‘REK,’ Coffee Table by Reinier de Jong
Designer Reinier de Jong has incorporated has created ‘REK’ coffee table an adjustable piece of furniture that grows or shrinks with your needs. The top and two sides of REK are white HPL and the edges are finished with your choice of solid wood: oak, berch or beech. The end grain side of the wood is beveled in order to get a grip: A subtle detail. The dimensions of REK table obviously vary with its configuration: 60 by 80 cm in collapsed state, its maximum lenth is 170 cm and its maximum width is 130 cm.
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‘Ottawa Collection,’ by Karim Rashid for BoConcept
Egyptian designer Karim Rashid >has created the ‘Ottawa Collection,’ a series of furniture accessories for BoConcept.
The Ottawa Collection includes a complete dining room set with table, chairs, sideboard and cabinet. A light-hearted line of accessories complements the set, creating an entire environment for urbanites.
The minimalist but never ordinary style offers unique features and precise detailing that make each piece hard to resist. The dining table features a soft slanting under-skirting and leg clusters that make it welcoming. Inspired by nature, the dining chair celebrates the welcome simplicity of the leaf that creates an elegant cross-table profile when pushed in, and like the table, sits on a forest of legs, perfect for tucking in your feet. The sideboard has sensual and intuitive handles that are really functional eye candy. Colorful inserts can be used to customize the handles and ends of the sideboard piece.
The cabinet has large graphic easy-to-use handles that add a whimsical element and come in two colors, oak or green. Together, the pieces create an urban environment that is smart and savvy.
Accessories that complete the line include a bold black and white fingerprint rug created to speak about the “new global uniqueness where we are all empowered to express our individuality”, suggests Rashid.
ATM Desk System, by Jasper Morrison for Vitra
ATM desk system by Jasper Morrison highlights the essentials, with a restrained shape and clear functions. The basis: a table with careful detailing in the rounded edges and the ducts for cables and accessories, such as lamps. Various shelves enhance work organisation. Read More…
Cloud Softlight Mobile by Molo Design
Cloud softlight mobile by Molo Design is a cluster of luminous clouds that can be suspended from a single point, providing light and moving with a gentle buoyancy in the air currents overhead.
The hollow honeycomb structures are internally lit by LED, making the three-dimensional forms mysteriously radiant when viewed from any direction. The three sizes of cloud mobile may be hung in any configuration, tailored to the individual space they are shaping.
‘Selfdiscipline’ Furniture Collection by Nika Zupanc
Slovenian designer Nika Zupanc combines the feminine, the frivolous and the kitsh to create bold, witty designs. Delicate stitching ribbons and frill effects abound in her work, but with steely edge.
‘I use feminine archetypes in alternative ways. They are usually considered frivolous, but in my work they’re restrained, so they inquire new meaning’.
This year , she launched her new ‘Selfdiscipline’ collection at Spazio Rossana Olrlandi in Milan which sees her combines her signature glossy retro style which sees her combine her signature glossy retro style with a stricter, clean -lined aesthetic.
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Kettal Maia Collection by Patricia Urquiola
The Kettal Maia collection designed by Patricia Urquiola has a natural lightness and elegance. The collection is hand-braided design with flower shapes that create a unique shadow. Structure is painted with polyester powder using the electrostatic technique. Resistant to outdoor conditions.
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Super Babel by x0 for Marcel Wanders
The French manufacturer xO Design has assured creations for Marcel Wanders‘new collection. The Dutchman Marcel Wanders developed a furniture collection with the meaningful name “Babel”. Read More…
Charging Tap by Qi Weijia
Charging Tap designed by Qi Weijia is a hub that charges any device. Just plug it in, turn the tap, and connect it to any smartphone, tablet or gadget that allows USB charging and your device will be charged a lot faster than by using a computer. It is not yet available in stores, we hope it will soon be marketed.
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Hush by Freyja Sewell
Freyja Sewell the graduate from University of Brighton presents “Hush” inspired by the womb, a space of complete privacy and comfort. ‘Hush’ is a private micro retreat that can be set up practically anywhere.
The ‘womb’ shape inspires very different feelings in different people; to me it is a warm, cosy space, for contemplation and rest. There are now 21 cities with populations larger than ten million, and it is predicted that there will be many more in the future. Read More…
Here we are With a New Look for CubeMe
Dear reader,
We’re back with the new layout and a new dynamic. Enjoy reading!
Inside Out Bathroom Cabinet by FreshWest for Authentics
FreshWest design firm has created the uber-stylish Inside-Out Bathroom Cabinet to bring the interior to the exterior.The Inside-Out cabinet combines affordability with attitude, and is made from recyclable aluminium composite, a durable and good-looking material more usually found in industrial design than in domestic interiors. Read More…
The Secret Clubhouse by Martin Vallin for Cappellini
The Secret Clubhouse is the designed by the young Swedish designer Martin Vallin for Cappellini. A little world into which to escape, constructed entirely of recycled wood and softened by felt covered cushions. Read More…
Sallie Trout’s Bosun Chair
Sallie Trout has found an ingenious way to access its library which is wedged between the walls.
Staircase by Patrick Veillet Studio
Beautiful staircase in a private house designed by the famous vertical garden designer Patrick Veillet Studio.
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AlessiLux Lamps by Anghini, Chiave & Gooris
Alessi is breaking the mold with their AlessiLux bulb collection designed by Giovanni Alessi Anghini, Gabriele Chiave and Frederic Goor is and manufactured by Foreverlamp.
The light bulb becomes an object of design, with its own personality and a right to be a protagonist of the scene regardless of its frame through a new, innovative shape and variety of colours. This is made possible by the great potential of LED technology, which allows the creation of small vibration-free sources of light offering new extraordinary possibilities to the design world.
Alessi’s challenge was to design light bulbs. A group of young designers, Giovanni Alessi Anghini, Gabriele Chiave and Frederic Gooris, created the frames and the lighting system of the “AlessiLux” collection expressing their own personal talents.
Alessi entrusted the production and distribution of the light bulb to the technical and manufacturing skills of Foreverlamp.
Copper View Installation by Ferruccio Laviani for KME
The “evolution of ideas”, is the new collection by KME. The collection will be presented for the first time to the public during the Salone del Mobile, with “Copper view” by Ferruccio Laviani.
The natural beauty of copper with its seductive hues from red to gold, from green to bronze, and the endless possibilities of utilization of such a ductile material are the strengths of KME Design – An exhibition in which it will be possible to admire, discover, touch and be inspired by KME copper, the new star in interior decoration.
Tweety Table Lamp by Bonaguro Giorgio
Designed by Bonaguro Giorgio, the “Tweety table lamp” has a simple and intuitive design made up of two main parts, the bulb and body. The bulb hang from body without using screws or joints making it easy to clean, assemble and package. Tweety lamp is made of eco-friendly polycarbonate and comes with an energy A class light bulb.
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1938 Hispano-Suiza Dubonnet Xenia
Xenia hot metallic beauty is the 1938 Hispano-Suiza Dubonnet Xenia. The car was based on the Hispano-Suiza H6, and had a custom-built suspension that was later licensed to Alfa Romeo, Simca, and finally sold to GM. Each wheel was mounted on a single arm extending forward from kingpins at the end of the axle, while sealed, oil-lubricated coil springs and shock absorbers ensured a smooth ride. Hallmark of the car of course appears to be the hand-built coachwork by Jacques Saoutchik, which makes this an absolutely droolworthy vehicle. The Xenia is currently on display at the Mullin Automotive Museum.
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