Blogs I Love: Emma's Designblogg.

I'm running late on my "Blogs I Love" today...my schedule has been a bit crazy, this week. Anyway, I decide to feature Emma's Designblogg this week. Emma's blog is not new by any means, but I love it so, and I think more people should read it. As I was selecting pictures to post, I found myself wanting to post almost every picture she had. Everything about this blog is so perfect! Unique, intriguing, innovative, on and on. Of course, I also have an obsession for Scandinavian design. What is it about the Scandinavian look; its so simple and bold at the same time. Anytime, I want to see something totally different, I love to hop over to Emma's blog; and I am never disappointed. I'm adding it to my blog link, so be sure to check it out regularly.

Hope everyone has a nice weekend. I'm off to do some work and get some sunshine too!

Designer: Peter Dunham

I was thumbing through Elle Decor yesterday, and photos of Peter Dunham's store Hollywood at Home caught my eye. Dunham's work is new to me, but I love his uniquely "Hollywood" look. The combination of patterns and bright colors, mixed w/ Spanish colonial and traditional shapes is so dynamic. Definitely, not a look I see living in Texas very often. I guess the fantasy element of Hollywood movies, spreads to its interior design too. Wouldn't be great if we all allowed ourselves to have a little more whimsy and fantasy in our lives and homes?
The site for Hollywood at Home is still under construction, but there are plenty of pretty things to see in Dunham's design website.

Milan's Zona Tortona

Tamawa Watch will be displayed at the Zona Tortona

Milan's Salone di Mobile which is the world's largest furniture and interior design fair. But as big and as important as the fair is, more and more of the hipster crowd forgo the show completely and head to a district of Milan called the Zona Tortona. This district in Milan has become known for housing the hottest young designers for the week of the Salone di Mobile. The young designers have been coming here to display their wares for a few years now. They came here purely out of necessity because of the incredible exhibit costs associated with the Salone di Mobile.ANd the tradition has stuck and transformed into a large series of parties and events.

Benches by Bram Boo of ABC

Eco-Cofins by MAXIMALDESIGN of ABC
Milan's Zona Tortona

San Francisco Recycled Paper Bowl by Picapicadesign

Picapicadesign created this San Francisco Recycled Paper Bowl by hand molding it from paper pulp made from recycled paper grocery bags. An old map of San Francisco is on the interior of the bowl.

San Francisco Recycled Paper Bowl by Picapicadesign

Corner Lights

Corner Lights

ever sneaker freak needs a pair

Designers Peter Pracilio and Oscar Lopez designed the shoe chandelier. A long standing icon of city life and offers it up as an original piece of interior lighting. These sneaks will not only illuminate you home it will also mark you gang territory.

ever sneaker freak needs a pair

Divo Recliner

This is the Divo Recliner designed by Professor Stefan Heiliger.

Spotted at House of European Design.

Divo Recliner

Luflic

Luflic had some amazing chairs at Toronto’s Interior Design Show this past weekend, really catching the collective eye with two pieces called In The Round. Both these production-ready chairs, designed by Brent Cordner, are named after the in-the-round knitting technique and over 50 feet of wool sleeve is used to cover the tubular steel frame for the felt version and 30 feet for the stitch version. The Snowshoe chair (after the jump) won an award at IDS for Best prototype and it is an incredibly light chair made from a composite of wood and Kevlar and based on the traditional snowshoe. The Meander chair is a continuous length of nickel-reinforced copper tubing that results in surprisingly comfortable sculptural seating.

Luflic

Embroidered Plush Nintendo System

Designer blueblythe from crafster.org dyed the felt, hand-sewed and embroidered all the details. She even made interchangable Duck Hunt and Super Mario screens for the television.

Finally -a DIY for those of you on house arrest.

Shower Breasts Dispenser

When you I see it, I stared to laugh. The Shower Breasts(GBP 15; about $30) are a fun and saucy shower gel/shampoo dispenser. This naughty nipple-topped pair attaches to your shower wall, each bosom having a compartment for shower gel or shampoo. To dispense, simply squeeze away...

Shower Breasts Dispenser

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crate_tetris

KLEIDERLEISTE COAT RACK

Kleiderleiste is a streamlined coat-rack which is available to order in several lengths. The clothes' alignment to the wall makes it especially suitable for narrow spaces and the clean lines of its design makes it the ideal solution for a contemporary or minimalist decor.
Manufactured in brushed stainless steel.

