Here’s a thought provoking product from young Serbian designer Jovana Bogdanovic, via Yellowtrace: It’s a simple and powerful message, though deep depressing thoughts about polar bears are perhaps not exactly what I need with my afternoon cup of tea. I don’t know what proportion of the world’s energy resources are used boiling kettles, or whether taking ...
Yesterday I had the good fortune to attend a lecture by lighting guru Randall Whitehead – he’s a great entertainer as well as a supremely knowledgeable designer, if his books aren’t already in your library they should be. It would be impossible to distill the entire talk into one little blog post, but today I’d ...
I’m a huge admirer of Ingo Maurer’s lamp designs, many of them have that playful simplicity that makes you think, “I could have done that” - as long as none of your friends are around to cut you down to size! Lucellino is simply a lightbulb with wings: Transformed into a flock it becomes Birds Birds Birds And ...
Just a few of my favorite things from the show floor at KBIS today – not necessarily new, not necessarily world changing, just a few things that caught my eye or made me happy. First, beautiful LED pendants from WAC Lighting – dimmable, dainty, energy efficient, and many of them reaching the 40 lumens per watt ...
I’ve seen some unusual Christmas Trees in the blogosphere – although far from the prettiest, I couldn’t resist sharing these recycled ones (via). That’s an awful lot of beer to get through – no wonder they never got round to adding lights and decorations. This scaled down version might be more manageable: Wishing a Merry Christmas to ...
I don’t know if this is really clever, funny, or just sad – clothing that can be transformed into makeshift shelter. I’m pretty sure the people who really need it won’t be able to afford it. From ecouterre via inhabitat. Related Posts:The coolest camper kitchenBack to the Beach HutBeach Retreats – British Summer StylePerfect escape vehicleBeach weather ...
You’ve probably seen these tea-chest kitchen cabinet fronts designed by Rupert Blanchard. Who knew hubby and I were so avant garde when we used tea-chests as nightstands for so many years. Of course ours were simply covered with a table-cloth; nothing to be proud of really. This is so much more stylish, and practical too: Examples ...