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Andrea Mestre’s Totem speeds up your morning routine
This article was published 10 years Do you lose precious minutes every morning looking for your keys? Have a daily 7.30am panic about where your train ticket is? Andrea Mestre has created Totem, an organising system that keeps essentials at hand to save time and reduce stress in the mornings. Standing approximately…
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out and about :: maison et objet, paris
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Charlotte Abrahams selects 40 designers for ‘Spotted’
This article was published 10 yearsThe 40 new design brands were selected for the originality and quality, but also the commercial viability of their products – the latter being very much part of exhibiting successfully at a trade show. “Spotted just goes from strength to strength and this edition promises…
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LaSelva Studio’s adjustable lamp rotates 360 degrees
This article was published 10 years The Faro lamp, produced by Bolia, comprises a cylindrical black marble base on top of which a half spherical spun metal shade containing the light fixture sits, held in place only by a magnet. A small ring made of rubber inside the top of the…
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Andrew Cunningham’s homewares are made from timber off-cuts
This article was published 10 years Rejecting mass production methods, Norfolk based designer-maker Andrew Cunningham has designed a collection of home accessories created entirely from reclaimed and sustainably managed English and tropical hardwood offcuts that larger companies can’t use. “Function is a major feature of my designs as well as a clean uncluttered…
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interview :: ella doran
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Emma Johnson designs Brutalist-inspired ceramics
This article was published 10 years Emma Johnson’s latest collection, entitled Atro City, takes inspiration from the often heavy and asymmetric forms of Brutalist architecture. She has re-imagined the aesthetic with a fresh and modern approach, creating a series of simple ceramic forms. The collection comprises a tea pot, cup and…
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interview :: aljoud lootah
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Pebble-shaped CalmingStone is designed to combat anxiety
This article was published 10 years The device comprises a handheld device shaped like a large pebble which uses biofeedback to help people manage anxiety – through a copper ring that measures the user’s heart-rate, an internal light source that creates a pulsing glow that allows the user to “tune…
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Ann Kristin Einarsen’s planters are inspired by salt and pepper pots
This article was published 10 years Ceramics designer Ann Kristin Einarsen has based her latest collection, Rolla, a series of functional planters, on the Plus Salt and Pepper Grinders designed by Oslo-based design trio Norway Says for Muuto. The two-tone planters’ rounded forms comprise two elements, a base to hold water,…
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interview :: pedersen & leszinski
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Heather Scott’s wall-mounted plant stand elevates the humble houseplant
This article was published 10 years Designer-maker Heather Scott has created a wall-mounted plinth to display plants, working with Falmouth based plant studio and shop Toro. The brief was to change the way that house plants are presented, moving them from floor or tabletop to eye level by somehow affixing them to the…
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interview :: kim thome
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New watch makes it easier to tell the time
This article was published 10 years The 36 millimetre stainless steel and glass case contains an aluminium disc, with a wedge-shaped hole cut out of it, that slowly rotates, revealing one hour at a time, which, together with a minute hand, shows users only the information they need to tell…
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Native & Co’s Mu collection celebrates cedar wood
This article was published 10 years Furniture and tableware brand Native & Co launched their latest collection entitled Mu at September’s London Design Festival. The collection, comprising six designs, celebrates the natural qualities of cedar wood, highlighting the grain in a variety of shapes from a simple circular platter and traditional…
Skinflint find and restore midcentury lighting
This article was published 10 years Once they’ve found the right pieces, they soda blast, polish, lacquer and / or rewire them to give them a new lease of life, bringing them up to today’s safety standards in the process, all without compromising their character. With over a thousand types…
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Win a Tom Raffield Skipper Pendant
This article was published 10 years Tom Raffield Ltd designs and makes a range of contemporary furniture and lighting that represents their beliefs, promotes good design and champions the materials they love. Every piece is hand-made by a skilled set of craftsmen in a woodland workshop in Cornwall, England, and…
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Troels Flensted creates a ceramic collection without using clay
This article was published 10 years Troels Flensted’s Poured Collection is handmade in Copenhagen and created by combining a mineral powder and water-based acrylic polymer. Various coloured pigments are added to the mixture before it is poured into a mould. The marble-like effect is unique to each smooth, polished piece,…