Sardine
Japanese fish called "ayu" otherwise known as a sweetfish
Obscure tropical fish
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Something's a bit fishy
These are Japanese fish pens, their silvery sheen is officialy, suspiciously fishy. They are the perfect writing instrument for the budding icthyologist.Currently available on MollaSpace. They were made by a Japanese company that manufactured fish related products and over 3 million were sold since their launch.
Sardine
Japanese fish called "ayu" otherwise known as a sweetfish
Obscure tropical fish
Sardine
Japanese fish called "ayu" otherwise known as a sweetfish
Obscure tropical fish
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Do put all your eggs in one basket
Japanese company Tamanohada's soap are all completely natural and don't have that all too common astringently artificial pong. The packaging is to die for.
In case you hadn't realised they're not eggs they're soaps!
Love the very graphic signage on each individual soap
An individual soap
In case you hadn't realised they're not eggs they're soaps!
Love the very graphic signage on each individual soap
An individual soap
Sweet Cubism
Toronto-based Ninutik make the most stylish maple sugar products in Canada.
Maple sugar cube
Make sure no-one in the house mistakes it for cheese (although it will serve them right for not asking your permission first!)
Maple sugar cube
Make sure no-one in the house mistakes it for cheese (although it will serve them right for not asking your permission first!)
Old but new
Unlike Madonna at the Oscars who is old but looks new (ish) this camera is new but looks old. the LOMO Lubitel 166+ medium format twin lens reflex camera is a recreation of the Soviet-era classic. It is one of the few twin-lens cameras in production and takes medium format and 34mm film.
Say сыр - (that's "cheese" in Russian)
Say сыр - (that's "cheese" in Russian)
Only four you...
Last night's opening at Phillips de Pury for their upcoming auction was all about the number four. Chinese super-artist Ai Wei Wei's show was titled "four movements" - a highlight was four sets of marble chair in a work titled "Marble chair". In keeping with the theme my friend who came to the opening had no more and no less than FOUR glasses of champagne. Beautiful Marble, different mottled hues in each chair mixed with (dare I say it) an ever so slight hint of a Hans Wegner wishbone.
Marble chairs 4 sets of 4
"Moon chests"- the work has a complicated scientific theory behind it to do with scientific perception of the moon. Interesting essay about the artist by Arthur L Miller
Marble chairs 4 sets of 4
"Moon chests"- the work has a complicated scientific theory behind it to do with scientific perception of the moon. Interesting essay about the artist by Arthur L Miller
Site for sore eyes
Corbusier's beach hut Le Cabanon at Cap-Martin has been recreated by Italian Piero Lissoni and is on display from the 5th March - 28th April at London's RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects). We were slightly baffled by the lack of a bathroom - where did Corbusier wash? This is the only space that Corbusier designed for himself in his lifetime. Architect Lissoni said at the opening this morning "We have tried to replicate his house without any interpretation in the most pure way." Built with the support of Italian furniture giant Cassina (the only manufacturers of genuine Corbusier)whose CEO revealed they are opening a show-room in London later this year.
The entrance opens out into a dining area with storage space attached to the wall.
In the corner is a small sink with very old fashioned tubular fixtures and antique feel finishes
The bed also can act as a (very hard) armchair during the day with storage space underneath. Note the lovely coloured ceiling tiles that add an atmosphere to an otherwise wooden space.
The entrance opens out into a dining area with storage space attached to the wall.
In the corner is a small sink with very old fashioned tubular fixtures and antique feel finishes
The bed also can act as a (very hard) armchair during the day with storage space underneath. Note the lovely coloured ceiling tiles that add an atmosphere to an otherwise wooden space.
It don't matter if you're black or white
Scandinavian design company Muuto have been causing a stir in the last two years injecting the minimal Scandi-aesthetic with a bit of fun. Products such as their Norway Says lacquered "Salt and Pepper mills" and
JDS Architect’s “Crushed bowls” have become stylists staples. They have just released their hotly anticipated products for 2009 - Black and white pendant lamps by Swedish designers Mats Broberg and John Ridderstråle - also available with a green cord for those who think monochrome's already over.
In black....
Or white
JDS Architect’s “Crushed bowls” have become stylists staples. They have just released their hotly anticipated products for 2009 - Black and white pendant lamps by Swedish designers Mats Broberg and John Ridderstråle - also available with a green cord for those who think monochrome's already over.
In black....
Or white
Have your cake and eat it...
Washing up is now oh, so fun thanks again to Sam Hecht's
Industrial Facility
Slice of sponge cake anyone?
Industrial Facility
Slice of sponge cake anyone?
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Professor Calculus
Japanese designer and London resident Ippei Matsumoto designed this 10-key calculator for Japanese IDEA International by Sam Hecht's Industrial Facility. It's at sell-out at London's Design Museum but only use it for the odd-sum it's very noisy and bound to grind your colleagues gears if you continuously do sums on it!
Hookah prize
From this.....
To this.....
French firm Airdiem founder Eric Gorman realised that smoking a hookah or Narghile was a much more sociable way of smoking than cigars. He founded Airdiem and commissions designers to come up with modern ways to smoke. Lebanon's Tribudesign came up with this Narghile (above)made in Corian
To this.....
French firm Airdiem founder Eric Gorman realised that smoking a hookah or Narghile was a much more sociable way of smoking than cigars. He founded Airdiem and commissions designers to come up with modern ways to smoke. Lebanon's Tribudesign came up with this Narghile (above)made in Corian
Monday, 2 March 2009
Pet Cemetery
Can't get a real pet, get a poor but fun excuse for one - a plant me pet. You'll get so scared by their beady little eyes that evilly squeak "Plant me now!" you will have to bury the little blighters. Designed by self-confessed "ex-designer" Marti Guixe, the guy who gave us the Velcro system in the Bond Street Camper store.
Tweet tweet
This family of birds are handmade by a carpenter collective called Cosine in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan. They nest by snuggling up through April in this sweet little box (below.)
50 Scent
New soy wax candles from a series of three by Baxter of California. Packaging is by Marc Atlan who injected the pazzaz into the Comme des Garçons, Helmut Lang and Yves Saint Laurent packaging.
Green fingers or Clean fingers
A solution for all those smelly gardeners who want a bar of soap from Australia. Scented with a very metrosexual hint of tea tree oil and eucalyptus.
Soap for chefs
Does Fairy Liquid just not cut it? Can no amount of lemon juice get dinner's raw smell off your hands. Australian brands Annabel trends have created a special chef's soap. I want it!
Return of the Mac
If you look around the streets of London you can see a revival of traditional English outdoorwear. Mackintosh's latest collection will continue this trend.
I'm sticking with you...
Italian Coccoina glue has been used by Italian schoolchildren since the 1930's. I love its marzipan smell and its old-skool paintbrush. Don't expect a glue sniffing hit though - it's chemical free!
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