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Dezeen Screen: Moody Nest by Hanna Emelie Ernsting

2011-08-25T10:52:00.000+02:00

Moody Nest is part of Hanna Emelie Ernsting‘s series of furniture for stroppy people. Watch the movie »

The quilted textile shell on a foam base is designed to envelope its ill-tempered owner while they calm down.

It’s a development of her Moody Couch project, which was awarded second prize at this year’s [D3] Contest young designers competition in Cologne.

Watch an animation of the Moody Couch on Dezeen Screen and watch our interview with the Frankfurt designer here.

Hanna Emelie Ernsting more recently took part in the Blickfang designworkshop in Vienna – watch our series of movies about the event here.

Here are some more details from Hanna Emelie Ernsting:

Moody Nest was created with the intention to provide an especially intense feeling of comfort, warmth and intimacy. The user should be fully absorbed by the opulent cover in order to be able calm down completely. The sofa invites the user to be laid-back, express feelings and let everything out. With its large cover Moody Nest will resemble the moods of its user, looking crabby, sleepy, playful or naughty.

The textile part of Moody Nest is more dominant while the base is reduced, compared to Moody Couch. The forming and cushioning characteristics of the textile fabric are strengthened by quilting two layers of 3D textile together.

The stitched squares are getting smaller towards the top to increase a sense of three-dimensionality of the textile surface. The base resembles a nest and consists of one wooden board at the bottom and 16cm of soft foam fixed onto the wood.

A double foam rim goes around the edge, strengthened with a plastic sheet in the middle, bending slightly but preventing the foam from bending down when you really lean back.

(via dezeen)

Kam Leang's Renkasa: A Comprehensive Solution to the Tokyo Umbrella Problem

2011-08-25T10:50:00.000+02:00

Kam Leang's Renkasa: A Comprehensive Solution to the Tokyo Umbrella Problem:

This is a great example of the kind of thorough design thinking we hope to see more of in future. Lately designer Kam Leang has been getting a lot of blog love for his "Renkasa" umbrella concept, but mostly quick mentions with a couple of beauty shots that fail to convey the depth of Leang's thinking. Let's take a closer look.

First conceived of two years ago when he was a student at Tokyo's Tama Art Institute, the "Renkasa" was initially formulated to solve a problem Leang noticed: Umbrellas were frequently ending up as garbage, whether through breakage or negligence.

When Leang looked more closely at the problem, he found it was worse for the environment than initially thought: The average umbrella required five different materials broken into more than 75 individual components, all of which were installed in an essentially permanent way. In other words, you couldn't unscrew part of a broken umbrella and use that part to complete another umbrella. So once one component failed, the entire thing was garbage.

(via core 77)

Last(ing) Call for Entries - Core77 + Phaidon Design Challenge: Good Design is Long Lasting

2011-08-23T09:13:00.000+02:00

Last(ing) Call for Entries - Core77 + Phaidon Design Challenge: Good Design is Long Lasting:

Sketch by Aditi Ruiz

With just two days to go before our "Good Design Is Long Lasting" exhibition and panel discussion at Phaidon's flagship store in NYC's Soho neighborhood, we'd like to remind our readers that the contest closes at midnight tonight. The brief:

Add your sketch to the Core77 Dieter Rams product timeline which will be exhibited at the Phaidon Flagship store in New York City for a chance to win a copy of the new book.

Download the contest rules and official entry form at http://www.core77.com/Phaidon.

Wednesday, August 10

Core77 & Phaidon present

Good Design Is Long Lasting

Phaidon | Store

83 Wooster St. (at Spring)

New York, NY 10012

Doors are at 6:30; Panel begins at 7

Cocktails to follow

RSVP: store.soho@phaidon.com with the subject line "Dieter Rams."

Sketch by Edouard Messager

We were happy to see all of entries came in over the weekend, but we'd like to see some more drawings for a few of Rams' designs:

Braun HF1 Television (1958)

Braun RT20 Tischsuper Tube Radio (1961)

Braun HLD4 Hairdryer (1970)

Braun Citromatic (1972)

Braun T3 Domino Table Lighter (1976)

Naturally, applicants are welcome to draw any of the others as well.

