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The Tom Kundig Collection
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In 2012, Olson Kundig Architects launched the Tom Kundig Collection—a steel accessories line focused on intimately scaled hardware components. Each piece celebrates the moments when people touch the buildings and spaces they inhabit. Envisioned as the first of several product lines by the firm, the
DOUGLAS COUPLAND COLLECTION
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The "Douglas Coupland for SwitzerCultCreative" Collection includes five pieces of furniture designed with the goal of creating an ideal writing environment that would work in small living spaces or create a comfortable "Writer's Nook" in a large space. The desk, bookcase and chair are
Leaf and Cricket
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With the rise of the world population, living space is becoming more valuable for everyone. Urbanisation and the need for flexibility are longing for effortless space saving design. Folditure has taken on the challenge of creating unparalleled space-saving solutions. Table and chairs seemed like a logical
An amalgamation of things
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Frank designed furniture and textiles and Ericson had an eye for detail and presentation. They called it “Accidentism” or “The Happy Chances Philosophy.” Their conviction that a home should be an eclectic mix of old and new, of different styles, colours and patterns, lives on today
‘CONCERT’ COLLECTION
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Cult British design brand Mini Moderns has created Concert, a new collection for Southbank Centre. Featuring line drawings of musical instruments, the design was conceived to represent the immense variety of musical performance that is staged at Southbank Centre. Mini Moderns founders, Keith Stephenson
MASHIKO
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Mashiko-yaki (pottery) is a Japanese pottery which has been nationally designated as a traditional Japanese craft, born form the fusion of locally resourced Mashiko clay and the art of glazing. In 1924, Living National Treasure Shiji Hamada began creating Mashiko-yaki, founded on the principles of the
IKUKO Iwamoto
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Ikuko Iwamoto's new collection of handmade ceramics make tea time a bizarre and interesting experience. Ranging from sake sets, to mugs and tea pots, Iwamoto uses the influences of the sea to create practical and ornamental ceramic pieces. The artist herself says, "I make exquisite cups and other
CLICLOUNGER SET
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Alexander Pelikan has designed ‘Cliclounger Set’, made of European cherry wood, Pilkington extra clear glass, and manufactured by using the most advanced production technique of CNC diamond milling. Pelikan says of his project, “In CLICFURNItURe I translated the ideas of the modernists
Boom SP Design
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"BRAZIL DESIGN: BoomSPdesign will bring together best of new Brazilian furniture designers at conference in Sao Paulo" Last year I had the honor of being a guest speaker at the creative forum BoomSPdesign, the multi-discipline conference that happens once a year in Sao Paulo. I talked about the
SEASONS
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The collection Fall/Winter consists of stools, benches and tables with different dimensions, functions and structures. Although diverse in size and set-up, all pieces are characterized by a similar working process in which mortise-and-tenon joints are used to connect hazel branches to an oak top. A
PLEAT SERIES
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The PLEAT series of furniture was designed by FOUR-O-NINE, the award-winning, emerging practice of Lukasz Kos and Andrei Zerebecky. The series consists of the PLEAT Diner, PLEAT Lounger and the ZERO WASTE Coffee Table. The collection was inspired byfolding techniques wherein pleating a piece of fabric
I-CHI II
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i-chi II represents the beautiful combination of the antique and nouveau, featuring the decoration of Chinese ancient architecture as the series’ design-inspiration, which it presents in a contemporary furniture form while continues the brand’s minimalist insistence. Original design with
THE TOM KUNDIG COLLECTION
Overview
The Tom Kundig Collection is a steel accessories line focused on intimately scaled hardware components. Each piece celebrates the moments when people touch the buildings and spaces they inhabit. Designed by Kundig, the collection consists of twenty-five unique cut-and-folded steel products ranging
CARR CERAMICS
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Harley Boden produces exquisite, fine, decorative ceramics with themes based around the natural world. His charming and elegant debut collection, Carr consists of four cups and saucers entitled ‘Fen', ‘Bracken', ‘Fungi' and ‘Stag'. The wares explore the notion of woodland,
STEPHANIE COLLECTION
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Contemporary form language juxtaposed with a rustic aesthetic The Stephanie Collection offers a new twist on the modern rustic aesthetic. Inspired by the strata lines found in rock formations. The Stephanie collection combines a contemporary form language with the raw unadorned beauty of the materials
KUSTOM COLLECTION
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Bark Furniture, the Cornwall based furniture designer-makers, will be launching the brand new Kustom collection at Clerkenwell Design Week this May. The Kustom collection is inspired by the dramatic detailing used by hot-rodders and customisers to enhance the beautiful lines of their American classic
CORQUE DESIGN
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CORQUE DESIGN, a young Portuguese design studio, is on a mission to promote eco-efficient and sustainable methods of production. Co-founded by Ana Mestre, a designer and researcher based in Portugal, CORQUE DESIGN creates beautiful and distinctive objects for the home made from one of the country's most
CREAZIONI
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With pressing desire to put some colour and freshness into our living spaces. Creazioni, with its lively and elegant spirit, knows how to perfectly interpret this need through its ample range of furnishing solutions. They are brightly coloured, original, and really fun, yet they do not compromise on