Archive for August, 2008

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Tsubomi Chair

The first indication that Leif.designpark is a clever design team comes from their whimsical homepage, where a cartoon series of building debacles eventually forms their logo, Leif. Read more…

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Tennis Ball Furniture

Among the cavalcade of sports images that, for better or for worse (probably worse) fill the hollows in the gray matter of any red- or blue- or white-blooded American Male, I’ve got three favorites as regards tennis: 1. John McEnroe face-down, eating dirt, apparently in abject despair, tennis racket disembodied alongside him, during the fifth set of his 1980 loss to Bjorn Bog in the Wimbledon finals; Read more…

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Kawa Collection by Karim Rashid

There are no stark colors, no arduous lines, and no pretentious design ethos  in the Kawa Collection by Karim Rashid. Read more…

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Dip D-Lighting

Query: what do you get when you combine Aquamass guru Jean Pol-Piron’s 30+ years of experience in the bathing arts and Architect/Designer Michel Boucquillon’s existentially-laden sensibilities? Read more…

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Pandanus Lounge Chair

One of the winners of the 2008 One Good Chair Competition, the Pandanus Lounge Chair is practical, colorful, eco-friendly, and ergonomic. This is all thanks to young designer Jessica Konawicz, who is currently a graduate student in Industrial Design at North Carolina State University. Read more…

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Zeppelin S1 Chandelier

Marcel Wanders’ Zeppelin S1 Chandelier for Flos doesn’t seem to be inspired by the classic Zeppelin jets, and we are grateful of that decision! In fact, according to Wanders his creation reinterprets the famous Cocoon Lamps designed by Achille Castiglioni in the 1960’s, which beautifully played off the contrast between the established and the contemporary. Read more…

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Urushi Lacquer Tub

Furo denotes traditional Japanese bath, but it is also the name of a two-designer-strong company that designs bath fixtures. Furo: Japanese Authentic Bath showed at this past 2008 Salone, where they displayed diverse and lovely designs meant to revolutionize the entire bath ritual. Read more…

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Q-Couch

If you like your furniture sleek, modular, and multi-colored, than the Q-Couch by Belgium’s Frederik van Heereveld may catch your eye. Read more…

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Dolce Vita

Franco-Italian designer Stefano Bigi has done it again. After the success of his Globos Collection from 2007, he recently unveiled the Dolce Vita Collection in April 2008 at the Salon International du Meuble de Milan. The Dolce Vita chair and ottoman once again pair this designer with the company La Cividina, which represents Italian furniture designers. Read more…

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Dyson Airblade

One of the funnier instances of graffiti I’ve ever seen is, surprisingly, not on a bathroom stall door, wall, or floor but, rather, adjacent to the sink and next to the hand dryer in the Men’s Public Restroom of The Last Steep restaurant in Crested Butte, Colorado: “Instructions For Use: 1. Push button to operate hand dryer machine; 2. Rub hands gently under warm air of hand dryer; 3. Wipe hands on pants.” Read more…