One of the highlights of last month’s trip to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) was The Vignelli Center for Design Studies . Melamine dishes for Heller Massimo and Lella Vignelli , who founded Vignelli Associates in the 1970, have designed some of the most iconic graphics, signage, packaging and products known in the world of design. Some are classics, like their Heller melamine dinnerware (pictured above) or their 2003 Heller chair, are well-known by many. Other iconic designs that have become staples in our everyday lives were also designed by the Vignellis

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A Visit to The Vignelli Center for Design Studies at RIT

Pig on the Wings is a stool that has animal-like feet. They look like webbed duck feet to me, but – hey – pigs will work, too. Designed by Gentle Giants Studio , the stool is an homage to the Traccia Table by Meret Oppenheim . It assembles without using any screws or glue; all parts are wedged together. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook .

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Pig on the Wings Stool by Gentle Giants Studio

When design is not just good but also clever, I get really excited and that’s just what the No Stereotype Series is. Created by furniture design grad student Dong-yeop Han of South Korea, this collection of furniture has the ability to store your stuff both inside and outside with its elastic bands.

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Furniture Covered in Elastic Bands Holds All Your Stuff

Doll is the new table lamp by French designer Ionna Vautrin for Foscarini where the shape looks like a cross between old oil lamps and those wooden Japanese kokeshi dolls that have skinny bodies and big faces. The bulging shades are made from glass while the narrow bases come in four colors – red, gray, green, and ivory. To help welcome the new Doll lamps to the market, Foscarini has launched a new Facebook app with the help of Hub09 Social Agency called MyDoll , where you can virtually customize your very own lamp. Using a drawing tool, users get to add outfits, hair, faces, and facial expressions that will then be displayed in 3D for you to share. Dress your very own doll here ! Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook

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Doll Table Lamp by Foscarini

It doesn’t matter who I’m out dining with, but if I’m in a restaurant and there’s an option to sit on a bench versus chairs, I always fight for the bench. Are you like that? There’s just something so cozy and intimate about bench dining.

Which leads me to today’s product pick – the Tomato Bench Dining Set. With this modern dining set, I could have the bench seat every day of my life! Available at Wharfside, the Tomato Bench is made to order, so you can choose from a large variety of leathers and fabrics to suit your style. I’m really liking the fabric and leather contrast in the image above – and I would love to add some bright fun pillows to my kitchen.

What do you think of the Tomato Bench? Would you love to have bench seating in your home?

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Korean designer  Jeong Yong created this perpetual table calendar that’s made of three differently-sized rings. The biggest ring represents the days – the 31 units during which the sun rises and sets. The middle ring, for the months, represents the moon’s orbit around the Earth. And, finally, the smallest ring, with seven units, represents the days of the week, or as the designer says “the people who created the seven days of the week.” Held together with strong magnets, you can join up the month, day and week to keep you on track, but with the added bonus of a cool, desktop sculpture.

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ONE Perpetual Calendar Circles by Jeong Yong

TMU stands for Tie Me Up, a plywood chair designed by Luca Macrì ( LAM ) that you put together yourself. Using cable ties, you put the pieces of the chair together yourself like a giant puzzle. I’ll bet this is much more fun than using an Allen wrench and pictogram directions… Wouldn’t it be fun to have a competition to see who can put it together the fastest? Photos by PEPE fotografia .

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Tie Me Up (TMU) Zip Tie Chair by LAM

Designer Jens Praet collaborated with Elle Decor in his latest project Shredded . The four-piece collection consists of a table, a bench, bookcase, and low table made from what else but shredded magazines.

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Furniture Made from Shredded Elle Decor Magazines by Jens Praet

Do you ever have an idea of something in your head but you don’t know how to execute it? This is something that’s driving me crazy right now!

I have this idea for jeweled picture frames to use at our wedding to display table numbers. I figure making them myself will be less expensive, but I can’t figure out exactly what I want to do. I love the idea of vintage brooches and costume jewelry, but I know that could get expensive quickly. I found an Etsy show that has tons of Swarovski crystals with flat backs, that aren’t too expensive and I think mixing those with pearls might be what I’m looking for. But then there’s the idea of those flat back marbles you find in the bottom of vases – those are inexpensive and have a nice sparkle to them.

To help myself figure this all out, I created the moodboard above with some ideas. Which is your favorite? Do you have any insight as to how I can recreate these looks on my own without breaking the bank??

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The Scandinavian company Muuto is back with a new lamp that brings LED technology to a slim, minimalistic design they call Leaf . Designed by the Swedish design team of  Mats Broberg and Johan Ridderstråle , the lamp comes in two different sizes ( floor lamp  or  table lamp ) and five colors (black, white, grey, rose, green), making it the perfect universal lamp that could work in any room. The lamp is so simple in design with its rotating leaf-like silhouette that can be turned to shine light on any area where you need it. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook

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Leaf Lamp by Broberg & Ridderstråle for Muuto