bottoms up

friday night design showroom cite threw an opening party for dutch designer lucas maassen.  maassen's work challenges the concept of a chair by using technology and materials not typically used in furniture design. the collection can be seen in soho through october.

if you do nothing else

for the love of design, check out tom dixon's website.  he has the cooooolest new product videos on his homepage!  hit refresh to see them all....there's at least 4 different ones and my favorite features his peg chairs.  above are 2 products dixon is set to launch at the london design festival in september, the peg coat stand and scoop chair.

this is the way i live

i love the spread "theory of evolution" in september's elle decoration.  this is the way i and so many others that i know live:  by the idea of something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.  over the years people tend to acquire things that they love, whether it be a brand new trendy product or a vintage piece from an antique store.

nobody does it better

bernhardt design advertises the bardot sofa by jamie hayon in the september issue of wallpaper magazine.  loving the rough abandoned spot its shot in.

up all night

check out the brand new aka chair by jean marie massaud for skitsch.  the chair has solid oak legs connected to a plexiglass seat and is available in a variety of colors.  skitsch works with both emerging and established designers to bring you considered contemporary design for your home via catalogue, web and 2 stores located in milan and london.  they believe "we are where we live."  true dat.

somewhere over the rainbow

american furniture company dune features a rainbow palette of products in their advertising for surface magazine.  the very cool company does not mass produce their products and works closely with emerging and established designers.

fancy huh

moooi, you are sooo coool.  loving your paper doll style advertising featuring some of your coolest pieces including work by marcel wanders, jamie hayon and studio job.

better late than never

maison martin margiela has designed the interior of a wine country hotel in bordeaux, france.  les sources de caudalie features 49 rooms and 9 suites.  margiela does an amazing job of mixing pieces from a variety of decades including the heller marilyn bocca lip sofa by studio 65 along with vintage mirrors and claw foot tubs.  and to top it all off, margiela's own signature trompe l'oeil surfaces.

the light

miyake lamp by arihiro miyake for moooi has a base made of concrete.  the angle of the lamp can be adjusted by positioning the base on its multiple faceted edges.  genius.  available in floor or table style at moooi.
image via stylepark

you got spark

design textile company kvadrat's current advertising features upholstered forms in a variety of bold colors and shapes.  it has a 1980s memphis feel to it which is very trendy right now.  the company has worked with a variety of big name designers including patricia urquiola, tord boontje and olafur eliasson.

next movement

patricia urquiola's work for the w hotel on vieques island in the caribbean is beautiful.  the hotel features many of urquiola's designer pieces including the chasen modern pendant lamp for flos and the tropicalia cocoon for moroso. via contemporist

something you've been waiting for

love the elegant simplicity of the f/k/a table lamp by jonah takagi for mattermade.   the shade is inspired by a simple saucepan.  via new york shopping

light it up

the 001 led lamp by naama hofman is made of acrylic tube and bent metal rod.  check out photos of the design process on designboom.

bend it

the pli chair by maurice marty for roche bobois comes in a lovely shade of pink glass.

how sick is this?

minneapolis based furniture company blu dot doesn't beat around the bush.  they feature the felt upholstered dodu bed along with the statement "getting the flu sucks.  make it suck less." in their current print advertising.  just telling it like it is.  i dig it.  

flos

lighting company flos features the chasen s pendant lamp designed by the notorious patricia urquiola in their current advertising.  the amount of light the lamp gives off can be altered by mechanically moving the slats which also changes its shape.  available in black or white.

home grown

milwaukee based furniture design duo misewell showed pieces from their collection at design within reach last night.  the brothers, who won the best new designers award at the international contemporary furniture fair in 2009, showed some new additions to their collection including a bar stool and lamp.  also featured were some early cardboard prototypes to show the design process.  a job well done!

diamonds are forever

and crystals are for couches.  furniture company edra's diamond collection features some of their best pieces encrusted with swarovski crystals.  above are the flap sofa (a personal favorite), damier chaise lounge and on the rocks by francesco binfare.  last, but certainly not least, is the sushi chair by fernando and humberto campana.  so glamorous!    

laid back

check out the goldy chair by arik ben simhon.  the leather chair is inspired by sports padding and fashion.  love the twist on chesterfield upholstery and the pop of metallic gold.  looks so comfy.

pixel by pixel

spanish designer cristian zuzunaga collaborated with wallpaper* magazine and bed manufacturer hastens to create this bed for wallpaper*'s "handmade" edition, available now.  zuzunaga loves pixels and has made his mark on a variety of products including ligne roset's togo sofa in shanghai fabric and a couch for christophe delcourt.  love it!