Just a couple reminders:

-Be sure to fill out the information at the top of the form

-We'll be printing these in grayscale, so black & white works best

-One product per entry please (although you are welcome to submit as many entries as you like)

Good luck and hope to see you on Wednesday, when we'll be announcing the winner!

Sketch by Joe Kerr

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David Weatherhead's "Primary Clocks" at GOODD Ltd

2011-08-23T09:11:00.001+02:00

David Weatherhead's "Primary Clocks" at GOODD Ltd:

Last week saw the opening of A Product of Geometry, featuring work by David Weatherhead and Sophie Cheung, at Glasgow's GOODD Ltd exhibition space.

The exhibition examines the process of the object; The perception that each object has a purpose and meaning to it, without the user aware of the story that each object is born from. The show will also focus on the work and process of London based product designer David Weatherhead. David's objects have an inherent easily identifiable quality with inspiration and interest points taken from everything from the Bauhaus to a road safety sign to a triangular back reflector on a trailer.

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Book Review: Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible, by Sophie Lovell

2011-08-23T09:11:00.000+02:00

Book Review: Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible, by Sophie Lovell:

Phaidon's new monograph on Dieter Rams, As Little Design as Possible follows on the heels of 2009's Less and More and the observations we made there on the man's life remain true. Indeed, just as both titles try to translate his design ethos "weniger, aber besser," into English ("less, but better"), both monographs attempt to distill a man's life and work into photographs while also making it clear that this is a man who wants his work to speak for itself.

Consequently, the resultant words and careful photography (e.g. clean product shots with neutral gray backgrounds, super close details, and long shots with context like human hands or objects on shelves) leave it such that most of the pages in each book could be traded with one another without much aesthetic compromise. The major difference, however, is that As Little Design as Possible also has some very nice photos of a few ugly spaces. While Less and More ended with the 2009 exhibit of his work in the Suntory Museum in Osaka Japan, As Little Design as Possible began there. Sophie Lovell was offered unprecedented access to his archives, his home and his process.

As Little Design as Possible has some pictures of some pretty cluttered workspaces. Tools, boxes, saws, bins stuffed with rolled paper, chairs cracked and delaminated, a classic Braun sign showing signs of rust, and even a box of Suntory Whiskey in the background (apropos), but on the page directly opposite the whiskey, below a black and white photo of a jazz era dancer and in front of his classic SK 4 phonograph (AKA "Snow White's Coffin), a set of tools lies, so neatly and meticulously laid out that they communicate on an emotional level in a way that perhaps even his product never could—this is a man who cares about the details.

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Florian Schmid's Concrete Canvas Seating

2011-08-23T09:09:00.000+02:00

Florian Schmid's Concrete Canvas Seating:

We last saw Concrete Canvas being used for disaster shelters, and now industrial designer Florian Schmid is experimenting with it for furniture applications.

Concrete Canvas is cement-impregnated fabric that can be shipped flat and hardened into a desired shape by applying water. Twenty-four hours later you've got a durable, fireproof and waterproof item.

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Core77 Design Award 2011: Jumpseat Auditorium Seating, Notable for Furniture/Lighting

2011-08-23T09:08:00.000+02:00

Core77 Design Award 2011: Jumpseat Auditorium Seating, Notable for Furniture/Lighting:

Over the next months we will be highlighting award-winning projects and ideas from this year's Core77 Design Awards! For full details on the project, jury commenting and more information about the awards program, go to Core77DesignAwards.com

Designer: Ziba - Pierre Harper, Dave Knaub, Mehdi Mojtabavi, and Sohrab Vossoughi

Location: Portland, Oregon, USA

Category: Furniture/Lighting

Award: Professional Notable

Jumpseat Auditorium Seating

The Jumpseat is a super minimal seating system for auditoriums that fits in a fraction of the footprint of typical stadium or theater seating, and uses a unique hinge mechanism to minimize material use.

We have an auditorium space in our headquarters that seats around 150. It has a beautifully minimal interior that would make traditional stadium seating look out of place, so for its first months of use, audience members sat directly on the concrete risers.

