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June 13th, 2013 — Design
Brooklyn-based Calico Wallpaper began haphazardly during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy when Rachel Mosler and Nick Cope were stranded in their loft and out of work for a month. Instead of sitting around, Mosler got inspired to marbleize paper. Hundreds of prototype swatches later, they decided to expand them and turn them into wallpaper.
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Metallic Marble Wallpaper by Calico Wallpaper
June 12th, 2013 — Design
If you liked TILT in our Clerkenwell Design Week 2013 roundup last week , then you’re sure to love this post. TILT is beginning to make a name for themselves in the coworking and collaborative workspace environment by creating collaborative design to suit the needs of these flexible office spaces. Call is a personal space developed for when you need to make a private call. Call’s sister piece is Quiet , a similar concept as Call but made into a cocoon-like chair
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Finding Privacy in Coworking: Quiet and Call by TILT
June 12th, 2013 — Design
Above: Layers Park Double by Hella Jongerius While in New York for NYCxDesign , we visited the Carl Hansen & Son showroom to see their new collection of chairs. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Hans J. Wegner’s iconic Shell Chair, they partnered with legendary fabric company Maharam for some sweet chair/fabric combinations and have officially called it The Maharam Shell Chair Project
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The Maharam Shell Chair Project
June 11th, 2013 — Design
Folditure , founded by Alexander Gendell, set out to create a line of folding designs that were beautifully designed, while also sturdy and comfortable, and, most importantly, would practically disappear when folded up. The Leaf chair is the world’s thinnest folding dining height chair and it folds flat to less than 3/4 of an inch thick. The one above is limited edition version and it’s part of the permanent collection at the Brooklyn Museum. Last year we wrote about the Leaf chair and it never quite left our minds. Luckily, for this month’s Deconstruction , they’re taking us behind the scenes to show us how it’s done.
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How Folditure Makes Its Leaf Chair
June 11th, 2013 — Design
The August Smart Lock is a new lock and access system, designed by Yves Behar’s fuseproject in partnership with Jason Johnson, that will change the way you, your house guests, and visitors enter your house. Gone are the annoying house keys that you have to fumble for when your hands are full or the key you have to give to your house cleaners – they’re replaced with a virtual key that you can send to people you want to give access to, all via your phone. See the lock in action: August Smart Lock works with your existing deadbolts and the brilliant thing about it is that your virtual key can never be copied. You can grant certain people access for specific periods of time and then disable it when you want to
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August Smart Lock Turns Your Phone Into House Keys
June 10th, 2013 — Design
One of my personal favorites from ICFF 2013 was a table that I quickly walked by and snapped a photo of on my way to see something else. With this simple table made of powder-coated steel , Iacoli & McAllister have yet again made me go back and take a second look.
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Wire Side Table by Iacoli & McAllister
June 10th, 2013 — Design
Antonella Di Luca , a young designer from Bologna, Italy who previously worked with at Iosa Ghini Design Studio decided to begin a new design practice with Ubaldo Righi called MR.LESS & MRS.MORE . Focused on tableware and home decor, they presented a product during Milan Design Week at Ventura Lambrate called Citybook . Inspired by a previous popular product, Housebook , they took that house form and created a modular unit that can be configured just about any way you’d like, creating tons of bookcase variations that are an attractive alternative to the traditional square and rectangle shapes. Different bases can also be purchased and the house units come in white or gray sheet iron
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Citybook Modular Bookcase by MR.LESS & MRS.MORE
June 9th, 2013 — Design
Chilean born, New York based Sebastian Errazuriz is a self-proclaimed obsessive workaholic who walks a fine line between both art and design, dabbling in both disciplines and doing both with equal verve. Leaving Chile, he headed to New York University where he received his Master’s in Fine Arts and later went on to become the second living South American designer (at age 28!) to have work auctioned at Sotheby’s Important Twentieth Century Design. Recently, he began prepping for his very first museum solo exhibition happening in 2014 at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Let’s see what keeps this young artist/designer inspired in this week’s Friday Five . Photo © White Pine Pictures 1.
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Friday Five with Sebastian Errazuriz
June 9th, 2013 — Design
Kaari in Finnish means “arc” and clearly it’s the perfect name for this table by Juhani Horelli . Initially inspired by the landscape of bridges, the form seemed to reveal itself through the Finnish and Scandinavian tradition of mold pressing veneer. Horelli uses traditional craft in a modern way to create new forms for contemporary living. Polished with a lacquer finish, it’s also available in walnut, wenge and stripy birch plywood.
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Kaari Table by Juhani Horelli
June 8th, 2013 — Design
The following post is brought to you by Ballantine’s . Our partners are hand-picked by the Design Milk team because they represent the best in design. Ballantine’s , the No. 1 Scotch Whisky in Europe partnered with one of our favorite UK designers, Lee Broom , to create a beautiful and sophisticated crystal decanter that echoes Broom’s crystal bulb style
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Lee Broom Helps Tell Ballantine’s 12 Story of Serve