French designer Victor Boëda has created the Lilium sofa and chair for the Paris based furniture manufacturer Steiner. From the designer: Lilium is a soft couch with a floral line. An assemblage of three sheets, one per function: seat, kidney-level support & back-rest. from contemporist
Dutch designers Daphna Isaacs and Laurens Manders have designed a collection of lamps made of porcelain and oak. Called Tafelstukken (Centrepieces), the project was on show at Dutch Invertuals as part of Dutch Design Week last month. Photographs are by Raw Color. Isaacs and Manders also designed the exhibition for Design Invertuals. Here’s a little information from Daphna Isaacs: – Centerpieces ..
British designers Dan Ziglam and Elliot Brook have created the Capsule Collection of seating for their furniture brand Deadgood. This fully upholstered collection of seating utilises off cuts of fabric to create a graduated run of colour tones and textures that cover an arrangement of irregular sized buttons. The forms themselves are derived from a simple three-dimensional capsule shape which cr..
British designer Toby Howes has sent us the Escher coffee table. Description of the Escher Coffee Table by Toby Howes: As the name suggests, the design was inspired by one of Escher’s bird & fish tessellation sketches & proved every bit as difficult as it looks to perfect all the angles! I wanted to create a modern design piece that combined my usual simplicity of style with a real edge & this i..
Irish designer Joseph Walsh has created the Formations collection of furniture. Joseph says: In this new work I will create a series of pieces that, while continuing to possess many of the values of my work to date, go on to explore form in a sensitive way. Through this work, I am seeking to emulate nature’s forms with a timeless presence as though they have evolved like a formation or erosion. ..
Netherlands-based designer Han Koning has designed a series of lighting made of randomly-formed plastic. Called Static Plastic, each lamp is stretched to a different height, stamped and numbered. The two halves are joined by a rubber strip. The range includes a pendent lamp that houses two bulbs and a smaller table lamp with one bulb. More Dezeen stories about lighting in our special category. P..
Bleu Nature, a France based manufacturer who’s products always have a distinctive natural feeling through their frequent use of unconventional organic materials, have created wall panels called “Pixels Of Driftwood In Relief.” The panels consist of a collection of wood pieces that have been glued vertically to particle board, making them ready to be mounted on a wall. from contemporist
I like to use different materials when designing new pieces, to give me an alternate view on shapes & textures, & this one started life as a couple of pipecleaners! It’s all about the lines &, from the side, you can see every curve mirrors the others to give an unusual silhouette for a rocking chair. Originally, it was constructed completely out of maple but, by adding the walnut into the suppor..
When asked by art gallery owner Patrick Brillet to design a piece out of Carbon Fiber, we decided to celebrate and utilize the best of the materials true physical properties, its strength and lightness. The complexity of curves and required thinness could not be duplicated in any other material while still maintaining its ability to support itself completely… from contemporist
Norwegian designers StokkeAustad and Frost Produkt have collaborated to design a range of kitchen utensils. Calling the project Basic Series, the designers intended to make a range of kitchen utensils which are strong, sturdy and easy to use. The new products include a large wooden handled serving spoon and potato masher, stacking candle holders, a folding trivet and a chopping board with built-..
