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designvagabond
www.design-vagabond.com
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A design blog highlighting all that I find intriguing in the fields of art and design, from the hand-crafted to the mass-produced.
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where did may go?

Many fantastic things happened in the past few weeks, which is usually the case for the hectic month of May. Justin and I spent two days at the Brimfield Antiques Show, and walked away with a fair am...

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mortar packaging

Who knew mortar could look this fantastic? Packaging design for industrial acrylic adhesive mortars for G. Papazoglou & Co company, a supplier of ceramic tiles and kitchen & bathroom fixtures. Design...

17 may 12

hopper boxes

Hopper Boxes by KaschKasch is a lovely storage solution of various trays and containers, made from stained and colored wood. Inspired by the Japanese wappa bowl. via designboom

17 may 12

conto figueira

Packaging concept for Conto Figueira, Brazilian fashion brand, designed by Moio Coletivo. via Lovely Package

16 may 12

seung yong sung

Im in awe of this cheeky collection of furniture by Seung Yong Song. His "Objet" series works around the concept of "freeing" objects from their intended functions. I smirk when I see...

15 may 12

penelopiad

Breathtaking set design by Lightning & Kinglyface. Penelopiad is part of their mythology series, representing "the shrouds we weave around us, the lies we tell and the trouble or effort that is a...

15 may 12

graffiti cafe

Graffiti Cafe is located within a boutique hotel in Bulgaria. The large columns play off the concepts of light and heavy, their bulbous silhouettes comprised of wooden slats that seem to delicately u...

14 may 12

friday inspiration

John Baker and Juli Daoust, owners of Toronto-based Mjölk, could have slapped some black paint on a sandwich board and called it a day. Instead, and as with the lovely products sold in their design s...

11 may 12

oigen cast iron products

Oigen tea kettle and sauce dish, a few of the cast iron products designed by Jasper Morrison and Japan Creative expressing Japanese craftsmanship. via designboom

10 may 12

sand vases

Lovely sand vases, by Yukihiro Kaneuchi, based off the game of Bou-Taoshi. Have you heard of this game? Players make a heap of sand and place a branch in the center, then each player takes turns remo...

09 may 12

concrete business card

Concrete business cards, designed by and for Murmure. Playing with the notion of scales, Murmure created a set of business cards made of concrete. This material, typically used for structure on a gra...

09 may 12

gold wedding ring

A gold wedding ring which gradually changes its appearance as it is worn, designed by Torafu Architects in Japan. Coated on the surface of the gold ring is a thin layer of silver, and as time passes ...

08 may 12

wood casting

Hilla Samia combines cast aluminum and wood to make these stunning hybrid designs. Aluminum seeps into every crevice, highlighting imperfections in the wood. I find the charred wood (from hot metal t...

08 may 12

amager ark

Alio Bonanno is a site-specific, outdoor installation artist who has been creating large-scale sculptures within selected, natural environments for the past 35 years. Amager Ark, an installation and ...

07 may 12

all by maurizio cattelan

Hailed simultaneously as a provocateur, prankster, and tragic poet of our times, Maurizio Cattelan has created some of the most unforgettable images in recent contemporary art. His source materials r...

03 may 12

friday inspiration

Homeroom attempts to rediscover the nostalgia of youth and innocent creativity. Each artist for this exhibition found a piece from their childhood and reinterpreted it in their current style. The res...

03 may 12

hemp chair by werner aisslinger

The hemp chair by Werner Aisslinger has been designed for a lightweight manufacturing process stemming from the car industry; the renewable raw materials hemp and kenaf are compressed with a water-ba...

25 apr 12

facemaker

Facemaker by millergoodman is an imaginative toy with which one can create an almost endless amount of faces with graphic wooden blocks.via Design Milk

25 apr 12

vintage cigarettes cards

Wonderful graphics on these vintage cigarette cards from the NYPL Digital Archives. The colored badges represent the various regional/local football clubs in the UK. via

24 apr 12

house industries

A lovely collection of textiles and decor objects from House Industries, the prolific type foundry.

24 apr 12

kilden performing arts center

An undulating wall of local oak pierces the glass facade of the Kilden performing arts center in Kristiansand, Norway, designed by ALA. The wall allures the audience and expresses the diversity of ar...

23 apr 12

heath ceramics 2012

Heath Ceramics is spot on with their coral and cream combination for their 2012 Seasonal Collection. As always, nice detailing on the cork lids for their containers and the exposed clay accents. Is i...

20 apr 12

pack series stool

Pack Series by TakeHomeDesign is a flat-packed bar stool design available in two heights, in ash or teak wood and four lovely powder-coated steel options. I also like the SIM Steel Stool on their web...

20 apr 12

mosser

Mosser strips terrariums of all the whimsical tchotchkes and brings them back to their scientific origin. A simple glass vessel and packaging is all one really needs to appreciate the beauty of moss ...

18 apr 12

para clock

Inspired by radial geometry, Para Clocks by LeeLABS is designed using parametric software to create many variations of radial patterns based off of similar sets of rules. If their Kickstarter project...

18 apr 12

bahir couch

I love the alternative shape of this Bahir couch by Jörg Boner. The swooping form and low, reclined back makes it a more versatile couch for sitting, napping and spooning. Being 50, I never seem to f...

18 apr 12

maritime and pontoon furniture

I mentioned the lovely Maritime chair last August, and the chairs designer Benjamin Hubert will present an upholstered version plus a coordinating dining table called Pontoon for Italian brand Casama...

18 apr 12

loom hyperbolic

Loom Hyperbolic, an installation in Marrakech, was influenced by local handcraft culture, such as Morrocan weaving on a wood frame loom. Barkow Leibinger combined this indigenous process with algorit...

16 apr 12

friday inspiration

Pantone tarts by Emilie de Griottes. Yum!via Share Some Candy

13 apr 12

noise jelly

Awesome. With this noisy chemistry lab and game, the gamer creates his own jelly with water and a few grams of agar powder. The jelly shape can then be placed on the game board, and by touching the s...

12 apr 12

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