […]
BKLYN Designs: uhuru
Posted in $500-1,000 | Black | Brown | Furniture | Lust Factor: Hot | Metal | Wood
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
uhuru, to me, may have been the most impressive furniture designers I saw at BKLYN Designs in terms of their creative reuse of industrial products. For example: the Stave Bench and the Bilge Lounge reuse whiskey barrels from the finest white oak. These barells are charred and used only once in the barreling process then […]
BKLYN Designs: Produce Redefines the Kitchen
Posted in $1,000-2,500 | $500-1,000 | Furniture | Houswares | Lust Factor: Hot | Metal | Wood
Monday, May 12th, 2008
I’ve been thinking about how to create a fresh approach in my own kitchen recently, so it’s no surprise that I was extremely excited to see the work of Produce to get some inspiration of what my kitchen could be. Their work, as shown in their pot and knife rack, wall bins, and wine rack […]
BKLYN Designs: Takeshi Miyakawa
Posted in $2,500-5,000 | Furniture | Lust Factor: Hot | White | Wood
Monday, May 12th, 2008
Another great find from BKLYN Design: Takeshi Miyakawa. Why is this guy not a superstar designer? Good question. His pieces are clever, refined, simple, and extremely desireable. And maybe most important of all (at least for design stardom), Miyakawa’s work is iconic. His fractal 23 shelving just has this timeless feeling about it. And this cabinetry is […]
BKLYN Designs: Vexell
Posted in $1,000-2,500 | Black | Furniture | Hard | Lust Factor: Warm | Metal | Red | Wood
Monday, May 12th, 2008
This Sunday, I attended BKLYN Designs in the Dumbo Neighborhood of Brooklyn and was impressed with the level of craft by the offerings. Over the next few days, I hope to feature a few of the most exciting small companies I observed.
Today, I’d like to mention Vexell. Vexell’s furniture, as was the case of many […]
Top Design Talent at BKLYN Designs
Posted in Resources
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
I now believe there is a god. Or at the very least, a serendipitous angel that looks over me. Why? Because I have decided a few months ago to go to New York a week early for the 2008 ICFF. I though I might just kick around New York for a few days and check […]
New York Design Week 2008 Starts Out With a Bang at BKLYN Designs
Posted in Resources
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
New York Design Week 2008 is here, and let’s not beat around the bush: possibly more fun than ICFF is BKLYN Designs. Yes, some might need to point out that they’ve misspelled the name of their city, but looking beyond this you are guaranteed a good time at this event. What is the event, you […]
Porn For The Blind
Posted in Art
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Does pornfortheblind.org have anything to do with design? Not exactly. It’s just that I couldn’t help but post this.
BOINKOLOGY | Porn For The Blind
Pillowig by JooYoun Paek
Posted in Art | Fashion | Lust Factor: Warm | White
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
JooYoun Paek may be one of the most innovative designers I’ve seen in a long time. Her project range from the practicle to the insane. But the thread that ties her projects together is each product solves very practical problems in garishly bold ways.
There are so many ingenious products that this woman has […]
