Studio Snowpuppe: La Petite Giraffe

Studio Snowpuppe: La Petite Giraffe

Studio Snowpuppe: La Petite Giraffe

Teaming with architect Michiel Parqui, La Petite Giraffe from the Dutch team at Studio Snowpuppe uses meranti wood and hand-folded chestnut paper to create this origami technique design. Like a nut on a tree, the lampshade’s angular form hangs from the branch-like base, which becomes increasingly more delicate as the linking joins lessen in number. Its hinging elements celebrate its industrial wing nut construction and allow the lamp to adjust into different configurations, either as a desk or floor lamp. The red electrical cord slithers down the base in a carefree manner finding a design-appropriate placement for the utilitarian function. La Petite Giraffe is available in a variety of pale and neutral shades.

Studio Snowpupper: website via vtwoven

Ding3000 for Normann Copenhagen: Beater

Ding3000 for Normann Copenhagen: Beater

Ding3000 for Normann Copenhagen: Beater

The Beater design from Ding3000 takes the modern beater concept to a new level adding a clean closure, tidying up its storage capabilities. Its fun design and color combinations add a playful element to kitchen components taking cuisine preparation from chore to pleasure. More from designers below.

From Ding3000: We are driven by the romantic notion that a designer invents products aimed at making the world a better place. Our whisk is simple and sculpturesque in form and function and we have made it as space-saving as possible without compromising on the design.A whisk that is sculpturesque, space-saving and functional all at the same time. Beater can be folded together, saving space in the kitchen drawer or on the wall. Beater is inspired by a pack of straws and is gathered in the middle using a ring that functions as both an opening andclosing mechanism and a hanging fixture. The whisk comes in eight colours: white, grey, light blue, nude, lavender, pink, mint and dark blue.

Ding3000: website  Normann Copenhagen: website

Phil Cuttance: Faceture Light Shades

Phil Cuttance: Faceture Light Shade

Phil Cuttance: Faceture Vases

Phil Cuttance: Faceture Vases

Phil Cuttance: Faceture Vases detail

Phil Cuttance: Faceture Side Table

Phil Cuttance’s Faceture series uses a unique development process, demonstrated in the video above, to create organically shaped forms with pixelated appearances. As either light shades, vases or side tables, the pieces’ modern constructions nod to our digital world’s perspective and straddle the line between art and design.

From Cuttance: The FACETURE series consists of handmade faceted vessels, light-shades and table. Each object is produced individually by casting a water-based resin into a simple handmade mould. The mould is then manually manipulated to create the each object’s form before each casting, making every piece utterly unique.

Phil Cuttance: website

Jennifer Edmunds: C10 Chair

Jennifer Edmunds of Wobble: C10 Chair

Jennifer Edmunds of Wobble: C10 Chair

Using only plywood, rivets and nylon, this lightweight seat’s minimal use of materials fuse together creating a poetic combination of sturdy and flexible components.  Surprisingly stable, the C10 Chair holds up to 150 kg (330 lbs) due to the inherent strength of the materials. Resembling both the delicately strung harp and the majestic dive of the whale, Edmunds’ piece pares modern and refined simplicity with intricate precision.

Jennifer Edmunds of Wobble: website via Yellowtrace

Note Design Studio: Marginal Notes / Nour Lamp

Note Design Studio: Marginal Notes / Settler Bench

Note Design Studio: Marginal Notes / Tuck Pouf

Note Design Studio: Marginal Notes / Sifter Coat Rack

Note Design Studio: Marginal Notes / The Catch

Note Design Studio: Marginal Notes / Keep

Note Design Studio: Marginal Notes / Peep Storage

A reference to the origin of theses designs (doodles from the team’s sketchbooks) Marginal Notes grows out of the margins and into this well-developed, camping-inspired collection full of colorful and graphic components. End forms can be linked to outdoorsy references such as with the log-like Settler benches, the butterfly net-inspired Catch hanging pendant light and the trapping style Keep storage boxes. Friendly color combinations and additions of clear graphic detailing add to the concept while also supporting the modern aesthetic.

From Note Design Studio: We went deep into the forest to explore, measure and collect. With warm clothes, good shoes and woolen caps to protect us, we collected samples and took notes. Butterfly nets and soil sifters worked hard to catch the tiniest living things. When all our cages and boxes were filled we went looking for a shaded glade. With tents, mosquito screens, and some logs to sit on we set up a base camp for the night. After a long expedition, we now had plenty to look through back home.

Note Design Studio: website  via MocoLoco

Samuel Wilkinson for & Tradition: Hoof Tables

Samuel Wilkinson for & Tradition: Hoof Tables

Samuel Wilkinson for & Tradition: Hoof Tables

Samuel Wilkinson for & Tradition: Hoof Tables

Samuel Wilkinson for & Tradition: Hoof Tables

Wilkinson’s Hoof Tables, named after the hoof trimming process of the horse, bear an undeniable resemblance to a knife-sharpened pencil, the first tool of a designer or artist. In a three-legged stool type construction, these tables are sturdy yet demonstrate the illusion of graceful elegance with legs that appear to be effortlessly balancing in a ballerina’s relevé. In a well blended orchestration between modernly refined aesthetics and conceptual storytelling, Wilkinson’s new designs find a perfectly pleasing balance.

From Wilkinson: The main inspiration for the Hoof tables starts from the foot detail. I have always loved the painted wooden chairs that have the end of the legs left as natural wood so that the paint doesn’t chip off if kicked or knocked. The leg ends of the table are sharpened at the foot – like a horse’s hoof is trimmed before it is shod. This detail has derived from continuous exploration and development of production techniques. The fine edge of the tables is created from the soft chamfer being on the top and bottom. This also gives the tables a tactile feel and clearly shows that the tables are made from solid wood. The foot detail is created by reversing the usual production process; most furniture details, which have a painted section and a natural part, are assembled, masked off, and then painted. Hoof is painted first, then cut back to produce the unique detail.

