March 2011

Designer Philip Hansen of Typewriter Boneyard has decided that there are many creative things you can do with a book long after its story has been read. Once the story is finished, with the book destined to be put on your shelf for display, why not transform it in something cool and unexpected? Spending hours in Continue Reading

Internationally renowned furniture designer, Kenneth Cobonpue has launched a new line of lounge furniture titled Cabaret. The furniture’s over sized back and arms are enough to catch your attention, but it’s the knotted detail that draws you in. Tables that appear to be stitched makes the furniture a cohesive line with unprecedented attention to detail. Continue Reading

Ok, this post may be a wee bit off topic, but can this be us when we get old, Georgette? Please?! This is my homage to Saturday morning Estate sales and everything vintage. Photographer Ari Seth Cohen‘s focus is on the Original Fashionistas of America.

AlviDesign aims to craft environmentally friendly durable furnishings with the restrictions of using a minimal amount materials. With their latest piece, a chair was built up using silk thread tightened around an oak frame, creating an overall beautifully simplistic functional work of art. The

The Roly-Poly 2 is cool rocking lamp that, when freed from its shade, transforms into a coat hanger. It was designed by Jung Jaeyp as a second addition to the Roly-Poly 1. I just love the playfulness of the construction.

Young Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto is a most famous for his striking mural portraits. Usually showcased alongside of older buildings, Farto creates the majority of his work by peeling away the top layer of whatever material he’s working on.

” With the new tools and methods I’ve developed, I can twist and bend wood as freely as you use a pencil for drawing.” -Tom Raffield

Caution: Make sure your next casual stroll down the street doesn’t end in the bottom of a flaming magma pit. With Edgar Mueller’s 3D Pavement Art, this nightmare might become a reality! Dubbed a “Master Street Painter,” Mueller transforms large public urban areas into perfectly painted illusions.

The designers at Nendo pushed the limits of creativity with their ILLOIHA fitness facility design.  Hoping to inspire newcomers, they developed a glamorized climbing wall to replace the conventional form of rock climbing. Well they won me over, I’m officially inspired.

Crafted from a single sheet of steel, these fun liquid lamps are molded without the use welding or folding. They would make a great addition to the ‘Paint or Die but Love Me‘ table by John Nouanesing.