Posts Tagged ‘residential’

Image: RVW Launches with the Mollis Easy Chair

RVW Launches with the Mollis Easy Chair

During the London Design Festival this coming month, a new Swedish brand is planning their attack. Based in Malmö, Sweden, founders Johannes Herbertsson and Jonas Nordgren of RVW have been working on their inaugural collection since last year in preparation for their huge Tramshed exhibition from the 22 to 26 September in east London. Read more…

Image: Don’t Fear the Façade: Live it Up with Swisspearl Panels

Don’t Fear the Façade: Live it Up with Swisspearl Panels

Although it may seem that the façade of a building falls victim to it’s surface material when it comes to color choice, Swisspearl creates an effect using cement composite panels in a wide assortment of colors that could change the way you see architecture. Read more…

Image: c: A New Kind of Sleeve for Elegant TV Watching

c: A New Kind of Sleeve for Elegant TV Watching

We’ve all heard of the Snuggie, but what about the Snug-It? You may not be able to wrap your self in it and wear it around the house, but the Snug-It does have the potential to make television watching more stylish. An adaptable, tool-free furniture system, Snug-It takes away the horror of the lost screw or useless plastic “screw driver.” Read more…

Image: The Omnipresent BaObab desk by Philippe Starck for Vitra

The Omnipresent BaObab desk by Philippe Starck for Vitra

Back in 2007, the prolific Philippe Starck created a refreshing desk for Vitra that defied the standard right angles of office furniture. It was called the BaObab Desk, Read more…

Image: Color Between the Lines with Cementoresina by Kerakoll Design

Color Between the Lines with Cementoresina by Kerakoll Design

There’s a new composite material on the market called Cementoresina® by Kerakoll Design that was recently spun into the major MAXXI museum by Zaha Hadid in Rome. Read more…

Image: A New FLOR Everyday: Adaptable, Recyclable & Fun

A New FLOR Everyday: Adaptable, Recyclable & Fun

Sometimes the ability to customize a product is a good thing and other times it is nothing more than an advertising gimmick. A lot of furniture that is adaptable, never changes from the day it is first purchased. Read more…

Image: Lounge in Munich with a Sauerbruch Hutton

Lounge in Munich with a Sauerbruch Hutton

The other day I heard about a Parisian cordwainer who creates handmade leather shoes tailored to your foot size and shape. Supposedly, his shoes are so well made that a large french corporation in the design industry bought his business to keep his practice afloat. Read more…

Image: Cogito Ergo Cartesio Tub

Cogito Ergo Cartesio Tub

Although I have always loved sterile, impermeable bathrooms, today I became a hypocrite. But it’s not my fault, I blame Descartes and Agape. The modern philosopher who challenged traditional thought in mathematics and natural sciences has also inspired the presence of wood in a new bathtub by Benedini Associati for Agape. Read more…

Image: Have a Seat of Tea with JM Ferrero and Sancal

Have a Seat of Tea with JM Ferrero and Sancal

However you shake it, the candy shell and velvety interior of the Tea Collection by JM Ferrero for Sancal makes me hungry. The chairs come in an assortment of visually indulgent shades and materials - Read more…

Image: The Clear Channel: Vetroslide by GEZE UK

The Clear Channel: Vetroslide by GEZE UK

To the untrained eye, interior glass doors are as transparent to a space as the gifted vase on your shelf. With the new Vetroslide manual glass sliding door system by GEZE UK, the modest chemistry of a glass door and its innovation becomes, well, clear. Read more…