In a time when we are being urged to use less and recycle  here are three products that allow you to reuse exsisting bits and bobs you have lying around to create a liveable room. A chair and a table and somewhere ...Read More

Reuse, Recycle

    Moroso's Victoria & Albert Sofa in African print fabric at Milan Furniture Fair  2009  African American designer Stephen Burks was asked to design an exhibition based in Moroso's Milan showroom. His work is a contemporary vision of Africa, translating traditional crafts into an industrial product. Seen ...Read More

Patchwork

                    At last years Salone Internazionale del Mobile Tord Boonje introduced his beautiful Fig Leaf Wardrobe. Perhaps more of an art piece than a functional wardrobe it still got me thinking about how designers have used trees as inspiration. So here's a serise ...Read More

Trees

 Imbalance - are we all feeling a little off balance?  The world has gone a bit out of sync, a little bit wonky and so have some designs.There's perfection in imperfection. Proportions are twisted , bent and stretched. Here's a few ...Read More

Imbalance

I just loved the work Piet Hein Eek exhibited during Salone Internazionale del mobile at Spazio Rossana Orlandi.  It's not just his intellegent use of material, the work is incredibly tactile and the mixture of colours beautiful. Piet has spent his career working with ...Read More

Piet Hein Eek

There's been a few interesting examples of upholstery in Salone Internazionale del Mobile. The ideas of enveloping, encasing, comforting and even devouring the occupant have been explored by designers over the past year. There's also been a playful use of stitching ...Read More

Chairs – Encasing, enveloping and devouring!

Heres a few pics of Milan.  Just a little taster... Studio Job: Beautiful setting, a sanctuary from the rest of the busy venues.                   African artists created furniture, furnishings and installations curated by Patrizia Moroso           Piet Hein Eek's installation at Spazio Rossana Orlandi                  Jaime Hayon's ...Read More

Milan 09

      We've seen so many plaid shirts around I guess it was inevitable it crossed over into furniture. I love the way Norwegian firm LK Hjelle have used plaid to cover a number of their designs. Their Boy Ottoman pictured in the background ...Read More

Plaid