Some month ago, I told you about the talented Lenneke Wispelwey. In two weeks the Dutch Design Week starts, Lenneke will show her current work with Paula Arntzen. Products of porcelain and paper based on a principle that each of them developed independently, but which shares a very similar festive atmosphere. Perfect, thank you Lenneke!
Willie Cole is known for his imaginative transformations of found materials into uncanny sculptures that depict everything from domestic objects and animals to African artifacts and antebellum imagery.
Wonderful pendant lamp created in fine bone. Each fish is lit not only by reflected light from its neighbours but also from within, with the light passing through the delicate translucent china body. (producer Scabetti)
Just stunning! Australian based architects Kavellaris Urban Design KUD were challenged to design a house on a vacant lot in between a row of Victorian terrace houses and Edwardian wetherboard houses. The result is so great! (via veryverybeautiful)
Do you love paper? I DO!! Lovely designer and journalist Luzia Kälin sent me this announcement today, Nicola Stattmann and Petra Schmidt published UNFOLDED, a new book about paper by Swiss Publisher Birkhäuser.
»Unfolded – Paper in Design, Art, Architecture and Industry« explain us, how paper conquers the third dimension and demonstrates the undreamed-of possibilities it holds today for lightweight construction, product design, fashion and art. Have a look and thank you Luzia!
Hipota, Japanese 3D animal purses and little mirrors, too cute! Wonderful onlineshop badenbaden! Does anybody knows sellers in Europe?? (via hellosandwich)
The greener alternative to the plastic bag: recycling textile shopping bag from Stockholm based architects Claesson Koivisto Rune. (via Design Shimmer)
Just fairy tale dreaming... Judith Needham playhouse, just wonderful! (via milk)
Porcelain lightweight....Designer and producer German design studio frenchknicker!
Kiwi Designer Tim Wigmore likes the patina of old worn saddles. You can get the Giddy up stool from Clever Bastards. (via studiohome )
This morning I clicked over to poppytalk and found this sweet fabric lanterns from India Rose. Love the material!
Joseph Felt Bench, material adhered die-cut industrial wool felt from Chris Ferebee and Laurice Parkin. (via yatzer)
+ These lampshades are made by cutting old dried fruits in half and equipping both half's with a 25watt bulb. The inside has a white coating to reflect as much light as possible. This is great! Designer Studio Bertjan Pot!
Have a look at this cosy lamp! Designer Ilot Ilov describes Matt as an knitted object, who promises its user a high level of entertainment. It is made for being moved and played with. Perfect!
A fashion & productdesign fusion project from Swiss designer Jörg Boner, Christian Deuber and Lela Scherrer. Floor lamp Alma is a limited edition, every shade is unique. Wonderful mood for softening my room!
Balloonlamp made with a balloon and LED, from Japanese designer Kyouei Design! Interesting!
Glas vase with porcelain, collaboration between the designers Ionna Vautrin and Guillaume Delvigne.
Kuehn Keramik in Berlin, difficult to choose....(found via decor8)
Artists Oscar and Ewan removed one cube from a small furniture
setup... Amazing!
Jigisha, an Indian textile designer, is working and exploring with felt since 5 years. The inspiration for her work ranges from bark cloth to Indian architecture. I would love to touch this rug!!
The most important design price in Switzerland is the Swiss confederate award of design. This year one of the winner is the young and talented Emilie Meldem. Congratulations!
This series designed by Jonathan Maltz is inspired by the language of icons, the simplified pictogrammes
of past times which are becoming today’s global means of communication. Loves this Swedish transformation!
Take the time to visit each little animal. (My favorit is the red squirrel!) Soop is a
London based design studio headed by top chef Wai-Lian Scannell.
The fold family consists of one large floor lamp and two smaller table versions. Produced by Etablished & Sons, designer is the british talent Alexander Taylor. Interesting is also the online publication from Etablished & Sons, you can download it here!
Dutch porcelain designer Mara Skujeniece did a great job! the vase is unglazed on the outside... (found via grijs)
Florian Kräutli, Swiss designer, studying in The Netherlands designed this magnetic curtain. Little note: The curtain is not in production yet, but will be available through droog design.... Yeahh! (via lionhug and swissmiss)
Like the calm of sedge grass around a pond, this stool brings a new lifestyle in our rooms! Designer Demir Obuz based in Turkey did a great job! (via designspotter )
A warm fridge-seat which belongs to the open kitchen/living area. The KOELKACHEL is using the waste-heath underneath a seat to create a traditional comfort for a new environment. Great idea, wonderful design! (Michou Nanon de Bruijn, Design Academy Eindhoven 2008)
Dutch Trees and Sheep (studio Juergen Bey Rotterdam) make a collection of Furniture that changes the Gallery Pierre Bergé & Associés into a temporary test house. Slats, felt and capable hands have worked together and shared knowledge to compose a temporary apartment made of slats and a sewing machine.
Today I found another fascinating dutch designer, Rosemieke de Hair, made this amazing object. (via dutch design week)
Dutch designer Lenneke Wispelwey created this wonderful porcelain teaparty!
Hangman is inspired by 19th century orchard ladders, this decorative accent is also great for hanging clothes on. Paul Loebach writes about his work, “I’m interested in design as the study of form for the basic purpose of giving objects meaning. Design is a semiotic language and must therefore hold a balance between the continuity of recognizable imagery, and the poetic shift of innovation.
