Sanna Lindstrom and Sigrid Stromgren

  

Grand Central

Sanna Lindström and Sigrid Strömgren are two independent designers situated in Stockholm and Gothenburg, Sweden. Grand Central, their first piece together, is an innovative expandable table that transforms from space-saving occasional table to the central piece of the room. Like a pop-up - the inspiration comes from a pop-up map of New York - the tabletop is divided into 22 pieces that folds out in a spectacular way through its advanced construction. Dramatic and poetic at the same time.

Lisa Hilland

 Swedish product designer Lisa Hilland, after studies in London, founded her own Scandinavian based studio in 2003. Here her Granddaughter's Cabinet, a collection thinked to remain with natural materials like birch, typical of Nordic Forest.
We like the Pompom Pendant Lamp, in silk, and the Put a Spin on it tables.

MissBABA

missBABA is founded in 2006 by Alessandra BArilaro e Simona BAronti.

Here with series FAB4 and pouf bonBON. In their portfolio we like also their collaboration with ZAZU pet products.

JunJun - Forest

The basic square structure will be combined with different legs: stainless, branch....umbrellas.....(!)

The designer is Jun Sohyun from Seoul, South Korea.

Swedish Ninja

'SwedishNinjas goal is to avoid the current disposable trends of our culture by creating interesting, unique and timeless furniture and pieces, that have the potential to be desirable enough to be passed on from generation to generation.'  Forest in new form - named Rolf, Doris and Bengt - are made in eco-friendly strand board beams; easy and young!

Vitra for Christmas: special editions and Christmas market in Weil am Rhein

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Three design object in special edition (Nelson sunburst clock, Jongerus mouse pad and Bouroullec miniature) and a special Xmas Market that is held in the VitraHaus in Weil am Rhein from 13 November 2010 to 9 January 2011. Dedicated to “handmade” crafts, the market will feature objects, accessories and Christmas decorations from different cultures that have been carefully produced by hand from paper, wood, glass, ceramics, cotton and wax.

Paper lamps from India, ceramics from France, Tunisia and Italy, glass objects from Egypt, baskets from Ghana, mobiles from Denmark, soaps from Portugal, blankets from Tunisia and more - while stocks last 'cause only limited quantities may be available due to the fact that products are handmade -
VitraHaus Christmas market

13 November 2010 – 9 January 2011, daily from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. The VitraHaus is closed on 24, 25 and 31 December 2010 as well as on 1 January 2011.

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Indicative Prices:

Sunburst clock in essenza di frassino € 253,00

Vegetal chair miniature € 86,40

Elephant pad € 20,40

http://www.vitra.com/

Luck & Fancy by Ivy Chuang

 

'Knoend' :: express his philosophy to the world: Know no end!

The design studio was founded in 2006 by Ivy Chuang. She is interested in exploring the role of design at the intersection of culture, craft, technology, and sustainability.

From her introduction: 'Knoend is an ecodesign studio operating on the belief that design is a catalyst for change. Design has the power to create new experiences that will bring enhanced meaning to life.

With every product or project undertaken, the goal is to provide a fresh look at the world, to allow people to see, feel, experience life in another way and to do so without negative environmental or social impact.'

Luck & Fancy (in these photoes in Milan) is a furniture collection born with the goal of connecting people with technology, realized with manufacturing methods that combine digital technology and artisanal craft. 'In an age when machines steadily replace master artisans, and handicraft continues to shift to developing nations', Ivy shows a possible direction to the interaction of sustainability and technology with culture and craft in our future.

Led yet! Optone by Tsutomu Mutoh

Optone, projected by Japanese designer Tsutomu Mutoh, has been initiated to bring dynamic colors in lighting for daily life, simulating light of skies. Optone is an interactive lighting system aimed to construct a relation between the light-source color and environmental object color by a computer software that controls dynamic color of LED.

ON/OFF d-VISION

The "ON/OFF" project, displaied at Milan SaloneSatellite 2010,  explores various applications of LED lighting and pushes it towards surprising limits. The result is a collection of lighting ideated by Israeli design graduate interns participating in the industrial design program d-VISION.
Olla, the LED light system above, is made from glass and brass; the shade is being blown by us.

c12

Lampada da lettura (Reading lamp) and Tavolo Albero (Tree Table), at Satellite 2010.

