Recreate

Loving these witty and mad re-thinks of household objects by Katie Thompson of Recreate. You’ll never look at the contents of your attic in the same way again.

Milk Bottle Lamps

Teacup lamp

Typewriter lamp

I’ve just posted a couple of things from the lighting section, but a visit [...]

Mabeo Designs

I was a thrilled to discover furniture company Mabeo at the ICFF last week, but I can’t imagine why I didn’t know all about them already: They make beautiful furniture, collaborate with top designers, and they’re right next door to South Africa, in Botswana.

I’m so pleased to know that that at least one of [...]

Out and about: ICFF 2010

Over the weekend I made two visits to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), leaving me footsore, inspired, and not quite sure where to start my post. Looking through my snaps afterwards, I managed to group some of what I saw into a few broad trends. It’s a good a way to approach this mammoth [...]

Furoshiki laptop

Furoshiki is the Japanese tradition of using a large piece of fabricĀ to wrap things in a multitude of ways (image of Furoshiki folding styles below from Gyroglyph). The concept of Furoshiki has become quite popular lately because it is so much more eco-aware to use reusable fabric than throwaway wrapping paper.

I’m loving the contemporary spin [...]

Kelekt

The Casamento studio, already well-known for itsĀ  handcrafted reinvention of vintage furniture, has taken the next exciting step in its evolution, opening a showroom at the Old Biscuit Mill, called Kelekt. Definitely worth a browse next time you’re visiting Woodstock.

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