Materials: Ekby Laiva shelves, Circular Saw, drill, screws and wood glue Description: By cutting Ekby Laiva shelves in two lengthways, I managed to create a slimline shelving solution for shoes which when assembled looks like a piece of designer furniture (for a fraction of the price!) The shelving was assembled on the back of a second hallway door which we don’t use, although it does still open if required. Built from the bottom up, initially a cut shelf piece is screwed into the wood flat to provide the first ‘bracket’ backing. Then the first shelf is attached on top of this piece using plenty of wood glue and two screws through it downwards (the holes for which were pre-drilled to prevent splitting). The next ‘bracket’ is then screwed into the door directly above this shelf which helps sandwich it in place

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Unique shoe storage/display solution

This kettle, designed by ECAL design student Estelle Sauvage, uses the heat from a 100-watt light bulb to heat its contents. From the designer: This kettle works with the heat of an incandescent light bulb 100W, which the sale is forbidden since September, 2009 (in France) and which see ending their production and their existence within homes. So the revolutionary object finished its life sadly, demonized by the ecology. This project just tries to pay a kind of tribute, staging the bulb, and its death. The kettle becomes out of order, its status of useful object crosses in a fraction of second, an object of memory, a “former” object.

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Kettle by Estelle Sauvage