Noisy Furniture Doesn't Make Any Sound But Looks Fantastic
I don't know why Noisy Furniture is called noisy since it doesn't appear to make any obvious sounds, but the amazing concept certainly deserves a loud shout out for being innovative. It's a modular...
View ArticleThe Back of 'My Beautiful Backside' Sofa Looks As Good As The Awesome Front
This gorgeous (but, I have to admit not altogether comfortable looking) sofa "draws upon a miniature painting of a Maharani sitting on the floor of her palace, surrounded and supported by multiples of...
View ArticleDexter Dismembered Silverware Looks Great & Horrific at the Same Time
Not just in time for Halloween but close enough to still be talking about dismembered things (it's only 3 days later!) I found this wonderful Dexter flatware created by, ahem, Steve Butcher in homage...
View ArticleRecycling "Egg" Adds Some Odd Style To Your Kitchen
This giant white, blue and green egg is certainly eye catching, which is probably a plus if you're looking to make a statement about recycling in your kitchen. Your large, modern, funky kitchen that...
View ArticleRidiculously Big Lamp No. 15 Makes Me Drool
I'm a rabid, raging, drooling, slavering fan of oversize lamps shades, whether they're of the floor, hanging, sconce or table variety. Thus I love Ron Gilad's Lamp No. 15 which is actually only 12" in...
View ArticleYou're In Charge Of Designing The Alliterative Ponoko Pollen Pendant Light
I hope the name Ponoko Pollen Pendant was a deliberate choice and not just some kind of random alliteration accident, because if it's the latter it's sort of like accidentally naming your kid something...
View ArticleMr. Di Lamp Adds Some Baroque To Your Modern Style
Mr. Di is one of those cheeky lamp designs that combines two styles, in this case modern and baroque. It would fit into my nicely modern decor while bringing a bit of zing to things, and it could...
View ArticleWallflower Vases Are Like Little Trees For Your Walls
Gitta Gschwendtner's ceramic Wallflower vases are a fun way to do just what the name implies: add flowers to your walls. The idea is as elegant as it is simple. Put a bunch of Wallflower vases on your...
View ArticleIceberg desk is cool enough to put in your office
Traditional desks tend to bore me, mostly because once you combine the need for a flat surface that can fit a chair under it and that also has storage space, your design options become limited. So...
View ArticleTV pillow adds some test pattern to your living room
I don't particularly have a use for a pillow with a TV test pattern on it, but I wish I did because I love it. It's 100 percent cotton with a foam interior and made for snuggling while you're, you...
View ArticleTable subconciously mimics the effects of daylight
Designer Daniel Rybakken created a seemingly simple table that produces an ingenious effect via a hidden light, which you might be able to figure out from its name: Subconscious Effect of Daylight. The...
View ArticleKenny lamp is made out of knitted wool...sort of
It doesn't say so on his site but David Taylor's Kenny lamp almost certainly has to be an homage to Kenny of South Park. The light is sheathed in knitted wool which makes it look like the bulb is...
View ArticlePorcelain piggy bank you need to "cut here to open"
Ionna Vautrin combined the conventions of paper and the elegance of porcelain to create this gorgeous Pour Ma Retraite... piggy bank. (Translated that means "For my retirement...") To get your money...
View ArticleA rug, a skull and some orange denim look...pretty good together, actually
I haven't seen this one in person yet but I love the pictures of the Miniskull rug. It blends cheerful colors and designs with a laid-back fabric and a fairly traditional skull and crossbones shape in...
View ArticleA sneak peek inside Droog's new New York store (PICS)
Droog is an amazing design collective from Amsterdam that's officially opening a New York store on Friday, Feb. 26, at 76 Greene St. We got a sneak peek inside the store this morning, as well as a tour...
View ArticleThe Tun chair is perfect for captains and villains
The Tun chair by Derin Design would be the perfect addition to my starship bridge or the control room of my villain lair, if I had either of those things. It's the kind of chair you can sink into while...
View ArticleThe Floor Perch is made out of felt, glue and awesome
Ben Mickus sent me a note about his Relief Chair, which is made out of felt and will very deservedly be featured in the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's upcoming exhibit Fashioning Felt....
View ArticleTable made up of 3D pixels is infinitely configurable and infinitely stylish
The Pixel table by Johan Lindsten is made up of a bunch of square blocks (sort of like screen pixels but in 3D) that can be rearranged "depending on the situation and desires" to any configuration you...
View ArticleMotifo magnet set turns your fridge into giant art
Peter Locke has a pretty wonderful and reasonably affordable idea to turn your boring old refrigerator into a gorgeous piece of art. He's created a set of 1296 colored magnets called Motifo that act...
View ArticleManana floor light started out life as a pencil sketch
The Manana started out as a stick-figure like drawing in the sketchbook of Marie-Louise Gustafsson and ended up being a stylish yet laid back floor light designed to lean against a wall. It's 5'6"...
View ArticleSalt Side Out Shaker Shakes Up Salt Shaking
Saltside Out is one of those ironic home accessories that subverts the natural order of things. In this case, the common saltshaker. Using hand-blown borosilicate glass, Jason Amendolara created a...
View ArticleNatural vases are made of woody goodness
I admit when the folks over at Terra Furnishings sent me a generic e-mail asking me to check out their site, I was dubious I'd see something funky there that I liked. I think Eco is great, but it...
View ArticleThe Frankenstein Chair is monstrously awesome
T.M. Schmid sent over this amazing chair creation that, if I'm reading the Web site correctly, was made back in 2007. I can't find any details about it but really I don't need any. I can see all of its...
View ArticleLegless Dodo Chair Is Actually A Pretty Smart Design
It's not often I'm going to applaud a chair that costs $2,039 and doesn't even have legs, but I'll make an exception for Dodo. This falls into the extremely limited "floor level seating" category along...
View ArticleBrilliant Everyday Art: A Teapot Embedded In Concrete Then Cut In Half
Rolf has a series of everyday porcelain objects that have been embedded in concrete and then cut in half to form unique pieces of art. Fittingly enough, the line is called Cutting Porcelain, and here's...
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