June 28th, 2012 — Designer Stuff
When you sit at a desk all day, in front of a computer, it’s important to stay comfortable and healthy.
While I would love to sit in a chic lucite chair with a shaggy mongolian lamb throw draped over the back all day long, we all know that wouldn’t do my back or my posture any sort of justice.
I’m finding there a comes a point in time where you must sacrifice what you want for what you need and go for computer chairs and office chairs that are more suitable for spending hours on end sitting upright. Luckily, these chairs are available in brightly colored fabrics to liven up your office space while keeping your body in line.
So I can save those lucite chairs for my dining table and get myself a cozy, colorful office chair to stay comfortable and productive. Good plan, don’t you think?
What type of chair do you have at your desk?
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June 26th, 2012 — Design
Clearly inspired by dominoes that we all grew up with, Kayiwa designed the porcelain DOM-I-NO Candle Holder to hold a simple tea light candle. The minimalist design can be used as a single piece or arranged in a group. Set them up to look like a game of dominoes in the classic black and white, or choose from the range of other colors they have available. The little slit in the middle holds your recently burned match to let it cool off.
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DOM-I-NO Candle Holder by Kayiwa
June 26th, 2012 — Designer Stuff
This bright red toliet seat has me completely intrigued. It’s just so fun. In my opinion, at least.
I love how the rest of the accessories, none permanent, complement the bright seat: the towels, the rug, the hangers. If it were a neutral color, like black or grey, the effect just wouldn’t be the same. But if it were a neon yellow, green or fun blue, I think it would be just as excellent. As for me, I want to paint my toliet seat hot pink right now!
What do you think of this look? Would you paint your toliet seat an unconventional color?
[Image via Freshome]
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June 25th, 2012 — Designer Stuff
I spotted this awesome modern dining table on Contemporist over the weekend and I’m smitten. There would be so many dining chairs that would look amazing with this table, that it would be hard to choose just one. Maybe a mismatched set would be best. As for the table, tt’s practical and functional, yet unexpected.
Designed by Daan Mulder, a Dutch interior architect and furniture designer, the Form Follows Function table is finished in an oak veneer with a matte lacquer.
What do you think of this modern table? What type of dining chairs would you pair it with?
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June 24th, 2012 — Article, Design, Furniture, Uncategorized
Materials: Expedit TV Stand, Bjursta, 5″ corner braces, VESA swivel mounts, Custom Vinyl Subway Art Description: My apartment has a strange living area layout (almost pentagonal), and, being one to need my separate spaces, I wanted to create a conventional rectangular living room with a functional triangular office space. Ikea to the rescue! Given that my apartment is only 650 sq.ft and has a monstrous bedroom and walk-in closet, I needed multi-functional furniture.
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How can I use Thee, Expedit, Let Me Count the Ways…
June 24th, 2012 — Design
The Shetland is a playful stool from office furniture giants Haworth that takes me back to my horseback riding days. The stool is part of the new Haworth Collection and is available as a rocker or a bench and offers informal seating for your home or office. Made of wood plyform with a walnut veneer or a white painted plyform, the stool comes ready to go with wool and leather saddle accessories. And with that, I will refrain from saying giddyup, even though I just did. Share This: Twitter | Facebook | Discover more great design by following Design Milk on Twitter and Facebook .
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Shetland Stool by Haworth
June 23rd, 2012 — Design
Katarzyna Borkowska and Tomasz Pydo are the duo behind the brand KABO&PYDO and they set out to solve the age-old problem of not having enough hands when you’re at a cocktail party. You know how you stand around talking to people and you have a plate in one hand and your drink in the other – then there’s the problem of not having a hand to eat with. They created the Catering Set as the perfect solution to that problem
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Catering Set by KABO&PYDO
June 23rd, 2012 — Design
The thesis project of Swedish student Eddi Törnberg heads in a direction that should be noted. Unplugged is an office that facilitates producing the energy needed to run all of our office electronics through doing everyday activities. Based on the quote “Human nature is above all things lazy” by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Törnberg’s thesis came from the belief that society as a whole lacks “the will, interest and energy to struggle to achieve a sustainable society.” So instead, Törnberg created a way around it by deriving energy from things we already do and, since we spend so much of our time working, it’s kind of brilliant.
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Energy-Producing Workspace by Eddi Törnberg
June 22nd, 2012 — Design
The Bare Hair Project is an interesting concept from Swedish furniture and product designer Ola Giertz . Developed for a Swedish hair studio, the poufs are made from discarded human hair that is stuffed inside of plastic coverings made from recycled PET bottles. Normally considered ugly, discarded hair from the salon was used for this project to find new purpose for something we once considered useless. Using transparent covers highlights the re-used contents of the pouf making you think about bringing new things to life
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The Bare Hair Project
June 21st, 2012 — Furniture, Uncategorized
Materials: EXPEDIT 2×2 bookshelves, extra EXPEDIT panel, HUTTEN wine bottle rack, INREDA stemware rack, LEDBERG 3-piece light strip set Description: It’s a pretty straight-forward hack that was made to hide the back of my sectional, provide more storage, a bar and a seating area where I can use my laptops. I connected two EXPEDIT 2×2 with the side panel of an EXPEDIT 4×4 using the safety brackets that are used to tie furniture to the wall. To create the bar area a stemware rack, a wine bottle rack were cut to size, painted black and installed. To have the bar lit, the LEDBERG 3-piece light strip was used
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EXPEDIT sofa table/bar/computer desk