Swedish design duo Olof Nordenson and Ulf N Jevin work together under the name FULO. ‘Constellation’ is a table with many legs. The placing of the legs is determined by a section of the sky, making each star a possible attachment point for a leg. The user decides where the legs should...
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Found some very nice pieces of furniture by Naif Tasarim. I can’t give you a lot of information about them seeing the website is only in turkish. The furniture have a beautiful balance between old and new, contemporary elements mixed with a 20’s, 60’s and sometimes even an 80’s style....
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WERK No.13 is a limited edition magazine produced by Work, the studio of award-winning Singaporean designer Theseus Chan. The publication serves as an overview of the 2005 exhibition of Jan De Cock at Tate modern, photographed by Kirby Koh. An elaborated die-cut technique was employed to echo the complexity of the...
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This is the graduation project of Brazilian designer Julio Radesca at Design academy in Eindhoven. ‘Personal Fresh air’ is an office table with a dozen plants incorporated in the design. These plants don’t only serve as air purifiers but also act as a screen, giving the office a living element. By...
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Claire McManus is the director, editor and designer of The What Where When, founder and editor of No Junkmail No Soliciting, a Graphic designer at AA Print Studio and a mentor at the London College of Communcation (LCC) Graphic Communication FdA Mentorship Scheme. Besides being a very productive organizer and monitor, she produces a lot wonderful...
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Just discovered a French office named Hey Ho. The images above (and at read more) are a greeting card they did for the Lous Vuitton foundation. They have a very nice and extended portfolio website with a lot of great work, so I’ll just redirect u straight there!
The past three days an architectural workshop took place in the Markthalle 9 in Berlin. The workshop, organized by Raumlabor, invited an international group of students to think about way’s to help vendors in the market hall to promote their products. Part of the working process, concept and idea where...
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Marius Hofstede is an Amsterdam based web- and graphic designer. Graduated from the ArtEZ institute of Arts in Arnhem (The Netherlands) in 2008 and awarded with a second place in the ‘Dutch student prize for Graphic design 2009’. His work is marked by a mixture of contemporary graphic design with...
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John Booth is a Toronto based designer who works together with Arounna Khounnora under the name Bookhou. They make simple and solid furniture from scrap wood (amongst other things) and have opened a shop in the fall of 2008 in Toronto. By using scrap wood every piece of furniture they...
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I’ve found Mikko Varakas quite by accident, don’t even remember how I got to his website. And still I don’t know anything about him, he makes some really good work, posters and books and I think he is Finish. More of his work after read more.
Over the years, the Arkitip Intel has evolved into an online publication that brings together the most unique voices in the art, fashion, music, design, and retail. Now they’re taking The Intel into the tactile realm. An especially nice cover I must add. At read more u can find a movie...
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A Catalogue coinciding with Maya Schweizer’s solo show ‘La même histoire ailleurs’ which was held at Westfaelischer Kunstverein in Münster. H I T is a London and Berlin based office with a whole portfolio of beautiful projects. Some more pictures of this project after read more.
Nathan Goldsworthy is a New Zeeland based designer. He researched flat pack furniture, which is invented long ago, for easy set up on the battle field. With the name ‘Adjutant table’ he refers to this past, but also to the current. The battle field is moved to board-rooms and conference...
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Quite a nice piece of furniture by UK based designer Lisa Sandall. The title ‘Chin up’ say’s a lot, its a nice book closet. The only thing I don’t like is the picture. I was surprised with the fact that she doesn’t have an own website, but her complete profile...
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FEEEEEED! is a new magazine edited by ohyescoolgreat. Not only are they good in coming up with original names, they also make some nice graphics. A preview of this months issuu u can find right here.
Productive Posters was part of the Kounkuey Design Initiative’s exhibition at the Van Alen Institute in April. The installation traveled to Eastern Michigan University’s gallery as part of the exhibition the “The Posters of Discontent.” Design notes from the poster installation: Originally conceived in collaboration with the Kounkuey Design Initiative,...
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This ‘recycling frame’ shows that product design can also be called ‘crap = good’. It is a simple piece of bended metal which is used to hold a bag (a trashcan). Helena Mattila designed a function rather then a form, and we all know that form follows function. That’s when...
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I just came across this piece of furniture, it’s nice and its definitely crap. Jasper Morrison designed it for ultra-hip UK furniture store Established & Sons. The crate is made of Douglas wood (so thats good) and on sale for only $220 at Matter Matters. An insanely crazy price if u...
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