Designers of the Future - Front
Previously mentioned on Miosite here, here and here. Front design have now been named Designer of the Future at Design Miami/Basel 2007
July 12, 2007
June 18, 2007
Club Chair
The Plastic Fantastic Club Chair from Studio Jspr coated with a SoftSkin available in 16 colours and suitable for outdoor use.
April 23, 2007
Pol Oxygen Milan 2007
As always Pol Oxygen have put together great coverage of the Milan Design Week 2007
April 19, 2007
Latest work from Marcel Wanders
Marcel Wanders' latest work for the Milan Furniture Fair 2007 is now on his website.
There are references to his resin knotted chair as well as his ornate baroque designs from a couple of years ago.
March 28, 2007
Ross Lovegrove solo show
British designer Ross Lovegrove shows off some of his latest work at Philips de Pury & Company in New York. Dezeen have the pics
February 21, 2007
Emiko Oki
London based Japanese designer Emiko Oki has some conceptually rich product design
February 08, 2007
Dialogue Loung Seating
Dialogue Lounge Seating from Hickory Business Furniture
DIY ceiling light
If you have a kitchen light that is ugly and in need of beautification, then you could try Eric's DIY: Easy to Build Modern Light Panel
February 06, 2007
Cologne IMM
Coree77 have opened up their gallery of images from the Cologne Furniture Fair
January 08, 2007
Marc Newson's Voronoi Shelf
Two new works by Marc Newson are currently being exhibited at the Gagosian Gallery in New York
January 01, 2007
Simply Droog
The New York Times takes a look at the new Droog exhibition at the Museum of Arts & Design.
December 13, 2006
Ivy
Modular wall hanging from Mos - IVY
November 23, 2006
Livingstones
Soft furnishings that can be left lying around anywhere, thrown about and played with - Livingstones from Smarin design
October 30, 2006
Sketch Furniture
Front Design sketch furniture forms in space then rapid prototype them into a tactile reality
October 26, 2006
European designs
Photos from the recent Belgium Furniture Fair and as part of Dutch Design Week the Eindhoven Design Academy graduation show
October 24, 2006
Oasis public seating by o4i
Swedish Design group - Office 4 ideas
October 06, 2006
Anglepoise
To celebrate the 70th Birthday of the original 1227 Anglepoise Lamp, a limited edition, three times life size version of the lamp can now be bought from Anglepoise.
September 20, 2006
Joost Wever
Dutch designer - Joost Wever
September 19, 2006
it design
Swiss designed and produced compact and flexible furniture for young and mobile urbanites since 1997 - it design
September 13, 2006
Robert Stadler
Parisian based designer of interesting conceptual furniture - Robert Stadler
July 10, 2006
PS Lab
The water resistant air chair from PS Lab - for when you need a more nautical theme.
July 06, 2006
Dune
Dune Furniture design from New York
June 29, 2006
GlowSMLXL
Recently voted 'Best of the Best' at the 100% Design Rotterdam, Marc de Groot's GlowSMLXL
June 14, 2006
Light Delight
A new series of taps from Equa, where the coloured light reflects the warmth of the water.
June 13, 2006
SAUMA - design as cultural interface
Sauma is a New York exhibition profiling Finnish design. Above is 'Take Out' by Klaus Aalto, resembling a traditional chest of drawers with the exception that the drawers have been replaced by portable briefcases.
May 26, 2006
ICFF 2006
International Contemporary Furniture Fair roundup: New York Times discusses the practical side of style - young designers coming to terms with costing, manufacturing and business models.
