The Design Crack Guide to Color
Z-BAR High Power Red by Koncept
Z-bar is quickly becoming the lamp of choice by architects wanting to add a bit more style to their drawing board. I should know. I’ an architect and I have one at work. I ‘ve asked other architects. They too have purchased one. I think it goes over well because it’s "green" sleek, [...]
kristine morich: Landscape Tableware
I saw Kritine’s work at the recent ICFF, and I loved these dished because they redefine the way we eat by simply experimenting with the form of the ancient bowl and plate. The sculptural manipulations suggest possibly picking up the a bowl rather than dipping into it (as an example). As well, the [...]
Clip Chair : Design Milk
Thanks Design Milk for pointing out this lovely chair! I’m a lounge chair fanatic, but we recently had a kid and my Eames lounge chair has been moved out of the living room. Not so with this chair. Need roo for the kid to play? Bam. Chair is G-O-N-E gone.Clip Chair : Design [...]
DecisionPaper by Paradoxy Products
I recently received an email from this company: Paradoxy Products. I believe they were writing to make me aware of their chess set, but to be honest I only wanted to write about their DecisionPaper. What is it? It’s a note pad with a cut directly in the middle of the paper. What does it [...]
Alright. I’ve fallen for it. The Swiss Army brand has moved into shoes and I’m in. The shoes, lead by Established Brands, have been expertly produced with the expected simplicity, ease of use, and signature red color that is important to give it that Swiss Army feel. I grew up owning a Swiss Army knife, [...]
Paper Thin: A Bowl by Agata Nowak
Tear a piece of paper from your notebook. Crumple it up. Now begin to curve the piece of crumpled paper into the form of a vessel. What you get is a vague resemblance of what Paper Thin, a collection of ceramics by Agata Nowak, is all about. The amazing thing to me is a crumpled [...]
Handpresso: Make Espresso While Getting a Workout
Handpresso, available at Charles and Marie, is your ticket to never being stuck on a back country hiking trail without a good shot of espresso easily available. I used to carry something called a Jetboil. My friends raved about this thing, so I had to have one. And as it promises, the Jetboil boils water [...]
Perch Ergonomic Furniture for Primary Schools by Simon Dennehy
Perch, a furniture concept by Simon Dennehy, is one of those aha! ideas that you wonder why you have not seen this concept sooner. The Perch system is comprised of a table and a chair that have been expertly contoured to meet a massively lacking area of furniture design. There is an endless host of [...]
Zigzag Coffee Table by Tsai Design for 66 Degrees
I wanted to give a quick shout out to my friends over at 66 degrees who have got exclusive distribution of a new table by African designers, Tsai Design. The table is due out this Thursday, and Hey, it’s not the iPhone, but it’s a damn nice design by one of South Africa’s more talented [...]
Waldo/45 Table and Benches by James Burleigh
I was eating an everlasting gobbstopper today. Maybe you remember this candy? It is a candy that has a beautiful, shiny candy coating and within the coating are the multicolored strata of candy goodness. I’m not sure why, exactly, but the Waldo/45 table by James Burleigh when I saw it immediately transported me to 9am [...]
Circumflex Accent Chair by Zoe Mowat
Zoe Mowat has come up with something I find quite special. Her Circumflex accent chair is a perfect triumvirate of steel, cast plastic, and walnut which creates something that is forward thinking and yet retains an old-world richness. Usually, when I see chairs like this they’re either too clumsy or look like a robot made [...]
RoCoco Chalkboard Sticker from Wall Candy
As you probably know, wall stickers have gone crazy. I don’t know what the market for wall stickers was three years ago, but know a days you can’t get away from them. But what innovations are left in the wall sticker business? Chalkboard wall stickers, as far as Wall Candy is concerned. They [...]
Die Electric by Scott Amron
Scott Amron sent me a link to his Die Electric project months ago, and I loved it so much that I wrote a post about it and but somehow it was lost in the ether. Finally, I’m back on the case: Die Electric is a play on dialectic mixed with a little die and a [...]
Blaue Blume Teacup by Undergrowth Design
I met the maker of the Blaue Blume Teacup at the 2008 ICFF, and I still have about one hundred of posts left to do covering the fabulous designers I met while at the show. This was one of my favorites. The design feature a baroque cup and saucer set in pure white porcelain. The [...]
Bubblicious by D-Vision
D-vision very clearly ums up the beauty of their bowl the best: “A bowl comprised of varying volumes of spheres, to place fruit of different sizes, in a way that enables to position the object in a new equilibrium each time, due to the change in the center of gravity. ” How cute! An [...]
Lite Tapestry Tower: a Floor Lamp by Aswoon
Have you been wondering how to dispose of your old couch, but you don’t want to send it off to a huge landfill? I’ve got an idea! Rip the thing apart and break it down into its component pieces. And when you get to the springs, cut those up and turn them into a chic, [...]
