Designer Kiki van Eijk bottled lamp
Take glass bottles of medieval times, create patterns inspired by the scenery around the table and kitchen of that period and turn it into lamps. Yes, that is what Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk has done. And the result is these pieces which are stunningly beautiful, historical, and timeless!
Designer Joost van Bleiswijk chess-game
Dutch designer Joost van Bleiswijk made this Chess game which comes with 686 pieces that slot into each other to make 32 chess pieces out of polished stainless steel.
I love this game and this set!
Another Dutch designer who share workspace ( thier companies and collections are different.) with Joost van Bleiswijk is going to be featured in next post!
poissonmobile
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Elke Florián + Sascha Akkermann @ Confused Direction
Poissommobile? Roll it up – it is a simple mat. Unfold it – it becomes an ergonomically sturdy piece of furniture. While unfolding two wooden layers in mat arise and a few handles develop in curves so that you can lie comfortably on it.(size:120 x 20 cm)
These are very magical functional pieces from Confused Direction– a not confused at all team of German designers Elke Florian and Sascha Akkermann.
odú
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The odú chair moves the way you move. It is made of glass fibre reinforced plastic and have cosy cushion inside. You can also put together three seats of odú to create a ball!
Odú is a Hungarian word for cave.
{open sesame + khul ja sim sim (in Hindi) = open sim sim}
Designer Julian Appelius Pinocchio chair
A chair of your own size and your own imagination. Is it a game, yes but it is chair first!
Pinocchio is a child’s chair that grows with the child, who can have fun building it again and again.
It is an interplay of colour, form, and stability. The child decides how high should the seat be? Where should the supports be? German designer Julian Appelius certainly have a very playful and innovative child still in him!
The starting age is three for Pinocchio chair and a kid can build table , shelves etc. from the several chairs.
Pinocchio chair has won first prize in Promosedia International Design Competition, 2007.
Designer Ted tao Hatch
The idea behind this lamp -The ‘almost born’ has started breaking its egg, letting the first ray of life come inside. From outside translucent shell is glowing with signs of life. The lamp is a metaphor of life.
A team of young international designers work @ Hong Kong based Creativoo and design new kind of visual stimulus with tradition defying ideas.
These three lamps are from Creativoo’s designers under the brand name Minglo (pronounced Ming-Glow) from the T-series lamps.
Designer Gaelle Seznec Loop
In this architectural lamp you don’t need buttons and sensors. Instead use layers of moving glass to mechanically adjust its brightness.
Designer Gaelle Seznec Lune
From the different angles, the shape looks like a full moon or sometimes a crescent moon. Lune is the French word for moon.
dumroo seat-table
Designer Gunjan Gupta
Dumroo can be a seat or a table. Materials: 35 gauge pure silver, 24 carat gold leaf, oak veneered plywood. Dumroo is a musical instrument used by monkey dancers in streets of India.
She has redefined notion of luxury, borrowing from rich Indian cultural heritage and interpreting it in new stark ways. The Indian craft of silver wrapping is an ancient throne decoration technique.
Ancient thrones wrapped in precious metal and embellished in jewels.
Delhi based Indian interior designer Gunjan Gupta of Studio Wrap has taken the wrapping technique out of its ornate design sphere and created absolute geometric designs which look austere and audacious both. Her forms speak of luxury, craft and designs in one voice.
dining throne
material:35 gauge pure silver, 24 carat gold leaf and Indian hardwood.
eastern recline
The eastern recline – Indian hardwood panels are wrapped around silver panels and has detachable gold back.
artisan as designer at work
She has exhibited at 100% Design in London and has a current project from Swarowski among other things.
