Mixing old pieces with new technology here are a few examples of the way designers have updated traditional pieces in a non traditional way. Shown at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2010 Paul Smith has taken a series of wood frame chairs and ...Read More

Reinvention

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

"Colours are generated from the passage of light through an atmosphere that carries different degrees of dullness" -  Aristotle apparently This post has nothing to do with post holiday blues and the dullness of those long dark winter days - no really. This is an ...Read More

Blue

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

There is always something fascinating about the use of geometric construction in design. The extrapolation of a simple pattern into a more complex one tweaks the senses into looking more closely, trying to understand where the pattern begins and ends. ...Read More

Geometry

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!

Our desire for sustainable production and recycling has led to some interesting developments in the use of paper and cardboard. Here are  four examples of how designers have experimented with this material.                        Jeroen Wand Paper Chair - Starting with paper only 160 grammes thick ...Read More

Paper Chairs