Materials have hidden messages. These create a powerful link to our emotional psyches and shape our connection to daily life. Our light is a sturdy friend, unpretentious and always there for us. We have chosen honest materials that carry clear messages: iron for its feelings of stability, reliability, trust; wood with its warmth and life, and porcelain for its intimate glow, as well as its tactility. Then we have put these three together for a certain oddness. This is because there is an innate awkwardness in the directional light that we wanted to amplify – rather as with people this is a sympathetic quality not a sin.
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Setting includes a 6′ desk with 2 drawers featuring 2 elegant platinum bar pulls. An additional 4′ worksurface is attached to the desk to give you ample room for your laptop or to display your current workload. Throw in a Think Chair for an additional $699. This setting is sure to impress…your clients, employees, or your spouse!
$899 at Steelcase Store
Yes, this is one grill that is pretty amazing. A super-slim, portable charcoal grill that lives up to its boast as a “notebook.” And a superstylish one at that! It’s lightweight, too, weighing in at slightly over 8 lbs—seriously!–and the cut-out handles make it a cinch to carry. There’s a 192-square-inch cooking surface on a stainless steel grate, and the stainless steel black surface has a waterproof finish. A published bbq hotshot, Andy’s been on the hunt for the perfect portable grill (that also looks good, natch) since A+R began. Ta-dah!
$48 at A+R Store
Meditation Pod, designed by the Australian Steven Blaess in 2001, a new arrival on the Milan design scene. A three-leaf centre-room piece, its frame is in shaped metal and filling in polyurethane foam, the ample proportions allowing unrestricted seating potential. Its fluid style and imaginative shape evoke memories of the Pop movement, suggesting an immediate visual happiness, typical of a design free from the dictates of trends, focusing on evocations of nature. Given the shape and dimensions, it can only be upholstered with fabrics that ensure total adherence.
More Info at PlushPod
Complete your living area with the metro sofa table – a combination of form, function and fashion. The clean lines and up-to-the-minute design provide elegant, graceful stability. There is plenty of center storage space for your magazines, candles or living room essentials.
$388 at Apt. NY
The DIY Cubic Wall Clock consists of 12 freely placeable multi-hued 2″ cubes and one chrome colored cube containing the movement. The cubes are made to hang on the head of a nail or screw. Requires 1 AA battery.
$79 at Design Warehouse
No more hunting this stuff down! In fact, youll feel so organized accessing your paper towel, plastic wrap and tin foil from this sleek, convenient dispenser that youll begin to look for more things to wipe off and seal. (Well, perhaps were exaggerating slightly, but this 3-in-1 concept does make mundane tasks more user-friendly.) Looking more like modern art than storage, it attaches to your wall to save precious counter space. In contemporary stainless steel with mounting hardware, included.
$78 at Chiasso
“There are loads of good bikes for specific sports,” says designer Jens Martin Skibsted, “But few are built for just getting around town.” Filling this void is his Biomega AMS 8-Speed Bicycle (2004). When discussing his design, the designer uses the analogy of an Apple computer and a PC: Other bikes may offer more in the way of specialized functionality, but Biomega’s integrated design is easy to use, reliable and virtually maintenance free. In other words, it’s simple. This appropriately geared, reliable machine delivers a level of responsiveness that’s made for city riding. The bike’s cardanic shaft drive is an integrated, chainless transmission that’s extremely durable and low maintenance. The upright seating position makes for a pleasant ride and the brake cables run through the frame where they’re better protected and out of the way of pedaling legs. The front disc brake is placed where it’s needed to handle 80% of braking power. Simple assembly required.
Now: $1,232.50 – $1,232.95 at Design Within Reach
ChargerFrame transforms your electronic landscape into wall art. It is the hub for all your chargers – as you add a device, the picture changes. This active interplay between cables, gadgets and indicator lights is neatly framed and finished off by an energy-efficient master green switch. Hang it, wrap it, lay it and plug it. Hangs portrait and landscape. 750 by 550 by 120mm; wood, veneer, electric components.
Limited Edition 450 Euro at Naolab.com
As a truly multi-talented designer, George Nelson was also successful as a graphic designer. His Zoo Timers – colorful personalities from the animal kingdom – contrast sharply with his sculptural wall clocks from the 1950’s thanks to their graphic touch. The Zoo Timers offer a playful and enjoyable approach to telling the time. These clocks are produced from the original design documents from the Nelson archive with the blessings of the George Nelson estate.
$140 plus Free Shipping at Hive
