Nissyoku Light by Peter Toronyi
by Mike / May 23, 2010
Via @designeast, a spherical pendant lamp inspired by a solar eclipse. Panels on both sides of the globe are held in place by magnets and can be turned and opened or closed to direct and vary the strength of the light. More at Peter Toronyi.
designer Karim Rashid. This amazing guy was born in Cairo, Egypt. He spent his youth in England and Canada. Later he studied and worked in Italy and U.S. Rashid's works exhibited at major museums in New York, San Francisco, Montreal, London, Chicago and Tokyo. He created furniture for many countries all over the world. We love the designs that he has created and look to him for inspiration in our daily design work. Take a look at some of the images that he has created and you will find that they are unique and one of a kind .
While at ICFF, I met Mark Kinsley, who is the owner of Riveli Shelving. Kinsley, a product designer, struggled with space issues in his small Chicago studio, so he developed a space-saving shelving unit for his own personal use. However, he soon realized that he wasn’t the only one with space problems, so he partnered with Iconic Revolution and is now offering these fold-down shelves for sale. Not only do they fold up and down in many configurations, but you can customize them by creating your own design on the front of the panels. Therefore, they also act as artwork. Imagine the residential and commercial applications of this product!
He is currently in search of a manufacturer who will help him create a drop-in panel system so that you can change out the panel designs.
In my home, we have a gray sofa. It nice and easy to match, but every so often I think about the long pink hand-me-down sofa I parted with a few years ago…then I play around with the idea of changing my current sofa in some shocking color—hot pink, kelly green, turquoise. Theres nothing like a bold, bright sofa to kick the blah out of a living room. At LoftSofa.com in Miami they offer a variety of sofas in hundreds of contemporary colors at affordable prices.
via Bold, Bright Sofas: Rev Up Your Living Room | Apartment Therapy Chicago.
A novel idea was to design a kitchen hidden behind folding doors. The chosen solution did not make the kitchen into a feature, but added to the atmosphere of the rest of the house. This did not mean that the space was cramped or not functional as, despite being small, it had everything needed for a full kitchen. This kitchen therefore easily and discretely fitted in with the rest of the house, and can be left open or closed as Helena wants and with a special touch of originality and freshness thanks to the layered red and orange gloss colours.
via Hidden Kitchen Design | Interior Design, Interior Decorating, Trends & News – Interiorzine.com.
Designed by Coil Lamp reduces the iconic table lamp down to the absolute minimum of defining elements. A single electrical cord coils around what appears to be an empty volume, defining the iconic form of a table lamp and ultimately powering a single light bulb.
Have you ever wondered how much paint you would need to decorate your contemporary modern home in Miami, if you are decorating your home you might want to make your home more warm and bright through the use of colors and this handy guide will assist you to buy the correct amount of paint.
Pop Art
Space Saver: Use artwork to add big style to a small room.
Give artwork extra sizzle against light-reflecting white walls by layering it on top of an inexpensive painted artist's canvas.
We used to have two paintings hanging in the space you see above. The problem is, opposite that wall is our fireplace. When we added two large prints on either side of it, suddenly our room felt matchy-matchy. The watercolor I have hanging over our loveseat now is too small — and I overcompensated by adding too much matting — but the picture itself (and the fact that there’s just one) still makes me happy. While trying to find a watercolor I like in a better scale, I realized that I needed a better idea of what size to hunt for. An article on The Nest has some great and simple tips on finding the right size art for your wall — you simply measure the wall space and multiply by .57. I did that for our space and — gulp — now I know that what I need is a watercolor that measures about 20” by 14”. Which leads to a whole other math problem. Budgeting. — Sarah L.
via shelterrific.