C12 is formed by Anita, Fra and Maria and based in Turin.

http://www.c12.it/

Michael Lin, Centro Pecci, Prato

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York

The colour is bright the beauty is generous - 

Il Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci di Prato presenta The colour is bright the beauty is generous, la prima grande retrospettiva dell’artista taiwanese Michael Lin. La mostra è curata da Marco Bazzini, Direttore artistico del Centro Pecci, e Felix Schöber, in collaborazione con l’Atelier di architetti giapponesi Bow Wow.

Dalla collaborazione di Lin con Moroso nasce uno dei progetti che hanno segnato la carriera dell'artista: l'installazione site specific "Spring 2003" (photo above).

Until 13th february 2011 at Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci - Prato

Illy coffee collection - Michael Lin edition

DEDE - Dextrous Design

Foad Ashour and Aliki Rovithi formed this Athens based industrial design team called DEDE - Dextrous Design. They work together since 2007.
Between their ideas, I choose the slurp mug, for the humorous look and for the practical use. Ladle up the coffee!
http://www.dede.gr/
and their blog: http://dextrousdesign.wordpress.com/

Federico Churba

Pluvial Tables

Series of vibrant furniture that can be inverted or combinedn to create dinamic uses.

Elegant, smart;-)

Hanoi Lamp

D.sign21 Papillon

Stuttgart duo Simone and Christoph from d.sign21 presented this dressed lounge chair with this words by de Mello: " The luck is a butterfly. Chase after it, and it escapes from you. Sit down, and it will come to rest on your shoulder "
We too want to sit down, please!
;-)

Nownao - Seasons

Seasons by Nao Tamura, great poetic installation in Milano! Like a real leaf, this is a flexible and multi-purpose dish. Using the benefits of silicone, it rolls up for storage and can be used in oven or microwave.

Have a look at the designer's web site for other projects and also for the elegant graphic.

"In the land where I grew up, spring is the time when Japanese sweets come wrapped in cherry leaves.

In summer, a fiery ripe tomato is carved out for use as a serving container.

In autumn, fallen foliage from maple trees decorates the dinner table.

And the aroma of bamboo helps create the setting for winter." Nao Tamura

Ilil

Ilil - informal illusion - designing office of Alessandro Schvili and Désirée Restuccia, here with their collection "Vestire la Tavola" (Dressing the table) during Milano Fuorisalone in Zona Tortona. In the collection:  a ceramic set and three fabric sets for the table, all with bottons and bottons......

Aluminium Row

Row by Officinanove is a seating system made with aluminium frames linked together long only one side so that you can dispose them the way you like it, cool!

Today: Lago appart' in Venice

Friday 16th july, h 19, open party for Lago appartament in Venice. Move fast!

You'll find photoes of the event on the Lago website next days!

venerdì 16 luglio, ore 19,  inaugura l'appartamento Lago di Venezia

Tra qualche giorno sul sito, foto e commenti della serata.

Venezia Rialto - sestiere San Polo 205 - fermata vaporetto 'Rialto mercato'

http://venezia.appartamentolago.com/

Lago S.p.a

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http://www.lago.it/

E15's 15th Birthday

At the beginning there was a table...15 years of e15.

The German company e15 was co-founded in 1995 in London by architect Philipp Mainzer. e15 quickly developed into an internationally recognised brand with a distinct range of furniture. Today e15 has its headquarters in Germany near Frankfurt and is run by shareholders Philipp Mainzer and Peter Wesner.

All'inizio c'era solo un tavolo... 15 anni di e15.

La ditta tedesca e15 è stata fondata nel 1995 a Londra dall'architetto Philipp Mainzer e in pochi anni è diventato un marchio conosciuto internazionalmente per la sua selezionata collezione. Oggi e15 ha sede in Germania, vicino a Francoforte ed è diretta insieme da Philipp Mainzer e Peter Wesner.

Photo during I Saloni del Mobile, Milano 2010

The Pot Hole Gardener

Photo 'The Pot Hole Gardener'

What about planting little gardens in our town potholes? This was the idea of the art student Steve Wheen,  who everyday makes the London citizens smile with his chefs-d'oeuvre. You can follow his work on his site.

Perchè non riempire le buche nelle strade della nostra città con poetici giardini in miniatura con tanto di arredo? L'idea è venuta a Steve Wheen, studente di arte, che tutti i giorni regala un sorriso ai londinesi con i sui piccoli chefs-d'oeuvre sparsi per Londra. Potete seguirne l'evoluzione sul suo sito.