Not so long ago I received an invite to go to the launch of the Ikea PS collection for 2012 at Ikea Ghent. Unfortunately I was too busy to go but I kept my eye on it to see if it was something worthwhile to mention here. Now that I had some time to read up on it & explore the furniture I believe it is.
I love reading stories that turn a good idea into a real product. When that product thinks about the environment as well it becomes even more interesting. That's exactly what
Lars Beller Fjetland did with his
"Re-turned"-bird series.
From 7 till April 22th Milan, Italy was the center of furniture design again for the yearly
Salone Internazionale del Mobile and the
FuoriSalone also known as
Milan design week. One of my favorite Dutch furniture brands had a presence there and I want to share the beautiful photos & dig a little deeper into the products shown.
I can't imagine the thoughts that must have crossed
Antonio Citterio's mind when
Vitra asked him to design a new type of lounge chair. It must have been daunting & challenging to do all that with a masterpiece like the
Eames Lounge Chair in the collection. A bonus was undoubtedly the fact that he had worked together with
Vitra on a regular basis for around 25 years.
I just discovered German manufacturer
Böwer. For today's post I just picked out two of their pieces that really appeal to me because of their mimimal look and grapical appearance. Both are designed by
Eric Degenhardt. What follows is the description of the furniture as they appeared on the Böwer web site.
The world of garden sheds isn't exactly known for its eye for aesthetics. If you want something modern and minimalistic you'll have a hard time finding an outdoor storage shed that matches that description. Thanks to Italian brand De Castelli that isn't a problem anymore.
I'm staying on the topic of bike storage solutions this week. The ones you are about to see have "
design" in common with the
Bike Shelf by Knife & Saw that I featured previously.
Beautiful bikes are something that I could look at for hours. The subtle design details, the colors, handlebar, saddle etc. Some are so nicely crafted that they could be an object in your interior. It also fixes a common problem, bikes always get in the way – either in the hall, leaning up against a wall, in the kitchen and so on. That's where today's item comes into play.
Ronan and
Erwan Bouroullec probably sound familiar if you have been following what goes on in the world of industrial design. The
Bouroullec headquarters are housed in a former clothing warehouse in
Belleville, north-east Paris. The two brothers share an office and their desks stand side by side in a space that is closed off from the rest of the studio overlooking the courtyard with north-facing light.
Massproductions is a Stockholm based furniture company, run by designers
Chris Martin and
Magnus Elebäck. Massproductions develop high quality, tactile furniture in a modernist spirit. The brand has been on the Belgian market for about two year and their bestseller is the
Tio chair that I'll show here today.
