These Granny Lamps by Dutch designers Pudelskern made me chuckle. Apparently, they’re knit in the Netherlands by ‘local ladies’. Manufactured by Casamania and available here.
“Pratt Industrial Design senior Q Kyu Seop Lee combines the work of Isamu Noguchi with a familiar object most students appreciate and love, a pizza box. The result embodies the iconic simplicity of Noguchi’s coffee tables and maintains the accessibility and youthful quality associated with the pizza box. Q’s side table is perfectly crafted to provide easy assemblage without any tools, and comes apart to fit inside the box of the top.” Part of the Pratt Show 2011.
“The ‘Drink Tap Water’ bottle is a bio disposable plastic refillable water bottle with a lid shaped like a faucet handle. The motion of opening the water bottle is like that of turning on a tap, making us reconsider drinking from the tap rather than buying bottled water.” Designed by Junggi Sung.
I might have to go from no-handle cups to mega-handle cups. I’m loving these Mono mugs by Norwegian design trio Angell Wyller Aarseth. “Mono has much of its character in the handle, which is grown out of the thin porcelain to provide a steering wheel or knob…”
When you adopt one of artist/graphic designer Roy Barazani’s Offbits, you are not only saving an exiled, independent-thinking, malfunctioning Bitbot from the Babylonian Kingdom, but you are joining a community of Offbit adopters! The whole concept is done very well and, honestly, it’s hard to resist these little bots. The community photos made me laugh. Check it out here.
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Bouncing on the forty stretched, colorful elastics of the Lastika Armchair, made for Lago, would probably satisfy the wannabe-gymnast in any of us.
Designed by Velicho Velikov.
The Lobot, designed by Jin Seok Hwang, is a desk lamp with an LED lighting source and an anodized aluminum body. Jin Seok was inspired by the movements of the humanoid robot from movies and comic books and tried to give emotion to the lamp. I’d say he was quite successful. The Lobot could pass for a Pixar character. Very cute.
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Swiss company Axylo makes these cool Alphabet Rings. You can wear just one or create a word or message using multiple fingers. Necklaces and earrings are available too, but the rings are my personal favorite.
This Panels 02 concept chair, designed in plywood by Sebastien Wierinck Workshop in Marseille, France, has an interesting joint system; functional, decorative, and packs flat!
The Lekue Steam Roaster designed by Compeixalaigua Design Studio of Barcelona “is a multifunctional bowl; it takes advantage of silicone’s flexibility to change its shape. In a closed position it combines the advantages of steam cooking with a crunchy finishing produced by the air circulation from its opened ends. When opened it is merely a bowl, but you can prepare, weigh and mix all the ingredients and even serve straight from the oven.” Available here.
Pantone toothbrushes and contact lens cases from Kikkerland.
This four-in-one modular furniture piece becomes a table and chair, or lounge chair when unstacked and reassembled. Made of wood with acrylic matte paint and designed by Sanjin Halilovic. via Yanko Design
I’ve always liked manhole covers with their interesting patterns and type, but I must say this NYC Sewer Pillow cracked me up with all the grit and grime included. Available here.
Some of the very interesting (and fantastical) interior (and a few architectural) designs of the Ukrainian architect, designer, and artist Sergey Makhno of Kiev. More at his site.
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“Industrial design group Postfossil presents its new collection of home furnishings ‘Trattoria Utopia’ with the intent of bringing up the conversation of resource scarcity into the everyday lives of consumers.” The Personal Cutlery Set, in the top two images, is an answer to today’s increase in personal mobility with its ability to combine compactly for easy transport, while the bottom ‘5 forks on the Subject of Critical Design’ are designed with rounded ends to address the topic of meat eating by making it virtually impossible to skewer meat.
Made of chrome steel.
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The Amourette Lamp is a suspension lamp that features multiple stacked, colored layers with space in between. Designed by Dima Loginoff and available here.
The Fia Carafe by Swedish designer Nina Jobs, is at once elegant and playful. Love it.
Available here.
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