After several months of relative discomfort, we began investigating standard stadium and theater seating, with little success. Existing options clash visually with the clean white walls, unfinished wood and bare concrete of the building interior, and the narrow risers make it difficult for people to pass those already seated. We realized that the environment called for a new kind of seat—something that doesn't just serve the space, but significantly breaks with traditional standards of event seating.

Core77: What's the latest news or development with your project?

We are currently working with a manufacturer to license the JumpSeat and also developing accessories for the chair. We hope the chair will be available in early 2012.

What is one quick anecdote about your project?

One of our goals was to make the chair as flat as possible, because the risers in our Auditorium were so steep. We wanted to maximize the pass-through space so that audience members could easily get to the middle seats. The eureka moment came when

we considered using individual slats of wood with a slight gap between pieces, that when

then properly reinforced, formed a bendable hinge strong enough to hold a person. The

lead designer on the project went straight to the shop to do a small, rough prototype and

as soon as we bent the slats to test the strength, we all knew the reinforcement would be

enough strength for a seat.

Read on for full details on the project and jury comments.

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New Dieter Rams Book, This One Examining the Design Process, Coming Out on Friday

2011-06-23T15:39:00.000+02:00

New Dieter Rams Book, This One Examining the Design Process, Coming Out on Friday: "

Two years ago we reviewed Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams, the thus-far definitive work on the influential Braun designer's work. Now a new book on Rams is coming out, this one delving much further into the nitty-gritty of the industrial design process.

Sophie Lovell's ~~and Klaus Kemp's~~ As Little Design As Possible: The Work of Dieter Rams will not be released until Friday, but the Times' Alice Rawsthorn scored an advanced copy and has written a review indicating that the book casts a detailed eye on our largely unsung processes:

Ms. Lovell's book shines by painting a refreshingly realistic picture of the design process. Books like this often depict designers as omnipotent heroes, but hers stresses the complex web of relationships they must navigate inside the design team and with other factions within a company. There are also gripping descriptions of the microscopic details that must be addressed to create products as accomplished as Mr. Rams' for Braun. Anyone who reads it probably won't look at a switch, edge or corner in quite the same way again.

Something many of us will also be dying to read is the foreword written by none other than Jonathan Ive. Ive details his first childhood encounter with a Rams-designed object, recognizing it as something special and gaining an appreciation for design that has manifested into many of the objects we own today. As soon as the eBook version of As Little Design As Possible is released, I'll be reading it on an iPad.

[ED CORRECTION: Sophie Lovell collaborated with Rams for over 3+ years to produce As Little Design As Possible. Klaus Kemp is the author of another great book on Rams Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams which Core77 reviewed in 2009.]

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Lights Out

2011-06-23T12:23:00.000+02:00

Lights Out: "Catch better Zs with this blackout sleep mask's REM-promoting molded shape

Hibernation might be a bear thing, but getting serious shut-eye is key to not just more pleasant and productive days but longterm health benefits too. While I've tried a few gadgets designed to help you sleep, nothing quite beats the simplicity of a good mattress and sleep mask. One I found recently called Lights Out does just as its name implies. Made from contoured foam covered in a smooth satin fabric, the mask molds around your eyes to block out nearly all light—even in an unfortunately bright bedroom or aboard a red-eye.

Also an advantage over standard sleep masks that lie flat on your face, the sculpted material promotes uninterrupted REM sleep by allowing plenty of room for your body's natural rapid eye movement during sleep cycles. Simply adjust the mask with its Velcro headband to achieve the necessary blackout effect, and a Batman look.

Get your Lights Out mask from Flight 001 or Magellan's for around $15, in a variety of colors.

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JM Ferrero

2011-05-30T09:21:00.000+02:00

JM Ferrero: "Playful minimalism in the work of a well-rounded Spanish designer

Spanish designer JM Ferrero recently sat down during ICFF to discuss his singular vision in the areas of lighting, furniture, interior design and textiles. With a miniature version of his first lamp pinned to his sweater, I quickly learned that Ferrero (who's helmed his own studio since 2003) might be serious about his work but he always adds a touch of underlying humor. His thoughtful approach even comes through in the naming of his atelier. Called estudi{H}ac, the silent 'H' isn't pronounced in Spanish, but without it the word doesn't make sense. Ferrero chalks this up to the way he designs, weaving important design details into the overall scheme to the point they're unnoticeable.

