Made of porcelain and metal, this collection of porcelain vases by Gentle Giants nods to our industrial architecture in an effort to raise awareness about the need to preserve these buildings. The collection is also a tribute to the work of internationally renowned artists Bernd and Hilla Becher. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2012 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime in Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments

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Industry Porcelain by Gentle Giants

The Vipp Annual Color 2012—Copenhagen Green—is a tribute to the Danish capital, which also happens to be Vipp’s hometown, and now the site of the company’s very first flagship store. The shade is derived from the many shades of green evident in the cityscape of historical architecture with oxidized copper roofs. Three products are being produced in the new color in the US starting in February 2012: a soap dispenser, a toilet brush and pedal bins in three sizes. Meanwhile, you can still pick items in this year’s annual color (which, ironically, looks like this year’s Pantone Color of the Year ). Did you know that Vipp’s first pedal bin was designed back in 1939?

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Vipp’s New Color of the Year: Copenhagen Green

This kettle, designed by ECAL design student Estelle Sauvage, uses the heat from a 100-watt light bulb to heat its contents. From the designer: This kettle works with the heat of an incandescent light bulb 100W, which the sale is forbidden since September, 2009 (in France) and which see ending their production and their existence within homes. So the revolutionary object finished its life sadly, demonized by the ecology. This project just tries to pay a kind of tribute, staging the bulb, and its death. The kettle becomes out of order, its status of useful object crosses in a fraction of second, an object of memory, a “former” object.

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Kettle by Estelle Sauvage