KLEIDERLEISTE COAT RACK

Mobius Climber

Plan to create a play area in your backyard to keep your pampered brats engaged for sometime? Install Mobius Climbers instead of the usual swings and slides. The Mobius climbers are twisty, turny and wavy and are here to celebrate the art of play. They are not only fun for kids, but also help to build gross motor skills and upper-body strength, increase hand-eye coordination, improve balance, develop thinking skills, and what’s more, it even gives their imagination a good workout. Space should not be a worry as they come in three-panel, six-panel , seven-panel and an eye-popping twelve-panel that will amaze adults and kids alike. Made of anodized aluminum panels, the wavy climbers have handholds that are easy to grip at all angles for added safety.

Mobius Climber

Public Art Sculpture in Vancouver, Canada

Designed by Bernar Venet.

Public Art Sculpture in Vancouver, Canada

Bookseat

Bookseat, a simple bookcase that playfully curves and
becomes a seat, is a creative design responding to the multifunctional usage of space in today's urban living.
Noted as one of the "ten must sees" at Toronto Interior
Design Show 2008, the Toronto based design-duo Fishbol
Design Atelier, focuses on inhabitation in transmodern
architecture as a base for their design. This piece is
manufactured with bent plywood and available with a felt
cushion in customizable colors. Bookseat will be
available in Spring 2008.

Designer: Fishbol Design Atelier
Made in Canada

Bookseat

“iView”: Nuno Teixeira

“iView” iteration of an Apple’s iMac definitely has a lot more appeal. Taking a cue from the 1950’s CINERAMA wrap-around movie theatre screens, this iMac iMock-up features a giant curved screen(for better orientation to the natural curvature of the human eye) and a second built in LCD screen on the back(useful for students and graphic designer.)

While shooting for the stars, Nuno also included two webcams(front and back). The likelihood this will ever be made? 0%, the likelihood I would really like one of these? 100%

“iView”: Nuno Teixeira

Nightmare Before Xmas Mobile Light

Ghouls and ghosts and things that go bump in the night - sometimes even they get tired of all the darkness. That's why the most fashionable witches, vampires, and other distinguished citizens of Halloweentown use the mesmerizing Nightmare Before Xmas Mobile Light to illuminate their abodes. Hey, it doesn't cast much light and works best in pitch dark... but that's just the way those Halloweentowners like it.

This nifty light casts a slowly rotating image of Jack Skellington and friends on your ceiling. You get a random choice of two slightly different designs.

Product Features
# Nightmare Before Xmas themed light casts a rotating design on your ceiling
# Officially licensed product imported from Japan
# Uses 4 AA Batteries (not included)

Nightmare Before Xmas Mobile Light

EMBROIDERED PATCHWORK ANTI LONELINESS BUDDY THROW

As its name implies, The "
Embroidered Patchwork anti loneliness Buddy throw

" is a superb, very soft woolen throw. With your brand new embroidered buddy, you’ll never be lonely again.
The couch has always been a special space of relaxation and pleasure... How sad to enjoy it lonely...

EMBROIDERED PATCHWORK ANTI LONELINESS BUDDY THROW

En Construcción: Memorial Jaime Guzmán / Nicolás Lipthay

En Construcción: Memorial Jaime Guzmán / Nicolás Lipthay

Nippon magazine holder

From Stockholm Furniture Fair 2008, a new product
collection, designed by brazilian Bernardo Senna.
Steel Nippon magazine shelf hangs magazines without
damaging them, with its sculptural shape, becoming
an attention point at the home environment.

Designer: Bernardo Senna for Maze International
Made in Sweden

Nippon magazine holder

minimal swedish villa

we met up with swedish designer johannes norlander while in stockholm for the stockholm furniture fair. we first
profiled the architect and designer back in 2006. completed in 2007, this house is johannes' newest project.
located just outside of stockholm, this minimal white villa is a striking contrast to the green swedish landscape.

minimal swedish villa

RIBBON STOOL

Japanese firm design firm Nendo worked with revered Italian manufacturer Cappellini to produce the striking Ribbon stool recently. Available in both high and low versions, Ribbon is realized in a metal laser-cut plate, folded up and polish-lacquered to a shine.

RIBBON STOOL

Jawbone’s Limited Edition Headsets by Fuseproject.

