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London Design Festival 2012: Tent London

Tent London is always one of my favorite shows at London Design Festival and this year might just have taken the top spot. It was fresh, bright and full of young talent. Here are a few of my favorite things...

Architecture

Aerial Photograph Wall Mural Made of 44,000 Golf Tees

What can you do with 44,000 golf tees? You can make one gigantic, and most impressive, wall mosaic. It took Andrea Kordos and Joe Knight of blackLAB architects inc. four months and approximately 43,964 golf tees to make this wall magic happen in their very own office. Well, that, and a lot of hammering.

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London Design Festival 2012: designersblock Highlights

With queues around the block for the opening night party, designersblock was set to be hit from the beginning. And, it didn't disappoint. Known for their use of interesting spaces (they were in the Familoe Building last year), this year's venue was the Southbank Centre's Festival Village - a space that's never been open to the public before; it's usually used as a green room for performing artists.

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The Best of Habitare 2012

During Helsinki Design Week, I visited Habitare 2012, a furniture and design fair that drew about 57,000 people over the five days it was open. There was such great work on display including a large amount of student designs and work by Finnish designers.

Art

Wallflower Photographic Wall Decals

We've featured wall decals before but never ones that are from high-resolution photographs. These Wallflower wall stickers are from high-quality photos that are enlarged to enormous proportions and are a great alternative to wallpaper.

Home Furnishings

How to Install an Urbio Wall Garden/Storage, or The Easiest Thing I've Ever Done

We just got an Urbio modular wall storage unit called the Big Happy Family. Mr. Design Milk and I installed it a few weeks ago in our kitchen. It's so easy to install! Here's how it's done.

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The Hanging Line by Josh Owen for Kontextür

Josh Owen teamed up once again with Kontextür to develop some products for Fall and my favorite is The Hanging Line, which is basically a new minimalist alternative to toilet paper roll holders, but can be used for so much more.

DMTV Milkshake: James de Wulf on Concrete and Self-Discovery

In this DMTV Milkshake, James De Wulf shares how he pioneered his concrete couture practice with proprietary designs, and how it hasn't always been easy.

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Op Art Style Cardboard Pensamientos Clock by 2y1dea

Designed and handcrafted in Colombia by 2y1dea, the eco-friendly Pensamientos is a cardboard and paper wall clock with thin, dizzying line patterns on the faces. Each clock name and pattern was inspired by music that comes specifically from the region, which gives each one its own look and personality.

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