La Mamba is a Valencia-based creative studio, who will be showing their latest products, a series of mirrors at zona Tortana in Milan during Salone for a new company called Omelette-ed. The series of mirrors are designed to lean against a wall, supported on long steel tubular legs with cork feet. They are available in primary colors as well as black, white and gray and three different styles. 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 | Permalink | No comments

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Mirrors by La Mamba Studio

Dune is an eco-friendly and modular outdoor furniture set. Each piece is made from 3D molded natural fiber cement. With six different designs to be mixed and matched, Dune can be expanded indefinitely. Some of the units have a flat surface while others have a concave and slight back.

Designed by Austrian designer Rainer Mutsch, Dune is 100% recyclable.

In 2009, Dune won the Red Dot Design Award and the Good Design Award in 2010. It is also nominated for the Brit Insurance Designs of the Year 2011. To get a glimpse into how the Dune is made,  have a look at this video.

Designer Rainer Mutsch lives and works in Vienna, Austria. Check out more of his works here.

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Since the Winter season brings a lot of sniffles, why not put tissues on display without sacrificing style? Paper Pots allow you to do just that.

Made of durable ABS, the Paper Pot enables you to store tissues in a fashionable way. As shown below, Paper Pots are available in a variety of bright, glossy colors, or in a matte black. To get creative, the Paper Pots work interchangeably, so you can buy two different colors and switch the tops to have mis-matched pots.

Paper Pots are available at MollaSpace for $40 each, plus shipping. They can also be used for toliet paper, if you aren’t a big tissue person!

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Introducing Faz, a collection of modern outdoor furniture. It is composed of modular pieces that can be configured in several options shown above.

Faz also has other pieces, such as a lounger, flowerpots and coffee tables. Every piece is suitable for both interior and exterior settings.

Designed by Ramon Esteve for Vondom, the Faz Collection is available in several different colors to choose from.

What are your thoughts on the Faz Collection? Doesn’t it put you in the mood for summer?

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Kulla Design created a stool with a top developed partially from sawdust. This reminds me a lot of Shavings by Yoav Avinoam . From the designers: The development of a new design method based on material research and a combination of two different worlds of waste — wooden sawdust and plastic bags

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50% Sawdust by Kulla Design

Materials: VASTLIG

Description: This works best with younger plants, though I have transplanted full size plants into this upside-down configuration without too much problem.

Tools: Scissors, plant, dirt, boxboard or cereal box-type material-(you can use felt too.) A pole for hanging your plant.

1. Look at your plant and decide if you want to push the roots up through the bottom or if you want to push the plant down through the bottom.

2. Get you VASTLIG bag and cut a X on the bottom. It should be as wide as the branching leaves on your plant or the root ball. You don’t want to make this too big or the plant will fall out. But you can make your X smaller in the next step.

3. Cut the boxboard or felt to fit the bottom of the bag- it doesn’t have to fit exactly, but it must be a few inches bigger than the X. This is a collar.

4. Cut collar from the edge of the boxboard or felt to the center, and when you get to the center, cut a circle shape. Set this aside.

5. Now put your plant through, then grab your collar and nestle it down into the bag so it holds the roots and keeps them from falling out of the X.

6. Add dirt and water and you are done.

P.S. Ikea for City Gardening!

By looking at Ikea items in a different perspective, I have used them for my city garden.

~ Ninjarita, Minneapolis

Materials: Ãnga two compartment cabinet, Capita legs, Rubrik cabinet door

Description: My roommate and I were looking for something to use as a sideboard in a space in our dining room, and obviously wanted to go the Ikea route to flow with the rest of our apartment, but were having some troubles. We wanted something that would provide lots of storage but wouldn’t be too big depth-wise.

While perusing the As-Is section, we happened upon two identical, brand new condition Ãnga pieces. They were already assembled, but we determined they were brand new because they still had the protective film on the surfaces. Originally these cabinets are $120 each, but we found them for $40 each.

Since our apartment building is an older building, we didn’t think that the walls would be capable of supporting the rails necessary for the actual Ãnga system, so we opted to make a free-standing unit, and bought a set of the 8″ Capita legs… seemingly the simplest go-to pieces for hacking something that you want elevated a bit.

We weren’t really interested in the standard look of 4 straight doors, which would look like a dresser so we purchased a set of the 4″ Capita legs in the As-Is department for a couple of dollars as well. I had a grey-blue Rubrik cabinet door from an old hack I did, which fit perfectly on top of one of the cabinets, upon which we put the other cabinet. Having the Rubrik door in between the two pieces gives it a little differentiation, a subtle addition of colour and with the metal edge, ends up tying them together as well.

Even though this is just a simple “add Capita legs to something” hack, we took pieces that are meant to be mounted in a different fashion, and used them for a different purpose as a dining room sideboard cabinet, rather than an entertainment centre on the rails they were intended for.

~ Steve L., Providence, RI

LED Light by Idea International is designed to be used when there needs to be just a little bit of lighting. The light sticks anywhere that requires light with the sucking disk, or with a pin through the hole on the disk for surfaces a sucking disk cannot attach to.

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Verso Design has a variety of modern and unique carpets in different designs that are dirt-resistant and finished with an environmentally friendly finishing substance. The Itu pictured above is a felted wool carpet with wing-like felt pieces. ©2010 Design Milk | Posted by Catrina in Home Furnishings | Permalink | No comments | Tweet This | Share on Facebook More Milk: Art Milk | Dog Milk

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Living Room Furniture

Chocolate, Pumpkin or Camel Microfiber Modern Covertible Sofa

If you are looking for a contemporary designed sofa for your home, or office, this attractive micro fiber covered chocolate brown sofa will definitely appeal to you. The thick stitched cushions and the metal legs make the sofa look comfortable and modern. Solid hardwood has been used in making the frame of the sofa. High density foam has been used in the cushioning of the seats and the back. The microfiber cover will be easy to clean and maintain. This sofa may be bought with a matching love seat. The carefully equally spaced stitching adds a nice theme to the sofa. This contemporary sofa is also available in camel and pumpkin color. You could actually buy different colors to create a mixed and colorful theme. The angled metal legs complete the modernistic look of the sofa. The sofa is not only appealing to look at, but is very comfortable also.

Features:

• Solid wood construction
• Microfiber upholstery
• Metal legs
• Sofa bed is also available in chocolate, pumpkin or camel mocrofiber
• Maching loveseat and chair are also available

These items may be purchased separately or as a set.

Dimensions:

• Sofa: 75″L x 36″D x 37″H
• Sofa-Bed: 75″L x 48″D x 17″H

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