We have a clue about Furniture
March 20th, 2013 — Design
You might be more familiar with brinca dada because of their beautiful, modern dollhouse and doll furniture . However, their latest release is a series of wooden rainbow children’s toys that make me want to get on the floor and start playing, too. Kaleidos has 42 different colors to teach kids about color shades and intensity.
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Colorful Children’s Toys from Brinca Dada
March 19th, 2013 — Design
We mentioned back in our top 10 post on designer organization tools that you chose Post-it Notes as one of your favorite tools to help you stay organized. You can consider me part of that group, too, being as though I’ve got at least five stuck to my monitor right now. You can actually see them in this photo , along with my handy Karim Rashid Pebble dispenser .
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Hooray For Big Ideas! Post-it Big Pads
March 19th, 2013 — Design
French designer Barnabé Ribay created the TAIJITU candelabra inspired by the Chinese philosophy that life is based on a fundamental value that consists of two principles both complementary and opposed. This is probably more widely known as yin and yang, which is just one of many visual representations of Taijitu.
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Geometric Candelabra: Chandelier TAIJITU by Barnabé Ribay
March 19th, 2013 — Designer Stuff
When I was a kid, I would sit and make friendship bracelets for hours. Now as an adult, I miss those hours of creating and matching colors and stacking bracelets up my arms and ankles. And sometimes, when I’m stressed out about work or wedding planning or just not feeling so fabulous, I feel the need to make something. I’ve tried cooking but that doesn’t work – I need something substantial like a watercolor painting or gluing gems to a picture frame. Do you ever feel like that?
Back in the day when I would make these bracelets, I only knew how to make three or four different styles, and today I started thinking there has to be more out there now with the Internet, and of course Google did not disappoint. My favorite site that I found was Bracelet Book, which has tons and tons of awesome tutorials for different patterns and styles, as well as instructions on how to make different knots needed in certain tutorials.
I’m not sure what kind of friendship bracelets you’ve made in your life, but mine certainly did not look anything like the ones above. So, later tonight, I’m planting myself on the couch with my computer and my box of strings and I’m getting to work on one of these bad boys!
What DIYs do you turn to when you’re feeling the need to craft?
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March 18th, 2013 — Design
Think Fabricate is a Brooklyn-based design studio that’s created a range of cabinets and casegoods to help get your clutter situation under control. With a range of wall-mounted and stand-alone pieces, there’s bound to be a solution for every home that combines both modern forms and premium functionality. We’ve featured some of their cool work here before .
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Clever Storage Furniture from Think Fabricate
March 18th, 2013 — Design
When Kenneth Schiller, founder of Kontextür , visited Paul Loebach’s studio, he was expecting to talk about bathroom products but noticed models of watering cans on Paul’s desk and thought that a watering can might be a good addition to Kontextür’s new lineup of non-bathroom accessories. Considering Spring is in the air, we feel the same way as Schiller – bring on the watering cans! Inspired by the bold, yet minimal and functionalist aesthetic of Eastern European motorcycles, this watering can will rev the engines of your plants.
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Paul Loebach + Kontextür Design Sleek Watering Can, Plants Everywhere Rejoice
March 15th, 2013 — Design
Mexican designer Christian Vivanco explores supreme functionality, without compromising simplicity, in his latest design, the Toldo table . The multi-layered surfaces were influenced by the aesthetics of the temporary fabric roofs found at street markets in Mexico. They’re at various heights and hover over each other as needed. Each surface provides flexible storage options based on how easily one needs to access certain items.
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Multilayer Toldo Table by Christian Vivanco
March 15th, 2013 — Designer Stuff
Happy Friday!! Hope you have a fabulous weekend ahead.
Here’s this week’s Weekly Six:
1 – An interesting clothing rack that would look awesome in retail locations.
2 – I really want to live here.
3 – And here.
4 – Lawn Jenga seems to be a recent trend – have you tried it?
5 – Will you be having corned beef and cabbage this weekend?
6 – Perhaps a Shamrock Shake instead? Here’s how to make your own.
Happy St. Paddy’s Day Weekend!
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March 14th, 2013 — Design
The Sorri Lounge Chair , designed by Gonçalo Campos for WEWOOD , is an inviting chair with curved construction meant to reflect a smile. And how can one not smile looking at that pup sitting in the chair? The Portuguese designer put lots of thought into the details, like the wide seat and back so you have room for not only your bum, but your bag, books, or even a coat to sit by you or to hang on the back.
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Smile: Sorri Lounge Chair by Gonçalo Campos
March 14th, 2013 — Design
Matthew Allen, the painter-turned-furniture designer behind Red Hook, Brooklyn-based company Mallen4, uses a distinct process of inlaid colored resin to add painting sensibilities to modern furniture. A graduate of Pratt Institute, Matthew struggled to find a way of incorporating color and composition to furniture. Ultimately, he created a signature process of inlaying colored resin into a substrate material which acts as a functional surface. The pieces can be created in a wide variety of materials, including Corian, wood, metal, and plastics, in any color, from transparent to opaque.
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Deconstruction: Mallen4′s Inlaid Resin Table