Home Furnishings
The Colors of Milliken Flooring
For this week’s installment of CMYLK, we’ve done something a little different. Instead of artwork and rooms, we've created Colourlovers palettes for three rugs from Spartanburg, South Carolina-based floor covering company Milliken. These abstract designs are works of art in and of themselves.
Friday Five with Antoine Roset
This week's installment of Friday Five highlights Antoine Roset, the great-great-grandson of the founder of French furniture house Ligne Roset (whose name was also Antoine Roset). Roset, who grew up in Lyon, now lives in New York, and as the Executive VP of Roset USA, oversees the company's North American division. As a lifelong witness to and key player in this long-standing family business (his father and uncle are the co-owners), Roset has spent more time than most absorbing good design. Let's see what he admires, shall we?
Bichos Oak Branch Lamps by Martinho Pita
The Bichos lamp series comes from Portuguese architect Martinho Pita, who creates the handmade lamps from pruned Portuguese Holly Oak trees. Bichos, which roughly translates to "creatures", is meant to reflect just that - some type of wild creature that's frozen while in motion.
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Engineering Temporality by Tuomas Markunpoika Tolvanen
Engineering Temporality is the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate project of Tuomas Markunpoika Tolvanen that pays tribute to our temporal nature as human beings. Inspired by his grandmother's slow decline with Alzheimer's, Heidegger set out to create objects that could mimic the fragility of our lives.
Living Wall Planter by Woolly Pocket
Well known for their soft-sided vertical garden wall pockets, Woolly Pocket is back with their latest design, Living Wall Planter. The indoor/outdoor planter is made of a sturdy hard shell with its own self-watering tank with holes to distribute water to the roots when necessary.
A Day in the Life of Brendan Ravenhill
This month’s Designer Dailies takes a peek into the working life of Los Angeles-based designer Brendan Ravenhill. The designer, who was born on the Ivory Coast and spent summers on the coast of Maine, studied sculpture at Oberlin College and Industrial Design at RISD. He fell in love with building things when he was a boy, helping his father with carpentry projects. He has collaborated in the construction of a timber frame barn as well as the construction of eight boats, and spent a year as an apprentice welder. It's no surprise, then, that Ravenhill finds his inspiration in the functional beauty of working tools. Let's see how he spends his day.
Removable Triangle Wall Decals by MUR
Wall decals are a great alternative to wallpaper as they don't damage your walls when they're removed and you can change them the moment you get tired of your handiwork with little effort. While there are a lot of wall decals out there, it's harder to find simple shapes that can create modern patterns like the Removable Wall Patterns from the Salt Lake City based MUR.
LEGO DIY Key Hanger by Felix Grauer
I think my LEGO obsession is well documented by now so I immediately jumped for joy over this key hanger from Felix Grauer. Using some basic LEGO bricks you might have leftover from childhood and some easily obtained split rings, you could make your very own based off of this nifty design.