The Design Crack Guide to Blue
Obelisk by Dedon
The Obelisk collection by Dedon is a piece I’m in love with for nostalgic reasons. When I was a kid, my parents took me to many different seaside resorts in Mexico and in Europe. I would spend my days swimming, playing games, eating, and sitting in a woven chair very similar to the Obelisk. All [...]
ID 40 2006: Hung Table by doha chebib of Loyal Loot
Over the next week or two, I will include some of my favorite designers from ID Magazine’s “ID 40″ list of top designers of 2006. It’s a pretty amazing list, so I urge you to pick up a copy of this magazine.
Loyal Loot is a Canadian collective of women designers one of which is Doha [...]
Bottle by Hapo
Hapo is a glassware design firm that lives by a simple mantra: make glassware that is simple, comfortable, and calming as the design firm’s island home of Okinawa. The bottle Hapo has designed obviously captures this. It’s a warm tropical breeze. It’s Jimmy Buffet in glass. It’s not super stodgy.
Diva by Carina Riezebos
Carina Riezebos has created Diva for the Dutch company GOODS in an effort to help beter display top heavy flowers. This high concept piece turns a conventional vase on its side to mimic the angle at which some flowers grow. Carina’s contention is that the natural aesthetic of certain flowers will be enhanced by lying [...]
War Bowl by MosleymeetWilcox
Object: War Bowl
Designer: mosleymeetswilcox
URL: http://www.thorstenvanelten.com
Category: Furniture and Housewares
Price: $180
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: The concept is simple and brilliant: melt a bunch of toys in a wok just enough that they form a bowl. The toy of choice is an army soldier. I had a number of these soldiers as a child, so the bowl is nostalgic [...]
DIVA by Marten Claesson, Eero Kolvisto, and Ola Rune
Object: DIVA
Designer: Marten Claesson, Eero Kolvisto, and Ola Rune
URL: http://www.modusfurniture.co.uk
Category: Furniture and Housewares
Price: $2,400
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: I obviously look at dozens and dozens of sofas. This one just caught my eye. I think it has something to do with the light, sinuous legs, or the dual color mix and match feeling of the pillows. You [...]
The Homeless Survival Coat by Jan Borchies
Object: The Homeless Survival Coat
Designer: Jan Borchies
URL: http://www.janborchies.com/
Category: Fashion
Price: $1000
Lust Factor: Cold
Description: The Survivor Coat, as you may be able to see from the toung-and-cheek design, gives all the amenities the homeless needs in convenient and easy to find pouches. As well, the jacket pronounces the wearer’s social condition through it’s homeless patch which smacks [...]
Droog Designer: Gobble Coathanger by Thomas Bernstrand
Object: Gobble Coat Hanger
Manufacturer: Materia
URL: http://www.materia.se/
Category: Furniture and Housewares
Price: $250
Lust Factor: Warm
Description: It’s gorgeous black rubber construction allows for tons of coats to be jambed onto the rack in such a way that when full mimics a tree.
Repurposed Garments by Maison Martin Margiela
Object: Repurposed Garments
Manufacturer: Martin Margiela
URL: http://www.maisonmartinmargiela.com
Category: Fashion
Price: $15,000
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: Martin Margiela’s house of designers are packed with a level of virtuosity that is almost unheard of. I’ve included two images of repurposed garments but the most impressive is the glove jacket. It takes 103 hours to construct this jacket, and the gloves are unstitched [...]
