The world famous Le Klint pendant lamp that made a splash in the 60s is back, sort of. A reproduction of the original pendant designed by architect Poul Christiansen is available for $266 at Sexy Furnishings and elsewhere. The new Le Klint lamp, like the original, features a beautifully curvaceous polypropylene shade, a portable luminaire format, and a 6′ white cord ready for hanging.
Vibrant and modern pop art furniture from Amin Design is available in bright, amazing colors that make your seating pop.
These can serve as great accent pieces in otherwise monochromatic spaces, as do most of the other items in the Amon Design furniture and accessories collection.
How fun are these deer heads created by Jennifer Khoshbin of Ruby’s Lounge? Using resin, she crafts colorful specimens of wildlife… her take on traditional hunting and an exploration of the authenticity of nature. As she puts it: “Because we’re all hunting for something. We’re all collecting our own modern trophies. What are yours?” The deer heads in her shop cost $345.00 and are currently made to order in about two weeks.
After checking out Martha Stewart’s Blue Collection, I thought I’d check out what else that ex-con crafter has up on Amazon and elsewhere. As it turns out, there’s quite a lot. Blue gear from Martha Stewart is just the latest color in a kitchenware collection that features green, red, and white pots, pans, colanders, and more. I’m no big fan of Martha Stewart — I feel like she’s perpetuated a standard of hospitality that’s hard for most working people to replicate — but I do like her gear.
The colors are fun, the quality is comparable to other similarly priced kitchenware, and you can be sure that your prep bowls will coordinate with your colander. If you haven’t guessed by now, I’m a huge fan of coordinated color, especially if a room is going to feature a lot of different colors. It’s not difficult to do — just remember theses tips: Repeat colors at least three times in a space and distribute each color evenly.
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This playful piece of seating designed by Holly Palmer and available through Mocha in the UK was inspired by the images and ideas in Alice in Wonderland. If you can’t find a place for it inside your house or apartment, don’t fret. The teacup chair is made of bright and durable roto-molded MDPE plastic, which means it’s suitable for outdoor use.
Frank O. Gehry’s Wiggle chair is the upscale version of the cardboard furniture I featured last week. How upscale? A thousand dollars will buy you a piece of Gehry’s 1972 “Easy Edges” series, which included the Wiggle chair, a side chair, a dining table, and the smaller side table. But is it worth it? You decide… Approximately 60 layers of cardboard are held together by hidden screws with a fibreboard edging, making this chair sturdy and physically appealing. It can actually hold thousands of pounds, and the chair itself feels almost velvety to the touch. Personally, I like everything about the series except the color. Cardboard, as we recently saw, doesn’t have to look like cardboard.
Available at Hive Modern
Ross Russell doesn’t throw any stones. After deciding that he’d made plenty of money, Russell built his own sliding glass house that can be customized with the press of a button.
The entire 20-ton shell –- 52ft long, 20ft wide, and 23ft high –- slides on rails, allowing Russell to control exactly how much sunshine and shade his home receives.
It was tricky to design. Obviously, nothing can stick up through the roof of the house below – so no chimneys, television aerials or even gutters. (The rain instead runs down behind the timber slats to soakaways at ground level.) To keep out the wind, the moving part hovers close to the fixed part and is sealed with red nylon brushes – rather like the draught-excluders on letter boxes.
The whole thing moves very slowly and beeps like a truck backing up to ensure that no one is squished in the mechanism. But there have been minor mishaps that taught Russell and his family to be very careful when the house’s motors are active. I, for one, have to wonder how long the mechanism will last before needing to be repaired or replaced. Normal home maintenance is troublesome enough without having a 20 ton structure on rails to contend with.
Sustainability is super cool when David Sears Design makes it happen. Dedicated to “beautiful, intelligent and environmentally responsible” furniture, Sears began his career in woodworking in California, where he renovated period houses and had a cabinet shop before turning his attention toward furniture design. His Cube Furniture Collection (now available at EcoModern Design) marries function and form in an eco-friendly package that reflects Sears’ signature style.
