Flux Furniture: Origami You Can Sit On
September 21st, 2013 — Designer Stuff
Less Machine More Hand
April 20th, 2011 — Designer Stuff
Less Machine More Hand is a small series of furniture that is handmade by Naoya Matsuo.
Each of the three pieces is handmade using DIY shop materials, such as polypropylene plates, gardening nets, pearl beads and paper ribbons. Shown above is F.O.G., a chair made from polypropylene plate and double adhesive.
The trical.net are small tables made from gardening net and acrylic.
Finally, the GPL lamp is made from faux pearl beads and epoxy.
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Favourite Things
November 13th, 2010 — Designer Stuff
Get out the raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Make your list of favorite things and put them on display in this fun pendant lamp from Chen Karlsson. Made of polypropylene, Favourite Things is a colorful pendant lamp with a large area to display whatever you desire.The transparent display case is 45 cm (17.7 inches) in diameter.
The top of the lamp comes in three different color combinations: Charcoal, Cloud and Mustard. Charcoal has a charcoal lamp with a pastel green cord, Cloud is light grey with a gold cord, and Mustard is mustard yellow with a navy cord.
Favourite Things can be used to display various trinkets and prized possessions, and even holiday and seasonal decor. Or, you can leave it empty as an interesting transparent fixture. Favourite Things is designed by Chen Karlsson, a Stockholm-based design company started by two couples, one Asian (Chen) and one Scandinavian (Karlsson). This lamp was first exhibited at the 2010 Stockholm Furniture Fair.
What favorite things would you put in Favourite Things?
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