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Pedro Sousa ‘s Causeway storage cabinet had a starting point back in his student days, specifically a year spent in Dublin. Inspired by rock formations, this sideboard uses a combination of solid wood, plywood and wood veneer to create a 3D effect on its surface. Available in three colors in addition to natural wood in a series of eight pieces each. Get ‘em while they’re hot! Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2012 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime Derringer in Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments

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Causeway Storage Cabinet by Pedro Sousa

Remember when we mentioned that we were going to Milan to the final event of the Electrolux Design Lab for 2012? Well, we went and met the top 10 designers in person and listened to them present their designs — they were most impressive! Stay tuned for the winner but in the meantime, here’s a more in-depth look at some of our favorite designs. Industrial design graduate Yunuén Hernández who hails from Mexico designed the Mo’Sphere , a molecular cooking appliance meant to aid the average cook in flavor exploration. After watching videos of famous chefs on TV and seeing their passion for cooking, Hernández discovered that molecular cooking was all about mixing ingredients to make food interesting and healthy. Delving into the world of senses and mixing them up with food flavors, she decided she wanted to enter the competition.

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Our Favorite Concept Designs from Electrolux Design Lab 2012

Happy Friday!!!

Here’s this week’s Weekly Six:

1 – Take a tour of this sleek modern houseboat.

2 – How about a table made of 7000+ Legos?

3 – A DIY glitter birthday banner.

4 – You’ve gotta check out this awesome cookbook from one of my favorite websites.

5 – If you want to help victims of Hurricane Sandy, this Relief Fund was set up by NJ Governor Christie and his wife Mary Pat.

6 – Finally, these chalkboard chairs are a fun way to tell guests where they are sitting – or to leave them a sweet message!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

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Souda , a new NYC-based product design company, created a stunning chandelier from post-consumer PET bottles. The bottles were collected by homeless individuals in an effort to raise money for the non-profit SURE WE CAN, which runs the only homeless-friendly can redemption center in the NYC area. After collection, the bottles were brought to Souda’s studio to be cleaned, cut and riveted together to create a dome-like lighting fixture using upwards of 60 upcycled bottles.

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Bubble Chandelier Made from Post-Consumer PET Bottles

Sometimes you come across such a simple idea and think, “Why didn’t I think of that?” and the Bookmarker by Simple Form Design is definitely one of those times. It’s a bookmark with integrated sticky notes attached making it super easy to flag your favorite pages in a magazine or jot down a note as a reminder in a book. I don’t know about you, but I’m constantly fumbling for a highlighter (which ruins books) and sticky notes (I can’t ever find them) to mark a place in a book that I want to go back to and this solves the problem. The long, flat marker conveniently holds your place in the book with the small pad sticking out of the top making it easy to find. This is something every student should have.

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Bookmarker by Simple Form Design

If you watched the premiere of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills this week, then you likely saw the tour of housewife Lisa Vanderpump’s new home. Although it leans to more traditional/transitional styles than modern, I think it’s still appropriate to share here. Because it’s absolutely beautiful!

I don’t know if I’m more envious of her unbelievable closet or her pink chair at the otherwise white dining table. I guess it would be the closet, because I can always pick myself up a pink chair of my own!

You can view the full tour of her home here – there are 32 photos of it, with tons of mirrored furniture throughout – my dream come true! Most of the home is bright and white, but there are several rooms with dark wood floors that provide the perfect contrast. And the outdoor space – forget it!

Which room is your favorite in this gorgeous home?

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Designed by Adrian Wu , Wen Han, and Rongxin Zhang, the Ingage Chair is meant to inspire the user to interact or to “engage” with nature. They’ve modified your average lounge chair to appear submerged in the ground making the user have direct contact with the grass. By rethinking outdoor furniture and bringing the user closer to the earth, their hopes are that it will encourage people to enjoy their surroundings and Mother Nature more.

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Get Out! “In”gage Chair Turns Nature Into A Chair

We posted about Kristine Bjaadal’s food objects  that were shown at Food Work during Tokyo Design Tide 2012 , and another Norwegian design team who was showing objects in the exhibition was Oslo-based  Anderssen & Voll . Food Work features eight Norwegian designers presenting projects surrounding food: storage, preparation, presentation, and eating. Anderssen & Voll’s contributions are inspired by Japanese culture, but are designed for everyday situations in Norway

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Norwegian Food Objects Inspired by Japanese Culture by Anderssen & Voll

It shouldn’t be a surprise to see yet another mirrored product pick! I didn’t even notice it was mirrored at first, so I’ll try to start switching things up for these posts!

Anyway, the Fernando Chair and the Fernando Bench are a different kind of mirrored, with unique colors that reflect throughout. Designed by London-based Julian Mayor, these chairs are initially made with scale models on the computer and then folded and welded into life.

They’re so gorgeous that I would be afraid to sit on them! What do you think of Fernando??

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French design collective Y’A PAS LE FEU AU LAC began as a collaboration between designer FX Balléry and “tabletiers turners” Marie and Gregory Bodel where both sides brought their expertise to the table (quite literally). The resulting wood-based collection designed by a select group of handpicked designers around the world, is full of contemporary objects and housewares that are not only fun, they are completely useful. LES MONTGOLFIÈRES by FX Balléry (above) PERRETTE by FX Balléry The company’s name comes from a French expression meaning “no need to rush” and the products reflect that with the suggestion to focus on the enjoyment and to “contemplate your environment and to share with friends.” Available for purchase through neo-utility . MATRIOSCHKA by André Klauser LES BRIQUES by FX Balléry ARBOUR by Ed Carpenter LES PLANCHAS by Véronique Maire KART by Ed Carpenter PIK by FX Balléry CANTINE by Véronique Maire LES PERLES “XL” by FX Balléry MILK STOOL by Alissia Melka-Teichroew Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook .

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Y’A PAS LE FEU AU LAC Wooden Home Decor