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About Katie: Katie has been a product and textile designer, an art restoration specialist, and an interior designer/merchandiser. Her interests are focused on finding well designed items that improve daily life as well as reading fiction and making stuff. (View Profile)

 
 

Pot and Pan Rack – Produce

Whoa, if I had an empty wall in my kitchen, I’d certainly want this there (as well as the $2,800 it would take to buy it). It looks like the hooks are located near the outer edge to accommodate larger pan sizes.

Reclaimed pine, steel, magnet
7″h x 60″w x 7″d

$2,800.00, Buy it here.

Purchase Information:

Price: $2,800.00
Availability: Buy Pot and Pan Rack – Produce here

Metal Filagree Botanical Tealight Holder

These look so delicate…another possibility for a Mother’s Day gift perhaps?

These photo-etched metal tealight holders are inspired by an Albrecht Durer watercolor titled “The Great Piece of Turf.” Packaged flat, each piece becomes unique when bent into three-dimensional shape. This lovely, delicate botanical piece measures 11” dia x 11” H.

Metal Filagree Botanical Tealight Holder: Turf, $29.00,
Buy it here.

Metal Filagree Botanical Tealight Holder: Dandelion, $29.00,
Buy it here.

Purchase Information:

Price: $29.00
Availability: Buy Metal Filagree Botanical Tealight Holder here

Map Handkerchief

Never be without a map-slash-handkerchief (let’s just hope you aren’t lost when bad nasal allergies kick in).

Paris (out of stock), London, Tokyo (out of stock), or New York
Size : 20.9 x 20.9″

$7.65-$8.50, Buy it here.

More information:

View Map Handkerchief here

Bardolino Lounge Chair

With credentials to show weather-worthiness, this lounge chair would be an excellent candidate for being an indoor/outdoor chair (as in, would look just fine as an indoor chair until the weather’s nice, then pull it outside).

The indoor/outdoor Bardolino Collection has lines that echo the forms of classic mid-century European furniture, but its materials are squarely in the new millennium…They’re made from a powder-coated aluminum frame that’s wrapped in WaProLace® – a polyethylene fiber that has been specially tested to maintain its color and resist corrosion from chlorine, salt water or other outdoor elements. Nontoxic and 100% recyclable, WaProLace is easy to maintain and can withstand temperatures from -94°f to 176°f. The Lounge Chair is distinguished by a deliberately low seat and slightly inclined back.

Lounge Chair: H 27.25″ W 24″ D 27.5″, $650.00, Buy it here.

Also pictured:
Bardolino Dining Armchair
Bardolino Two Seat Sofa
Bardolino Dining Table

Swiss Railway Clock

Precise time keeping is this clock’s claim to fame. Simple bold graphics work like a charm.

Based on railway engineer Hans Hilfiker’s 1940s classic, the Swiss Railway Station Clock is a standard throughout European train stations, with over 3,000 clocks keeping precision time.
The straightforward black and white face with a red second hand is easy to read from a distance. Made by Mondaine with a brushed steel case and German clock movement, the clock was included in the Museum’s Tempo exhibition.

One AA battery is required (not included) for the 10″ clock. Two AA batteries are required for the 15.75″ clock, which can also be run using the included AC adapter.
Small: 10″ diam., $195.00
Large: 15.75″ diam., $395.00

Buy it here.

(Also, forgive me for being a bit Cayce Pollard-esque, but isn’t this so much better?)

More information:

View Swiss Railway Clock here

Ceramic Pinch Bowl, Blooming Bulb Set

Maybe for Mother’s Day? If you need other ideas, check out our Gift Guide.

This Pinch Bowl Bulb Set by…Jonathan Adler includes a gorgeous ceramic pinch bowl and a bag of 15 Oxalis Triangularis (Purple Shamrocks!) bulbs which bloom in 8 weeks. Kit includes everything you need.

Size: 9″ wide x 5″ high; high fired stoneware; bulbs do not arrive in full bloom.

$95.50, Buy it here.

Purchase Information:

Price: $95.50
Availability: Buy Ceramic Pinch Bowl, Blooming Bulb Set here

Scrub Together Bench and Cleaner Stools

Scrub Together Bench, price upon request, Buy it here.
Lazy Cleaner Stools, around £225,
Buy it here.

[via designboom]

Maigrau Luca Light

Take a look at this floor lamp and leaning light from maigrau. Different shade colors available.

