The Tentacle wall shelf by Madrid-based designer, José Hurtado, is more than just a simple shelf. The pine cabinet with interchangeable shelves can be adapted to any combination you see fit. Whatever your needs are, the Tentacle can be modified by attaching each shelf piece to each other in varying combinations to make the most useful shelf for you.
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.
Product and lighting designer Giles Godwin-Brown is a recent graduate and has designed two high-quality modern lamps.
London-based textile designer Lindsey Lang launched her new home collection of printed textiles and ceramic designs at HOME, the new housewares and interiors accessories show in London.
ixxi is a modular hanging system that joins cards together in a pattern to create wall art. The Dutch company lets you enlarge a single image, create a collage, or create an abstract pixelated piece of your choice. You can upload your own image or choose from their catalog of images. The image is then enlarged and divided onto the high quality matte ixxi paper. Each printed card is 20 x 20 cm (close to 8 inches square) and joins together with their x’s and i’s to produce a wall piece or room divider.
Here are several examples but the options are truly endless:
This Typodarium desktop or wall tear-off calendar is amazing. It features 366 different typefaces from 252 designers that live in 32 different countries. Each page features all of the information about that particular typeface design and where it can be licensed. The calendar can be purchased from Slanted.
STICK by BCU postgraduate Jiaqi Zhou is an eco-friendly wall treatment made of flexible stick-shaped ornaments. An alternative to the usual wallpaper or decals, the STICKs are flexible with special textures and can be used to create your very own wallscape. They can even be used to display or store items like photos or keys.
O’verlays by Danika Cherlye are geometric appliques that you can place just about anywhere from tables, drawer fronts, and cabinets to mirrors and even windows… the possibilities are endless. I think this is a great way to customize plain IKEA furniture (they come in special sizes to fit popular IKEA piece) or something you find at a garage sale that needs a little pizazz. Yes, pizazz.
