Pli Folding Chair is a minimal design created by Switzerland-based designer Florian Hauswirth . He started his career as a model builder for Vitra in Switzerland. He was able to construct models for some of the most renowned designers in the industry, such as Jasper Morrison, Philippe Stark, and Antonio Citterio to name a few.  When the chair is folded, it only measures eight centimeters in width

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Skim Milk: Pli Folding Chair by Florian Hauswirth

Happy last Friday before Christmas! For those of you that celebrate, are you ready for the holiday or do you have some last minute shopping and/or baking to do? Whatever your plans may be, hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Here’s this week’s Weekly Six:

1 – Wishing I could recreate this chic, feminine bathroom in my own home.

2 – Inspiration for a romantic Christmas table – can never go wrong with tons of candles and this site has them – for cheap!

3 – Last year’s round-up of holiday baking – which I’ll be tackling tomorrow.

4 – Get the look of this wine glass by gluing some jewels and beads to the base – would also work great for candlesticks.

5 – Great list of ten champagnes to buy – for last minute gifts?

6 – After all this shopping, baking, and wrapping – I need a tub like this!

Have a great weekend!

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Evan Clabots, who studied at RISD and the University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Finland, not only won awards as a student, but designed a licensed a product with IKEA before graduating. In 2004, he joined Dror Benshetrit’s studio  as Benshetrit’s first hire, where he headed both the Product Design and Interior Design departments. In 2004, Clabots founded Nonlinear Studio , a multidisciplinary business that offers aproduct design, furniture design, interior design, brand identity, and art direction. For Clabots, design is a process of developing a complete story. He seeks the interconnected play between what something looks like, how it works, and how it interacts with someone’s life. Let’s see what he chooses for inspiration for this week’s Friday Five . 1.  Hotel Basic This hotel in Playa del Carmen, Mexico is beautifully constructed of repurposed materials.

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Friday Five with Evan Clabots of Nonlinear Studio

I browse through the Home Decor section of Pinterest more than I’d like to admit. But it seems that almost every time I browse through, there are always some fancy contraptions or features in beautiful homes. Like everything above – the well-organized pantry, the laundry chute, a two-story bedroom, a fancy sink. I didn’t even include the one I see most often – the pull-out cutting board over the garbage can!

For some reason this got me thinking about if I ever have the chance to build my home or renovate completely, what one feature – or features – would I absolutely require? That laundry chute is pretty fabulous, and convenient, but I’m thinking I would request closet organization as an absolute necessity. While I would love a fancy kitchen with fun accessories and features, to have all closets, including the pantry, with built-in storage – oh, that would be heaven!

What about you – would feature would be at the top of your must-have list if you had the chance to build your dream home?

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Benchchair from German designer Thomas Schnur for Outdoorz Gallery takes its inspiration from the famous Monobloc Chair but puts a new spin on it. The chair’s silhouette is stretched, elongating it into an almost abstract shape. What was once a chair, is now a bench. I love how it feels like a chair on one side and an abstract sculpture on the other. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook

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It’s a Bench! It’s a Chair! It’s Both: Benchchair by Thomas Schnur

Swedish furniture and product designer Ola Giertz created the Thread Bench , which looks like metal easily bent and twisted into the finished shape. In actuality, the bars of metal are manually bent by both cold and warm forging, a much more labor-intensive process. Watch this: Inspired by a child’s playful outlook at the world, Giertz wanted an asymmetrical, “lighthearted style” to reflect that and asked the question, “Why does everything have to be so perfect and tidy looking?” The bench appears chaotic, opposite of most work found in furniture design, but still has a sense of playfulness. Wire models Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2012 Design Milk | Posted by Caroline in Home Furnishings | Permalink | 1 comment

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Thread Bench Made from Bent Metal by Ola Giertz

Interior designer and architect by training Grégoire de Lafforest created this lamp that looks like a balloon and lights up when a bulb-like pump is squeezed. Made of plywood of walnut, lacquered steel and blown glass, the actual lighting mechanism is hidden, making the lamp feel a little magical, as if alighted by a swift breeze.

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A Lamp That You Pump Up? Olab by Grégoire de Lafforest

Unless I lived in a gigantic castle-like home, I can’t imagine that this piece would look good in my home. But I love it. LOVE. it.

It’s the Diamond Sideboard and it so grand and exquisite and dramatic. Do you agree? The gold leaf lion feet take a little bit away from the contemporary feel of this product, but who cares?! Sometimes a little mixture of old and new works perfectly together.

Anyway, if you would like the Diamond Sideboard in your home, it is a limited edition piece designed by Boca do Lobo.

What do you think of this week’s product pick, the Diamond Sideboard?

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Remember when your desk accessories consisted of sticking your pens and pencils in an old coffee mug (guilty!)? Thank goodness those days are over and designers like Héctor Serrano have come out with great desk-worthy options like Desktructure for Seletti . The modular pieces, made out of fine white porcelain, include pen and pencil cups, open containers, and little boxes that are perfect for office supplies and other trinkets you need on the fly. You can use the pieces separately or push them together to become an industrial warehouse (gray), a ship (blue), or a city (red), each containing a band of color at the bottom. Desktructure will be launching at Home 2013 from January 13th – 15th at Earls Court 2 in London

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Desktructure by Hector Serrano for Seletti

Remember when we featured the Curl Tables by Constanze Schweda earlier this year? They’re back with three new pieces that were also inspired by Kirigami (a type of Japanese origami) and have a similar feel to the Curl Tables. Leaves – Magnetic Wall Sculptures Each piece is made from a single sheet of steel that is sliced and formed into each three-dimensional design. The thin metal is easily sculpted into shape and then becomes more rigid the more it’s worked with.

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Magnetic Wall Sculptures Inspired by Origami from Constanze Schweda