copycats – red rules

29/02/2008 DesignFlute 1 Comment

This crafty red handcrafted vase is blod, a gorgeous bold brass vase.

Clara lamp with a vitreous porcelain lampshade and a satin finish.

Bloom Chair @ Jantze Brogård Asshoff designs

A chair with a poetic soul – the little red chair is inspired by the peacent culture and the rich ornamentations of the time.

Materials: woolen felt with embroidery, steel pipe.

Warning: Copycats have nothing to do with cats or duplicity, copying someone! It has nothing to with copyright!

It is about similarity, like twins, like Siamese twins, matching objects, about object and furniture that complement each other.

Things that inspire each other.

It will be a long series. This is 1^st in series.

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colours and vases

27/02/2008 DesignFlute 1 Comment

Designer: João Sabino @ his blog

Portugal based young designer João Sabino’s brilliantly coloured ceramic vase.

(possibly more of his bottled creation soon.)

cycle back, Funtoosh

memory and ties

26/02/2008 DesignFlute 2 Comments

shopping bag

Designer: Mårten Lindquist @ Plenty Design

For some stiff upper neck freedom!

Wear your formality on your bag!

Tie-recycling! A shopping-bag by Plenty in collaboration with Beyond Retro Stockholm.

shower curtain

For those who are excellent bathroom singers but have problems with memory!

The one who can’t remember even one full song!

“Singing in the Rain” shower curtain. (Though I think it is a bit romantic…)

doormat

Again something for forgetfulness and mostly for paranoia!

The doormat ‘Reminder’ says:

KEYS, WALLET, MOBILE PHONE.

The second one says: IRON, STOVE, WINDOW.

Put inside the door and don’t forget to look down. Or better put on the door itself!

(Don’t you worry- you are not alone -happens with all of us many a times!)

wallpaper

And at last if you are the cheating kind and the kind who feels guilty too!

This wallpaper ‘Glance’ is for you.

Watching eyes to make you constantly nervous!

For more of this Stockholm based designer Mårten Lindquist’s simple, fun creations go here.

green roots

greener Conscience or a clean Slate

25/02/2008 DesignFlute Leave a comment

~~All ye~~ (can’t count me out so)

all of us power consumers answer my two questions :-

Is guilt an excellent motivator?

Or is it the money counting strategies that motivate our spending or saving?

So when asked how much electricity we have already consumed in terms of money, in terms of dollar – everyday or even every moment – do we sit up and start listening?

Do we start changing our habits?

To green our Conscience and to start a clean SLATE – two greener gadgets – two electricity meters are here to help us.

conscience

Designer : Delroy Dennisur via Core77

slate

Designer : Adam Chang via Core77

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table aqua

22/02/2008 DesignFlute Leave a comment

aqua

Designers: Are Hundstuen & Morten Longum @ putti factory

Flowers or fish – its your choice. Aqua is a table with aquarium!

materials: oak, glass and stainless steel

profil

Profil is a prototype designed by Norvegian designer duo Are Hundstuen & Morten Longum. The chair is upholstered in new environmentally sound fabrics from Kvadra.

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twin hat-trick

21/02/2008 DesignFlute 4 Comments

Designer: Kedar Naik

Going to a party and you have nothing new to wear. Try this most inexpensive piece of jewellery and dazzle the crowd!

Paper jewellery – a very clever piece by Kedar Naik.

The neck piece gets lit when it is worn. Handmade paper stained with coffee. To accentuate the translucency and the texture of the paper small lights are inserted inside the cones.

Don’t go by the ‘just out of school’ innocent looks of this young Indian designer Kedar Naik; he has got quite a few very clever designs up his sleeves!

Here are few of his functional, clever and beautiful designs.

twin

Twin is another of his cleverly designed leather bags. 2-in-1 looks!

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