14th Jun - 12th JulMonthly Top Blog Posts on Industrial Design

10 Jul

cardboard scrap lights by graypants

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graypants produces buildings and products with sustainability and reuse in mind.
one of their latest projects ‘scrap lights’ used left over corrugated cardboard from
a previous product to create a series of…

08 Jul

Sean Marc Lee

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♥ Sean Marc Lee’s photo-shoot for Yumiyah(taken at the Travel Town Train Museum in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA.),I love how he captures movie-like atmospheres in his photos.Hop over to check out Yumiyah’s cute…

02 Jul

FLORENCE - Hotel Santa Maria Novella, Uffizi, Accademia Gallery

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Section of the dome of Florence CathedralFlorence will be my first stop in Italy on my way to study Architecture at the Un

01 Jul

Thanks Salt Lake Magazine!

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A special thanks goes out to Salt Lake Magazine and all their staff for including me in the July/August edition. For those locals, it’s worth picking up an issue to see the best of the beehive list. Each year, Salt…

30 Jun

The Mid-Century Modernist: Danish for "La-Z-Boy"

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Svelte and refined with wood details where others have overstuffed upholstery, I’d like to think this is what the Danish considered (in the ’50s at least) to be their ideal reclining lounge. I’m not ecstatic about…

29 Jun

Armadillo Breadbin | productdose.com

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I’m on a fauna kick to start the week here. That damn possum! Armadillos are another animal that will never be a candidate for America’s Top Model. But what passes for ugly in the animal kingdom makes for beauty in the…

28 Jun

Wall-E’s Eve: Descendant of iPod

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When at the Wall-E midnight showing on Thurs ~ walking out at nearly 3am, i felt like we were nearly venturing into the world of Wall-E as we lined up to feed the ticket in the machine to validate, then lined up in our…

Paper Shampoo

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If you are bothered with the liquid regulations on airplanes you might be interested in this new and weird paper shampoo. Just add some water to the thin shampoo paper and it turns into regular shampoo. If you have any…

27 Jun

creative outlets

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Plug Lighting, always on the forefront of modern lighting design, offers a beautiful assortment of classically defined chandeliers… with an edge, of course. In this case, it’s the brilliant color options…

Latest Appliances from Appliancist - the futuristic world of kitchen | Trendir

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HurlyBurly extractor hoodFuturistic Miele Arcus stoveZuse digital image toasterGreen mini fridge

Marlies Dekkers Lingerie Exhibit

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“Women who exude power are also sexy. They do not necessarily have to be the head of a multinational; there is also power in the little things.” These are the words of Marlies Dekkers, the famous and infamous Dutch…

Brand Spankin' New Look at AbbeyK.com

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Have you seen my website AbbeyK.com lately?Well it's got a fresh look and new work. We even showcase our work on This Old House(R) Newton.Please do check it out!

26 Jun

James Spicer’s vintage photographs

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I found out about the work of James Spicer today. A photographer and artist from Chicago, James’s work often feature miniature scenes with imagery that evokes childhood memories and all the happiness and sadness that…

24 Jun

did you go to the new ikea in brooklyn?

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We have yet to make it to the brand new Ikea store that just opened in Red Hook, Brooklyn. (The one in Paramus, NJ is soooo much closer to us on the UWS). But we’d love to hear from any readers who have made the…

23 Jun

My baby’s future nursery room

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Recently I went to Schumacher and fall in love with this adorable, whimsical fabric. Immediately I thought it would be perfect for my baby’s nursery room. This one featured here is in Natural color I would be using…

Washbasin Shaped as a Fossil - Ammonite

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If you want something really unique in your bathroom then you should take a look at the Ammonite washbasin from HighTech that is shaped as a fossil. This unique design showcases the organic qualities of concrete. The…

My Batteries Are Recharged

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So I’m finally back from good old Belgium. We almost had a private flight back to Berlin, there were only 14 passengers in total. It was quite bumpy due to some thunderstorms over Germany, it was still 29° C when we…

Ollie & Lime

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I came across the blog Green Your Decor, initially by the article on Flooring You Can Live With: Natural Cork. Mike and I have talked about ripping up the carpet, refinishing the hardwood floors underneath and using…

21 Jun

designklub: a meeting place for design, style and craft: Dan Sjogren and Chris Armijo

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Denver designers Dan Sjogren and Chris Armijo had an opening last night to showcase their new furniture and lighting collections. Sjogren exhibited a simple, sophisticated dining set made from birch ply, which was…

20 Jun

Bicycle Design: A design award for SRAM

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I just received the July/August issue of ID Magazine, the 54th Annual Design Review. This year, a panel of designers from different disciplines reviewed over 2,000 designs and chose the ones to be featured as the best…

Cuisinart Automatic Ice Cream Makers - Make Your Belly Happy This Weekend

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Sure we’ve featured this ice cream maker and others here at Kitchen Contraptions, but face it - if you don’t have an ice cream maker your belly is not going to be happy this summer weekend. Imagine being able to create…

D*S last post

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Today’s our last post for our guest blog this week at D*S- (thanks Grace!) We’re giving you a sneak peek into how Em and I have integrated some faux bois into each of our homes (Em lives in LA with her husband Kurt, and…

19 Jun

Photo Finish

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Posted by ScottRecently I had the pleasure of working with photographer Kate Mathis again.I met Kate years ago when i first started as an prop stylist assistant and have enjoyed her company and work ever since.  Many…

18 Jun

MoCo Loco: KOR ONE

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From RKS Design comes the KOR ONE Hydration Vessel, a reusable water bottle made from Eastman Tritan, a new plastic free of Bisphenol-A. Partnered with KOR WATER, RKS designed the KOR ONE to be part of an everyday…

