September 23rd, 2011 — Design
What happens when you take ten designers based in London and you leave them for one week inside an empty factory in the Dutch countryside? This is what… Having successfully carried out a similar project in 2005, Arco invited ten Okay Studio designers (a collective of RCA graduates) to experiment with their state-of-the-art machinery and see what they could come up with – this time based from the factory, and in just a week. They were challenged to make something from wood that was completely different from anything in the current Arco catalog. The resulting prototypes are displayed in “The Garage” just off Brompton Road from September 17-25th for the London Design Festival
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LDF 2011: Okay Studio / Arco
August 30th, 2011 — Design
Designers Ismail Özalbayrak and Bastian Diephaus of Hamburg, Germany-based Studio Unieke designed this wall-mounted desk called S01. Perfect for small spaces, the desk folds up like a secretary to hide your unsightly work when company is over. It also features vents for cable organization and storage of hard drives and accessories.
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S01 Desk by Studio Unieke
August 29th, 2011 — Design
The Two Halves cabinet is a collaboration between designers Charlie Crowther-Smith and Christian Taylor . Charlie created the cabinet and Christian made the illustration for the exterior doors. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook .
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Two Halves Cabinet by Charlie Crowther-Smith and Christian Taylor
August 19th, 2011 — Design
Suzanne Sharp is one half of The Rug Company . She and her husband, Chris, started The Rug Company with the idea that they would see rugs from a contemporary viewpoint without sacrificing quality and the traditional rug making skills. Inspired by the classical and armed with pure 21st century spirit, a good visual imagination and an inherent ability to know what works they soldiered on. It was a daunting task but it was a challenge that has been worth the effort.
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Friday Five with Suzanne Sharp of The Rug Company
July 21st, 2011 — Design
Recent grad Yvette Cox just exhibited her Florence coffee table for the first time at New Designers 2011 . The steam-bent hand-sculpted table base has 13 fluid twisting pieces of wood that interweave. I love how it feels like draped ribbons
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Florence Coffee Table by Yvette Cox
May 31st, 2011 — Design
Tenenbaum Hazan created a chair out of a most unexpected material: old roller blinds. The TRIS chair is made from plastic roller blinds that, according to the designers, in Israel have no economical profitability in its recycling processes, as they’re now being replaced with aluminum roller blinds. To preserve and reuse the materials, they’ve designed a closed wooden structure in which the blinds are held.
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Old Plastic Roller Blinds Become A Chair
April 29th, 2011 — Designer Stuff
Ofo is an extremely modern chair that also provides a convenient area for storage.
Perfect for small spaces that need multi-tasking furniture, the Ofo chair has a unique and captivating design.
Ofo is designed by Solovyov Design, which is comprised of Maria and Igor Solovyov, industrial and product designers based out of Belarus.
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April 16th, 2011 — Design
Iconic Indoors has launched their debut collection during Salone this week. Made up of three Dutch designers, Bart de Rooy, Anno Koning, and Tina Koning, their collection combines complementary housewares and antiques with high-quality modern furniture. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2011 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime in Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments
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Iconic Indoors
March 21st, 2011 — Design
Valentin Garal was born In Madrid, Spain and graduated in industrial design, recently moved to Mexico as Design Director for Integral DF . He develops art and design works that are market orientated but also that increasingly consider social factors, selective quantities, high quality materials and handcraft skills. In addition, he received an intensive continuous education, learning from such designers as Sigga Heimis, Héctor Serrano, Moritz Waldemeyer, Culdesac, etc. Garal is multi-skilled with an approach that is both energetic and professional. Ulrike Castle (Boisbuchet)
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Friday Five with Valentin Garal
February 25th, 2011 — Design
Hektik Boutique is the e-shop for the Hektik brand products designed by two designers from Holland. Not only do I think they have an adorable collection of children’s clothing, toys and decor, but the new e-shop design is equally as adorable. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook
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Hektik Makes Adorable Kid Stuff