The industrious designer calls what he does 'bespoke projects,' because no matter the client or field he's working within, he customizes every design and experience. Rather than repeat work, he instead chooses to work with a new set of challenges for each project. But he does of course have some tendencies. Repeating patterns show up often, such as in the Tea collection he designed for the family-run furniture brand Sancal. Following the molecular structure of tea, Ferrero plays with the hexagonal quilted pattern in a series of chairs, couches and wall coverings—which can also double as a headboard.

His understanding of textile design stems from earlier work he did after graduating from college. Ferrero, originally from Valencia, moved to Barcelona and first worked with renowned designer Oscar Tusquets before joining the team at textile design firm Manterol, where he developed graphics and packaging. This experience not only laid the foundation for a keen interest in fabrics, but the packaging and graphic design side seemingly aided to his overall ability to design a concept from top to bottom. For SIE7E Jewels Gallery, Ferrero designed the jewelry brand's boutique, website and most recently a collection of small home accessories using the reconfigured '7' he conceived.

The collection spans desk caddies to serving trays and includes a shoe horn, an object with personal meaning for Ferrero. A slight shoe fanatic (he wore leather Paul Smith oxfords with playful socks when we met), Ferrero takes photos of his feet in front of meaningful places around the world during his travels, which hang on the wall of his studio and serve as a conversational starting point for explaining his design inspiration. For example, the Tea collection reflects how much he enjoyed the afternoon tea experience during his years living in London.

One of his favorite countries to spend time in is Japan. Designing colorfully simple indoor and outdoor furniture along with conceptual bath fixtures that express the Japanese lifestyle, Ferrero also won Toyota Japan's competition to design the interior of a new car. Honing in on the fact that for many, a car is an extension of their personality, his approach was to allow customers to personalize the car's interior using a mix-and-match assortment of upholstery choices and colors. This has led estudi{H}ac a permanent place as a collaborator on interiors with Toyota's European Studio.

While his first lamp, dubbed 'Sister Lamp' was a playful nod to '60s nuns with their oversized caps as the shade and a long rosary as the chain, his most recent lighting project for Vondom is a slightly glossier concept. Initially conceiving a collection of giant pot planters ideal for upscale hotel patios, when Ferrero presented the plans to Valencia-based Vondom they noticed a drawing where he had turned the shape upside down into a floor lamp, and commissioned the young designer to continue the series.

For Valencia's new gastro bar, Cuina al Quadrat, Ferrero designed a space centered around the woven baskets women carry to the local food market—a symbol of the restaurant's desire to deliver a high-quality menu at a reasonable price. The warm earth tones present an inviting environment, and the simple decor of plants and fruits allow the food to speak for itself.

Sincere and extremely hopeful for the future of Spanish design, JM Ferrero's estudi{H}ac demonstrates the wide range of potential one studio can possess when focused on exploring new materials, styles and projects.

The Audi Icons series, inspired by the all-new Audi A7, showcases 16 leading figures united by their dedication to innovation and design.

Three Days Left to Get Your Hands on the Norrie Brothers' Kickstarted "Tembo Trunks"

2011-05-09T16:28:00.000+02:00

Three Days Left to Get Your Hands on the Norrie Brothers' Kickstarted "Tembo Trunks": "

It's no secret that Apple's products have spawned a veritable cottage industry of Kickstarted third-party accessory design, so it was only a matter of time before designers started looking to design accessories for accessories. Hence, 'Tembo Trunks,' a set of injected-molded silicone earbud cones.

Industrial designer Scott Norrie shares his inspiration in his Kickstarter video:

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Remy Labesque on Objects Being "Aged to Perfection"

2011-05-09T14:14:00.000+02:00

Remy Labesque on Objects Being "Aged to Perfection": "

I absolutely love how the finish has been worn off on the iPhone and Canon camera posted by Remy Labesque on frogdesign's Design Mind blog. In his article, titled 'Aged to Perfection,' Labesque makes the intelligent point that

...Consumer products are 'new' for a very brief moment when they are first removed from the packaging, but spend the great majority of their useful lives as 'used' products in the process of decay.... Aging with dignity is a criteria designers should recognize in their efforts. I'm thinking of a future when products are designed not for the brief moment when they are new, but for when they have been aged to perfection.