Design*sponge has a couple of long looks at the fair: part 1, part 2
May 19, 2006
Chris Bosse
Interesting forms from Chris Bosse
May 18, 2006
Uhuru
A table made from pre-cast iron fence pieces - the fenced in table
April 28, 2006
Frankfurt light + building
Pol Oxygen have a good selection of images from this years Frankfurt light + building 2006
JÄRVI & RUOHO
Some stylish designs from Finnish duo JÄRVI & RUOHO
April 26, 2006
Spiralight
Robin Carpenter's 'Spiralight' - made from 216 LEDs - via
April 19, 2006
dform
New York design studio dform specialise in the manipulation of flat sheet materials into 3d forms
April 18, 2006
Milan 2006 - Core77 gallery
Industrial design site Core77 have just posted their images from Milan design week 2006
April 12, 2006
Salone2006 - Pol Oxygen
Carrying on their great coverage of international design events, Pol Oxygen provide a good overview from Milan Design Week 2006
April 11, 2006
Salone2006
Régine Debatty from We make money not art has been visiting the Milan design week 2006. Her photos are available as a Flickr set
April 07, 2006
Surrounding.com
Some great looking lighting and furniture designs available for purchase at surrounding.com
April 06, 2006
IMM Cologne 2006
Mocoloco have a good set of images from this years Cologne International Furniture Fair
March 29, 2006
Innermost
Some good furniture/object/product design from the UK - Innermost
Kyouei Co.,Ltd.
Some great designs from Japanese designer Kouichi Okamoto at Kyouei
March 23, 2006
ldesign
Furniture, lighting and product design - ldesign
March 20, 2006
Ambient Frankfurt 2006
Some good images from Ambient Frankfurt Housewares show 2006
March 14, 2006
BioWall
A hand woven three dimensional structure made from springy fiberglass rods, bowed into rings and woven into dodecahedra - BioWall
Flocks
March 13, 2006
Vitra Headline
The Vitra Headline - a new comfortable office chair
March 10, 2006
3D rendered furniture
Eva Solo
Well designed products from Eva Solo
Office cubicles
Bob Prost, designer for Hermann Miller and the person behind the office cubicle has come out as a critic of his own idea - cubicles: the great mistake
March 01, 2006
Masamichi Katayama & Wonderwall
Interior designer Masamichi Katayama and his company Wonderwall have done some interesting work for the BAPE boutique in AOYAMA, Japan
February 23, 2006
World Time Clock
The Charlotte Van Der Waals world time clock - to find the local hour in another time zone, simply roll the clock so that the city representing that time zone is on top. - via popgadget
February 03, 2006
Tokujin Yoshioki
Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioki
Morgan Levine
American furniture designer Morgan Levine
January 31, 2006
B&B Italia buys moooi
Furniture powerhouse B&B Italia has purchased the fresh, energetic Dutch design group moooi
January 30, 2006
Flexi Tube shelving system
Kisskalt Designs have designed a simple yet clever system for shelving - the Flexi Tube shelving system. - via mocoloco
January 19, 2006
2006 Cologne Furniture Fair
Pol Oxygen have a good selection of photographs from this years Cologne Furniture fair. If you speak Dutch, you can get the latest news on the fair from Bright.
January 13, 2006
Rainer Mutsch
Austrian Furniture designer Rainer Mutsch
December 16, 2005
Unto this last
Unto this last produces their work on on computer-controlled machines. Each product is made to order, customized for each client, from a selection of sizes, materials and options. This way each item has it's logistics costs reduced considerably.
December 02, 2005
Paper Lampshade
origami designer Tomoko Fuse has designed a way of folding your own floor lamp cover from one piece of medium to heavyweight paper (14" x 22")
December 01, 2005
Arihiro Miyaki
Japanese furniture and product designer Arihiro Miyaki
November 28, 2005
Typographic furniture
Swiss Typographic furniture from Set26
November 21, 2005
Echelon wine rack
Invented by Australian designer William Rhodes - the echelon stackable wine rack
Bel Occhio
Bel’ Occhio is both a mulitiposition spotlight and ambient table lamp combined - via mocoloco
November 18, 2005
Sternform
Young German product design group specialising in furniture and accessories - Sternform
November 16, 2005
Cuckoo Forest
Pascal Tarabay's cuckoo clock - via design*sponge
November 14, 2005
Item
Organic design from the UK - Item
November 07, 2005
smallpond
Some quality British and European designs to browse over at smallpond
October 31, 2005
Tord Boontje's Icarus
In a couple of weeks Tord Boontje's pendant lightshade 'Icarus' will be for sale over at Modern Poverty
October 25, 2005
Ross Lovegrove's VitrA bathroom design
Ross Lovegrove has launched a new bathroom design for VitrA
501 chair
October 20, 2005
Tomato Chair by Eero Aarnio
The sculptural 'tomato chair' (1971) of Eero Aarnio. A precursor to the 'blobtecture' of Karim Rashid or a Ross Lovegrove.
