The Design Crack Guide to $10,000-25,000
The Aerolblade Bicycle by Spyker for Koga Miyata
I decided to put a lot of picture of this bike on the site because bicycles are an interesting beast. Often times, I look at bikes from far away and think they’re ugly, and when I get close up they become beautiful. The Aeroblade for Koga Miyata is definitely one of the bikes that benefits [...]
Fallen Log Centerpiece by Jeff Zimmerman
Object: Fallen Log Centerpiece
Designer: Jeff Zimmerman
URL: http://www.steuben.com
Category: Tchotchke
Price: $21,000
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: Ever since I visited the island of Murano outside of Venice, where they make some of the finest (and cheesiest) glass in the world, I’ve had an obsessions with fine glass objects. This log centerpiece by Jeff Zimmerman is one of the finest. I’ve [...]
Design Mart: Tide Chandelier by Stuart Haygarth
Object: Tide Chandelier
Designer: Stuart Haygarth
URL: http://www.stuarthaygarth.com
Category: Furniture and Housewares
Price: $10,000 +
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: To Celebrate the London Design Museum’s exhibition, Design Mart, I am including several of their up-and-coming designers they have showcased. For more information about the exhibition, go to www.designmuseum.org
Stuart Haygarth’s Chandeliers are as powerful to me as any of the environmental artist, [...]
Droog Designer: The Meatbag by Ted Noten
Object: The Meatbag
Manufacturer: Ted Noten
URL: http://www.tednoten.com/webshop/items/meatbag/
Category: Fashion
Price: $10,000
Lust Factor: Warm
Description: I can’t help but put another one of Ted Noten’s products on my list of highly addictive design. Here’s a purse that will turn heads: the Meatbag. This purse is a cast clear acrylic body with an 18K gold cut of meat floating in the [...]
Droog Designer: Bootleg Objects
Through January, the Museum of Arts and Design will be hosting an exhibit on the Netherlands’ Droog Design titled “Simply Droog”. Over the next couple of weeks, I’ll spotlight some of my favorite design objects from the Droog Designers. I also highly suggest browsing the comprehensive list of links located in the sitemap.
Object: Bootleg Sound
Manufacturer: [...]
Henk designed by Frog Design
This week marks the annual Millionaire Fair, this year held in Moscow: home to 60,000 Millionaires and 30 Billionaires (The highest concentration in the world). All week, I will be reporting finds from the Fair on more obscure companies that cater to the super rich. What categories of design are on the lists of the [...]
Repurposed Garments by Maison Martin Margiela
Object: Repurposed Garments
Manufacturer: Martin Margiela
URL: http://www.maisonmartinmargiela.com
Category: Fashion
Price: $15,000
Lust Factor: Hot
Description: Martin Margiela’s house of designers are packed with a level of virtuosity that is almost unheard of. I’ve included two images of repurposed garments but the most impressive is the glove jacket. It takes 103 hours to construct this jacket, and the gloves are unstitched [...]
