Home to more architects per square metre than anywhere else in the world, Clerkenwell is a natural setting for a celebration of design and architecture. Now in its forth year, Clerkenwell Design Week hit London on May 21-23 and was bigger and better than ever.

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Favorites from Clerkenwell Design Week 2013

Japanese design studio Nendo designed a simple wooden storage shelf with circular-shaped glass discs that serve as the doors. The design was inspired by “the historical practice of cutting sheet glass from glass discs” and the resulting transparent discs retain that beautiful, handmade quality about them. The discs rotate in the shelf’s slots when you use the finger-sized handles to move them. The glass has bubbles and depressions in the surface that help distort the objects you place on the shelves behind them. The shelf was part of a larger exhibition called “Glassworks by Nendo” at the Dilmos Gallery in Milan.

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Rotating Glass Discs Shelving Unit by Nendo

Rug designer Nani Marquina of  nanimarquina partnered with celebrated graphic designer Milton Glaser for a one-of-a-kind rug. A portrait of Shakespeare is layered with an abstract pattern to form a beautifully textured rug that reveals his face when far away and a pattern when close up. When you think of Waterworks you tend to think of bath fixtures but they’ve designed a series of glass lights as part of their Watt collection for Dering Hall . The ribbed series of lighting, that comes in sconce or pendant form, resembles those glass insulator covers you often still see at antique shops. The Chubby Chairs from Dirk Vander Kooij are just as fascinating to look at as hearing about how they are made

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ICFF 2013: Part 3

Back in 1962, drum teacher Jim Marshall opened up a small music shop in London. Fast-forward to now, his shop has morphed into the iconic global brand, Marshall . The company is known for their awesome amps that churn out their signature Marshall “crunch.” The Marshall Fridge is the company’s way of bringing the essence of their amps to any pad—no guitar skills necessary. You get Marshall’s classic style—in refrigerator form—that stores sodas or ice-cold beers (Gin, for me).

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The Marshall Fridge

Sogum Huchuhuchu  is a minimalist design created by Korean-based designer  Jaemin Jaeminlee . The aesthetic of Sogum Huchuhuchu is supposed to imitate the shape of a spoon.

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Sogum Huchuhuchu by Jaemin Jaeminlee

In honor of Memorial Day this past Monday and the unofficial start of Summer, we’ve got some awesome outdoor furniture as this week’s Product Pick.

Designed by Damien Velasquez, Half13 Furniture is made in the USA, right in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Available in several different styles, Half13 is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The indoor furniture is made using mild steel, and the outdoor of stainless steel. Each type of furniture is available in a variety of bright and vibrant colors.

Half13 is awesome outdoor furniture for many reasons – for one, it’s bright colors catch your eye, as well as it’s unique design! At first I thought it was made of mesh, but then from reading more about it discovered that it is actually stainless steel.

I wouldn’t mind having this in my backyard, or in an outdoor lounge area. How about you?

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This awesome lamp combines two of my favorite things: hot pink and lucite. Isn’t it fabulous? And guess what? It’s $29.99!! Gotta love Target….

The real reason I was initially drawn to this lamp is it’s similarity to the Bourgie Lamp. If you’re not familiar with the Bourgie Lamp, we had a great post [with tons of pics] on it last year. The Bourgie Lamp can be quite expensive in it’s originality, especially when springing for the gold or silver model. Thus, there are a TON of knock-offs. [Which even Target has!]

Although many people have problems with knock-offs of iconic modern furniture, I’m not always one of them. What I do prefer is this hot pink and lucite lamp, because it offers a similar style but switches it up with the lamp shade texture and the pop of color. And it’s affordability, of course!

What do you think about this lamp? Are you digging it’s $30 style or would you rather splurge on the Bourgie Lamp?

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Studio Dunn debuted a new light fixture at ICFF this year called Sorenthia . The fixture was inspired by kelp’s long blades and beaded joints and the brass form combines the beauty of nature with sharp, industrial lines. Two fixtures Constructed of brass and steel elements, the simplicity of the design lets the brass finish really stand out. The elongated bulbs continue the beautiful linear quality that sets the piece apart. I love that you can literally configure multiple units together to create a customized fixture.

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Sorenthia Light by Studio Dunn

Designer Michael Aram studied fine art and lived as an artist in New York in the late 1980s. During that period he traveled to India, where he discovered the indigenous traditions of metalworking. Inspired to work with craftsmen whose skills he felt were greatly untapped, Aram turned his creative energies towards craft-based design, setting up a home and workshop in New Delhi. Today, his line ranges from tableware to furniture

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Where I Work: Michael Aram

After Architecture , a collaborative design house founded by two Cornell University seniors in the Bachelor of Architecture program, designed the Twofold bench, seating to accommodate two user groups, along with two types of behavior. The all-in-one table slash bench design can host the average person of average height and seat them comfortably 18″ off the ground, perfect for resting your feet or playing a game of chess. The other type of user would be children, with space for the child to slide in and have the table be chest high for game playing or just to feel like a big kid. The bench is milled from plywood profiles, basically inverting the way plywood is traditionally used, causing the linear layers to be exposed. The edges were then painted with a bright, neon color making the curved geometry of the piece pop

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Twofold Bench by After Architecture