I like the look of these Ripple Collection plates, but for the full effect you’d really have to serve a four course meal! I’m more of an entree-side-and-salad-all-on-one-plate person.
Available here.
Category Archives: Industrial Design
Twin One Cutlery Set
Also designed by the brothers at the UK-based designwright (see Pie Timer below) is the Twin One cutlery/chopsticks set for Lékué (see our post on their cool steam roaster.) It has the interlocking effect of the Join Cutlery (have I cross-posted enough?) but these have the added function of chopsticks with an impromptu spring hinge created once the knife and fork, on the opposite end, are connected..
Joseph Joseph Pie Timer
I don’t typically use a kitchen timer, but the beautiful design of this Pie Timer, designed by designwright for their company Joseph Joseph, could get me started.
The white analogue dial is only revealed when twisting to start the timing, creating the pie-chart effect.
Available here.
Metaphorical Horizons: LEGO Installation
This immense structure entitled “Metaphorical Horizons” was created by industrial designer Lene Rønsholt Wille, in Amsterdam, over a 6-week period, using 270,000 white LEGO bricks. Wille says that the sculptural object “functions partly as a bench, a desk, a wall and as an entire space”
The project was sponsored by LEGO. More detailed construction photos here.
via colossal
Tea Diver
Tea Diver, designed by AbelPartners Design Studio, was inspired by the traditional Korean diver, Meoguri, who relies on a cable attached to an oxygen tank for air. Fun twist on the usual tea infuser.
Available here.
Notebook Furniture
The Notebook Furniture System is a modular system of aggregable desks and cabinets for home or office. The holes evoke the image of a notebook, and are used to combine the individual elements via red rope. The system consists of various sized desks, as well as a bench for sitting or supporting cabinets. The holes can also support many specifically designed accessories such as lamps, partitions and screens, and all elements are freely combinable. Designed by Con3 Studio in Italy.
Slap Watches
It may have become apparent by now that the three of us have a weakness for watches…or maybe time pieces in general. It’s not that we own that many of them, but we just tend to notice and appreciate them possibly more than most. Recently, Daniela spotted one of these Slap watches on someone’s wrist and was immediately smitten.
The Slap watch is a silicone watch that implements the mechanism of the spring coil bracelet popular in the 90s. It comes in nine, mostly bright, colors with interchangeable faces, creating 81 possible color combinations. Plus, at under $20, it seems very reasonably priced.
You can learn more about them and visit their online shop, here.
Rubber Table
This whimsical rubber table, inspired, from legs to color, by the traditional plunger, is a Thomas Schnur design, a German industrial designer. Very fun!
Jess Collett: Fabulous Hats
As a nod to today’s Royal Wedding, here are some fabulous hats by Jess Collett, the London milliner who was initially to design the mother-of-the-bride’s hat, until, apparently, there was a change of dress plans last week, when the hat was no longer necessary. Nevertheless, these wooden hats by Collett, likely to be a departure from the unveiled royal-ish design, are really spectacular. Sculptural works of art!
365 Knitting Clock: The Nature of Time
The 365 Knitting Clock was designed by Siren Elise Wilhelmsen, a Norwegian designer based in Germany. She just graduated with a degree in Industrial Design in 2010 and has already won several awards for her creative work. Her aim is to “make design with personality and humour…” as well as offer a new kind of interaction between man and his surroundings.
“The 365 Knitting Clock was made to measure and register time in a three-dimensional form to visualize the otherwise invisible time factor that connects us all. Instead of showing time in numbers…the knitting clock aims the philosophical point of the ongoing process of time….Every passing half hour is marked by the knitting of a mesh, a full day is registered as one round around the clock and a year results in a 2-meter long scarf…The year that has past is this year’s scarf. And the coming year is the thread still unknitted.”
Wilhelmsen‘s humor is evident in the labeling of the yarn: “More Time”.
via Yatzer
Billiard Ball Wooden Pendant Lights
Studio Toogood: Spade Chair
The Spade Chair, by London-based Studio Toogood, is made by hand using English sycamore. Its minimal silhouette is inspired by the three-legged milking stool and the handle of a gardening tool. The structural metal support is detailed in brass and left exposed to add to the design.
Handysoap
Handysoap…the name says it all.
Nooka Wall Clock
Having a daughter who was generously gifted a Nooka wristwatch, we know what a conversation piece they can be…even if not the quickest way to tell time. Now Nooka has designed a series of wall clocks that look great…that red one in the top photo is just beautiful! Nooka is asking for support to make these a reality. You can read more about the project and contribute here.
via Yanko Design
Concrete
There seem to be an awful lot of things cropping up made of concrete, lately. I’ve always found the seemingly cold material rather warm. Maybe it’s the urbanite in me.
Clockwise from top left corner:
Kix-Berlin Concrete USB stick
Concrete Corbu Chair by Stefan Swicky
Corner Rings and Seven Rings by 22design studio
Loose Tea Container on Etsy
Pendant lamp Trabant 1 + Trabant 2 by Joachim Manz
Spice Rub Set on Etsy
Lavazza Coffee Machine by Shmuel Linski
Concrete Necklace by Bergnerschmidt
Alex and Chloe: Square Bangle
Hanger à la Magritte
Inspired by Rene Magritte’s “The Son of Man,” Igor Udushlivy created these humorous hangers.
via Behance
Little Chair
Little Chair is a fun concept chair designed by Serbian industrial designer Dragan Graovcevic.
via Behance
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