January 31st, 2012 — Design

Never has knitting looked so cool to me. UK-based textile designer Claire-Anne O’Brien was inspired by the actual knitted stitches themselves and created them in large-scale to produce these stools with a modern twist. The effect invokes depth and texture with an overall playful sensibility
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Claire-Anne O’Brien
January 26th, 2012 — Design

Product and lighting designer Giles Godwin-Brown is a recent graduate and has designed two high-quality modern lamps. The Nepa Lamp is a two-dimensional “lamp silhouette” that stands six feet. It’s wall-mounted and equipped with friction hinges to allow the piece to pivot away from the wall. Constructed of birch plywood and stainless steel with some aluminum details, it utilizes high-powered LED lighting. The lamp is playful and I love that it references a giant-sized Anglepoise lamp.
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Lamps by Giles Godwin-Brown
January 22nd, 2012 — Designer Stuff



I’m not always a huge fan of red in interior design, but it seems to be growing on me. Grey, however, is one of my favorites, so that might have something to do with my fondness for today’s color combo of grey and red.
Grey and red together form a modern color scheme, and have an even greater effect when some crisp white is thrown in there. (Especially in the last image – it’s my fave!)
What do you think of a grey and red color combination?
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January 16th, 2012 — Design

Bulgarian product designer Petar Zaharinov has introduced a new collection, Coordinate , under his Prakrik label. Like his other lines of “puzzle furniture,” the pieces are inspired by interlocking, wooden burr puzzles, and meant to stimulate some intelligence from the user. The components, which fit together without the use of tools, are made from beech plywood produced locally and finished with natural plant oil
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Praktrik Puzzle Furniture
December 13th, 2011 — Design

Totally digging the design of French designer Suzy Leliévre ‘s Contortions table — a play on the ordinary two-tiered table. Thanks, Aaron ! Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook . © 2011 Design Milk | Posted by Jaime in Art , Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments
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Contortions Table by Suzy Leliévre
November 26th, 2011 — Design

Dutch designer Reinier de Jong is an architect, interior designer, furniture designer, and online editor/blogger (a Renaissance man) based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He describes his aesthetic as “simple but strong” and “bold but refined.” He clearly put careful thought into his Friday Five picks, treating us to a sampler covering a variety of mediums, plus his own must-have tools. 1
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Friday Five with Reinier de Jong
November 25th, 2011 — Design

Japanese designer Keiji Ashizawa ‘s minimalist furnishings are as simple and functional as they are unique. Slybox A minimalist inspired chest of drawers with a metal frame.
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Keiji Ashizawa Design
November 15th, 2011 — Design

Metro is a seating collection designed by Italian designer Luca Nichetto for Italian company Emmegi . I’m drawn to the two tones of the seat – usually I am not a big fan of two-tone seating but this is appealing. In Italian, a metro is a measuring stick, and the Metro sofa embodies this idea of measurement through the multiple modules – defined by color. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook
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Metro by Luca Nichetto
October 27th, 2011 — Design

What happens when a graphic designer gets into woodworking? Hint: it’s awesome. I worked with 2M Collective to curate an exclusive sale this week featuring the modern housewares of Pilot Design . If you remember, we featured Pilot Design’s work a few weeks ago .
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Pilot Design Sale on 2M Collective
October 4th, 2011 — Design

Deryn Relph is a British textile designer with a penchant for color and a mean set of upholstery skills – we’ve already featured her work and we were so smitten we wanted to find out how she chooses her vibrant fabrics and makes her psychedelic designs. In keeping with the eco-mantra “reduce, re-use, recycle” Relph re-invents discarded furniture and lampshades, transforming them into contemporary treasures with fibers and yarns sourced predominantly from factory surplus stocks. She shares the steps involved in creating the Renee chair from her Retro Rainbow Rejuvenation collection in this month’s Deconstruction
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Deconstruction: Renee Chair by Deryn Relph