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Designer Profile: Weltevree


“Weltevree is a Dutch product label. Weltevree develops and produces authentic products for the living environment. Appliances that satisfy our primary desires: distinctive, original and of excellent quality. Weltevree was born out of the need to make these products accessible to all.” That’s their hook. My hook is yet another masterful design studio with a strong [...]

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Solar Birdhouse

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Designer Profile: OOOMS


OOOMS is a guy/girl design duo based in the Netherlands. Their work has a sort of random quality that has a bit of natural bent. The solar birdhouse is a recent product that creates a beacon for the garden at night without using any grid power to do so. I think it may scare the crap [...]

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Fruit Bowls Made Out of Real Fruit


Are you looking for that unique wedding gift but you don’t have a lot of money? Think of giving one of these fabulous bowls fabricated by hat at a cost of $34 each. The bowls are made from various fruits and vegetables. The fruits are cut paper-thin, dried and presed. Then, the shapes [...]

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arik levy makes a book brush


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

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Deer Socket: nature meets electronic devices


The Deer Socket is an innovation that I feel really pushes the boundaries of smart design. Why? First, the design says to me: "I’m unashamedly trendy". For example, deer antlers in the design world: you just can’t get away from them. But nearly all of the antlers on the market are in the [...]

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The Doorknob Lightbulb: A Bright Idea found at Core 77


I’m just in a cranky mood today. I saw this product a few minutes ago, and it made me think of the years of stupidity we’ve seen in American design today. Not this design, but the lack of doorknob innovation. See, I like this design. It immediately makes me think of something I’ve [...]

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Vase by Francois Azambourg for Cappellini

Vase by Francois Azambourg for Cappellini


Francois Azambourg has designed a piece of pottery that rivals the paintings of Joan Miro. Add a bit of bowling pin aesthetic to the miro-esque scene, and you have this vase.

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Vessel/Architectural Pottery Beauty in Simplicity


 Let’s face it, we all want to make an extra buck. But it makes it so much more simple for me to sell goods when the goods are just so… good. Today, I’m exploring feelmorehuman.com’s collection of Vessel’s Architectural Pottery re-issues from San Diego. The pieces are a higher plane of lovely. Most ceramic vessels [...]

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Snurkengoed Bedding: The Perfect Bedding for the Average American


Have you ever wondered what it might be like to be homeless and sleep in the cool night air under a cardboard box? No? I never have, but if you have a weird sense of humor and a yearning to get closer to your grungy roots, or you feel like you need to practice sleeping [...]

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Tea Handkerchief by Miho Kaneko


Having tea time is a world-wide tradition that, at times, cannot be easily performed because of the unavailability of fine china. One way to circumvent this shortcoming is to print the china ona piece of linen and do away with needing plateware. Tea Handkerchief by Miho Kaneko : KithKin Presents : The Power Of [...]

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OFFI Duoplane CD Shelf

OFFI Duoplane CD Shelf


OFFI Duoplane CD Shelf These colorful wall-mounted shelves can be installed vertically or horizontally. They are perfect for the tight spot in the bathroom, and they work well in in groups of 3 or 4. One Duoplane Shelf holds 75 CDs.

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Up Yours Ashtray by Jean Marc Gady

Up Yours Ashtray by Jean Marc Gady


If you’ve read this blog from the beginning, you know I have a propensity to write about things finished in gold, ashtrays, and witty titles of design objects. This piece brings all three of my loves together in the golden “Up Yours” Ashtray. It gives a big fuck you to all the smokers out there [...]

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Paper Thin: A Bowl by Agata Nowak

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Die Electric Plug In Vase by Scott Amron

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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 [...]

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Blaue Blume Teacup by Undergrowth Design: a porcelain teacup with womens legs for handles

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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 [...]

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