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Someone told me yesterday that an estimated 17 million people will call out sick today – the day after the Super Bowl. I wish I could have been one of those 17 million – were you one of them?

After all that food and betting and drinking, I would have loved to take another day off! Instead, I’m working the day away, dreaming of lounging with my feet up on a comfy leather sofa, like the one above from ScS. Although, if I were that girl, I’d be in sweats, not looking as cute, covered in a blanket, snacking on some Doritos.

I’m falling asleep at the computer just thinking about sinking into a giant leather sofa. I think I need one of these – or maybe just a leather chair to cozy on and claim as my own.

What are your thoughts on leather sofas?

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Sweden & Coffee by Raúl Arribas is an experiment with two Swedish traditions: glass blowing and coffee. The coffee set is primarily made of glass, blown by Reino Björk . I love the copper, smoky smooth glass paired with the textured cork. I wonder how the cork would hold up over time? Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook .

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Sweden & Coffee by Raúl Arribas

With the bee population dwindling around the globe, Auckland, New Zealand native Rowan Dunford , developed a product to bring beekeeping to urban environments. With bees being critical to the world’s food supply, creating products like the Urban Beehive could help stabilize the problem by easing the beekeeping process. Dunford wanted to eliminate any fears that might come with starting your own hive, like cost and complexity. Perfect for the beginner, the modern hive is simple and designed for flat-pack shipping and assembly

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Get Out! The Urban Beehive by Rowan Dunford

Dutch designer Floris Wubben is known for his mixture of modern and natural designs and the latest is Potato Family , a collection of shelving units that resemble potatoes. Little Potato – first image also The design was inspired by childhood figures that kids made out of chestnuts and potatoes. (Remember making those by jabbing toothpicks into the potato for the arms and legs?) The playfulness of that activity comes through with things like how the polished stainless steel legs are positioned and the skewed shape of each shelving cavity. Twin Potato The Potato Family was constructed in collaboration with artist Bauke Fokkema. Twin Potato – detail I love how the texture of the Dutch Fir wood mimics that of a peeled potato.

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Potato Family by Floris Wubben

I am really loving these colorful, geometric tea towels by Studio Mae Engelgeer . They are a mixture of cotton, linen and acrylic. Buy them at Wannekes or find a list of retailers on the Studio Mae Engelgeer website . Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook

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Colorful Geometric Tea Towels by Studio Mae Engelgeer

It’s up north to Canada for this week’s  Friday Five , spotlighting designer Lukas Peet , who grew up in the small town of Canmore, Alberta, situated in the heart of the Rocky Mountains (an hour west of Calgary). Peet opened his studio, Lukas Peet Design in Vancouver in 2009, after returning from four years in the Netherlands where he studied industrial design at Design Academy Eindhoven. Peet’s first product was a series of three lights called the “Rudi” for the New York based lighting company Roll & Hill, which was launched in April in Milan during the Salone followed by the North American Launch in May during the ICFF in New York.

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Friday Five with Lukas Peet

Happy Friday!! Can you believe it’s February already? I can’t!

Here’s this week’s Weekly Six:

1 – Couldn’t you sit in these chairs all day long?

2 – These colorful trays would be great for serving and for styling.

3 – I’ll never get sick of clusters of candles – they look great on this mantle!

4 – A baked potato appie that won’t leave you feeling guilty

5 – Will you be watching the Super Bowl on Sunday? I’ll admit, I’m excited for Beyonce’s half time show.

6 – More awesome Sharpie DIYs to try.

Have a great weekend!

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Soft, fluffy clouds look like a nice place to relax, yes? While not your traditional 2- or 3-cushion sofa, CIRRUS is full of curved shapes resembling a whimsical seating option in your living room instead of up in the sky. The DIZAJNO sofa allows for a variety of sitting and lounging positions in hopes of letting you feel what it’s like to lay on a cloud. It’s built with a traditional, rigid OSB frame with a spring system in the back and seat areas, all topped with a flexible PUR foam that will give you a lifetime of heavenly rest. The  Lubo Majer  designed line is available in two sofas, a chair, and two table options

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Lounge on a Cloud: CIRRUS Seating by DIZAJNO

What do you do if your cousin is on a mission to take a community of 700 people living on the streets in Mumbai India, and turn them from “very poor” to “middle class” in just eight years? If you’re Pepe Heykoop , you set about designing products that they can make and teaching them the skills required to make them, providing them with the income they need to escape abject poverty. It was an honor to meet him at IMM Cologne . He was showcasing two products; the Leather Lampshade and the Paper Vase cover – which uses simple folding techniques to provide a decorative cover for bottles which are thrown away all over India, turning them into something useful. Pepe’s cousin is Laurien Meuter, founder of The Tiny Miracles Foundation , an organization which believes they can make the world a better place, but that in order to do so, they need focus.

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Design for Good: Pepe Heykoop and the Tiny Miracles Foundation

Over the weekend, I spent a night in Atlantic City and had dinner at Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant at The Borgata. Every time I eat there, whether I’m with blue cheese lovers or not, I have to order their truffled potato chips. I think I mentioned that I’m currently on the Dukan Diet, which means no potato chips for me – but I decided ahead of time that I was going to cheat on the diet with these chips. And I have NO regrets about it.

Just look at that picture above. These chips are heavenly. [I'm embarrassed to say that picture is from someone on Yelp, but I didn't take a photo of my own and I had to show their true beauty!]

Anyway, for some reason I decided to Google the recipe – to torture myself, maybe? – and found that the executive chef of the Wolfgang Punk Grille in Vegas shared his recipe on a TV station in Detroit. There were a few typos, so I’ve changed them below, but the recipe can also be found here.

Truffled Potato Chips with Blue Cheese Sauce & Chives

• 8 oz. potato chips
• 4 oz. blue cheese sauce (see below)
• 1/4 oz. truffle oil
• 3 oz. Maytag blue cheese
• 1/2 tsp chives, chopped
• 1/2 tsp parsley

Blue Cheese Sauce

1 lb. butter
1 cup flour
1 gallon whole milk
3 cups crème fraiche
3 lb. Maytag blue cheese
1/4 cups chives, chopped
Salt
Pepper

In a medium sautépan, heat the butter until it is melted and then slowly add the flour and whisk together until it is completely incorporated to make a roux. Separately heat the milk until it is just about to boil and whisk in the roux to the milk mixture. Bring to a boil then turn down to a simmer and cook for 3 minutes.Add the crème fraiche and incorporate well. Add the blue cheese and cook it until it is completely melted. Strain and set aside.

For the completion of the dish, attractively arrange the potato chips on a plate. Spoon the hot blue cheese sauce over the top of the chips. Sprinkle the blues cheese over the top of the chips. Drizzle truffle oil over the top once again and garnish with chopped chives and parsley leaves.

Just a note: I’m assuming the sauce is made in large quantities, as a whole gallon of milk and 3 pounds of blue cheese sound like A LOT. If you’re going to make this, which I hope to once I’m off this stupid diet, I would probably quarter that part of the recipe, rather than half it!

Anyway, has anyone else ever had these chips? Or ever tried to recreate them?

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