#design & #decoration

COOKWARE YOU CAN DISPLAY LIKE ART

Cookware hasn’t really changed since, well, cookware was born. The original designs function just fine but they don’t really do anything special. Not only did Karim Rashid design a set of top-notch cookware for TVS, he designed it so that their colorful steel handles work as wall hooks letting the set be on display.

When you have a small kitchen, finding room for your set of cookware can be a challenge. Hook has a hanging bar that mounts to your wall so you can keep it up and out of the way leaving your cabinets free for other necessities.

The pieces are made from a high-gauge aluminum body which helps with heat conduction. They’re outfitted with plustek wear-resistant and stain-proof, non-stick interior and exterior coatings. They’re also lead and cadmium free.

Curls of wood color pendant light.

Toronto based Storyboard Furniture have designed the Plane Cloud, a pendant light inspired by the shaving curls made from a woodworkers well tuned plane.

From the designers:

The steam bent strips of wood are salvaged from Toronto’s urban forest. A variety of wood species are used based on availability and suitability.

One side of the curl is finished with a Scandinavian traditional soap finish. The other side is colour fast spray paint, which is available in close to 100 colours.

Our production models have white spun metal fittings, 8’of white wire and a ceiling plate. All lamps are ESA certified.

The Plane Cloud is currently available in a 22” diameter size. 32” and 40” sizes will be available shortly.

Hanging Herb Plant

Miriam Josi and Stella Lee Prowse from the design studio The Garden Apartment, have designed Nomad, a hanging herb planter made from scrap boat sails and covers.

The designer’s description:

Nomad is a portable herb planter in the form of folded fabric. The design is adaptable to a variety of environments with limited space for plants. It can hang from a rope, sit on the coffee table, be transported to the window for more sunlight or the user may choose to only plant one side and hang it on the wall to create a vertical garden. The open ended design leaves the placement up to the user.

The form is made out of a fabric rectangle, folded into a double sided pot and stamped with an eyelet. There is a gap between the two layers allowing the soil to breathe and drain.

Nomad is made from scrap boat sails and boat covers. The materials are locally sourced from the post production waste of sailmakers in the Bronx. Some of the materials are sailcloth from the 80’s that isn’t up to par with the sail industry today.

LAMP MADE FROM A SHEET OF PAPER

YOY, the geniuses behind the canvas paintings that were actual seats, is back with POSTER, a wall lamp made from a sheet of A2-sized poster paper. The paper comes already cut so you can easily fix it to your wall with tape or pins, just like you would a poster.

A small LED light is fixed to the wall making the paper look like an actual lampshade. Various patterns can be printed on the paper to give the lamp different looks.

Photos by Yasuko Furukawa.

Origami collection with Moij Design.

The brand Moij Design’s Origami collection at Ambiente Frankfurt. “Moij” is low German for pretty or beautiful and the design studio was founded in 2013 by Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts Stine Paeper and Angelina Erhorn. Their work is characterized by a playful approach to material experimentation.

Rolled Storage for Small Things.

Johanna Paulsson sought out a storage solution that would hold smaller items when you live in small places. The result is Små Ting, a series of sculptural storage options that look to be rolled up pieces of wood.

The void created once the wood is rolled up becomes the perfect spot to house your mail, magazines, gloves, hats, etc. – basically all of your small things that never seem to have a home.

Swirl Sink Faucet

Royal College of Art student Simin Qui’s Swirl concept was awarded a 2014 IF Concept Design Award for its innovative miniature turbine-powered, water flow shaping faucet design.

In theory, Qui’s tap-touch bathroom sink faucet would use 15% less water using the same water pressure compared to a typical faucet flow while also producing unexpected beauty. The liquid vortex is created by utilizing two separate flow elements of varying diameters, one spinning clockwise, and the other counter-clockwise. Intertwined, the result is a mesmerizing liquid lattice or other unusual water flow designs, depending on the shape of the swirl form elements.

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