October 12, 2005
Dearingo
Designed by Dutch design group Moooi, the Dearingo is a pendant light made from multiple desk lamps
October 11, 2005
Cribcandy
A good selection of cool stuff for your home
October 10, 2005
Vitamin Living
Some quirky British design from Vitamin
October 05, 2005
Arash and Kelly
Some clever, witty work from Arash and Kelly including the giant belly button chairs (above) - via mocoloco
October 03, 2005
Broken Shelves
Break up your book shelves and diversify away from right angles
September 29, 2005
London Design Week
Pol Oxygen have a good selection of photos from the London Design Week
September 27, 2005
100% Design
London's 100% Design opened yesterday and Mocoloco have had a look around the new lighting designs.
September 19, 2005
Marcel Wanders
Dutch furniture designer Marcel Wanders is interviewed in his studio in Amsterdam
September 07, 2005
521 Design
Furniture and art from 521/Design
September 02, 2005
Trendir
An online home decoration trends 'magazine'
August 30, 2005
Büro Für Form
More contemporary furniture from Germany - Bür Für Form
Jienshu
Furniture design from Jason Ong in Singapore - Jienshu
August 08, 2005
twentytwentyone
A great selection of collectable designer furniture - twentytwentyone - via designsponge
July 19, 2005
The MeBox at Factory 37
The MeBox, a great way to customise your piles of stuff
June 23, 2005
IFDA Winners 2005
The International Furniture Design Awards from Asahikawa have been announced.
June 18, 2005
Tom Dixon
June 14, 2005
Form us with love
Some good looking furniture concepts based around laser cutting and bending - Form us with love
June 09, 2005
OOOMS
Furniture and object design from Guido Ooms
June 07, 2005
Feld
May 30, 2005
Swedese
An interesting coatrack from Swedish design studio Swedese via sensoryimpact
May 18, 2005
zimzum studio
Some nice shelving from ZimZum studio who are currently exhibiting at the ICFF in New York - via Design*Sponge
May 16, 2005
Softwall
Molo Design have created a paper softwall room divider. Their partition is modularly expandible, folding out from only 3 centimetres to 7.5 metres via Treehugger
May 15, 2005
International Contemporary Furniture Fair 2005
Mocoloco have a good selection of photographs from this years International Contemporary Furniture Fair.
May 13, 2005
Front Design
Swedish furniture designers with a great selection of work - Front Design
May 12, 2005
iform
Swedish furniture producers - iform
Design Addict
A great resource full of design objects - Design Addict
May 08, 2005
Remake Light
A modular lighting system that allows you to make up new light walls and partitions lighting system
May 06, 2005
World clock
A nice big clock that shows the time simultaneously in up to 81 different cities worldwide
April 29, 2005
Milan top 11
Icon Magazine list what they see as the top 11 from the Salone Internazionale di Mobile
April 28, 2005
Animi Causa
Some interesting furniture from Animi Causa - check the 'feel seating system'
risd|works
Some good work (some for sale) produced by Staff and Alumni from the Rhode Island School of Design - risd|works
April 22, 2005
NYT looks at Milan
The New York Times looks at the search for the next big movement over at the Milan Furniture Fair - [bugmenot]
April 21, 2005
More Milan
Pol Oxygen have a great set of images capturing some of the top work from the Milan Furniture Fair. So do Car Design News
Marcel Wanders
A good showcase of some of Marcel Wanders' Milan work
Salone Internazionale del Mobile
The Washington post takes a look at this years Milan Furniture Fair.