The leaning lamp stresses the relationship between light and architecture by its generous gesture. Its orientation to the wall conveys stability and moreover creates an elegant and atmospheric silhouette. The puristic design of the lamp is set in scene by the combination of oiled oak and fabric of the company JAB-Anstoetz.

luca stand or lean, 495.00 €, Buy it here.

More information:

View Maigrau Luca Light here

Rambling Robbie

Cardboard Safari now has a full-body figure in addition to their trophies. Available in three sizes, I’d say this rhino would look good on a shelf or on the floor, whichever suits your fancy.

constructed of recycled, non-toxic, environmentally friendly cardboard

Small, 3W x 9L x 5H inches, $18.00
Medium, 5W x 16L x 10H inches, $30.00
Large, 27L x 9W x 16H inches, $58.00

Buy it here.

More information:

View Rambling Robbie here

Michelle Weinberg Rugs

Pretend for a moment that money is no object. Then imagine how one of these rugs would absolutely make a room. Even if you’re not there yet, trust me, it would.

In addition to producing and exhibiting paintings and collage works, artist Michelle Weinberg has transferred her unique aesthetic to the realm of design. She responds to Nature and the built environment with a vocabulary that merges the modern and the folkloric. Pattern provides the vital pulse that animates her imagery, along with vivid color relationships, abstracted typographic forms, and a retro sensibility that permeates her works. Her line of handmade limited edition rugs are produced in Nepal in wool and silk, 100 knots per sq. inch, Rugmark certified (no child labor involved).

Nino Flor, 23″ round meditation rug: around $995.00
Elements in an Ecosystem, 8′ x 4′: around $7,900.00
Elope, 6′ x 5′: around $7,500.00
M Forever, 6′ round: arount $7,900.00
Buy it here.

Samsonite by Alexander McQueen

Uh, do any of you remember this post? Where this luggage was priced at $775?

Material: Exterior: 100% ABS / Leather, Interior: 100% Polyester

$318.00, Buy it here.
(note: these are available through Gilt Groupe, which is an invitation only site, and it’s got some really good prices on some nicer clothing labels (i.e.”coveted fashion and luxury brands”).)

Purchase Information:

Price: $318.00
Availability: Buy Samsonite by Alexander McQueen here

Mirrored Fence

When perusing through Carolina Eclectic’s blog, her photo of a mirrored fence just about jumped out and slapped me. Just put up a mirror all along the perimeter and voilà suddenly your outdoor space seems twice as large. How smart is that (and why haven’t I thought of that for my own postage-stamp patio)?

to see post and more photos, click here.

Source: Via

X-Ray Light

Awe-some. (Imagine that said in a sing-song voice, sort of louder than what would be appropriate in public.)

Korean Designer Wonsuk Cho has designed a series of lights based on the light box commonly used to examine X-Ray film. These whimsical lights are created by taking X-rays of single incandescent and compact fluorescent bulbs. The images are subsequently mounted onto small black boxes which hang from the ceiling and once illuminated reveal their skeletal structure.

Designer: Wonsuk Cho
Each light ships with 2 x-ray bulb designs.
Materials: Steel Frame, X-Ray film, Transformer.
Dimensions: 5″W x 8.25″H x .8″D
$229.00, Buy it here.

Purchase Information:

Price: $229.00
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Supermarket Finds

A a few fun finds from Supermarket

Orchid Necklace (plastic): $95.00, Buy it here.
Hang Out, Set of 2: $28.00, Buy it here.
Goodesign Concept Tee: $24.00, Buy it here.
Clouds sweater: $64.00, Buy it here.
(Plant) Pot covers “angles”: $24.00, Buy it here.
Small Fortune coin purse: $30.00, Buy it here.
recycled cassette tape necktie (fabric is actually audible): $70.00, Buy it here.
Modern Rock XL Ascher cut ring: $90.00, Buy it here.
Pleat Cup: $22.00, Buy it here.

More information:

View Supermarket Finds here

Babushka Light

A color-cycling light that’s almost like an updated futuristic lava lamp? for $70? Yes please.

Babushka is a modern, lit version of the classic Russian Doll. Turn Babushka on and off by pushing down on the top of the light, and watch it faze through its cycle revealing varied colors as it goes.
Babushka’s dolls are revealed in a sequence of different colored lights and effects. When red the infinity effect is visible revealing a seemingly never ending row of red dolls. When blue the edges of the larger dolls are lit. Babushka continues its light effect through red to pink and purple and on to blue displaying different effects as it goes.

Designer: Mathmos Design Studio

$69.00, Buy it here.

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Price: $69.00
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