The WOOD-OO collection was created by Prague-based kdomazidlibydli (try saying that 10 times fast), the design firm of Jan Vacek and Martin Smid. Inspired by wood shingles, the collection is simple and raw using the traditional roof element in a new way.
Traverso Table, designed by Francesco Faccin for Valsecchi1918, is divided into two separate parts which can be manufactured in either glass or wood. Upon dismantling, the Traverso Table takes up virtually no space. The designer describes the center beam as the key element to the table’s structural and aesthetic integrity.
I am not a huge fan of glass dining tables, but this faceted glass table by Uto Balmora for Tonelli Design won me over. If you’ll recall, we saw similar Tonelli glass tables in person at High Point Market in the Leif Petersen showroom.
You know those desks that have the rolling tambour doors that slide open and closed to expose or hide the desk? Well, Brooklyn-based industrial designer Michael Bambino took that idea and flipped it on its head with his Tambour Table. It’s a desk/computer table that looks like your average work table. Not so…
Israeli designer Hilla Shamia uniquely joins the materials of aluminum and wood in this Wood Casting series. Using a whole tree trunk, Shamia pours molten aluminum directly onto the wood, which burns the surface and darkens the wood. The wood gets cut up lengthwise and put into a mold to form the frame and legs of the piece.
Provide Home presented a brand new, exclusive collection of furniture by Canadian designer (and Design Milk fave) Christian Woo. Crafted from sustainably harvested hardwoods and finished with hand rubbed oils, each piece is lovingly made with a deep knowledge and understanding of the wood being used. I could regurgitate his gushing bio but honestly the proof is in the pudding — I’ve seen his work up close and I can say it’s probably some of the best most precise and well-made furniture I’ve ever seen. Sturdy and healthy, these pieces are timeless heirlooms.
Italian architect and designer Stefano Pugliese presented a series of furniture at SaloneSatellite – Furniture Family Made in “Chitaly.” If you didn’t guess, Chitaly is a combination of Chile and Italy, the two places in which this series was made.
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Every time I visit 2Modern.com, they have tons of new stuff. They just added a large amount of new products and brands to their inventory, including the fantastic work of Richard Schultz, just in time for Summer! Check out some of my favorite new pieces:
Clockwise from top left: Knoll Petal Coffee Table by Richard Schultz, Gandia Blasco Lluvia Rug, Air Wall Sconce by LZF, LAXseries Wall Mounted Table by MASH Studios, Areaware Feather Kuma Pillow, Louis Poulsen Enigma 545 Pendant, Mosaico Nicolaj et Saints Rug by Second Studio, Marset Pleat Box Pendant.
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Design Soil is a project from the product design department at Kobe Design University in Japan. The project is run by professors and students whose goal is to re-evaluate design practices and let the young designers create at their own pace, much like plants growing in soil. “epilogue – prologue” is their latest project of nine designs in which they not only think about the beginning of an idea (prologue) but they also consider the end product (epilogue).
