Molly-Meg is a new online shop dedicated to bringing 20th Century Modern design icons to the world of children. Molly-Meg: “By offering a carefully selected range of “Miniature classics” for children by leading designers, our aim is to show that good design is not just for adults. Taste and style can appeal to every age [...]
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modern classic furniture for kids
January 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments
Tags: design · furniture · kids
blueware collection by studio glithero
December 18th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Anglo-Dutch designers Studio Glithero have created a series of vases and tiles decorated with shadows of plants captured on photosensitive chemicals. Called Blueware Collection and produced for Vauxhall Collective, the surface decoration was produced using a technique similar to traditional blueprinting.
The floral patterns on the objects were created by attaching plants to their surfaces before [...]
Tags: ceramics · design · home accessories
cable drawings
November 25th, 2009 · 3 Comments
How clever is this idea from Royal College of Art graduate Maisie Maud Broadhead! (via Welcome Home).
Tags: design · inspiration · interiors
tonale by david chipperfield for alessi
November 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tonale is Alessi’s new tableware collection designed by British architect David Chipperfield. The colours of the various products are inspired by paintings of Italian artist Giorgio Morandi.
The forms were inspired by ancient Korean stoneware.
Alessi: “Materials and colours are the two main assets of the service and invite the user to arrange the objects on [...]
Tags: ceramics · design · home accessories
new designs from pinch
November 13th, 2009 · 5 Comments
I have written about Pinch before but they have some gorgeous new furniture pieces so I could not resist featuring more of their designs.
Pinch was founded in 2004 as collaboration between husband and wife team Russell Pinch and Oona Bannon. Working from their studio /showroom in London, UK, they aim to create graceful [...]
Tags: design · furniture · inspiration · interiors
teapots & jugs teatowel from skinny laminx
October 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
Heather Moore (aka Skinny laMinx) did it again! She has designed another gorgeous teatowel. The teapots and jugs above where the source of inspiration for her new design (step 1).
One day she drew all her teapots and jugs (step 2).
And then she made her drawings into a tea towel design called Teapots & Jugs (step [...]
Tags: design · etsy · home accessories
cutlery made from plastic bottles
September 4th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Spanish designer Oscar Diaz has created a cutlery set made from plastic bottles. The set, called Found, is made by plating the plastic first in copper and then in tin. The spoon, fork, and knife, have all been made from parts of existing bottles found at the local supermarket. The parts were selected so the [...]
Tags: design · eco-design · home accessories
colourful eames furniture
August 25th, 2009 · 11 Comments
I am not much into colourful furniture but I do love this red Eames chair in the picture above (which I found on Bolig Magasinet).
Modernica is a great source for vintage Eames furniture. All chairs in the image above are from Modernica. You can build your own fiberglass chair on their website.
Tags: design · furniture · inspiration · interiors
hanger hook by alain berteau
August 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment
I’m loving this! Pick up Wood by Belgium designer Alain Berteau is a simple hanger hook that requires you to take a walk in the woods and pick up a fallen branch to complete the object and turn it into a hanger. The project was designed for the brussels based non-profit organisation Les Petits Riens, [...]
Tags: design · eco-design · home accessories
japanese handcraft by ryuji mitani
August 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
This beautiful woodwork has been made by Ryuji Mitani who is a bit of a local handcraft hero in Japan. He set up his own workshop in Matsumoto in 1981 called Persona Studio, specialising in wooden tableware, working with local craftsmen to try and keep traditional handcraft skills alive.
In celebration of his book [...]

















