Shades of Surreality
Are your objects of tactile reality not quite giving you enough depth, dimension and shading? Neither are mine and thankfully Swedish designers Front are exhibiting…
Interiors
Jungle Love, Swedish Style
Going green to overt suicidal dreams is what’s for dinner at this new restaurant in Sweden called “New Restaurant.” Keeping your patrons alive and happy…
Faucet with Functionality
Hand cleaning dishes is not a favorite job of mine, but one that must be done. Unfortunately, using one hand to hold a large pot…
More Ways To Store A Magazine
After the “Habitual Bedside Table” presented by Yanko design in March – readers questioned its usefulness in contemporary interiors since not everyone reads bedside. Optionally…
Prep Cook’s Dream
A fabricated trough prep sink with electronic interface that controls rinsing functions and garbage disposal synchronization. Developed in heavy collaboration with Kohler kitchen design and…
2008 Salone Del Mobile Digest
Salone 2008 is upon us and if you’re not one of the 200,000 plus people flocking to Milan to inspect the cream of cutting-edge design,…
Can You Handle My JUMI?
Matthias Hiller must have had a few knocks and bruises in his life to have come up with such a neat and useful product. “Jumi”…
Check Out the Rims on That Table
OK, wait a minute. Rims on a table? Well, if you are Beth Fuller, then yes! Fuller has taken objects from the streets of New…
Oodles of Noodles
I am no Italian Chef, and so I have always struggled with getting just the right amount of pasta cooked for the guests sitting at…
Trash Up In Smoke
Inspired by Korean smoke alarm towers called Bongsudae, this trash bin retains the graceful organic shape of the former. The pattern even has an Asian…
Jet-Setter Lite by Charles Cha
Inspired by the 1950s “jet set” lifestyle of the rich and famed socialites, this ‘green’ chic solid state illumination coupled with sensual flamboyant mirror finish…
2008 Salone Del Mobile Preview Part2
The highly anticipated, not to mention comprehensive, Salone del Mobile is one of the world’s most revered furniture and design shows. With over 2,500 exhibitors…