How can these pieces not make you happy? The chair, pouf, and rugs by MYK are made of fun and colorful pom-poms, otherwise known as the “bommel” in German, that are bound to make anyone feel like a kid again. Each pom-pom is made entirely by hand and with each object containing up to 1300 of them, they are definitely a labor of love.
If you’ve never seen the work of Italian artist Alberto Seveso, well, get ready. His latest series of underwater ink photographs is entitled a due Colori and they are simply breathtaking. The images are made by taking high-speed photographs of two colors of ink mixing with water. The results are beautiful and serene studies of color and depth. The series is completely mesmerizing and dreamlike, and I just want to stare at them for hours.
Quarch Atelier is a group of young designers in Milan, Italy that join their unique skill sets together to produce various projects. They designed the C’est Chouette lamp that might be the cutest thing we’ve ever seen. Inspired by fairy tales, the owl sits inside the outer globe as if to sit in a nest.
The Swedish design company Front has created the Chameleon Cupboard for the Italian company Porro. The storage piece is considered a “magic volume” with its ability to change appearance whenever you open and close it, reminding me of the Jacob’s ladder toy.
Located in Paris’ 7th district, this apartment was redesigned by the Paris-based architect Alia Bengana. The building was built in the 1920s and while the owners wanted to keep the original feel of the space, they also wanted to modernize it for their family’s needs.
The latest collection from the Danish-born, London-based jewelry designer Henriette Lofstrom is called Constellations and it’s made up of geometric and star-inspired pieces.
The students from the Department of Interior Architecture at Rhode Island School of Design have created a collection entitled Prototyping the Domestic Environment currently being exhibited in Milan at Salone del Mobile 2012. The five works are interactive and multi-functional with the focus on “the formal adaptation of utilitarian furniture pieces into domestic spatial components.” Each object is not only a functioning interior piece, but they also act as adjustable devices for play, i.e., “tactile or optical sensory exploration or kinetic transformation.” The designs are well thought out, as well as being aesthetically pleasing with their geometric attributes.
United Colors of Benetton is well known for their brightly colored attire, so of course they needed a display system that matched their fun sense of style. Created by Fabrica, the research group for Benetton, Object Coloré is a modular shelving and display system designed to complement the product its meant to showcase. Full of bright colors and geometric shapes, it’s a unique approach to displaying an already imaginative brand.
Remember our post on backyard offices? You can add this one to the list! The Tetra Shed might just be the perfect solution for those looking for a private home office space. Place the geometric-shaped unit in your yard to accommodate your office or storage needs. One of the cool things about it is that you can expand it beyond a single module and create larger workspaces. They could even be used as a guest room, garden shed, or kid’s playhouse.
Alvaro Catalán de Ocón design studio, based in Madrid, Spain, has created the geometric-inspired Rayuela stool that when grouped together creates an eye-catching visual effect. He began with the rhombus, a four-sided shape with endless possibilities. When you put three of them together you get a hexagon, which makes the perfect stool seat. Cover each rhombus in a different material and you have yourself a rockin’ tile-like design.