They were made in a *very* limited quantity, so these will no doubt dry up quickly (and you can’t buy them anywhere). Good thing I secured a set of them here at TED to give away to you, my fellow readers, right?

Jawbone’s Limited Edition Headsets by Fuseproject.

Minimal Dual Digital Analogue Alarm Clock Concept by Daniel Jarr

According to the designer, the clock’s alarm would be set by pressing down on the right hand side of the clock (the main body of the clock pivots slightly on its base) to switch modes with the dial around the analogue clock face being rotated to set the desired alarm time whilst pressing down on the left side of the clock will activate the device’s 10 minute snooze mode. Pressing down on the analogue clock’s frame will act to illuminate the clocks dial in low light situations.

Minimal Dual Digital Analogue Alarm Clock Concept by Daniel Jarr

Absolut Machines: Absolut Quartet by Tim Yu

Absolut Machines is Absolut's promotional initiative that explores where technology meets design in the form of two "machines." Last night we got to check out one, the Absolut Quartet, an interactive multi-instrumental robotic machine. It consists of a marimba played by rubber balls precisely shot from a robotic cannon, a series of spinning wineglasses dampened by robotic fingers and an array of percussive instruments.

Absolut Machines: Absolut Quartet by Tim Yu

Wall Dividers from Water Bottles

Klein Dytham Architecture designed this space for the Danone Company whose main product lines include Evian and Volvic water–using their products as design material for the space.

The Concept:
Translucent screens were made to create special zones for seating, and meetings in an otherwise open plan office. Empty Evian bottles were strung on wires stretching from floor to ceiling like beads on a string.

Wall Dividers from Water Bottles

Ribbon Wall Art

Spotted at Cantoni is the Satin Ribbon Wall Art.

Ribbon Wall Art

leaf table, john lonsdale architect

Inspired by boat, butterfly and leaf, the table is a horizon into which found objects can be placed. The table is made from laminated hardwoods. The parts are pressed and
bent to shape before milling with computer driven machines.

leaf table, john lonsdale architect

"No" fashion brings the third dimension to haute-couture

The 3-D outfit above may be the weirdest and most creative we've seen, without the need for wires, LEDS, or Wi-Fi. Yes, to show the world that they are designers who just don't conform, Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren of Victor & Rolf created clothes that literally say "no" to, well, everything. The outfit above was shown yesterday in Paris as part of the designers' 2008 fall collection. A similarly designed outfit was a little more polite and said "dream" in its enormous 3-D wool letters.

"No" fashion brings the third dimension to haute-couture

To do...or not to do!

I have a to-do list as long as my arm! I want to organize all my photos, put them in albums and sort the ones that need to be scrap-booked (totally overwheming!!), take all our family home videos to be converted to DVD, dust (my least favourite job), rake the huge gravel stones off my lawn, start some spring cleaning, plan my son's birthday, and more!! I simply can't seem to work through it in a systematic manner, however. This week has been busy with work-related appointments and coupled with kid's activities, feeling rotten, and basic household "chores" I can't seem to get the energy, or desire, to tackle it. I did manage to shake the cobwebs off me yesterday and meet a friend for lunch, which I think went a long way towards persuading myself I felt "better" (I chose to ignore the spinning in my head, the low-grade fever and the growly chest congestion). After taking my son to the doctor so she could have a look at his "wrestling with his little brother" wrist injury (and subsequent x-ray), I raced home to make a chicken stew and home-made rolls (well,from the breadmaker). I figured the nutrition in the stew would help those of us with the cold, and would guarantee a Friday night take-out night, considering hubby cooked dinner the night before...apple pancakes and sausages...comfort food at its best.

After dinner, I headed out for another decor consult: a kitchen, living room, and bathroom ...where I hoped the clients didn't mind my gravelly voice and red nose. I so love this job - its flexibility with hours means I am always home when my kids are, and hubby or my eldest son can fill in the gaps when I have evening or weekend appointments.

Other than that, I am happy to be gearing up for a weekend spent helping good friends move, shuttling my boys to and from basketball games( I love indoor sports!), and hosting play dates for my girlie. March break is coming up in a couple of weeks, and I am more than ready for the break from making lunches....how pathetic is that??!!

Laser-engraved laptops

Laser-engraved laptops

Wedding Cakes for Your Geek

Wedding Cakes for Your Geek

Subterranean

Gabe Ibañez has directed this beautiful ad


Subterranean