With a continued sense of doom and gloom hanging over the world we need a shot of colour to lift the mood. I'm not advocating a riot of colour (best not to encourage that kind of behaviour especially here in ...Read More

Kaleidescope

This is really about the different levels of skin tone colours I've spotted from a pink through to softer brown tones; they've been used as an accent colour or as a block. Pink is usually associated with a girls bedroom ...Read More

Pink Tones

We're all looking for ways to make things our own so here are some designs require us to collaborate with the designer and become the co-creator. Your input is needed to complete the design and you can't passively purchase and ...Read More

Input

There's an inherent honesty in the creation of these group of products. Pieces of wood held together with simple joinery; you can see exactly where one piece links with another, nothing hidden or disguised.  The use of traditional joinery skills ...Read More

Joint

Following on from my Character post, here is a range of products  that again use contemporary iconography and transpose the icons onto home products. The skull is usually associated with the macabre, but here we see it used playfully as a pop icon.     Skull ...Read More

Skull

I know I've certainly been doing quite a bit of sewing lately but I'm not the only one. Sales of sewing machines have risen at a phenomenal rate over past few years; I heard a figure of +600% from John ...Read More

Sew

  Using a strap to tie things together is not a new idea and interestingly many of the products featured in this post have their roots in traditional crafts techniques and ideas. Just strapping a few bits and bobs together this ain't. ...Read More

Strap

Stripped to the bare bones here are a number of designs that don't want to cover their skeletal structure . Some are perhaps a result of  too much time tinkering with designs in the 3D modelling  phase and thinking, "hmmmm.... actually, I like that ...Read More

Wire

                            Do we have too much....stuff? Are our wardrobes bursting at the seams, all manner of clothing bits and bobs tumbling out? I have to confess, I would love to say I have everything neat and ordered, shoes boxed and labelled, but ...Read More

Bursting at the Seams

                                                                                                                  Illustration on paper products and t-shirts we're used to, doodling on pieces in your home  is something we expect from a naughty toddler, but despite this association a number of women artists and designers have created a series of products and ...Read More

Scribbling