Low chairs are usually good chairs.Be it, for example, the LCW by Charles and Ray Eames or Herbert Hirche's 1953 Lounge Chair - low chairs are good chairs.And also the Barraco Collection by Brazilian...
I love a nice pun... and when a nice product is nestling behind it - so much the better.Great balls of wire by Soren Refsgaard for Bald and Bang is just such a thing.The size of a tennis ball "Great ...
Heels Chair by Steuart Padwick is one of those products that I don't really understand why I like it.I just know I do.A lotIt may be the fact that in the hands of another designer it would have come ...
Winner of a 2009 Red Dot Award the wonderful LED1 from Tunto is a wonderful combination of technological finesse and good old bent plywood.Easiest is probably just to watch the video.
Imagine a stool the grows along with your magazine collection.Christian Lessing did and the result is fantastic.And very very simple; being as it is nothing more than two pieces of metal which slide....
I would love to be able to tell you a little more about this product; sadly the designers website is so user unfriendly I can't...But fortunately that doesn't distract from the quality of the idea, a...
Every morning my day begins with a quick browse of 7gadgets.com and I'm rarely dissapointed.Today I was offered a "Whimsical Wind Electric Fan"I don't know any more, and I don't need toAll I have to ...
Just to late for the 2009 Christmas stockings; but already looking good for 2010 - The Kitchen Pencil by Sebastian Bergne for ENOIts a wooden spoon with a pencil at the end of the handle.No one needs...
Not in Cologne - but in @designspotter who appear to be planning big things in Cologne - this wonderous clothes hanger from French design team Les M Design.In contrast to "normal" clothes hangers Eff...
Next week I'm of to IMM in Cologne, and so am busy planning my trip - just to make sure I make the best possible use of my limited time.And so it came to pass that I inadvertently stumbled across cub...
We have started dreaming of summer, and in doing so are reminded of one of those products we always wanted to buy....but just never quite got round to.Bubble Club from Phillipe Starck is an outrageou...
With the Skin collection for Droog, Nacho Carbonell's intention is to revive one’s curiosity in what might be hidden underneath.The outermost layer of these pieces can be stretched over the things yo...
In the wake of the success of their Spoon chair, Kartell have now launched an accompanying table from Antonio Citterio.Unmistakably Kartell.Spoon Table and Spoon Chair both by Antonio Citterio for Ka...
We like the look of this modular seating system with lamp from Marina Bautier For us this is a product that would work wonderfully in a waiting room or on an enclosed balcony.Modular from Marina Baut...
Inspired madness from amazon japan (and via visual culture, thank you very much)A loop that goes round your shoulder, holds your umbrella and keeps your hands free for more impoprtant jobs.It's soo s...
Wonderful lamp from Scottish designer Scott Jarvie. Based on the structure of xylem, Jarvie's clutch "series" is created from common or garden drinking straws.The light source comes from the middle a...
It's like retweeting ... just with out tweeter.The ever gorgeous ladies at design_sponge brought my attentuon this morning to the most fantastic pencil collection - 500 pencils.Every 20 month you wil...
Thanks to core 77 for drawing our attention to Monarchy Rocking Stool by Greek designer Yiannis Ghikas. In the desigers own words:Monarchy is a stool, it is a rocking stool.It rocks sideways and it r...
I know it's "doing the rounds" at the moment, but if you are interested in the design work of Charles and Ray Eames the TED talks video is well worth a look.
Browsing through the wonderful Modern Echo, I discovered this equally wonderful childrens storage unit from Indianapolis based design studio Ecotots. Perfect for clothes, shoes, games ... and all tho...
Thanks to myhouseismycastle for drawing my attention to Modern Echo and for all to this wonderful Alkira Accessory Chair from Californian based KAA Design Group. And the best news is that it is now a...
Since I've been on a "wooden" trip this week here is some wonderful ideas from Maker Magazine for recycling your old analogue TV.Convert your old TV to a barOr a fish tankMore ideas at Make magazine
Looking for a novel storage option for my office I stumbled across this wonderful Bookwave by Mehtap Obuz - only I can't find much more information about it.Help!!As far as I can deduce from the ilio...
Following on from last weeks Pooktre post, more timber-based design, this time from Australia.According to the legend, upon buying himself a new iPod Josh D set about fulfilling a long considered pro...
Although I'm not entirely sure if this idea from Argentinian Industrial Designer Ignacio Pilotto could ever reach production other than as marketing gift from Time magazine; the idea is wonderful.And...
If your anything like me then when you go to go the market you invariably come back with a dozen plastic bags from different stalls.Even though you know it is wrong.You can however solve that problem...
I've started the weekend early and that's all due to Ironic Sans and their fantastic Outlet WallAnd so I share it here with you all.Happy Weekend.Outlet Wall -another ingenious idea from Ironic Sans
Probably the ultimate in sustainable, handmade furniture.Thanks to Inhabitat for drawing our attention to the Pooktre Garden Chair.It took ten years to reach the stage shown in the photos, but if you...
The boys and girls at design sponge have a great tip on how you can customize your camera strap.Amusingly enough I'm going to buy a new camera this week, now thinking how I can customize the strap.Ha...
Just received an eMail with these gorgeous button coat hooks from Danish producer Bent Hansen; produced using the same techniques as "normal" buttons - simply scaled up by a factor of 10.The version ...
You are no longer following . Undo?