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Coffee + Tea with a Side of Art: Trama Line by Jacqueline Terpins for Riva
São Paulo-based artist and designer Jacqueline Terpins dabbles in a slew of mediums for various projects and her latest home accessories line, for design house Riva, employs stainless steel and dark glass. The Trama line consists of a teapot, a tea & coffee set, a square tray, and a rectangular tray, that feel a bit futuristic and art deco rolled into one.
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Nendo Tableware Reuses Coca-Cola Bottles
Nendo partnered with Coca-Cola in a new collection of tableware made from recycled bottles. Bottleware makes use of the iconic 1916 "contour bottle", the ones that are continually collected, rinsed, and reused over and over again. Once these particular bottles couldn't be used again for their original purpose, Nendo got to work and created this set that was recently exhibited at DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2012.
A Transparent Bubble You Can Live In: Cocoon 1 by Micasa LAB
We all want to escape sometimes and have a few moments on our own and Micasa LAB's Cocoon 1 is a bubble-like pod that gives you the solitude you might long for with several modern conveniences you might not want to live without. Their goal was to create a piece of furniture that becomes a separate little world, or a room within a room - basically, a whole new space.
Food Vessels by Kristine Five Melvær
Kristine Five Melvær recently exhibited tableware at Food Work, an exhibition initiated by Torbjørn Anderssen and Espen Voll that features 21 designs by eight Norwegian designers, shown during Designtide Tokyo 2012. These two pieces are part of her Still Life project, in which she reinterprets traditional still life motives.
Modern Kitchen Accessories by Hlynur Atlason for Umbra
Partnerships happen everyday in the design world and when it's between a brilliant housewares company and one innovative designer, you have yourself a match made in design heaven. This happens to be the case when the New York-based Icelandic designer Hlynur Atlason recently teamed up with Umbra to create two new kitchen designs - Bento and Tricon.
Y'A PAS LE FEU AU LAC Wooden Home Decor
French design collective Y'A PAS LE FEU AU LAC began as a collaboration between designer FX Balléry and "tabletiers turners" Marie and Gregory Bodel where both sides brought their expertise to the table (quite literally). The resulting wood-based collection designed by a select group of handpicked designers around the world, is full of contemporary objects and housewares that are not only fun, they are completely useful.
hiku: Shopping Simplified
Grocery shopping just got a heck of a lot easier with this device called hiku. You scan the barcode of an item you're running out of or finished OR you say what item you need and then it magically sends (well, via Wi-Fi) the item name to a list on your phone. No more forgetting food when you're at the store because you'll have the list that you've been accumulating with you. Genius!
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.