17 Jun

Popgadget Personal Technology for Women: Cellscope cell phone microscope

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This cell phone microscope could be a real nuisance in the hands of a true germaphobe like Mia, who would likely use it to examine every item on a restaurant table, her dog’s paw pads, and your hair follicles if you…

Takashi Iwasaki

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I spotted saw this fantastic embroidered illustration in the July 2008 issue of British Elle Decoration. It’s by Takashi Iwasaki. Check out his website for the rest of his seriously amazing work.

design-lush

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i’m so excited to discover and share designlush! its innovative collection of contemporary furniture is fully dedicated to the art of good design. their unique hand crafted collection {many designed exclusively for…

TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: CLEVER Project CNG Concept

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If you read last week’s Transportation Tuesday, you might be doing a double take - after all, we are featuring another ultra-thin, super cool looking, three wheel vehicle. Last week was the electric Smera. This…

making dinner and noticing the nice lines, shapes, and

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making dinner and noticing the nice lines, shapes, and patterns…

16 Jun

The Smudgey Hands and Feet Test

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No educational tidbits today. My computer is otherwise occupied. But since fabric seems to be the most popular subject on the minds of readers, I offer this image as testament that busy prints really do obscure minor…

house in minami boso, kiyonobu nakagame and associates

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Located on the Boso Peninsula two hours east of Tokyo.Kiyonobu Nakagame & AssociatesVia noticias arquitectura © Justin for materialicious, 2008. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us digg Want more

Shop Girl: Career Advice for Creatives

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I thought it may be fun to open this up as a topic today on decor8, Career Advice for Creatives. Warning: This post is a long one! I’m interested in talking about this because many emails arrive on a weekly basis asking…

Black, White and Yellow

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Hope you all had a nice Father’s Day! Whether it was with your Dad, or the Dad of your kids. It was a beautiful day in Sacramento. I picked up berries, corn, summer squash and these sunflowers at the Farmer’s Market for…

Halo Light by Sander Mulder Yanko Design

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The halo is one of the most mysterious artistic elements in cultures all over the world. Always depicting an “enlightened one”, the halo seems to be internationally recognized as a sign of great power or knowledge.…

NVIDIA GTX 280 Review, and Why Everyone Should Care

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Click for live photos gallery, NVIDIA is releasing two new high-end graphics cards called GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 (official photo gallery), both are part of the GTX 200 Series. The timing is perfect: it will allow…

The Week Ahead…

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Hello again. I hope you had a lovely weekend! I will be posting a little sporadically this week as my schedule is a little crazy with end of school term for Harry, job installations and preparing for my seminar at the…

new online design store zwello

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Zwello is a new online store launched by the founders of YLighting.com. They carry furniture and accessories by many of the mid-century more noted names but they’re also big on fresh new designers. A whose-who of…

drawers on the wall

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What about some random drawers on the wall? drawerment is a composition of drawers collected from old office furniture. The installation enables viewers to find their own story in it. Designed by Hubero Koroco.

Can't get enough rug?

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The Rug Company has some of my favorite rugs and wall art! I can't think of a better place to go shopping - if I could afford stuff like this! Rugs can brighten up an area and create a sense of a coziness to a…

CHARITY SHOPPING : GIVE A LITTLE, GET A LITTLE

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I’ve been meaning to run a series about charity shopping here on Homebug for some time. With the recession bug a-biting I keep coming across fashion writers, etc. saying “OMG. We’ll be reduced to charity shop…

Bonjour Mon Coussin

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hope you all had a lovely weekend! Thanks for coming back on this new beginning of this week.I started today with writing a post over at BloesemKids about the designers and makers of these super nice graphic des…

poppytalk: the art of the display: spontaneous framing

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Another great idea for hanging art, as seen on O at Home magazine (Summer 2008). Steal stylist Michael Walter’s idea and use wooden pant hangars to hold your favorite pieces of art. As Walters was quoted there, “It’s…

Oh no! More retro!

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Part 2 of our flipping through the pages of retro design book Inside Today’s Home, 4th Edition by Ray & Sarah Faulkner, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1975. Love these old images I truly do. Whether retro…

Green Plug Can Charge Everything You Own (Maybe, Eventually)

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By Evan AckermanNine or ten months ago, we heard that the biggest cell phone manufacturers were all planning to standardize their chargers. It sounded like too good of an idea to be realistic (since they’d no longer…

Design Star 3 - Ep. 2 - Home Sweet Lake Home

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OK, so, I missed the first few minutes of DS3 Episode 2 (I was down on the Cape this weekend with my parents) and therefor missed why they went from having to build a whole house in a week (as it appeared last week) to…

15 Jun

A special treat

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After nearly a week coping with the flu, I’m at the tail end of it and to celebrate I made myself Vietnamese crepes. The flavors of colonial Vietnam are fantastic.

Bertolucci

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Tradition, nature and technology are some of the concepts of the new collection created by Cristiana Bertolucci for her lamp design shop in São Paulo, Bertolucci. More than 20 new pieces are already on sale, and all of…

'Tis the time for some…

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.retail therapy @ London! I am one happy girl after doing a whirlwind tour of my favorite stores this weekend.Ikea, Habitat and Zara Home :-)Look at all these lovely colors that are in this summer! I will back home nex…

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MIT Digital Water Pavilion makes a splash in Spain

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An MIT-designed building with walls made entirely of water was unveiled Thursday at the opening of the Zaragoza World Expo in Spain.The Digital Water Pavilion [.] is the first of its kind and illustrates the potential o…

PlantTherapy: Loyal to its Roots

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The NY Times paper edition had the most beautifully printed image on the front of its science section this past week, and I saw it staring across from me as I sat on the downtown 6, an article about a plant that…

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