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simplehuman is a California-based company that produces top-notch household products that they call “tools for efficient living.” The line is made to make your life easier and with touch-free sensor soap pumps (goodbye germs!) and trash cans with lids that open with the wave of a hand, you’ll never look back. While widely known for their stainless steel trash cans, their simple design principles have spread through the kitchen with dish drains, canisters, and paper towel holders, all the way to the bathroom with shower caddies, plungers, and hampers.

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Deconstruction: simplehuman Sensor Mirror

One of my favorite pieces in the D3 Design Talents exhibition at IMM Cologne was Dear Disaster by Jenny Ekdahl . Dear Disaster was Jenny’s graduation project from the Lund School of Industrial Design in Sweden. Inspired by recent global events, she says: “While natural disasters are perceived as terrible occurrences, natural forces can also be viewed as awe-inspiring and magnificent.” The aim of the project was to facilitate a process of recovery after natural disasters, to help the user regain their trust in nature

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Dear Disaster by Jenny Ekdahl

This week’s product pick is a little different from the modern furniture I am typically coveting and is something that I’ve actually been using for a couple of weeks now.

The kind folks over at Su-Pen sent me an email asking if I’d be interesting in testing out their stylus for tablets, phones, etc. and since I was just about to purchase a new iPad, I thought why not?!

I’ve had an iPad since the original, and an iPhone for several years, but I never imagined the need for a stylus. But then, I started using the Su-pen with my new iPad and I felt like I was faster at typing and more efficient with less typos. I didn’t feel the response with the stylus was as fast as it was on my iPhone, but on my iPad I was like speedy gonzalez. Even my fiance was amazed.

The Su-pen also comes in handy for documents I need to fill out, for Photoshop, for blogging from my iPad. The only thing I do wish was that I had a way to attach it to the case or to the iPad somehow so that it was easier to find when I wanted to use it. What I do love most about it is that there aren’t any fingerprints up and down my screen when I use the stylus. Plus, its extremely affordable and looks just like a regular pen!

So, what do you think about the Su-pen? Would you use a stylus for your touchscreen devices?

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Who said you had to have a garden or room for planters to have some greenery? The new Living Table by Habitat Horticulture solves the problem of adding greenery to your home without the need for a garden, balcony, or even wall space! Each Living Table is handmade in their San Francisco-area headquarters using 3/8 inch-thick tempered glass that can handle a 180 lb load per square foot and your choice of color, wood finish and even which plants you’d like added. Custom shapes are available on request. The Living Table is virtually maintenance free – just set a reminder about once a month for watering and it will stay green year-round. Pretty cool idea! Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook .

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Fill Your Home With Greenery With The Living Table

“I have an idea. You take any chair, with four legs and saw it into four equally-sized pieces. The resulting 1/4-chairparts will be added to four place-keeper-chairs wich lack the corresponding piece. The resulting new four complete chairs enrich themselves of the value and design of the original chair which has undergone some kind of cell division.” So begins Julian Sterz’s ”Diploma Thesis on the Topic Place-Keeper,” an investigation into identity and archetypes

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The 3/4 Place Keeper Chair by Julian Sterz

Over the weekend, I was at a restaurant with gigantic drum pendants and I absolutely fell in love. I have a fairly large drum light in my kitchen as it is, but this one was so big and bold I couldn’t stop staring at it.

The drum lights above are large, but not as large as the ones that I saw over the weekend. I guess that makes sense though, because something that is large enough for a commercial space may not necessarily work as well in a residential location. Unless you have a gigantic kitchen. Which I do not. [Yet!]

The arrangement of four black drum shades over the kitchen island is a really stunning look, especially as they hang from the skylights with wooden planks.

What do you think of oversized drum pendants? Do you love this look for a home or do you prefer them in commercial settings?

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Bellila is a brand new furniture company that’s exclusively made in France and headed up by designer Paul Bellila and entrepreneur Julien Bitan. Made from ecologically managed French forests, the customizable tables allow you to create your own garden right in your coffee or console tables, whether it be a vegetable or herb garden, a Zen garden, or one with basic flowers or plants, it’s completely up to you. Volcane (first image also) appears to be a solid coffee table but you can actually use the base for storage.

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Tables with Built-In Planters by Bellila

Pendulum clocks are traditionally of the, well, traditional sort housed in grandfather clocks and the like, but not anymore. Christian Kim has reinterpreted the classic pendulum clock with ZWILLING , a modernized, wall-mounted version. Both the clock face and the pendulum are the same size making the overall form a simple, minimalist design. The long pendulum swings from left to right within one second due to the magnetic pulse that allows it to keep time.

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Modern Pendulum Clock: ZWILLING by Christian Kim

A living room can really feel empty if you don’t have a coffee table sitting in the middle of it. Coffee tables not only provide a place to put things like books and ornaments, but also provide the functionality of being able to put things like snacks and coffee on them if you ever have guests over. Coffee tables come in many different shapes, sizes, and colors, and if you’re willing to put a little work into finding the right one, you can guarantee that you’ll be happy with your decision.

Traditional coffee tables are typically made of wood and darker materials so that they can blend in with other dark furniture. Traditionally designed homes are focused on bringing grandeur and eloquent design to home furniture, so buying a traditional coffee table can bring extra design flairs and opoulence to the room. Traditional coffee tables usually have some sort of design on the legs and table top itself, sometimes making it difficult to use it purely for a functional purpose. If you’re just looking for a design rich piece of furniture, a traditional coffee table is definitely the way to go. For something a bit more functional, you may want to consider what are known as modern coffee tables.

Modern coffee tables make no bones about what they’re out to achieve. With simple color designs and straight lines and corners throughout, a modern coffee table is designed to be used frequently. Depending on the type of coffee table you buy and the materials used in it, you may be able to treat the coffee table as a functional piece of furniture as opposed to a decorative piece, putting it through a little more wear and tear than you would a traditionally designed one. Remember that when buying coffee tables, be sure to measure your room so that you can make sure your coffee table of choice doesn’t take up too much space or obstructs your walkways through the room.

If leather living rooms just aren’t for you, maybe you’re better suited with a fabric living room.  Microfiber (or microsuede) living rooms are a great idea for anyone that’s looking for a much cozier, maybe even a southern feeling, living room to enjoy. Fabric is sometimes criticized for being “tacky” or unclassy, but quite the opposite is true. In contrast to leather that may be too “warm” for some room designs, fabric allows you the opportunity to go with almost any color and fabric pattern that you like for almost unlimited design possibilities. And on a good note, fabric living rooms are almost always cheaper than leather living rooms because of their lower production costs.

Fabric living rooms can be used in many different applications such as, but not limited to, beach themed, modern, and traditional themed living rooms. Modern living rooms that feature fabric furniture usually call on the help of black or white microfiber couches to get the job done and usually blend in well in any situation. You can tie a fabric living room together that’s made up of microfiber couches with some comfy pillows and cushions to really make the couch a comfortable place to sit.

If you’re more in the market for a traditional living room or something with a little more beachy feel, you can go for living room sets that are made of interesting woods. Traditional living room sets usually feature darker woods and darker fabrics on the couches to help them blend in with wooden floors and things like wooden coffee tables. Beach themed fabric chairs often feature things like wicker siding and backing and go for a more laid back appeal without having much more than just a seat and back cushion, sometimes leaving the arm rests their original wood finish.