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Hella Jongerius, in Ceramic
Hella Jongerius featured this installation of 300 vases at her a recent show: "Misfit" in the museum Boijmans van Beuningen, 2010.
The vases are documentation of the designer's experiment in colour and glaze application. She used industrial paint in standard colours for the first 82 ...
Eye Spy... Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi
Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi for Vitra, 1954 - photo: vitra.com
A butterfly, a bird, a whale's tail ... there have been several comparisons drawn from this stool for several animals, insects, and various forms of organic design. This beautiful sculptural seat is made of two pieces of molded ...
2010 an Eventful Year for Emeco's 111 Navy Chair
Emeco's 111 Navy Chair - photo: emecowithcoke.com
Emeco's 111 Navy Chair, made from 111 plastic Coke bottles, had an exciting year. It was a big hit during its debut at Milan's Furniture Fair in April and made waves (er... icebergs?) in London while frozen in a one-ton block of ice.
Emeco's ...
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Creators of the Year 2011
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec - photo credit: ola rindal
Maison et Object have selected Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec as one of their "Creators of the Year" as result of the large impact that they have made on the French design scene. Interior architects Gilles and Boissier and architect Edouard ...
Eye Spy ... Flos Tab light
Tab, by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby for Flos is an elegant, modern, minimal design in both table and floor lamp versions.
Available in black, white and blue , this light boasts big visual value for a small footprint. It's rotating head swings horizontally, making it a great task light on top ...
Canadian Prefab at Home in Manhattan
Meka ALP320 in Manhattan. Image: Daniella Zalcman/The Wall Street Journal
At $100.00 per square foot, the Meka ALP320 is a sweet deal. At least, those in Manhattan sure think so after one of these little modern/ular home nuggets was transplated at the corner of Charles and Washington Street. ...
Gifts Gifts Gifts!
In case you haven't noticed... Christmas is nearly here! Considering my lack of posts over the last couple of weeks, one might think that I have been busy shopping shopping shopping and have my list completely checked off. Yah ... not so much. I do have a couple of things sorted out (she says ...
Bonaldo's Pebble table nominated for Interior Design Best of Year award
Bonaldo's new Pebble table by Matthias Demacker has been nominated for Interior Design Best of Year award. This unique table was inspired by something that is, here in Victoria, close to home: beach stones polished smooth by the sea.
This design is not only modern and unique, it's also ...
Eye Spy... Dwell Studio Cubist Throw
Something that is SUPER soft and warm and cozy...
Dwell Studio Cubist Throw, Charcoal
Dwell Studio's Cubist throw is the ideal wrap on a cold wintery day. Made in Peru, these luxurious throws are 93% baby alpaca and 7% wool.
Dwell Studio Cubist Throw, Peacock
These graphic blankets ...
Herman Miller Select 2010 Edition Hang-It-All
Herman Miller's Eames Select 2010 Hang It All
Herman Miller has sold out of their Select 2010 Edition - the Eames Hang-it-All with walnut hooks and black frame. Luckily, Gabriel Ross stocked up on this collector's item and we still have some left. Herman Miller only produced 3500 of the limited ...