I really don’t think anyone goes out looking for a clock anymore. So, to realy differentiate yourself in the time telling business you have to make something like qlocktwo. it uses this weird letter matrix to spell out the time in five minute intervals. And it does this at the low price of twelve hundred dollars. I can’t shake the feeling that, although quite beautiful, the clock is not novel enough or well crafted enough to warrant the cost. of course, i can be swayed by a good arguement.

Biegert & Funk – QLOCKTWO.

I live in the Mission District of San Francisco where there is a great concentration of fleabag hotels. I’ve never stayed in one, but I’ve imagined them in my mind as I walk by them in the morning on my way to the subway. The rooms, I’d imagined, were filled with threadbare furniture and stains of all sorts. I also imagined smack in the middle of the room a bed that looks somewhat like this bag from Chanel: a dirty, ragged, unshapely mess resembling a rectangle. Let’s not lie, though. There is something about the rawness of it all that gives me an instant erection. This bag is a mixture of prostitution, dirty sex, and a rainy night on a streetcorner mixed with just a hint of Hampton shabby chic.

Dream Big | Chanel’s Mattress Bag – The Moment Blog – NYTimes.com.

I saw this bench, and it immediately spawned a thought about dieting and weight loss. I’m getting fatter. I’m not feeling like a real chunky, but I’m slowly creeping up from a slender 190 lbs. (I’m 6′-4" BTW) to something more than this, let’s say. I think the name is interesting because my first thought was the designer named the fail bench because this was a botched project that he or she made, and didn’t want to pass it off as a mistake so they named it "Fail Bench". My more deep seeded meaning for it’s name is that I’ve failed as a human being to get my weight to an acceptable level and I’ve bought this bench to act as my scarlet letter, of sorts. Well, fuck you Fail Bench.

Fail Bench | Design Milk

When you live in a small home like I do you know that every inch counts. The F2 folding table by Ligne Roset is sleek and simple. It’s worthy of my dinner. And if I want to turn my small kitchen/dining room into a dance floor, I now do not have to struggle to find a place to stick my dinner table.

I’ve been looking for decent modern outdoor furniture for quite some time now. Outside of Europe, quite frankly, there is very little choice when it comes to where you sit on an aesthetically modern surface. Modern Outdoor gives me choices. And they give me choices like this beautiful bench above that are green to boot. There is some piece of mind that the wood that is used to make this was not clear cut. (I just hope the IPE trend doesn’t bite all of us in the ass when there’s none left.)

List Price: $1099.0
Price: $1099.0
“Modern Outdoor’s Etra Small Bench is available in your choice of material for the base: ITTO or IBAMA certified Ipe, a beautiful Brazilian hardwood that is three times as hard as teak or 100% recyclable polyboard, a UV-stabilized high density material that is also non-corrosive, non-conductive, and chip resistant.Also available in your choice of size, frame and optional cushion color.Notes:Etra Small Bench shown in ipe and stainless steel.Material swatches appear in same order as drop down menu.”

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The first collection includes images by Jonathan de Villiers, Mauricio Alejo, Jonathan Frantini, Christopher Griffith, Stefan Ruiz, Daniel Stier, Benedict Redgrove and Joël Tettamanti, printed on Fuji crystal archive matt paper and priced between £290 and £990. Click here to browse the full selection.

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The bench, part of the Hover Collection, brings me back to a memory I had experienced nearly twenty years ago when I was traveling in Guatemala. In this country, the streets are filled with music that come from hand made instruments  that resemble over-sized xylophones not unlike the bench you see above. This bench somehow portrays that light, airy sound of that Guatemalan instrument in a visual form. Besides this observation, I could delve into the obvious observations such as a comparison with Le Corbusier’s Lounge Chair, but let’s not go there. I’ll leave this chair alone to stand on its own merits of simplicity.

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, modern lamp. That’s what Aswoon does every day to create the remarkable Lite Tapestry Tower. The tower, a combination of fluorescent light, springs, steel and acrylic are expertly produced and a tribute to ingenuity and the burning question: “What else can this old couch be?”

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 have a thread that ties their work together perfectly. Clarity, simplicity, and a juxtaposition of rugged wood mixed with slender steel profiles dominate their design aesthetic. It got me thinking, ” What if I got rid of my boring old cabinetry and replaced them with these bins?” It would really open up the kitchen while creating a very unique spatial character. I’m hooked.

This Sunday, I attended BKLYN Designs in the Dumbo Neighborhood of Brooklyn and was impressed with the level of craft by the offerings. Over the next few days, I hope to feature a few of the most exciting small companies I observed.

Today, I’d like to mention Vexell. Vexell’s furniture, as was the case of many of the exhibitors, is predomintated by exquisite metal fabrication juxtaposed with fine wood joinery. Their work is quite modern and yet not cold as you might see in sleek European furniture companies. Probably my favorite pieces they exhibited were from the BK series which brings together hand tooled steel bars with the rish red color of padauk. They also make fabulous chairs cut from single sheets of steel as well. But I really don’t do their work justice given that I’ve got fifteen posts I’d like to do today, so definitely check them out at Vexell.com.