Saw this and love it! Reinhard Dienes, the acclaimed furniture designer, has designed an exclusive line of Cardboard furniture with Fashion4Home. Not only is this 100% environmentally conscious because its made of recycled cardboard but they are extremely stylish and affordable. For more: freshhome: Cardboard Furniture Can Look Good, Here is the Proof
Reading room at the Icon Brickell
I recently came upon this site and wanted to share. For those who know me, you already know that I spent a year in Tokyo a while back so it may not be a surprise that anything that combines design and Japan is something I’m going to be a fan of. In this case though, what I particularly like is how its curated. Don’t be surprised to see me reference the site a couple of times in the near future…in the meantime check it out for yourself: Snow Magazine.
The Nexus One came out last week and the reviews have all been pretty nerdy. It is a beautifully designed phone, thats for sure, but how functional is it? Here is a review from Uncrate that is a little more non techie and gives a better grasp of the pros and cons of the phone.
Happy New Year!!! For my first post of the year, have a look at the Louis Vuitton Art, Fashion and Architecture book by way of our friends at Cool Hunting. Coincidentally, I saw the book at a friend’s the other night for dinner and loved it. I guess what I love is not the book in question which is definitely worth purchasing but more the fact that LV has had all of these collaborations over the years. I have always been a proponent of the intermingling of the luxury world and the arts and so as you can imagine this is totally up my alley.
The word collaboration has come up a lot recently in my work. The idea that creatives can come together and make something truly spectacular is to me something very special. It shows a lack of ego and an open mindedness that says that anything is possible, all we have to do is start the conversation and who knows where we can end up.
This is a great book, and not only because of the content but of the message it sends. To get a copy head over to amazon.
Check out the newest coolest design from Yves Behar for the One Laptop per Child program via Core 77. It seems to consist of a tablet with a plastic screen that do everything from touch screen keyboards to games to taking pictures to reading books, all for $75. Draw back is that it won’t be available until 2012…
For the last 55 years I.D. Magazine has been the taste maker of design. It has been the go-to magazine to find everything you were searching for and find out everything you wanted to know about Design. Sadly, we must now find another source as I.D. is closing. Why did it close? The recession is obviously one reason and I’m sure the growing number of closing publications has had an effect on its industry. I’m certain there are a number of opinions and theories out there and here is one from Cliff Kuang at Fast Company. Who is going to be the next I.D.? I hope to find out soon…
Here is something fun via Josh Spear. To buy just go to fun…by design. Click here for more from Jellio.
Here is a cool post from Curated about Marc Newson’s For 021C which he designed in 1999 and never got produced. I really like its simple and clean design even though it is very toy like. Maybe they should finally consider getting some built and testing out the market! If not now then when?
Here is a post by way of Curated on some great Ecodesign from the Finland’s furniture fair: Habitare. For more: CM: Live From Helsinki: EcoDesign