Samuel Wilkinson: website  & Tradition: website  via Dezeen

Max Lipsey: Acciaio Stage 2 Lamp

Max Lipsey: Acciaio Stage 2 Low Cabinet

Max Lipsey: Acciaio Stage 2 Coffee Table

Max Lipsey: Acciaio Stage 2 Bicycle Room Divider

Max Lipsey: Acciaio Stage 2 Medium Cabinet

Acciaio, translating to “steel” in Italian, is the subject of Lipsey’s second reiteration of designs based on the bicycle. His first collection, consisting of 2 chairs and a side table, now has a full companion set including a lamp, tables and storage cabinets, as seen above. In an array of bright colors, each piece’s quirky form becomes a unique sculptural object with a practical end-use. More from the designer below.

From Lipsey: Acciaio derives it’s name from the most important element of the work–lightweight steel tubing borrowed from bicycle frame building. The inspiration for the series is the classic racing bicycle with a geometry that is strong, light and elegant.   Stage 2 includes a range of furniture pieces and lighting that use steel tubing, perforated plate and natural leather. The perforated surfaces accentuate the works’ lightness and use semi-transparency to obscure contents and surrounding space. Faceted surfaces and new angles break away from traditional forms and create an entirely new interior language.

Max Lipsey: website  Matter: website

Jay Roeder: Brooklyn

E for Effort: Loose Leaf

Anna Szczekutowicz: Photo

Made a Mano: Komon

Ditte Isager: Sunday Brunch for Copenhagen Food

Re-purposed Drawers via Shabby Charm

Ty Pennington Impressions: Wave in Gray

DIY Headboard via Trend Thing

Diego Ramos for The Chocolate Factory: Mr. Chocolate

Jessica Smarsch: Bicycle

Is there a Brooklyn style?

The word “hipster” has been a thorn in the respectable New Yorker’s side for years with associations of too-cool-for-school, over-exaggerated trends playing out in painfully ironic performances. But before the eye-rolling starts, there are signs that the hipster is starting to mature. Maybe it’s a good idea to take a look at why droves have fled the tiny island for a bit of the Brooklyn retreat.

There’s certainly a charm that wafts through the streets in the still-developing neighborhoods like Williamsburg where rents are spiking and hipsters are growing out of 4-in-the-morning binge drinking nights and into herbal morning teas and artisanal brunches.  Casual style is suitable in a world where the 9-5 office is deleted for the sporadic coffee house or the all-night studio space hours. And a surprising number of those folks are actually getting work done in this alternative to salary reviews and climbing-the-ladder mentality. If you want pretty, you’ll get it: never before has rustic charm been so prevalent in city life. Farm-to-table restaurants emphasize the desire and value in locally-sourced food where you might find  yourself sitting upon an overturned milk crate and drinking out of a re-purposed jelly jar as a charming young mother bikes her toddler around on the back of an old Schwinn and a moustached man, either resembling a woodsy lumberjack or a Prohibition barkeep, brings you a farm-fresh omelet or a 15-ingredient cocktail, respectively. The look is pared-down and modern, but still pretty rough around the edges with layers of New York grime peeking from behind corners of newly polished countertops and vintage wash basins. The mix of old and new paired with a designer’s touch ends in a somehow perfect romance where the enjoyment of living reigns as number one.

So love it or leave it. Brooklyn’s got style. Get cozy or go home.

Jay Roeder / E for Effort / Anna Szczekutowicz / Made a Mano via basiclabelSweden / Ditte Isager / Shabby Charm / Ty Pennington Impressions / Trend Thing / Diego Ramos / Jessica Smarsch

Alexander Fitzpatrick: The Light Garden

Alexander Fitzpatrick: The Light Garden

From small clusters to entire walls, The Light Garden has infinite possibilities for constructing a customized lighting experience, two such examples seen above. Inspired by both natural and architectural elements, the modular system creates organic forms from structured elements shedding low-level or bright light into a room, depending on the number of elements. These are now on display at Sydney’s He Made She Made Gallery.

From Fitzpatrick: Natural form and poetic beauty was the inspiration for the Light Garden. The fitting is energy efficient as it is internally lit by LED lighting, giving the effect of light bursting through the fitting like the sun through the branches of the trees in a forest. The Light Garden allows you to create a custom experience limited only by your imagination. Whether you have one or one hundred fittings, the modular functionality allows you to create an organic and abstract pattern across a surface, allowing each installation to be come a completely unique piece. The personalised garden of light brings the essence of natural inspiration into the space.

Alexander Fitzpatrick: website via Yellowtrace

Colonel: Faces

Colonel: Faces

Colonel: Faces

Colonel: Faces

Colonel: Faces

Colonel: Faces

Colonel: Faces

Colonel: Faces

The new French company, Colonel, introduces Faces, a fun and modern standing lamp with adjustable shade. The rounded wooden dowels complement the 10-sided shade, mixing friendly and inviting elements with cool, architectural angles. These same planes create the illusion of color shifting as they sit in either light or shadow. Perhaps the best feature is the apt incorporation of the electrical cord, which when curled around its customized peg, becomes part of the overall design.

From Colonel: This lamp’s base in made in solid beech and the shade is covered with felt from Kvadrat. The fabric-covered cord matches to the color of the shade. It could be compared with an umbrella. The opaque, wool felt material diffuses a subdued light and produces an intimate atmosphere. The white polyphane inner shade guides light according to its angle.

Colonel: website