BOTTLE BY TAF ARKITEKTKONTOR

Has design reached a bottleneck? Link

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DAILY OBJECTS REJUVENATED!

Everyday objects become art. Art for everyday living, to be exact. Link

P.S: That Infinite Ladder lamp is just laugh-inducing, ha!

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TRESS BY MARC SADLER

Tress is the latest eye-catching lighting design by Marc Sadler for Foscarini and will be launched this year at Euroluce. The interwoven threads in resin create an extremely suggestive visual and tactile effect and bring to mind the texture of baskets.


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CLIPPING

Architect Pieter Weijnen created an enigmatic blue-green 'fairytale boat' which hovers above the ground floor of this house located in Steigereiland, one of seven artificial islands dredged from Amsterdam’s IJ Lake in IJburg. From below, the color and texture of the copper plates, with their beautiful verdigris, form a scaly sculptural centerpiece for the house, articulating and enhancing the vertical thrust of the space rather than interrupting it. Above on the secong storey, the 'boat' houses the family and work areas.

The combination of baroque and minimalist elements is typical of the design palette of Carola Vannini from Carola Vannini Architecture.

The inventive use of materials, a sense of place and social agenda – qualities often considered mutually exclusive in architecture – co-exist with ease in the dynamic work of Iranian-born sisters Gisue Hariri and Mojgan Hariri (Hariri and Hariri). The living and dining spaces of this Park Avenue loft are defined by 2 sculptural folding planes which demarcate different areas while accommodating lighting in an inconspicuous manner.

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CANOPY RACINE CHANDELIER FROM MATERIAL POSSESSIONS

Spring runways were scattered with confectionary-like concoctions in irresistible hues of blushes, pinks, pale acid peach, and nudes. Incorporate this delicate and ladylike color scheme into your home décor with the gorgeous Canopy Racine Chandelier from Material Possessions. This vintage-inspired masterpiece plays off the blush trend, but is also utterly timeless.


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TUFTY BY JONAS JURGAITIS

Today's designers are having a whole lot of fun. Thanks to Lithuania designer Jonas Jurgaitis, we see how minimal, geometrical objects can be comfortable at the same time. Tufty is an unconventional design composed of a hard veneered shell and some hard looking, bot soft-cored spikes that can be easily bent for convenience.

In case you're skeptical, we assure you won't fall off that seat.


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Fresh off our design radar! This week, I'm particularly impressed by Joey Ho's tranquil apartment design, which features a densely layered interior framework that leads from one space to another using a host of reflective and transparent materials.

Joey Ho Design, Hong Kong

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Flora Lau Designers, Hong Kong

Liao Chang, Taiwan

TBDC, Taiwan

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HOW TO ACCESS AND UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY

"According to Tom Monahan, we're all born with creativity but are eventually conditioned not to use it. This guru of imaginative thinking reveals his strategy for accessing and unleashing your creative prowess."

How nice to hear that. Link


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ULTRACONFIDENTIEL

Ultraconfidentiel's products are a marvel to look at. Simply designed, their furniture are neither fanciful nor desperately shouting for attention.

My picks are the D.structured low table and sideboard and Air Balance sideboard. Nice details...





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MOBILE BY CHRISTAN HALLEROD & JOHANNES SVARTHOLM

I'm loving this furniture installation called Mobile, which is created by artists Christan Halleröd and Johannes Svartholm. The installation consists of four frames which can be used separately or combined to "create variations such as a room, function as room dividers, a stage, complex sculptural structures or labyrinths".


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MYDECO.COM

Unleash your inner interior designer with the new virtual version of the essential interior designer’s tool, the moodboard. The leading interior design website, mydeco.com, lets you experiment with extravagant creative ideas for your home, hone your personal style and stylishly while-away hours on the net with this new, addictive new home planning tool. With it, you can create a collage of the colours you love, the home wares products you lust after and the cool things that inspire you, to see how they work together before making them a reality.

Browse the elegant mydeco database of over two million home wares by colours, dimensions or price, or hunt down inspiring images from elsewhere on the net, and create different moods with different images. If you’re proud of the style you create, you can share your creative flare and make your moodboards public on mydeco, or you can keep them hidden and private, saved for your own future inspiration.


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HOUSE IN KARUIZAWA BY ARTECHNIC ARCHITECTS

Located in the forest of Karuizawa, Japan, this ultra modern house resembles the cross-section of a seashell, with its double-elliptical shapes and curves. The designers combined sexy curves, intricate details and clean lines for a futuristic look.




Circular skylights provide architectural interest while flooding the dark corners with bright natural daylight. The rooms are also awashed with recessed lighting at strategic spots, producing a very intimate effect.





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