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Green Kit Gardening Collection by Bubble Design

Green Kit Gardening Collection by Bubble Design

The two Italian designers, Francesca Bonfrate and Alessandra Bove, that make up Bubble Design created an at-home gardening collection called Green Kit. The kit is made up of four separate components that include miniature greenhouses, climbing plant supports, and a folding surface to collect loose soil.

The Dotted Vipp Bin by Damien Hirst

The Dotted Vipp Bin by Damien Hirst

Artist Damien Hirst has created a limited edition version of the ever popular Vipp Bin, The Dotted Vipp Bin, with inspiration from his iconic colorful dot design, Chloramphenicol Acetyltransferase. Designed exclusively for the opening of the Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo, Norway, there will be a limited number of them for sale at the museum.

London Design Festival 2012: 100% Design Emerging Brands

London Design Festival 2012: 100% Design Emerging Brands

A small section of 100% Design was dedicated to Emerging Brands. Here are my top five...

Wheelbarrow Chair by Karl Sanford

Wheelbarrow Chair by Karl Sanford

Who says you have to employ a PR agent to get your work out there? Certainly not Karl Sanford whose wife submitted his Wheelbarrow Chair to us. Her pitch caught my eye and the clever design backed it up so we just had to post about it. I've seen chairs made from wheelbarrows before but none with the leg detail this one has.

A Day in the Life of Jeni Tu

A Day in the Life of Jeni Tu

A former national arts magazine editor and freelance writer with a degree in literature, Jeni Tu studied Industrial Design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, finished her degree in San Francisco at California College of the Arts, and re-launched her career as a furniture and product designer. Tu lends us the details of a busy day for this month's Designer Dailies.

Chuck Anderson of NoPattern Meets Turnstone's Paper Table

Chuck Anderson of NoPattern Meets Turnstone's Paper Table

You might know Chuck Anderson better as NoPattern, where galactic rainbows and vibrant explosions of movement rule. Turnstone recently gave Chuck a week to make a piece of art with their doodle-friendly Paper Table, and the result is a circular bubbly cloud-like world of color.

London Design Festival 2012: David Irwin

London Design Festival 2012: David Irwin

If there was a "man of the match" for the London Design Festival, I think David Irwin would be it - his name just seemed to pop up everywhere. He had his own stand within 100% Design's Emerging Designers section and his products also featured on Deadgood's stand and on the Designers In Residence stand at designjunction. Everywhere I turned - there he was, and with good reason. His products are gorgeous!

Graphic Textiles by Johanna Gullichsen

Graphic Textiles by Johanna Gullichsen

Design Milk was lucky enough to visit textile designer Johanna Gullichsen's shop during Helsinki Design Week and it was most impressive. The Finnish company creates woven fabrics in Gullichsen's signature patterns that you can purchase, but they also turn them into an assortment of bags, pillows, and various kitchen items.

Tea Egg by Made by Makers for Normann Copenhagen

Tea Egg by Made by Makers for Normann Copenhagen

Denmark-based design studio Made by Makers created this simple Tea Egg for Normann Copenhagen. This thing is cute.

Kitara Coffee Table by Max Ptk

Kitara Coffee Table by Max Ptk

Kitara is a coffee table from Ukrainian-based designer and digital artist, Max Ptk. Sitting on an A-frame structure, the double layered table combines geometric lines with simple materials, all with a pop of bright yellow thrown in for good measure.

London Design Festival 2012: The Joy of Living

London Design Festival 2012: The Joy of Living

Official charity partner for designjunction, Maggie's provides emotional, practical and social support for people with cancer and their families and friends, from striking buildings designed by top architects in the grounds of specialist cancer hospitals. They believe in the power of design and architecture to positively affect people's well-being.

Modular Furniture You Can Arrange The Way You Want: Hocky by Marcin Wielgosz

Modular Furniture You Can Arrange The Way You Want: Hocky by Marcin Wielgosz

Hocky is not your average seating collection - it's ridiculously smart. Designed by Marcin Wielgosz of Merely, Hocky is made of various sized segments of sofas and chairs with integrated tables that you can pick and choose to form the configuration you want.

London Design Festival 2012: Dementia Music Box by Chloe Meineck

London Design Festival 2012: Dementia Music Box by Chloe Meineck

Chloe Meineck spent two years conducting research into the positive effect familiar music can have for those with dementia - listening to music from certain periods of their lives can help trigger even their most inaccessible memories. She was driven to act on her findings and so created this gorgeous music box.

Electrolux Design Lab 2012 Finalists

Electrolux Design Lab 2012 Finalists

The Electrolux Design Lab began in 2003 as an annual competition for all students of industrial design to develop future household appliance ideas. Celebrating their 10th year, Electrolux Design Lab asked the students to design concepts that reflect more of a sensory experience and that they did.

Hatcham by Samuel Wilkinson

Hatcham by Samuel Wilkinson

Hatcham is a minimal design created by Samuel Wilkinson for Decode London. Wilkinson is a graduate of Ravensboure College of Art & Design. He has won several awards including the RSA award and D&AD New Blood. The brief was to create a beautiful wooden stackable chair. The design has classically simple proportions in order to let the details create its identity.