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May 11th, 2011 — Design
Hacienda is a collection of products made of palm reed (buri), leather, and metal by Brooklyn-based designer Stanley Ruiz . Designed for the company Hacienda Crafts (based in the Philippines), a sugar plantation that started producing handicrafts in the 90s with the mission of generating countryside opportunities by providing an alternative livelihood for the farmers and their families.
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Hacienda by Stanley Ruiz
May 11th, 2011 — Design
Florafil by Tania da Cruz is a decorative cover for your wires, turning them from eyesore into wall art. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2011 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime in Home Furnishings , Technology | Permalink | No comments
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Florafil by Tania da Cruz
May 10th, 2011 — Design
Matthias Demacker created the Daisy chair for Jongform , inspired by crystalline shapes and their strong expression. The strong angles and lines of the compact seat give it a pure and dynamic look.
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Daisy by Demacker Design
May 10th, 2011 — Design
Font nerd alert! Here’s a three-dimensional way to express your love of letters. The Fontable , designed by Alessandro Canepa and Andrea Paulicelli is a new concept featuring letters A-Z in lower and uppercase as well as the numbers 0-9. Each table is made from a single sheet of steel in white, black or red. The adjustable legs are anodized aluminum. Order a single letter or a whole word! Available at Outdoorz Gallery
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Fontable by Alessandro Canepa and Andrea Paulicelli
May 9th, 2011 — Design, Furniture, Uncategorized
Materials: “Faktum” wall cabinet, tape measure, power drill, cirkle saw, screwdriver. Description: Before we moved to our house we lived in a very beautiful apartment witch was housed in an old school built in 1900. Our apartment was built in the old music study, with big windows and since it was an old class room the living room/kitchen was very spacious. The only problem we had was that the kitchen part was a bit small and that there were not a lot of storage cabinets
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Looong bench-cabinet
May 9th, 2011 — Design
Growing Vases is a design concept created by Nendo in collaboration with Fabio Novembre for Czech glass and lighting company Lasvit . The abstract theme was “cocoon” and Nendo was asked to create something out of glass that was fresh and new, evoking the idea of new possibilities. They playfully created an installation that utilized the metal pipes used by glassblowers, still attached tot he objects they were used to make, however they turned the pipes into flowers and branches. The glass, then, became the vases in which these flowers were held “making flowers blooming in vases into vases blooming from flowers to represent the flower bulbs that draw nutrients from plants through photosynthesis and store new life.” Photos by Daici Ano.
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Growing Vases
May 9th, 2011 — Design
What a clever design! Matt Kennedy is a senior in the Product Design program at the University of Oregon , and he has a studio under the name Port Rhombus Design . The Paintchip Bookshelf is a storage unit that is inspired by the paint chip samples. Each unit is modular, so it comes apart and easily stacks
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Modular Paint Chip Bookshelf
May 8th, 2011 — Design
Benjamin Hubert was born in the UK in 1984, and he studied Industrial Design and Technology at Loughborough University, graduating in 2006. The London-based studio was founded shortly thereafter and specializes in industrial design across furniture and lighting sectors working with international manufacturers across Europe and Asia.
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Friday Five with Benjamin Hubert
May 8th, 2011 — Design
Gothenburg, Sweden-based design studio Modern Times creates furniture, interior architecture and other concepts. They exhibited their new collection at Salone Satellite in April. Descriptions below are from the designers. Black box The black box cabinet is dedicated to the most significant items in life — like the black box of an air craft, it is a memorandum of a persons life. Since such objects vary much in size and format, the cabinet offers a variety of storage potential
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Modern Times
May 7th, 2011 — Design
NRM (New Role Models) is an empowering initiative designed by David Kim and Mike Seto . The series of chairs features artwork by a variety of artists.
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NRM (New Role Models)