Hear hear. And until that day comes, the 'physically-worn tech objects' thing is begging for a Flickr page.

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Inventables' New Squishy Magnets!

2011-05-09T14:12:00.000+02:00

Inventables' New Squishy Magnets!: "

I love lab geeks, because while we're watching Jersey Shore and shopping for iPhone cases they're pouring colored liquids into steaming beakers and discovering new materials. A thus-far-anonymous group of people in white coats have discovered that you can mix ferrite particles with a polyethylene gel, resulting in a soft, squishy magnet now being sold over at Inventables.

This unique magnet is soft and squeezable to the touch. In every other way it is like a normal magnet; it has a north and south pole, opposite poles attract, like poles repel, and it is attracted to standard magnets. Currently, these magnets are only available in a small round form and there are no specific markets where this technology is used. It was invented purely for the challenge of creating a soft, flexible magnet.

The hardness and strength of the magnet can be customized and injection molding is possible; however, the manufacturer currently only provides it in the form of round discs.

So what's the application? I don't know, my imagination's limited; maybe they could use them on Jersey Shore or in some kind of iPhone case.

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Spiral Makes a Difference

2011-05-07T13:18:00.000+02:00

Spiral Makes a Difference: "

Think about it, instead of having a straight tube ink refill, how about fashioning it as a spiral? Agreed it occupies a bit more space so the pen can’t be sleek and slim, but it holds double the amount of ink! There’s a reason why our DNA is structured in a double helix. I guess it will work like a charm for those disposable types, making them last longer. I won’t call this project 100% eco-esque but it’s a step towards it!

T&T Pen-ink Chamber is a 2011 iF concept design entry.

Designers: by Han Chi-hoon, Kim Yeon-soo, Park Byong-gon & Kim Sung-geun

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Creating Desk Unity

2011-05-07T13:16:00.000+02:00

Creating Desk Unity: "

Nothing like a really neat desk, exuding positive vibes thanks to its clutter-free look. One of the best ways to organize this look is with the Buro, a sleek block of objects commonly found on the desk, stacked together in a coherent fashion. The block includes items like staplers, hole-punches and calculators, all streamlined and classy! Do want one NOW!

Buro is available in three-color gradients – green, grey and purple.

Materials: ABS plastic with a rubberized finish.

Designers: Adrian Wright & Jeremy Wright for Lexon

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Bloated Objects

2011-05-07T13:15:00.000+02:00

Bloated Objects: "

This table isn’t prego and no, it didn’t eat too much. It’s the Bloated Desk and it and it’s siblings the Bloated Shelf and Bloated Coat Hanger, are, well… they’re just sort of bloated! This intriguing take on the familiar incorporates a fairly simple process to achieve the form – no complicated molds and no seams are used in production, instead, sheets of leather are filled with expanding foam, inflating the leather to make naturally unique pieces.

Designer: Damien Gernay

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Fascinatingly Simple

2011-05-07T13:14:00.000+02:00

Fascinatingly Simple: "

I have been admiring this design all day, and driving everyone around me crazy talking about it and making them check it out. What can I say? I’m fascinated by the Rising Chair! It looks more like a sculpture than a chair, and what makes this combination rare is that it’s flat-pack ready. Designer Robert van Embricqs achieved the organic form by pulling up slats cut into a flat wood surface to see how the material should naturally mold to make the seat, back, and base. Intricate yet functional, the result is evidence of the special connection between material and designer.

Designer: Robert van Embricqs

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Dividing Data

2011-05-07T12:15:00.000+02:00

Dividing Data: "

The 2 – Storage USB Memory Stick is an ideal stick for a person like me, who is so forgetful of what data I store where. The color partitions replicate what a physical partition looks like. One is for personal stuff and the other for work; so simple!

2 – Storage USB Memory Stick is a 2011 iF concept design entry.

