Posts tagged with modern furniture
June 3, 2010 | New Design | by Michelle Wilding |
The day I win lotto is the day I completely furnish my home with everything Kyle Bunting has designed. For almost a decade, the flamboyant designer’s psychedelic work has redefined the purpose of cowhide application to interior design. Tasteful floor rugs, furniture panels and wall coverings are meticulously prettied up with vibrant hide colours, mosaic textures and wood finishes for that ultra-modern air of festive fun. The possibilities are truly endless. Read more
January 30, 2009 | New Design | by Zolton 
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Working out of The Netherlands, Pepe Heykoop has designed a chair that bends in all the right places, and just when you need it to. Titled Restless Chairacter, the chair was his graduation project at the Design Academy in Eindhoven.
November 14, 2008 | New Products | by Zolton |
First, the good news: nibbling on this Chocolate Lamp will not add a single pound to your waistline. But it may not be great for your teeth. Yes, don’t be fooled, it ain’t made from chocolate. It is, instead, a new product from the exceptional Italian design team, Cassina. Now, if only they could invent the real thing!
October 28, 2008 | New Design | by Yuko Shimizu |
Marcos Chin and I share a studio and we are loving the Cubits and Cubitec shelving system from Design Within Reach, which we first saw at Mirko Ilic’s studio and then had to buy them ourselves. It’s smart, light and can be custom built to the shape you like. The vivid colours make our workspace a lot of fun!
July 11, 2008 | New Products | by Derrick Stembridge |
The LightBench is based on modern LED RGB illuminating engineering, thus millions of colours are adjustable between frmly adjusted colours or gentle colour changes and suitable for inside and outside.
June 26, 2008 | New Products | by Derrick Stembridge |
An elegant, generously-proportioned and original storage system, based on a juxtaposition of chests, the Ligne Roset Playtime makes it possible to create large-scale settings, or smaller pieces such as sideboards, chests and TV units. Playtime is fitted furniture, with the dimensions able to be adjusted to fit your living space.
June 6, 2008 | New Trends | by Derrick Stembridge |
Superficial or authentic? This striking piece puts equal emphasis on surface and substance. Read more
I gotta say, the Occupy movement has much better art and design skills than the Tea Party. Check out these posters by Occuprint. Print them out, and distribute widely. Read more
Ok, some random news and observations about this thriving, jiving metropolis that is New York City. 1. There are that many tattoos around Williamsburg, Brooklyn that I reckon I’m making more of a statement by not having one! Seriously. People nod at me on the street as if to say, ‘cool man, I love that clean skin. Where’d ya get it done?’ Read more
Comedy troupe Summer of Tears edited itself into the classic ’80s movie Teen Wolf, starring Michael J. Fox, providing a new and gut-bustingly hilarious side-plot.
Graff legend Slang used to be a neighbor of mine. His sharp-witted personality is mirrored in his latest commision for Wicker Park’s upscale cocktail hole in the wall, The Violet Hour. Read more
Karol Grygoruk, acting as the Pepper Pirate, takes pictures of hipsters and strangers amidst the coolest spots in Warszawa. He catches the dark side of the city and the colorful people who sin there. Read more
Strip away the cookie monster vocals and downtuned, distorted guitars, it’s hard to imagine death metal still reading as death metal, but 8-bit duo Dr. Zilog manage to do just that. The Floridian sound-card tweakers make some pretty amazing original, NES tunes that are strangely compelling, catchy, and actually quite metal.
Chuck Wepner, Clara Rockmore, Abe Lincoln. These peeps and more are worthy of a t-shirt. Pretty Patti also sells modern postcards of vintage family members.
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Get lost in a daydream or a craving for something sweet while gazing at these cool sculptures by Brooklyn-based WiNK WiNK PONY. Made using clay, tree bark, wood, and mossy moss.
Honest Food Preparation Instructions
Yes, we’ve all been there: the chinese food from last week that still looks edible amongst the bare surrounds of an empty fridge. But really, we shouldn’t. Just let it be. Or College Humor will expose you! Read more
Michelle Blade’s psychedelic artwork
Michelle Blade’s washed out paintings are deceptively simple, her washy acrylics creating psychedelic textures and conjuring ghostly figures from the past. Read more
Francoise Nielly’s Yellow series
Parisian visual artist Francoise Nielly brings technicolour to the forefront in her latest series, Yellow. Featuring thick impasto palette knife strokes and trippy neon hues, Nielly captures the vulnerable expressions of her muses to a tee. Read more
Pencils made from recycled newspaper
The problem with awesome things like these pencils made out of recycled newspaper is that you almost don’t want to use them.
Made from 100 percent organic cotton and eco-friendly, this super soft tee celebrates a sinister world of kaleidoscopic colours and ripples of psychedelia, of serenading Queens, of dancing flamingos, of unimaginable euphoria. It’s all the work of Sydney label, Das Monk and it’s available through the Lost At E Minor online store for just US$40. Now, there’s one hell of a Christmas present, even if we do say so ourselves!
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