The Design Museum’s Design Awards, ‘the Oscars of the design world’, showcase the most innovative and progressive designs from around the world, spanning seven categories: Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Product and Transport. On 24 April at the awards ceremony, […]
One of our team recently stumbled across this great vintage store by Brick Lane. With a huge collection of clothes and homeware, it’s a source of inspiration and a great way to spend an hour or so away from the […]
What better way to immerse yourself in the Queen’s upcoming Jubilee than a visit to Buckingham Palace itself! From 30th June until 7th October, Buckingham Palace is open to visitors to explore the inside and out for £16.50 (concessions ticket […]
This chair is made and designed by Scott Jarvie using 10,000 drinking straws, yes the ones you stick into your drinks and chew on for fun. Have a look on the website to see how the development and process of […]
Miss Pokeno a.k.a. Alannah Currie (yes part of the Thomson Twin 80’s synth duo band) has created these obscure chairs that hold real taxidermy within/on them. Have a look one her website for more grandeur chairs and stuffed animals. www.misspokeno.com […]
Yes, this is a 3 headed sheep chair. No one really knows where it’s from or who it is by, but either way there’s not much to say really. Just plain weird. But have a look at what UnNews make […]
This chair is kind of intense but intriguing. Simone Racheli is an Italian artists who recreates everyday household objects to look like raw flesh. Don’t worry it’s not real flesh, it’s a combination of paper maché, plastic, wax and metal. Have […]
Kerstin Schulz had the honour of designing this Pencil Chair for the well known Faber-Castell’s 100th Birthday. Using thousands of ‘castell 9000′ sharpened pencils, sculpted together to create a chair. She also created other objects of suitcase, lamp and table […]
Many designers have made ‘Cork Chairs’ before but Gabriel Wiese puts a little more finesse and style to them, as you can see. These are just 2 out of 9 she had made and designed; can’t imagine she’s not a […]
Tom Price’s chairs involve a ‘heating and pressing’ method onto various materials/objects from clothes, rope and plumbing tubes. Have a browse on his website for more of these quirky chairs, as well as other obscure sculptural objects he’s created. www.tom-price.com […]
There’s a handful of Chair Designs made out of cardboard; here are just a few cherry picked ones. David Graas These are David Graas FIY Cardboard Stool and Chair, but have a look on his website for more sustainable and […]
This are just two (small) examples of Boris Bally vast creations. This guy recycles street signs, found materials and even weapon parts into useful objects (as well as installations and experiments) by human hand! Listing them would be silly, when […]
Design company Reddish Studio have thought more to a bath tub than bathing in. Using a readymade to recreate a new meaning to an object is pretty damn cool, what the bathtub feels about this, we’ll never know, but it’s […]
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