Babele is a playful, self-produced lamp from brand new design studio based in Ivrea, Italy called MID (manifattura italiana design) . Their starting point was a classic abat-jour silhouette, which they played around with: disassembling it in plain sections, shuffling and putting them back in order, creating  and defining light gaps.

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Babele Lamp is Like A Giant Puzzle

Black interior doors. Such an interesting concept. I’ve never actually seen or thought about black interior doors until I saw them on Pinterest a few days ago.

Against glossy white molding, I love the way the black pops. One home I saw painted the doors facing the hallway black and kept the interior (facing the bedrooms and bathrooms) white, which adds a contrast and element of surprise.

Is there any other color you can imagine painting your interior doors? Other than white or ivory, of course! I’m not sure I can…maybe a dark glossy navy but I would still probably prefer black. How about you?

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TheStooler by Andreu Carulla Studio allows you to reuse just about any object and turn it into a stool. Consisting of four wooden legs with some adjustable ratchet buckles, you can create a comfortable place to sit with old newspapers, clothes, stuffed animals, a tree stump, a crate, just about whatever you can imagine… TheStooler will be exhibited at the Temporary Museum for New Design of SuperStudio during the this year’s Salone in Milan. What would you use to make a stool? Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2013 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime Derringer in Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments

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Nine lucky people will be able to call the limited edition Maharam Polder Sofa theirs when it’s released to the US market in the coming weeks. For this exclusive edition, only 100 of the Hella Jongerius -designed sofas for Vitra were made, each featuring six Maharam textiles in a patchwork fashion. The Polder Sofa was originally designed in 2005 and gives nod to the Dutch designer’s homeland as far as name and design go. The low profile piece, with its asymmetry and abstract nature, give way to the patchwork fields that ring true in the Dutch countryside

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Limited Edition Maharam Polder Sofa by Hella Jongerius for Vitra

Over the weekend, I spent some time perusing the LA Furniture Store website, and I came across some seriously cool and interesting furniture. What really caught my eye while I was browsing the site was the many different styles of beds they offer.

When you think of a bed, the most essential part of the bed is where you sleep – on the mattress! But when you really think about it, there is so much creativity that can be had with the headboard or footboard – or even the shape of the bed. The variety of shape of beds is evidenced in the round bed above – simple and circular, yet totally different than most beds as we know them.

As far as headboards go, the variety there is endless – from shape, length, materials – there are so many different headboards out there. I really like the tufted leather one above because its large, looks like an oversized sofa and is just glamorous overall.

The real question is, if you had to choose between these two beds, which would you rather? The sleek round bed or the oversized tufted glam bed?

Personally, I’m rooting for the glam!

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Swedish-based mapog aim to give birds what they really need – a simple home without all the fancy adornments or special materials. Bird_House is constructed of basic wood and designed in a traditional form, made to attach to any tree. Let’s face it, that’s all birds really need to feel at home, right?

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Ukrainian designer Vasiliy Butenko set out to challenge himself by creating a table lamp under these strict guidelines: use few parts, easy assembly, and optimum functionality. He achieved all that and then some with Table Lamp “OOO” . Inspired by modern design from the 1920s, where creating simple design can oftentimes require complicated structure, he wanted to look at things in a different way. Using a 1mm thick plate for the top part of the lamp and 3mm thick plate for the base, that are then connected by a tube, the lamp’s only other parts are two magnets, a screw, and a lightbulb. The bright yellow lamp swivels with the help of two powerful neodymium magnets

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Table Lamp OOO by Vasiliy Butenko

Max Lipsey is an American designer based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.  After receiving a B.A. at New York Univeristy, he attended the Design Academy Eindhoven Bachelors program. Since 2008, his studio has been a personal platform to develop and self-produce his own designs, work with companies on mass production, and reach out to initiate group projects.

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Friday Five with Max Lipsey

Spanish-born, Netherlands-based designer Jorge Penadés created New Approach, a project that walks a fine line between art and a functioning object for your home. Essentially a light, the piece consists of geometric wooden frames that fan out, making a sculptural element for you to appreciate at various angles. Photos by Jorge Penadés. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2013 Design Milk | Posted by Caroline in Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments

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Reinier de Jong has released a new and improved REK bookcase , one of my favorite bookshelves we ever featured on Design Milk . If you recall, we blogged about this creative storage solution back in 2008 . Four years later, his new version has been refinished and is much more lightweight, making it easier to move and slide

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Creative Book Storage Solution: REK by Reinier de Jong