Chris Streng, New York-based designer and director of streng , a design and branding firm with outposts in New York City and Chicago, has worked with some huge names, including Swatch, MUJI, KitchenAid, Kohler, Motorola, Urban Outfitters. As you probably guessed from this roster, his creations span consumer goods to fashion, housewares, furniture, and emerging technologies. His newest project, the Meme stool, is a continuous sheet of aluminum forced into shape via a hand-formed metal turning process.

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Friday Five with Chris Streng

Morphê is a new collection of housewares by Objet that was made using the company’s Vero materials, which look and feel like molded plastic parts. It’s part of project by the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague called “A Fiest for Visitors from Another World,” which will be held April 14-19, 2010 in Zona Tortona, Milan. Photography by Jan Rambousek. © 2010 Design Milk | Posted by Catrina in Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments | Tweet This | Share on Facebook More Milk: Art Milk | Dog Milk

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Morphê Collection by Objet

Chroma Lab is a Boston-based furniture and housewares company whose purpose is to restore and revive vintage furniture with vibrant, hand painted color and patterns. They have a line of colorful clocks that are created and painted by hand. Behind Chroma Lab is Alicia Cornwell, an art historian, and Tony Bevilacqua, a decorative painter and fine artist.

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Friday Five with Chroma Lab