February 23rd, 2013 — Design
During Stockholm Design Week, I was lucky enough to meet Alexander Lervik at the unveiling of his “chocolate lamp” at the Lightworks exhibition sponsored by Belid , at Galleri Kleerup Jacobs . He began the design process by exploring the possibility of creating a contrast to light, i.e., darkness – he wanted to create a light that didn’t give out any light at all. La lumiére au chocolat is in fact completely dark when you first turn it on. It’s only when the heat from the lamp starts to melt the chocolate that the light starts to shine through
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A Lamp Made of Chocolate: La Lumiére au Chocolat by Alexander Lervik
February 23rd, 2013 — Designer Stuff
Happy Friday! Hope you have a fabulous February weekend ahead.
Here’s this week’s Weekly Six:
1 – Just started this easy whitening technique, with items you already have at home. Have you tried it?
2 – If I can learn to sew, I will definitely make this pretty pouf.
3 – Awesome wooden clutches.
4 – An interesting display at a modern museum.
5 – I’d be afraid to sit on this chair, but I love it nonetheless.
6 – Snickerdoodle bread that looks absolutely amazing.
Have a great weekend!
February 22nd, 2013 — Design
I love that you can get some really fantastic artwork in pillow form on Society6, so I wanted to round up some of my recent favorite pillow designs in this week’s Design Milk Dairy . I had to start with this one. Totally priceless: Bill Murray by Replaceface BONUS! Society6 is offering free shipping worldwide now through Sunday*. Shop now ! Color Study No.9 by Emily Rickard Into The Sun by Galaxy Eyes White Cross on Black // White Plus on Black by Pencil Me In *Excluding framed art prints, stretched canvases and throw pillows with inserts. Free shipping on pillow inserts is for US orders only
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Fresh From the Dairy: Some Pillow Faves
February 22nd, 2013 — Design
Stockholm-based o4i Design Studio set out to push the boundaries of what is beautiful in design and chose to create the perfectly imperfect Dent Chair for Blå Station . Dent Stack The o4i crew wanted to challenge themselves and to accomplish the impossible by achieving the desired “dented” effect via a molding technique. The crinkled 3D surface is made from compression molded ash wood veneer and not a typically used 3D veneer, which is much easier but very expensive. Dent NoStack So what could be your average multi-purpose chair becomes a comfortable chair with unique texture, kind of like a piece of crumpled up paper. The Dent Chair is available in various finishes and leg bases, and comes as either a stackable or non-stackable version
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Dent Chair by o4i Design Studio for Blå Station
February 21st, 2013 — furniture hacks
Materials: 2 Expedits (4×4 + 2×4), wood drill, wood glue, 3 plates, wood screws, 38.8 x 68.8 cm board, 30 x 60 cm keyboard drawer, 147 x 72 light wood panel Description: Hello there, a baby girl soon to come and a brand new 27″ all-in-one computer … I had to rearrange a few things in our apartment and get some thinking done: I needed a desk not deeper than 40 cm and with as much storage space as possible. A few sleepless nights and once more, Ikea was the solution ..
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My Expedit computer desk perfection
February 21st, 2013 — Design
W+W Stationary Series is a minimal design created by Oliver Franz for Ideaco . The “W+W” stands for white ceramic and wood – two elements that complement each other with flawless beauty. Franz worked as a furniture craftsmen in his earlier years, and ultimately received his Bachelors in Industrial Design in Sweden. He has worked in design offices across the world including Sweden, San Francisco, and Osaka
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Skim Milk: W+W Stationary Series by Oliver Franz
February 21st, 2013 — Design
Jan Kochanski is a product designer based in Warsaw Poland, who graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and has recently worked as an intern at Karim Rashid studio. He’s developing his own studio working on furniture and product designs. I was particularly interested in this Clip table design.
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Clip Table by Jan Kochanski
February 21st, 2013 — Designer Stuff
The Ghost Chair can be a pretty ubiquitous item, but that doesn’t really bother me. When I think about it, the places I see it the most are online, and not as much in person. [Maybe I'm not getting out enough!]
What I love most about the Ghost Chair is it’s versatility. It looks just as great alone in an office as it does as a pair in a living room or as dining chairs at a wedding. I even saw one image on Pinterest that was of a wedding ceremony that used Ghost Chairs. What I wouldn’t give for a wedding like that!
To me, the Ghost Chair is chic, can be glamorous, it’s timeless and as I said above, versatile. These Ghost Chairs I found at Lakeland Furniture are available in a huge variety of colors, which adds even more diversity and fun to the equation!
I think it’s pretty clear that I love the look of Ghost Chairs – but what about you – do you love this look? What is your favorite arrangement of these modern chairs?
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February 19th, 2013 — Design
Finally! An alarm system that doesn’t nickel and dime me every month, and that I can take with me when I move. Scout , funded by Sandbox Industries , is a brand new idea in home security. Scout removes the middleman to make security more affordable and efficient without eliminating any effectiveness
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Scout: The Next Generation Security System
February 18th, 2013 — Design
Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana created an innovative design that will make you re-think the kitchen. Shaping Silestone® by Campanas is a modular unit for the kitchen that mimics the way a Swiss Army knife works. It has three main elements, or wings, that each incorporate a function for the kitchen – a worktop, a stove, and a sink and table. So instead of having many components being brought into a kitchen, you have one single piece that houses much of what you need
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Swiss Army-Style Kitchen: Shaping Silestone by Campanas