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Pursebuckle: A Small Fanny Pack

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:13:50 +0000

I’m sorry, but when I first set eyes on the pursebuckle (Get it. It’s a purse and a belt buckle) I immediately thought back to one of my coworkers who still wears a fanny pack. He’s married, so he’s not too worried about attracting the ladies… which he would never do wearing a fanny pack. Although I admit, this is much smaller, it still has a cancerous look, just in it’s early stages.
Pursebuckle – Core77

Vessel/Architectural Pottery Beauty in Simplicity

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:06:42 +0000

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 in their collection come in ultra-simple white. But color is occasionally added such as in the WS-4 pieces. If you are looking for a gift for the zen modernist gardener in your life then look no further.

Domino Planters
List Price: ~~$195.0~~
Price: $195.0
VesseL USA Inc. has reissued Architectural Pottery’s most popular designs. These award-winning home and garden planters, containers and sculptures have become icons of mid 20th century design.Architectural Pottery has evolved with two concepts: to manufacture high quality ceramics that would safeguard the health of growing plants and to make these products in a range of related shapes complementary to today’s architecture.

S-1 Planter
List Price: ~~$95.0~~
Price: $95.0
VesseL USA Inc. has reissued Architectural Pottery’s most popular designs. These award-winning home and garden planters, containers and sculptures have become icons of mid 20th century design.Architectural Pottery has evolved with two concepts: to manufacture high quality ceramics that would safeguard the health of growing plants and to make these products in a range of related shapes complementary to today’s architecture.

WS-3 Plant Stand
List Price: ~~$190.0~~
Price: $190.0
VesseL USA Inc. has reissued Architectural Pottery’s most popular designs. These award-winning home and garden planters, containers and sculptures have become icons of mid 20th century design.Architectural Pottery has evolved with two concepts: to manufacture high quality ceramics that would safeguard the health of growing plants and to make these products in a range of related shapes complementary to today’s architecture.

WS-4 Plant Stand
List Price: ~~$190.0~~
Price: $190.0
VesseL USA Inc. has reissued Architectural Pottery’s most popular designs. These award-winning home and garden planters, containers and sculptures have become icons of mid 20th century design.Architectural Pottery has evolved with two concepts: to manufacture high quality ceramics that would safeguard the health of growing plants and to make these products in a range of related shapes complementary to today’s architecture.The WS-4 Walnut Wooden Plant Stand was designed by La Gardo Tackett.Planter excluded.

Konzuk Earings

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:49:23 +0000

Years ago, I reported on Konzuk, and now they are just getting better and better. Think minimalist concrete and steel perfection not for your building but for your ear. You will like this if you are a Miesian stylist.

Stainless Solid Square Earrings
List Price: ~~$90.0~~
Price: $90.0

OFFI Duoplane CD Shelf

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:21:30 +0000

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:36:36 +0000

Alright. I’ve fallen for it. The Swiss Army brand has moved into shoes and I’m in. The shoes, lead by Established Brands, have been expertly produced with the expected simplicity, ease of use, and signature red color that is important to give it that Swiss Army feel. I grew up owning a Swiss Army knife, and I never thought much of it except that it was just so damn cool. And it’s this sort of child like deep mental bond that pulls me in to the lust for these shoes. What makes these shoes cool if you took the logo off? Well, their still light weight, well made, rugged, and thoughtfully designed, but quite frankly, if they had a Payless logo on them then I wouldn’t be writing about them.

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.
:AnAtomic Factory: Milk Gone Bad:

Mixko: A World of Undiscoverd Similarities

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:10:56 +0000

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 mighty comfortable lounge chair.” Of course, their mixing does not stop there. They mix cartoon bubbles with plates, candles with joysticks, and my personal favorite: dog shit with jewelry. The one item informs the other in such refreshing and revealing ways. But the thing that makes Mixko extra special is that they are so young yet so prolific as to beg the question: what will Mixko be in thirty years when the design mashup matures? My answer is that Mixko may rule the earth at that point.

Plates from Domestic

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:21:38 +0000

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 much as I’m dying to have these plates on my own table, I’m holding off until the dollar recovers because at 53 Euros per plate (which is what? about $4000?) I could only see myself getting nervous any time my son crawls within ten feet. If only I had a china cabinet.

Jason Miller Seconds

Brandon Thomas Baunach — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:33:59 +0000

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 duct tape. In other words, the furniture, just as his cups, plates, bowls, and teapots, look like mistakes or look distressed. The “Seconds” collection takes this idea of mistake to a new level. Each piece of china is mismatched. To take things a bit further, each piece of tableware has randomly placed designs that are juxtaposed in curious ways. This concept would baffle grandma, but if you were wanting to leave a fine set of plates, tea pots and all other forms of fine china to you grandchildren, then this set would be one of the most unique. Here are a number of pieces that I found striking available at Design Public:

Jason Miller Seconds Tall Teapot – Goldfinch

Jason Miller Seconds Set of Two Teacups #1

Jason Miller Seconds Round Teapot – Oriole

Jason Miller Seconds Dinner Plates – set of 4

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.