The piece peace FRAME for photos was designed by Kazutoyo Yamamoto of dessence . I find these frames full of inspiration — simple, raw and beautiful. From the designer: A good friend, a husband and wife showed me a photo. It was a photo full of warmth. And then the couple asked “Can you make us a frame for this?” Recycled wood, and pieces of solid wood

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Piece Peace FRAME by Kazutoyo Yamamoto

The Walking Family is a set of console tables and small end tables designed by Alessandro Loschiavo. Although the overall design of the Walking Family Collection depicts simplicity, you can see the inspiration behind the name of the collection in the curves of the legs. The twisted angles created for each leg resembles a walking animal, such as a group of deer.

The tables within the Walking Family Collection are made in rosewood or mahogany. There are console tables and smaller tables that each have a rectangular top and the curved legs that create the walking illusion. Each table is made using a waste-free process that uses a single slab of wood with no wasted shavings.

Alessandro Loschiavo designed the Walking Family Tables for Maoli Italy.

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Inspired the natural funghi in our environment, Swedish design company Note Design Studio created the Dual Sphere Lighting. With the inspiration taken from the notion that the funghi peeks out from “the dark undergrowth like small candles.”

Thus, the glass sphere of the lamp hovers over the wooden base. They are designed for low-energy bulbs, so the glass spheres are the same size as the wooden base. There are two sizes available – small and large. The larger lamps have a glass sphere made from hand-blown glass. The base is made from natural wood.

Note Design Studio is based out of Stockholm and specializes in interior design, product design, architecture, branding and design management.

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I love anything that draws inspiration from nature but still has a modern feeling. Sparks by Daniel Becker is a lighting system made up of three different single modules.

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Sparks Modular Lighting System by Daniel Becker

Alessandro Di Prisco has created a set of letter furniture for children. The shape of each letter serves as the inspiration for the design. The letter “S” is a swing for recreational activity, “I” is a library, “A” and “M” are a chair and table, and “G” is a chair-desk that becomes a corner where both working and relaxing are possible. How cute would this be at a day care center or in a nursery school classroom!
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Letters Furniture for Kids by Alessandro Di Prisco

Tokyo-based designer Emmanuelle Moureaux designed furniture and other pieces using a variety of colorful acrylic materials. The designs have a touch of European and Japanese inspiration.

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Acrylic Furniture by Emmanuelle Moureaux

As someone who types on a keyboard all day long (as I’m sure a lot of you do to), the Keyboard Bench instantly caught my attention. This bench is made of Baltic birch and is embedded with two thousand computer keys that you can actually press, though don’t expect any words to show up on your monitor.

The Interactive Wolfgang Keyboard Bench, as it is officially called, is the work of Nolan Herbut. Herbut is a student of Industrial design at the University of Alberta and considers his biggest strength the ability to incorporate outside influences and inspiration like friends, family and other outside factors into his designs. Learn more about this unique design and designer here.

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A little bit Tetris and a little bit Rubik’s Cube.  Whichever was the designer’s inspiration, the result is a chair that has one fun design. This would be great for a game room wouldn’t it?  Also looks like a fun lounge chair for watching a movie or catching the game.

This chair comes from industrial designer Gabriel Cañas. Relatively new to design the design world, I think Cañas is one to watch.  He’s already done a few pieces for some pretty big companies so keep your eye on him, and check out more of his innovative work here.

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The vintage Z560M Nixie tubes, used in former East-Germany in the mid 20th century as numeric displays, were the inspiration for the design of Daniel Kurth’s Nixie Concrete clock. The Luxembourgish designer enclosed the shiny orange Nixie tubes in a reinforced rough concrete body which can optionally be wall mounted. The strength of this design lies in the application of ‘retro technology’ and its interesting combination of components and materials, where one is easily fooled as to what is old and what is new. All electronic components in this fully functioning prototype are assembled by hand

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Nixie Concrete Clock

One look at this lamp and you can appreciate its cool, sleek design, but once you learn its story it becomes even more captivating. You might be able to figure out the inspiration for this lamp from its name – Dropmacro lamp. If not it’s ok I will tell you. Its creator, Emir Rifat Isik, was inspired by a macro photo of water in motion, leading to the creation of a lamp that mimics this same fluid motion. So simple yet so perfect, and illustrated in this stunning form See more from this talented designer here.