Diesel furniture collection by Moroso

Metal studs, leather belts, vinyl records...  Diesel furniture collection created with Moroso.
Simply rock'n'roll!

Pottinger + Cole

Pottinger + Cole is a multi-disciplinary design studio based in Wolverhampton, UK, established by Wayne Pottinger and Natalie Cole in 2005. The duo works on projects including furniture, lighting and product design. Their furniture gained a lot of publicity and has become easily recognizable. I'm not surprised: all the designs amaze with beautiful simplicity and a slightly humorous touch. Don't you love the geometric, strong siluettes?

www.pottingerandcole.co.uk

The surrealist eye

Straight from Salvador Dali's paintings... the surrealist eye spotted:



Le telefon from Sundayland




Tiuku clock by Ari Kanevra




Kapstokstoelen by Sjoerd Vroonland




Peg chair by Alex Hellum

Furniture design by Thomas Feichtner

Thomas Feichtner, an internationally renown industrial designer and artist, works in his own studio based in Vienna. He was honoured with the most prestigious design awards and became a professor for product design at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design.

All his works are very individual and characterized by clean, minimalist, architectural construction. Actually, the style made me think about the issue of "feminity" and "masculinity" in design. Does this division exist?

Do you remember discussion concerning Nika Zupanc? If her designs are constantly described as "feminine", can these be regarded as "masculine"?

www.thomasfeichtner.com

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Honey Chair, 2007





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Pixel Chair, 2009



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FX10 Lounge Chair, 2006




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Linz Hocker stool, 2009



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Axiome Chair, 2006

Living Divani: Family Chair, Drop table, Pasticca sofa and Garden plate table

Family Chair collection (2010) from Living Divani caught my eye a while ago - fun and unpretentious design with beautiful graphic outlines. The chairs compose nicely with translucent Drop table (2010) that distorts the shapes behind and plays with our perception of space. Both designs were created by Junya Ishigami, a talented Japanese architect.

Pasticca (2010), modular seating system by Piero Lissoni is worth noticing as well. It allows to create endless compositions of sofas and lounge sets. Rounded shapes, pleasing to the eye, fit elegantly in open-space interiors.

Garden plate (2010) is another great design by Junya Ishigami - a low, translucent table meant to be an “out-of-scale” home garden. I love the idea!

www.livingdivani.it

photos T. Sartori, styling Carin Scheve

Thin Black Lines by Nendo

Thin black lines, a furniture collection by Japanese design studio Nendo will be presented together with Phillips de Pury & Company at the Saatchi Gallery in London this fall. The designers describe:

"Outlines were the theme of this collection. Slight black lines like the traces of sketches drawn in the air made transparent surfaces and volumes appear, which we assigned practical functions. The outlines remained after simplifying paintings of plants and animals. They are condensed expressions of meaning, similar to Japanese calligraphy. The designs gently break the relationship of before and behind, and traverse at times the space between two and three dimensions. Multi-faceted and constantly morphing, they move alternately between the becoming and collapse of form."

www.nendo.jp

via: Dezeen, photos by Masayuki Hayashi

Comback Chair by Patricia Urquiola

Comback, an elegant chair by Patricia Urquiola brings traditional design into a new, contemporary context. It is a sentimental incarnation of the Comb-back Windsor chair, the classic furniture piece of 18th century England. Designed for Kartell, an Italian furniture company famous for its fashionable plastic furnishings, the Comback chair - surprisingly - is made of batch-dyed thermoplastic technopolymer. Lightness of the contemporary material contrasts with classic-inspired form and creates astonishing, fun effect.

Comback chair was presented at the 2010 Salone del Mobile as a part of "Welcome back" collection.

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Inspiration: 18th century Comb-back Windsor chair