Designers: Chung-Ping Lai, Ming-Hong Yeh & Po-Ho Chen

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Laced with LED

2011-05-07T12:14:00.000+02:00

Laced with LED: "

Tiny little LEDs dotting the inner realm of a lampshade, you can only imagine the mesmerizing effect it’s going to create. The LED Shade Lamp is just this; no bulbs, no holder, but a handful of twinky lights doing their thing. I love the way Peter describes it, “the shade itself becomes the source of light.”

Designer: Peter Bristol

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Making Sturdy Stuff Out of Plastic Sheets, Part 3: Patrick Frey's Nook Stool and Bench

2011-05-07T11:36:00.000+02:00

Making Sturdy Stuff Out of Plastic Sheets, Part 3: Patrick Frey's Nook Stool and Bench: "

Going a bit more hi-tech than the mail bins, Germany-based designer Patrick Frey uses Varioline, a name brand sheet plastic injection-molded with a closed-cell foam core, to make his sturdy yet lightweight Nook line of stools and benches for manufacturer Vial. (You've surely seen these before, as the Nook scooped up both iF and Good Design awards for 2010.) The Varioline is scored and cut via CNC, and the resultant shapes are folded into their finished forms.

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Break Soap Concept

2011-04-18T18:26:00.000+02:00

Break Soap Concept: "

I used to drive an ambulance, and even though we wore latex gloves, after particularly gory calls we'd scrub our hands pretty good in the hospital sink. In order to completely disinfect your mitts you were supposed to wash for a predetermined amount of time: Believe it or not, the rule was to play 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' in your head and you stopped lathering only when the tune ended. (Now every time I hear that song I picture blood, vomit and less pleasant bodily fluids.)

Dave Hakkens' Break Soap concept made me think of this. Hakkens' idea is that you only break off a small piece at a time, to avoid 'contaminating' the rest of the soap. But I think this could also be applied in a healthcare setting where caregivers could be required to use precise dosages of soap, ending the washing only when the entire piece had dissolved.

Then again, no hospital I've ever been in had bar soap, as there's a danger of contaminating the rest of the bar while initiating your wash. Oh well. Maybe a Pez-type dispenser is required, but Hakkens, I think you're onto something here.

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Let Braun's Past Tell You the Current Time

2011-04-18T17:42:00.000+02:00

Let Braun's Past Tell You the Current Time: "

Suh-weet—Braun has decided to reissue a bunch of their clocks and watches, some of which are designed by, oh, some guy named Dieter Rams. In traditional subdued Braun style--remember the almost complete lack of hyped-up fanfare accompanying their 90th birthday?—they've quietly put the products up on their Braun Time website.

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Kickstart This: Urbio Indoor Vertical Gardening System

2011-04-18T17:41:00.000+02:00

Kickstart This: Urbio Indoor Vertical Gardening System: "

Urbio is a wall-mounted magnetic gardening kit that represents an interesting solution to the physical limits of the modern urban home, a twist on the skyscraper's promise of building vertically.

The modular pucks and tiles accommodate two sizes of pot—the "eco-plastic" emulates ceramic—using neodymium magnets, which are "strong enough to hold almost anything to the wall." Of course, they can be removed with a firm tug, not least in order to water the plants under the sink (pumice at the bottom of the pot absorbs the excess).

(via core77)

DÅG Studios Present the Fixie Lamp Series

2011-04-18T17:34:00.000+02:00

DÅG Studios Present the Fixie Lamp Series: "

Tel Aviv's DÅG studio is exhibiting a new series of LED lamps at the Salone: the three quirky desk lamps and their wall-mounted cousin are known as the 'Fixie' series.

bell'idea e progettino.

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Zip Up Tangle – Part Two

2011-03-30T12:42:00.000+02:00

Zip Up Tangle – Part Two: "

Seems like adding a zipper to the earphones is one of the easiest ways to manage them. A refined version is seen in Fasna; the zipper looks sturdy and attention to detail like magnets in the earbuds hold them in place; makes them far more functional too. Just be careful with your shirt if off. Hair, skin and zippers don’t go well together.

Designer: Hirotaka Matsui

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