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

Materials: 3 FAKTUM wall cabinet with HÄRLIG doors in white (50 cm x 70 cm), 2 PERFEKT cabinet cover in birch (99 cm), IKEA STOCKHOLM BLAD fabric, cellular material (for ex. VYSSNA SLAPPNA mattress), spray glue, self-adhesive hook-and-loop tape Description: In my new apartment I needed some back rest for my NORDEN bench and also some more space for things like candles, table cloth and napkins. I couldn’t really find some piece of furniture that could fulfill my wish so I thought of working on something myself. My first thought was: FAKTUM.

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FAKTUM back rest for NORDEN bench

Aparte is a design agency from France who recently presented a prototype of their Katra chair, made of ramie fiber. I’m loving the profile – so sexy. 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 | 1 comment

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Katra Chair by Aparte

Scandinavian Made is a new brand shop in the home accessories marketplace that features modern, artisan-made rugs and ceramics all made by hand-picked Scandinavian artisans. This is the US debut for each Scandinavian artisan, and their works are exclusively available in the Scandinavian Made webshop . Founded by Scandinavian design passionistas and mother/daughter team Susan Serra and Kelly Serra Donovan, Scandinavian Made is yet another great niche shop I’ll be visiting often. As a launch celebration, Scandinavian Made is offering Design Milk readers a 10% discount using code DesignMilk10 .

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Funkle Design is a Norwegian design team that creates a playful collection of pillows, blankets, and linens. The patterns are graphic, colorful, and universally appealing.

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Haldane Martin of Cape Town, South Africa designed this complex three-dimensional Polyhedra Modular Coffee Table . The design was inspired by the images of human bones that are seen by electron microscopes, as well as the Weaire-Phelan structure, which depicts foam bubbles that are equal in size.

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Polyhedra Modular Coffee Table By Haldane Martin

Do you think that Christmas trees should match with a home’s decor? I don’t! I think that the Christmas tree should be whatever a person wants it to be, whether it fits in with their decor or not. (It’s only temporary anyway, right?)

Would you rather have a modern Christmas tree like the colorful white one above? Or would you rather have a traditional tree with the reds, golds, and greens of the holiday season? Does your preference of a Christmas tree conflict with the style of your home? I’d love to hear all about it!

[Images: Modern tree / Traditional Tree]

More here: sixdifferentways.com

Have you ever looked at those airline carts pushed around by flight attendants and thought that maybe they’d be useful in your home somehow? That’s what German company Skypak is doing. They’ve recreated those carts for residential and commercial use. They’re entirely customizable from the inside out

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Are you doing any baking this holiday season? I’m dying to get in my kitchen and bake a million cookies and truffles and maybe even some peppermint bark, too!

The cookie recipes I’ve included in today’s Recipe Radar are all cookies that I plan to bake this weekend. I made all of my cookie decisions based on cookies that my mom made every year. How do you choose what cookies to make? Do you like to try new recipes or do you stick to your traditional faves?

Recipes:
Sugar Cookies
Molasses Crinkles
Thumbprints
Dark Chocolate Truffles
Candy Canes
Oatmeal Scotchies

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Designed by London-based designers Goodwin + Goodwin , these Typographic Time Zone Clocks are an interesting alternative to traditional time zone clocks. Currently there’s New York, Paris, and London, but more are planned. Perfect for the type-obsessed.

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Typographic Time Zone Clocks