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July 13th, 2013 — Design
Mooncake is a minimalist design created by Toronto-based design firm +tongtong . The concept of the design is to have restaurant patrons eat directly off the table. The designers wanted to create a table in which the patrons would have a stronger connection to their meal and surrounding environment.
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Mooncake by +tongtong
July 7th, 2013 — Design
Summit Nesting Tables is a minimalist design created by Brooklyn-based design firm Moving Mountains . As the company name suggests, Moving Mountains is an industrial design practice that wants to move beyond its boundaries to the convergence of design, art, and fashion. The studio prides itself on creating a diverse range of domestically-made products focused on a refined sense of simplicity and functionality. With that being said, all furniture pieces are made by hand, and crafted with solid wood. The nesting tables can be stacked to build a mountain, or nested to create plateaus
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Summit Nesting Tables by Moving Mountains
June 16th, 2013 — Design
Born in Düsseldorf, Germany to Norwegian parents, designer Lars Tornøe graduated from the Bergen National Academy of the Arts and Design in 2006 and immediately started the successful design collaboration Tveit&Tornøe. After designing furniture, lighting, and accessories for various companies, like Muuto, Materia, and Helland, he decided move on. While exhibiting work all over the world, he continues to design award-winning home furnishings with his own distinct Norwegian stamp on them
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Friday Five with Lars Tornøe
June 13th, 2013 — Design
RAIA is a minimalist design created by Gud Conspiracy for WeWood . This functional dining table is made completely of solid French Oak – a material choice that characterizes lightness and purity of form. RAIA represents a sophisticated design with harmonious lines being worked together to withdraw structural and visual weight, which emphasizes its elegance. During its construction, the wood is utilized in an intelligent manner in order to not only reduce costs, but eliminate excess waste and reduce environmental impact as well. Inspired by Scandinavian design and produced by the experienced hands of Portuguese craftsman, RAIA is a contemporary table with traditional roots.
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RAIA Table by Gud Conspiracy
June 8th, 2013 — Design
The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem is a school that’s been around for over 100 years and their top-notch students have been ahead of the curve when it comes to producing the best of Israeli art and design. They’ve curated a touring exhibition that presents a vast range of projects from their recent graduates and emerging artists and so far it’s been on display in major cities around the world for the last couple of years.
June 4th, 2013 — Design
The NoHo Design District is a not-to-be-missed part of New York Design Week featuring events and exhibitions in the NoHo neighborhood. The four day event is curated by Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer of Sight Unseen and being in the fourth year, they’ve hit their stride as a design destination. Spike and Thorn Chandelier by Lindsey Adelman We hit up Lindsey Adelman’s new private showroom that was open to the public during this time. The lighting designer has taken the New York design scene by storm with her instantly recognizable fixtures, some of which were on display in the showroom, along with a curated selection of artwork. Catch fixtures by Lindsey Adelman Branching fixture by Lindsey Adelman Next up was Model Citizens NYC , an exhibit featuring up and coming and independent designers from around the world.
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NYCxDesign 2013: NoHo Design District
May 31st, 2013 — Design
Japanese design studio Nendo designed a simple wooden storage shelf with circular-shaped glass discs that serve as the doors. The design was inspired by “the historical practice of cutting sheet glass from glass discs” and the resulting transparent discs retain that beautiful, handmade quality about them. The discs rotate in the shelf’s slots when you use the finger-sized handles to move them. The glass has bubbles and depressions in the surface that help distort the objects you place on the shelves behind them. The shelf was part of a larger exhibition called “Glassworks by Nendo” at the Dilmos Gallery in Milan.
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Rotating Glass Discs Shelving Unit by Nendo
May 26th, 2013 — Design
Dock Tray is a minimalist design created by Belgium-based designer Alain Berteau for Objekten . The design was presented at this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. Objekten displayed its newest and greatest designs including this multifunctional accessory made for the iPad. Objekten produces its products in Europe, and is designed by well-known industrial designers such as Lehanneur, Willenz, and Berteau.
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Dock Tray by Alain Berteau
May 21st, 2013 — Design
Swiss design firm BERNHARD | BURKARD recently launched a super fun floor lamp that was inspired by the tallest living animal there is – the giraffe. The GIRAFFE | floor lamp adapts to whatever lighting situation you might have by extending its neck out to create a reading lamp or a spot light.
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GIRAFFE Floor Lamp by BERNHARD BURKARD
May 18th, 2013 — Design
Pietro Russo is an Italian designer who recently exhibited a large body of work in Milan during Milan Design Week. We couldn’t pick favorites, so we decided to just share all of it! Piuma Table (also pictured in top photo) Yps Lamp Scintilla Lamps Otto Lamp Voliera Shelving I also had to share this 2012 design: Romboidale Bookshelf divider – love it!
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Modern Furnishings by Pietro Russo