Leaning is a flexible and compact storage solution designed by Diane Steverlynck for Objekten. Mounted to the wall, it provides an easy access pocket for many types of items. You can install the piece in an entry area, kitchen, home office, even add it to your closet shelving arsenal. Soft felt sides add a nice visual touch. Leaning is made in Belgium from sustainable plywood. It is available in two sizes and 12 felt fabric colors.
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– NYC announces micro apartment design competition winner.
– A mesmerizing installation that depicts time’s passing.
– How addicted we are to our phones? Enough for needing a special phone-friendly umbrella and phone-friendly soup bowl.
– Hilarious and true – dogs as fonts.
– This week’s weather in NY made me wish I had this chair.
– This is absolutely delightful – a 1905 film by Georges Méliès, the father of special effects.
– Kids drawings turned into actual toys. So cute!
– Yandex, Russian alternative to Google, has a rather striking office.
Have a fantastic weekend, everyone!
This beautifully minimal shelf, called The Small “b”, has been created by Hamburg based designer Holon ID. The solid oak wooden frame is combined with the stainless steel mounting brackets. These brackets becomes invisible once the shelf is filled with books. As the result the books and the frame seem to be floating in the air. What a cool idea! There are 12 modular sizes available, so whatever your reading preferences are – artbooks, enciclopedias or paperbacks – The Small “b” will fit them all.
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Ready Made Curtain by French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Kvadrat is a big relief for those of us who enjoy the look of quality window drapery and hate to fuss installing it. The system is reduced to the simplest idea – a hanging cord (instead of a traditional curtain pole), winding mechanism that allows this cord to fit any window, hanging pegs and several choices of fabric. The result – an elegant window treatment that is extremely easy to DIY. “We wanted to escape a hi-tech situation but we didn’t want to make something rustic or heavy either, – designers say. – The ambition was to create a new system that allows anyone to install a quality curtain in record time. Little skill and few tools are needed, margin for error has been considered and perfection isn’t an absolute requirement. In fact, the charm of the imperfect in opposition to the overly sanitised interior, is something we believe in.”
If you haven’t seen the famed Life Edited apartment yet – you’ll enjoy the tour. This 420 square feet concept pad in the middle of New York is a prototype for mass built small dwellings, where one room performs like six. And by performing I mean all the things most of us only dream about – dinner parties for 12, accommodations for 2 overnight guests, a home office, a home theater with digital projector and storage. Lots and lots of storage… I also love the overall clean minimalist style of the place. Check out the Life Edited website to see the apartment in more details, read the story and get more space-saving ideas.
This table/day bed by UK based brand Another Country is a sure contender for a small urban apartment. A beautiful and versatile piece of furniture can be transformed from one state to another in seconds. The base is solid FSC oak and employs a screw leg system. The mattress has an organic latex core wrapped in organic coir and wool. It comes upholstered in a Bute fabric from Scotland with a six-button detail and piped edges. So no matter how you use the piece, as a table or a bed, it looks stylish and well-malde.
Thanks To The Tree is a creative collaboration between designer David Boon and carpenter De Lappen. And this cool and clever Print Cupboard (love the bookshelf feature!) is their first love child. When you order the piece you have a choice of 10 unique prints. Thus, each cupboard is special. “TTTT seeks minimal pressure on the environment and works only with local woods and natural products. – designers say, – The furniture and objects are made by hand individually and in small editions to endure the test of time. In this way, the fun you will experience will also be very durable.”
There is a lot to love about this wine rack, created by New York based designer Edward Kilduff of Pollen Design. Aptly called Houdini, the piece disappears into a thin wire mesh when folded. And thanks to its modular construction the rack can easily expand to accomodate 12, 24, or 48 bottles of wine. The assembly is a snap, quite literally. I like how minimal and unobtrusive this product is. You can easily add it to your existing storage, put it in your pantry (if you’re lucky to have one) or even your fridge. One unit unfolds to reveal a four-bottle wine rack. The piece is made of high-tensile strength coated wire. Available for purchase here.
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Donald M. Rattner.
GRO furniture is a remarkable solution to a fact of life: very little about a child stays the same for long. As most parents can attest, that can make things pretty expensive pretty fast. GRO’s genius is to turn this reality to advantage by designing a piece of children’s furniture that will change as the child changes – and change back when it’s time to pass it on to the next generation or sibling. In between it can break down and be stored flat-packed for space saving.
Things start, naturally, with the crib. As the child grows the crib will convert to a toddler bed, then to a daybed, next to a play table, and finally to a desk – all using simple conversion kits. This makes GRO furniture a potentially multi-generational cradle-to-college design solution.
GRO was designed by two architects, a fact reflected in its quality of construction and easy, hardware- and fastener-free assembly. Made in the USA.
– Absolutely brilliant book cover for Orwell’s 1984.
– If you heart Tina Fey as much as I do – you will enjoy this read. (via swissmiss)
– Florian Gross, who created my favorite storage item of all time, emailed today to brag about his new project – Nordic Fashion Design Store. It’s quite a looker, don’t you think? Love the simplicity and use of the material.
– Fruits like you’ve never seen them before. A collection of re-imagined fruits and vegetables by Sarah Illenberger.
– The world’s loudest purring cat, possibly a future Guinness record winner.
– Lapka – a cool gizmo that collects information about your invisible surroundings and displays it on your phone.
– Here is a bright way to deal with unsightly cordage – Wire Skyline.
– Lumoback – an iPhone app that reminds you not to slouch.
Have a pleasant weekend, guys!
