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Designer profile: Studio LIBERTINY

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:16:20 +0000

The work of Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny, a Slovakian-born designer based in the Netherlands, can best be described as obsessive-compulsive. But this complete devotion to his craft also leads to his profound and moving design experiments. As an example, he has recently created a Bic stained cabinet which gets its hue from collecting hundreds of Bic pens, breaking them open, and harvesting all of the ink to cover his cabinet. The result is a cabinet with a durable, dreamlike blue hue. He has also created a writing table whose top is built from twenty-two thousand strips of paper turned on end to create a soft and plyable writing surface. It’s sort of like a writing on the side of a four foot thick book.

Studio L I B E R T I N Y.

arik levy makes a book brush

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:31:43 +0000

Arik Levy’s products are always witty and often times pure genius. The book brush is not genius. It’s not even particularly useful. But something about their combination is so fun it’s like watching a bad Frankenstein movie.

‘book brush’ by arik levy

juxtaposed: religion by mike & maaike

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:30:23 +0000

Juxtaposed: religion is called by blankblank, the producers of this shelf, a curated bookshelf. They have brought together the most important religious texts and displayed the in perfect balance and harmony. This is the perfect gift for those family members who are wearing a pink sheet one day and a yarmulka the next. Unfortunately, at $2500, your encouragement of religious experimentation can only be possible if your trust fund allows.
blankblank // design collection // juxtaposed: religion by mike & maaike

DecisionPaper by Paradoxy Products

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:50:42 +0000

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 do? It helps you make decisions. It’s similar to flipping a coin. What you do is think of a question that may lead you to a yes or no answer. Simply write “yes” on one side of the paper and “no” on the other side. Now rip the paper and the side with the most amount of paper is the decision you make. It’s a game of chance, but a fun game. If the decision is, ” should I get married to my fiance or should I cheat on her with he sister?” you may consider another more rational method of decision making. Otherwise, DecisionPaper is as good of a way as any to make decisions.

AnAtomic Factory: Milk Gone Bad

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:37:49 +0000

Anatomic Factory recently introduced their fantastic lamp series: Milk Gone Bad. WHen the light is off, this simple paper lamp looks like a generic, white milk carton. When the light is on, the carton transforms into a three dimensional canvas that Anatomic Factory has expertly printed with the brightly colored stylings of Bombo. Genius.
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Cities Wall Decoration Collection by Granada Design

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:43:05 +0000

Granada Design has created a collection of inexpensive wall art that give props to your favorite internationally loved cities. Of course, my city by the bay, San Francisco, has not made the initial collection which is not doing much for me. But outside of personal prejudices, this simple wall art is striking, fun, thoughtful typographical mastery. For instance, Los Angeles, shown here, looks as if it were a fruit tree propped up by the trunk of an "L". Granada designs have been successful of evoking the spirit of the city in their manipulations of a simple font. Impressive.

Green Week: The Matt Gagnon Recycled Paper Side Table

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:48:10 +0000

Matt Gagnon, a Brooklyn based designer and manufacturer, has created his side table out of Homasote. This material is made of 100% post-consumer recycled paper. The board is only about as thick as plywood, so the pieces are cut out, shaped, then bolted together. The piece is finished off with linseed oil and accented with red latex paint. Each piece is made to order, by hand, in Matt’s shop. I must say, when I saw this piece and told that it was using so many good practices of green design, I was really impressed. The side table is absolutely a sculptural masterpiece. It appears to be carved from stone. The Homasote creates these strata that kept me guessing as to what the material was and how it was produced. It’s an absolutely fresh concept, and I’m excited to see what else comes from Mr. Gagnon’s studio. The price, however, is a bit steep for a side table. You’ll be paying near three Grand when you’re done. But, really, this is functional art and not Ikea level craft. The piece is available through the awesome online store: Branch.

Laptop Case by Giles Miller of The Farm

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:47:58 +0000

I noticed this post on the Inhabitat blog recently, and I just wanted to point out how lovely the concept for a laptop case is. Giles Miller of The Farm has always pushed the boundaries with his experimentations on recycled cardboard, but he’s made one crucial move on this product design that will win him a great number of sales: he has put an Apple logo on the the case. This logo, of course, will win you immediate accolades with the Linux / Apple uber-geek mavens who have no doubt got this case in front of the eyeballs of 50 million people. What I like most about this case, though, has less to do with the form and more to do with the manner that Giles choses to create a recycled product. One of the big beefs I have with modern recycled products is the enormous energy expended to recycle a product in the first place. Giles Miller’s product uses very low energy because almost no processing has to be performed to create the product. So, the item may not look incredibly refined, but it works efficiently and at very low expenditure of energy, and I applaud the effort.

YouTube Design: FlexibleLove – the flexible chair

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:07:04 +0000

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Here’s a neat little chair I found on YouTube this evening. FlexibleLove is the accordion chair for those homes short on space and money. Great idea! Learn more here.

Cheerharan Toilet Paper by Design Temple

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:36:48 +0000

I’m sitting here at my couch, and quite honestly I cannot concentrate at all because there are pigeons cooing outside of my window and it’s driving me crazy. So, instead of writing a bunch of useless babble because I can’t focus, I would like to present to you a product that speaks for itself: toilet paper with cool designs printed on it by Design Temple. This is a first, as far as I know. What annoys me is I thought I had invented it over a long rap session with my friends where a blunt was present. Maybe this is too difficult, but it seems to me that toilet paper would be a really cool place to print advertising. Imagine going into a club or bar and wiping your butt with a clever ad. Hmm…