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Nintendo NES Business Card Holder
Canadian Pride...Happy Canada Day!!

Italian Lighting Design
Some Beautiful Italian designed lighting fixtures. I love them all, but especially the first image of the "Feather Chandelier". How fun is that?! I would hang it in a bedroom, closet area, or maybe powder room. The second image is a classic "Fortuny" style design.
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These would be nice over a kitchen island
Patricia Gray writes about Interior Design inspirations, emerging trends, and the world of Design.
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King Bonk by Fredrikson Stallard
David Gill Galleries is delighted to announce an exhibition of new work by Fredrikson Stallard which will open during the London Design Festival 08.
From 15 September until 19 October, at David Gill’s primary space in Loughborough Street, SE11 the exhibition will feature Patrik Fredrikson and Ian Stallard’s latest design, the King Bonk chair and footstool. The shape of this sculptural piece with its reflective finish was derived from tying up upholstery foam with string, and named after the biggest marble in the school playground. The original full-size form was carved with a chainsaw in polystyrene.
The limited edition collection will be on show at the gallery throughout the festival. The chair is available in four paint colours, which were created by Bentley: black/green, black/cobalt blue, black/gold and black/violet. The exhibition promises to offer up a dramatic play of light, colour and reflection. More work by Fredrikson Stallard will be on show at DavidGill’s Fulham Road gallery.
Fredrikson Stallard
Armchair ‘King Bonk’ 2008
Material: fibreglass with dichroic paint
Chair H 88 x W 100 x L 95cm
Editions David Gill, limited to 8 + 2AP + 2P from King Bonk by Fredrikson Stallard
The Best of Design Inc.
Sarah Richardson (in white), and her team of designers.For those of you who are unfamiliar (gasp!) with Sarah Richardson and her talented team on the hit HGTV series, Design Inc., I thought I`d give you a Cole`s Notes version of the unparalleled talent that Ms. Richardson possesses. I remember fantasizing once, that if I was ever to win the lottery, I`d pay Sarah to be part of her team (unpaid, of course) and intern with her and her crew. Just imagine what you`d learn under the tutelage of someone like her! The only thing that would beat that in my opinion, is to work with Matthew Mead. Oh, and if you aren`t sure who he is, well...just plug his name into my blog search and you`ll be barraged with heaps of posts about him. Anyone who reads my blog on a regular basis knows I`m not kidding! Right??

Best commercial space (and use of chandeliers): Mr. GreenJeans...Toronto, Ontario
Best use of "white", in all its shades:
Best use of colour in a room:
paint colour above plate rail: Teresa`s Green: Farrow and Ball
paint colour below picture rail: Cooking Apple Green: Farrow and Ball
AirPiano
Above the AirPiano is a virtual matrix of keys and faders, each assigned with MIDI messages and ready to be triggered. The length of a triggered note is equivalent to the time a hand
is placed on the corresponding virtual key.
This is also confirmed by LED feedback.
The AirPiano Software allows easy setup, loading/saving presets and transposing notes.
The AirPiano is still in its prototype phase and its concept of a virtual matrix might eventually be used for other applications and purposes.
The AirPiano concept is filled as a Provisional U.S. Patent Application (Number: 60/989,986). from AirPiano
Wizard Rubber Bowl
rumb-Collecting Breadboard
Earthmate PN-40 Handheld GPS Navigation Gadget
A Little Anthropologie Shopping.
I dropped by Anthropologie the other day, and found some real treasures. First, I fell in love with the delicate floral bowl. Its so delicate and lovely. I also love (I mean LOVE) the bird prints and lampshade. In reality, I didn't need any of these things, so I kept the spending at a minimum. A few things I did take home were:
2. These "Printers block" hooks. I find it annoying that Mark takes "my towel" when he showers. Hopefully, if everyone has their own hook; this problem will be solved.
3. I have been looking for cute coffee cups to replace the ones we have now. These black and white, monogrammed cups are just perfect ("M" and "C" of course).