The Design Crack Guide to Houswares
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 [...]
Mixko: A World of Undiscoverd Similarities
Mixko, as their namesake indicates, is a company that mixes multiple unlike things together to come up with completely new meanings. They look at an object like a whistle, for instance, and say, “Hey, if the scale of that whistle were multiplied in size by, like four hundred times, then that whistle would make a [...]
Tubes by Tsunami Glassworks
Tubes by Tsunami Glassworks was one of the highlights of ICFF for me. I’m a sucker for contemporary glass design, and this work surpassed all others in my opinion. Each piece in Tubes is hand blown and finished, and each piece has its own character and hue. When all pieces are assembled to make a [...]
Benjamin Hubert Desk Acessories for Welmade
Do you remember when you were a kid, and your mother gave you a toy comprised of a board with various geometric holes in it along with a number of colored sqaures, stars and spheres? I remember this at least. It was a toy that teased your brain to fit the blocks in the right [...]
BKLYN Designs: Produce Redefines the Kitchen
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 [...]
Armani Casa: Classic Big Brand Design Perfection
I’ve made it a point to cover big, chunky fantastically fashionable brands over the next few weeks, and today is one of my favorites: Armani Casa. Armani Casa is like the stage set for a highly stylized 1940s noir film with a good budget. Each piece evokes one of two feelings in me. Armani [...]
Plates from Domestic
Domestic, a French based housewares design company started in 2005, has asked several internationally known up and coming artists to create a fantastical collection of plates which bring more excitement to any food added. The graphic nature of each plate is pervaded by a street sensabilty and color punch you in the face feeling. As [...]
Umbrella Stand by Take Care
Take Care’s Umbrella Stand brings a little piece of nature into your home. Granted, the image of the stand shows a green grass growing in it which might be impossible, but I’m sure house plants could easily survive in the planter as well. The concept is pretty smart though: the residual water from [...]
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Jason Miller Seconds
Jason Miller, one of the hottest American designers of the past five years, has created what may be seen as a continuation on his playful lounge chairs. His chairs, which are newly constructed and well designed, feature strips of fabric that stretch randomly across the furniture and appear as if they were made of [...]
Decanter by Etienne Meneau
Etienne Meneau has made what I find to be a design that is baffling in its construction and absolutely jaw dropping in its presentation. Alright, you may be saying to yourself. It’s just a really cool decanter. But how did he do this? Granted, I know nothing of glass construction, so maybe it’s really easy [...]
Knife Hooks by TC Studio
I love the playful stories that come to mind when you install a number of knife hooks into your wall. For instance, you could tell people that you were attacked by a blind knife thrower who left all these knives in your wall, and when you left them there in your walls as a memento [...]
Cities Wall Decoration Collection by Granada Design
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, [...]
Prosthes by Form Us With Love (FUWL)
Form Us With Love (FUWL) have about the freshest stuff out there. This piece, called Prosthes, for instance. It consists of one simple powder coated piece. You bring its meaning to it by whatever you add. You want a coat rack? add some long sticks. You want a bench? add some short sticks and a [...]
Clear Acrylic Stool Available at PID
PID sends me a monthly update of their new products, and a month never goes by that I don’t want to feature at least one of their products. This month, I randomly chose the clear acrylic stool available for $321. This stool also doubles as a magazine rack, but a like it especially for it’s [...]
