An Ingenious Foldable Ladder: The Corner Ladder
This is one of those designs where I’m astonished that no one came up with it sooner. Designed by the Barcelona-based Company & Company design studio, the Corner Ladder is a beautifully constructed wooden ladder that easily folds into itself for slim storage. I love the rounded corners and smooth surface of the ladder sides...
What’s On Your Desk? Artfully Arranged Color Combinations of Office Supplies
Shooting still life is no easy matter, especially when taking photos of typically overlooked everyday objects like office supplies. Swedish design trio Kontor Kontur are masters at arranging, styling, and shooting their studio office goods in artful compositions– their Color Chart print, which is the combination of all their styled supplies in a single shot,...
Porcelain Pinguins: Adorable Ceramic Tableware Companions
I’m completely taken in by these porcelain penguins: these ceramic table toppers are part of the Pinguin Rei tableware series by Luiz Pellanda & Aleverson Ecker. Each sleek little penguin can be either a vinegar or oil dispenser, and their accompanying icebergs hold salt and pepper. I can’t decide what I love most about these–...
Wood Casting: Rugged Furniture Made By Melding Wood And Metal Together
Singed wood is rarely a desired look for home goods, but Tel Aviv designer Hilla Sharmia intentionally uses the rugged, unexpected look as a feature in her furniture. By pouring molten aluminum around raw wooden logs, Sharmia creates these beautiful tables and stools, and each piece is a work of incredible texture. The entire set,...
Creature Textiles: Curious Fabric Birds Made By Hand
I’m astonished by the life-like markings on these adorable fabric birds: each of these petite creatures is hand made by Abigail Brown, a textile artist and illustrator who currently works in London. Using a variety of new and used fabrics, she recreates the natural markings of each animal, and the unexpected texture of textiles brings...
Pure-Bottle: Recycling One Glass Bottle Into Three Beautiful Objects
Wine bottles are rarely repurposed creatively: at best, I see them being used as tall candleholders or flower vases, but Pure-Bottle solves the problem by recycling the bottles in a beautiful, truly useful way. Designed by Barcelona-based studio Lucirmás, each Pure-Bottle is precisely cut at two points to create a glass, a spoon, and a...
Amazing Expanding Zigzag Bookcase
The REK bookcase by Rotterdam designer Reinier de Jong is a masterpiece in minimalism and functionality– the zigzag bookcase creates a beautiful shape as it expands to accomodate more and more objects. When shut, the piece looks enigmatic and statuesque with its zigzag pattern; when open, the shelves appear complexly staggered, perfect for all sorts...
Livingstones: Fall On Soft Rocks
The Smarin design workshop is the laboratory of French designer Stephanie Marin, where she creates eco-minded objects for the house and home. Her Livingstones product is a series of enormous pebbles and rocks that are soft enough to jump into: made out of 100% virgin wool, the muted grey fabric mimics and plays on the...
Wonderfully Geometric Wooden Textile
This may be the most extraordinary fabric I’ve seen in a while: Elisa Strozyk creates unbelievable textures and shapes by attaching geometric pieces of wood to soft wool, which she aptly labels as “Wooden Textiles.” The result is a gorgeously subtle, flexible piece of material that can hold its shape with the stiff support of...
Adorable Felted Ball Rugs, Inspired by Candy
Danish furniture design company HAY named their new rug set “Pinocchio” after a common candy in Denmark– the rug is made of colorful felted balls that mimic the round shape of the sugar-coated licorice sweet. The tactile surface of the rug combined with the bright colors make it an ideal mat for any playroom, although...
Origami Boat Candles
Something simple and sweet today: these origami boat candles by Slovakian artist Roman Ficak are a playful and simple accent for home decor. They burn for 2 hours each, and of course, they float! The set comes in six colors, but I think I’d like a small fleet of each. [Via DesignEast.]
Paper Thin Air Vases That Transform
I’ve posted some work from Torafu Architects before, but their new series of Air Vases is fascinating– by slicing up printed circles in precise lines, they’ve created paper-thin vases that can be folded flat. The vases are purely decorative, obviously, but its interesting to note that they can be molded to form different shapes and...
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