Summerwind
It’s supposed to get up to 70 degrees here this weekend, so I’m totally ready for a modern outdoor chair that I can also throw in the pool! Good thing I spotted the concept chair Summerwind by John Nouanesing over on Designspotter today.
Verso Design Carpets
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.
New from Knoll
Jehs+Laub lounge chair and ottoman
Knoll will launch some new designs by Jehs+Laub, Don Chadwick, Joseph Paul D’Urso, and reintroduce classics from Jens Risom, Alexander Girard and Maya Lin at next month’s Salone in Milan.
Haus Elise by Synn Architects
Haus Elise by Synn Architects is a beauty. White walls and concrete really gets my heart going! The way the home office looks from the street at night makes it look like a doll house. I can assure, though, that blinds are installed for privacy. The zebra wood-looking stairs become a design element leading upstairs. The only change I would have made would be to make a sliding partition for the tub in the master… just for privacy.
David Stine
The style of David Stine is a fusion of sustainability and classic American flair. Each of his designs are made using only carefully-selected wood from trees that have reached the end of their lifespans. The Sycamore Round table pictured above looks more like a polished version of a tree stump you’d see in a forest!
Scott Dworkin
Scott Dworkin re-imagines old pieces of wood into coffee tables and other home furnishings. However, his pieces have a fun twist: hidden storage and secret compartments.
LEGO Boardroom Table
We’ve talked about a lot of pieces designed with the use of LEGOs in the past. But, this LEGO boardroom table by abgc Architects is one of the coolest. A recently-formed advertising agency, Boys and Girls, commissioned abgc to create a comfortable, modern space in a Georgian building. The proposal also included a 4′x9′ boardroom table design made entirely of LEGOs, complete with the company’s logo embedded into the tabletop.
The table consists of 22,742 pieces clicked together with traditional LEGO construction techniques (no glue), a 136-mm grommet is located in its center. It sits on a polished stainless steel square hollow section structure built by B.A. Engineering of Prussia St and is topped with a 10-mm sheet of toughened glass manufactured by Action Glass.
Friday Five with Nicole Sassaman
Nicole Sassaman has a keen eye for redesigning spaces, completely reinventing them, and making them uniquely her own. She has renovated and sold dozens of residential properties in the Los Angeles area from downtown to the Hollywood Hills. Nicole has shared her interior design expertise and “Sassy Tips” on shows such as iVillage Live, the E! series Area and Lulu’s House on Fine Living. She has also appeared on HGTV’s My House is Worth What?, Designer’s Challenge, Smart Solutions and I Want That Kitchen as well as SoapTalk with Lisa Rinna. Her list of clients includes some of the most notable names in the entertainment industry including Universal Studios, Amblin Entertainment, UPN and many more. In 2008, she published her first book Design Life
Let’s take a look at some of the modern interior design staples Nicole can’t live without:
Adjustable Light Lamp
A lamp that is surrounded by adjustable blinds designed by Enric Jovani and Mariona Cruells. This concept is more than merely decorative, by design it asks us to interact with light and mood, going beyond light being just a necessity.
From the designers:
Light is a part of our daily environment. Gives life to it, fills up the space and makes our movements easy. Imagine now that, apart from being capable to enjoy this light, we can manipulate it, play with it far from the traditional use of the switches. Surpassing the on/off routine, the lamp opens a whole univers of nuances and luminosities, a fan of ambients and situations within reach, allowing even to give form to diverse moods. Is not just an object, is a new way to interact with the light.
