London-based designer Henrietta Swift found a way to cheer up our light switches: just apply her vinyl stickers on and…here are your smiling faces!
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The Barcelona Chair, designed by Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, was created in 1928 as furnishing for one of Mies’s many architectural jewels: The German Pavilion building at the Barcelona World Fair 1929. The chair that he designed for the Pavilion is said to have been inspired by both the folding chairs of the Pharaohs and …
The Slightly Awkward Desk Lamp is simple and minimal but has a posture that is peculiar, the awkward stance of the lamp with its truncated forth leg gives it life and personality, while allowing it to balance as both an ambient table lamp and a directional task lamp. A project by Non Linear Studio.
Domani is taking up a new challenge in an exciting collaboration with stefan schoning.The result, named Whitegold, is an innovative and unconventional collection. Suitable for outdoor and indoor use, major urban projects and domestic surroundings, classic or contemporary interiors, the Whitegold collection is truly versatile.
Marcus is a charismatic table lamp created by the portuguese company DelightFull. The diffuser is extremely beautifull and elegant. As a well balanced table lamp Marcus can fit in any place. The structure is in nickel plating and lacquer. The first lighting brand of Menina Design Group – Delightfull was created in November 2007, in a …
Developed in response to a brief set by Alain Berteau to rethink the coat rack as an object type, Patrick Seha’s ‘Piano’ for Belgian label Feld turns an everyday object into a sculptural piece that celebrates the pleasure of repetition. Patrick Seha’s ‘Piano’ wall-mounted coat-hanger panel invites the user to play with it. Indeed, it …
Screen is a 2009 prototype by Loris et Livia. The screen can be used to divide a room, provide privacy or give shelter from?shelter from light. The fabric blinds can be rolled up to expose the frame?so that the screen becomes a clothes rack.
Ugly is beautiful. Berlin located architect Cord Woywod found a witty way conserving former GDR architecture. His “edition Faltplatte“ covers several cardboard models of famous former GDR buildings, which help you to recall longtime forgotten architectonic classics (scale 1:400). „GDR architecture is to be destroyed, demolished or undertaken a funny redesign. All traces of former …
It was about time for the world’s first designer energy-saving light bulb to be produced. Plumen is the creation of Hulger and it did change the face of lighting as we know it. The beauty of Plumen is that it can be used as a decoration in itself, without investing in lamp shades which are …
You have always loved the design chairs and furniture you were only able to see on TV and magazine because too expensive? Maybe you did not know you can buy modern-classic reproductions of the most influential designers of the 20th century (furniture designs can be protected for a maximum of 10 years). The guys at Milan Direct …
An idea by Daisuke Motogi. Things often get lost under the sofa. It’s ordinary for a coin which slipped out of your pocket, or a never-to-be-found remote to be accidentally found in between/underneath the sofa cushions. Maybe you’ll find a forgotten 10,000 Yen bill that you once hid there…
The Tromp l’oeil is an ancient painting technique, it was used especially in Italy during the Renaissance and over. It was used by Giotto, Leonardo, Brunelleschi in order to create an illusion of bigger spaces. Like a modern trop l’oeil, Zazous sticker is a funny idea not to make bigger spaces but to make homes …