April 19, 2005
Sunrise clocks
They slowly wake you up by glowing brighter over 15 - 90 minutes
Salone de Mobile
Some good lighting design from the current Salon de Mobile in Milan
April 18, 2005
Promise Design
March 30, 2005
Generate Home
Some good furniture and object design to browse through
March 14, 2005
Flying Carpets
March 01, 2005
Freedom of creation
Dutch design group specialising in Rapid Manufacturing - FOC
February 22, 2005
Mathmos
February 21, 2005
Stockholm Furniture Fair 2004
Some photos from Northern Light 2005
February 08, 2005
Bed Canopy
A 'jib' shaped bed canopy from Belgian designer Kris Van den Berghe
February 03, 2005
Ruf-Cinema
Watch movies while in bed with this inventive/quirky piece of bedroom furniture
February 02, 2005
Furniture and objects from Belgium
Extremis - minimal, clean object and furniture design from Belgium
Vitra at Home
February 01, 2005
Whiteflax
January 27, 2005
3D Frame
For presenting three dimensional memorabilia in a new and innovative way
Super Family
Conceptually rich furniture design from Stockholm
January 24, 2005
Balloon Lamp
Karim Rashid
The Scotsman have a good article on designer Karim Rashid. The LA Times also have a feature on the New York designer - The future according to Karim Rashid
January 21, 2005
Jasper Morrison
New site from Jasper Morrison
January 19, 2005
Kitchen Design Competition Winners
Some interesting Kitchen furniture concepts
January 14, 2005
Offcut
January 12, 2005
Scoop
An interactive table concept
January 06, 2005
Nendo
Some interesting conceptual furniture design from Nendo, Japan.
January 04, 2005
Champagne chair winners
The winners of the 2004 champagne chair contest have been announced - contestants had to make a chair from a champagne cork
December 24, 2004
Furniture and object design
Some good stuff from Cocktail Designers
December 23, 2004
Elite Designers against Ikea
An ad campaign by Ikea, discussed by the Guardian
December 21, 2004
Erich Ginder
December 16, 2004
Bluebroc
A chair to surf the internet in
Noguchi
Japanese American sculptor and set designer Isamu Noguchi - minimal, classics
December 06, 2004
King of Audio
A robot sound system sculpture
November 22, 2004
Rehabilitated Dishware
Sarah Cihat buys crockery from second hand stores, strips them then resurfaces them with new contemporary designs
November 05, 2004
MoCo Loco
A good catalogue of contemporary furniture design
Kline Design
Some good looking furniture at Kline Design
Bdlove
Some minimalist organic furniture by Ross Lovegrove over at b.d love
Gehry Furniture
Frank Gehry Furniture over at Helleronline.com
Groovetube
THe best thing to happen to television since the remote control
September 29, 2004
Pull up a Chair
A new exhibition on at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in Manhattan has opened - Design Art
September 21, 2004
Front Design
Some great furniture design from Sweden
September 16, 2004
21st Century Toilet
From over 1000 entries the restroom of the 21st century has been decided
August 18, 2004
Rapid Prototyping
If you are after a list of companies that produce rapid protoyping machines then look no further than this siggraph list
August 10, 2004
The Quantum Sleeper
Feeling scared? or maybe your house has been invaded - then this is the bed for you - the Quantum Sleeper
July 21, 2004
Bottle cap Tripod
A handy small tripod attachment that attaches to your drink bottle. Now make your own! - via boingboing
IDEA
The 2004 IDEA awards for Industrial Design have just been announced
July 20, 2004
Computer Key stool
A quirky idea for a stool from Mixko - the FUNkey
Pee Tree
Eric Morel's 'Pee Tree' is an interesting take on the urinal.
July 15, 2004
Metronaps
If you are in New York and looking to catch up on a few zzz's then you might need a metronap
July 14, 2004
Space Invader wall decal
A little something to brighten up a dull wall
Radiator Design
A beautiful ornate design for a radiator by Joris Laarman