Category Archives: design screw

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Coaster

Indian furniture and decor market is at the moment filled with imported(foreign) goods or Chinese stuff. To find a true Indian designer who has merged tradition and need to modern day design is a very difficult task.

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So when I found designer Krishnakumar’s site I was excited. Why? You can see for yourself.

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He describes his products as:
combination of warm and cold material which is very characteristic of Indian craft products.

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Coaster

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Penhoder

Not only he has designed these warm wood winners he has also experimented with palm leaves. Using natural dyes he has got these amazing effects.

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Photoframe

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Jewelery box

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Tray

Krishnakumar’s wearables are also techno delights.

(27/05/09 -Edit: I have lost designer Krishnakumar’s links. It seems he has moved away. I haven’t found his new site so far. If you know or come accross his new site, please let me know. Thanks!)

red is hot and blue is blue

I love this amazing site The Guild ,  the place you can buy home decor products made by artists. I think the artists make everything brilliant. Only if they make it little affordable too. I enjoyed and love these red & blue elegance in glass.

ps do not forget to go through guild sourcebooks.

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Convergence by Victor Chiarizia

my wished convergence: with all those ants, flies and cockroaches who live in and invade my kitchen everyday.

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Cobalt Neo Geo Sphere by Eric Bladholm

my neo geo sphere: spinning hope inside.

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Sunburst Flutter Bowl by Chris Mosey

my sunburst: bowl of kiddy laughter.

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Rose bowl by Mark Rosenbaum.

my bowl: 3d effect on a wall full of black+white roses, red+white roses, blue+white roses.

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UR Here by Kathleen Ash

me: where was I uptil now.

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Wave Cylinder by Jamie Harris

no, thanks I don’t drink milk; it is red signal for my stomach, it makes wave if I drink it.

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Curly Pitchers by Cal Breed

my curly sign says I am always thirsty for more of everything.

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Amber Leaf vase by Michael Kohn and Molly Stone

my leaf motto: lines of a Gujarati poem:

peepal pan kharta, hansati kumpalia,

muj viti tuj vitashe, dhiri bapuliya. (bad translation available here: when old leaves of peepul tree fall down, buds laugh. Old leaf says slowly kid, I am through it,your turn will come).

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Flattened Vortex vase by Michael Trimpol

falling flat on my face is my vortex habit.

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Salt and Pepper by Skip Horton

and then after falling salt & pepper and my spice rack shake me up.

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Ume Globe Vase By Richard  S Jones

best bunch of flowers seen so far: at the age of 69, my mother picked up on her way up to see ice cave in Salzburg, Austria.

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Tall Birch Vase White Trees by Bernard Katz.

wonder about tress 500 years old, about amazing stories and secrets they held.

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End Grain Tray by Richard Parrish

Really want to send a grain train to all those little kids whose photos WHO send around.

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Italian Line Boat Bowl by kathleen Ash

party never ends but take a boat and go home folks.

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Axis vase by Harry Stuart

life is red and blue both, beautiful! bye.

lift my thirst

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When I saw this photo I immediately fell in love with this hippo roller drum. It is such a simple design and most probably I will never use it. But for the poor millions of this world and my country this is a design which lifts the load out of thier lives.

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This step towards a more sustainable lifestyle is created by an architect and artist from Slovenia , Marjetica portc.

Few other people are also  involved in thinking about “the other 90% of the world (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, NY ) ” and are making  similar efforts. Designers P J and J P S Hendrikse have designed this Q drum.

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