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Graffiti Awake Your Inner Vandal for Your Home

Friday, August 20, 2010


If you thought that only you had a hidden wild child inside you then think again. In this crazy modern day that we live in, even furniture pieces are known to go wild. Don't believe us? Then check out the cheeky yet brilliant "Awake Your Inner Vandal, Well Behaved Graffiti in Your Home" Collection. At first glance, the collection looks like any other series of tables and cabinets, but dig a little deeper (and by that we mean open the cabinets, or peer at the edges) and you will be greeted by a melange of pulsating and cacophonous smatterings of graffiti that gives the collection an extra edge.

Graffiti Awake Your Inner Vandal for Your Home
Graffiti Awake Your Inner Vandal for Your Home

Curvilinear Wood Bookcase Systems by Peter Marigold

Wednesday, May 19, 2010


Peter Marigold was educated in product design, art and sculpture – and it shows in these strangely compelling curvilinear wood bookcase systems. Each set of bookshelves is of course completely unique, created from found twigs and remnant boxes and packing materials.
The conscious decision to extend the component wood sticks above the height of the shelves themselves accentuates their sense of movement – they seem to be still growing beyond the main structures. In some cases, small offshoot branches are clipped away from the core and still show in the finished products.
While the bookcase designs seem rustic and recycled there is also a sense that they would fit alongside contemporary art in a gallery just as well as they would as pieces of remote cabin. All in all they are also a very sustainable design, requiring relatively little material work on top of the found objects of which they are made – and there is a strange elegance to the recycled boxes forming the shelves.

Curvilinear  Wood Bookcase Systems by Peter Marigold
Curvilinear  Wood Bookcase Systems by Peter Marigold

Luxurious Cupboard With Things to Hide

Sunday, April 18, 2010


Carpanelli is an Italian company whose objective is to transform any living space into a contemporary interior that fits the customer’s way of being. Sillhouete is one of their most recent home products, designed for luxurious interiors and users with a passion for the industry trends. Its sinuous lines and slender overall look make it a very intriguing furniture addition. Moreover, this seemingly small cupboard (50×45x156h cm) hides plenty of available storage space. Sillhouete features shelves, niches and drawers that are not noticeable at a first glance. On the exterior the drawers are embedded with ebony and mother of pearl in order to create the lavish effect.

Luxurious Cupboard With Things to Hide
Luxurious Cupboard With Things to Hide

Unique Wardrobes RenziVivian

Wednesday, April 14, 2010


These wonderful wardrobes are a crafty combination of old and new: ornamental pieces of wood antiques rebuilt into postmodern patchwork furniture objects, at once modern and classic. Imagine: cherry, oak, pine, maple and walnut – all mixed together in a single one-of-a-kind armoire than spans generations of style. Some of these unique pieces feature a computer desk or TV space, while others serve the more traditional purpose of bedroom clothing storage.
Moreover, some of the constituent pieces represent works of fine wood craft that would otherwise be lost forever in a scrap heap. Salvaging them as parts of new armoires is not only environmentally sustainable but is also a creative way to preserve pieces of past arts and crafts – from the top cupboard and shelves all the way down to the mismatched legs and feet.
Some have sections of custom carving, others feature useful pieces of mirrors, drawers, cabinets and other elements creatively collaged on the doors and surfaces. Playfully engaging for kids, richly complex for adults and as suited to office as they are bedroom spaces, these wardrobes by RenziVivian are sure to be a hit at the Milan design fair later this month.

Unique Wardrobes RenziVivian
Unique Wardrobes RenziVivian
Unique Wardrobes RenziVivian

Entire Room Interiors in Small Boxes

Friday, April 9, 2010


These rooms-in-a-box do not come cheap. Plan to pay about $10,000 for one of these convertible interior sets. Still, the idea of being able to store your entire kitchen, office and/or bedroom in a simple and movable set of sleek boxes is an attractive one. In short, you could store your entire apartment interior in a mid-sized closet.

From a style perspective, these units are relatively simple and modern and supposedly build on a long set of aesthetic traditions. From a space perspective, a surprising amount of storage and functionality are packed into a relatively small unit. Compact but comfortable, you can cook, eat, work and sleep if you collect all three!

Entire Room Interiors in Small Boxes
 

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