Marginal Notes 2012 is a collection of prototypes by the Stockholm-based design firm Note Design Studio. The collection is in collaboration with Lerch Träinredningar and was presented this week, which is Stockholm Design Week. The group of designers examined the sketches that had been made in the margins of their notebooks and upon a second look realized they needed to be made.
Spanish company BM makes some of the coolest furniture for babies all the way through young adults. Their original designs are made for all types of young people and will grow with the child through the years until you’re practically married. The pieces have clean, modern lines and can be personalized in the color or colors of their choosing. You can mix and match the pieces depending on the room size and age of the child. All of the designs are contemporary and timeless, easily be transformed into the next stage when your child outgrows it.
Bangkok-based Studio248′s INF collection, designed by Purim Kraiya, came out of the idea of architecture’s connection of lines and surfaces, with just a hint of origami.
French designer Christophe Pillet has created a series of aluminum chairs, swivel chairs and stools for classic US brand Emeco.
Never has knitting looked so cool to me. UK-based textile designer Claire-Anne O’Brien was inspired by the actual knitted stitches themselves and created them in large-scale to produce these stools with a modern twist. The effect invokes depth and texture with an overall playful sensibility. The variety of bright colors and chunky patterns makes it really hard to choose a favorite. What a clever way of taking knitting to a whole new level.
Minneapolis-based designer Paul Isabella has been hard at work with some new designs and a brand new website.
Trye is a industrial-style stool made of only four parts, mainly a cast iron base and solid wood top.
As part of the DMY 2011 Asia Exhibition tour, which presented innovative German design objects and products at seven different fairs and festivals in Asia, Sascha Grewe exhibited his A-Z stools / tables with storage. The A-Z stools are made of MDF and are available in — get this — 250 colors! The stools can be used as seats, side tables, shelves or simply as typographical objects. I don’t think I’m ready to see this alphabet furniture trend go just yet.
Futuristic organism or chair?
Millipede is a stool/chair created by Michael Samoriz of Umbra Design that’s kind of jellyfish-like. He explains that it’s a “symbiosis of cyberpunk and bionics” and inspired by the look of “Dron” guardians from The Matrix trilogy.
Cory Grosser originally designed his prototype Turtle/Turtle for an auction to benefit the World Wildlife Fund. The item proved to be popular that Grosser has hopes of doing a small run of them with the help of Kickstarter. The project must be fully funded with 50 pre-orders by Friday, December 16th in order to go into production.
a-003DL [spike] Lamp by Adriaan Hugo
DOKTER AND MISSES is a design company based in Johannesburg, South Africa that designs and produces furniture, lighting and objects. The company is made up of Katy Taplin and Adriaan Hugo, the latter also having his own line of furniture and lighting. They produce modern and functional pieces of everyday items and add their signature twist to them.
