Angel To Get Wings At 100% Design!

Toby — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:24:34 -0700

Ms. Kimberley Langstone,19, began what was to be the Angel project while at Stratford-upon-Avon College studying Fashion and Textiles. It was there that she perfected a special sewing method to make Angel. Now, exclusively handled by Within4Walls, the interior couture Angel is certain to take on wings!

Studio Lawrence Debuts 'Dutch Flowers' Wall Tapestries At 100% Design

Toby — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:45:35 -0700

The Dutch design team of Bart Eijking and Patrick O’de Louwere of Studio Lawrence are readying for the debut of Dutch Flowers at the 2008 100% Design show in London in two weeks. Dutch Flowers is a series of custom-made,100 percent wool felt, wall tapestries created with a new technology, also developed by Studio Lawrence.

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10 Stunning Fan Designs For The Modern Home, Office, or Head

Toby — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:23:10 -0700

After being wowed by about 40 fan designs created by second year students in the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, it occurred to me why I hide all my room fans when guests come to my home. They're eyesores! They're throwbacks to the 1890's! What are they doing in my post-modern home?

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Creativity Unbound: 7 Furniture Designs of Dima Loginoff

Toby — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:55:21 -0700

Dramatic, exhuberant, romantic, firey, eclectic, electric! Dima Loginoff's furniture designs shout volumes about him, his intelligence, spirit, creativity, and fearlessness in his work. Oh, Loginoff says, he has many fears... but they are certainly not about creating.

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El ZULO! An Ergonomic Chair Pod For The Power Nap

Toby — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:46:53 -0700

Just looking at the design for El ZULO, Spanish for "the hideout," makes me sleepy. Instead of putting my head down right here at my desk and catching a few zzz's before my stiff neck and back cry "Oooh, that hurts!," I imagine myself mustering just enough energy to get up, move a few feet away from my desk, and assume a similar, but ergonomic, position in this peaceful, padded, perfectly positioned chair pod for my power nap.

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Lighting Is Hotter Than Ever In Interior Design!

Toby — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:46:08 -0700

Light is in for the upcoming 100% Design Show in London. Light as in lighting, but not necessarily as in lamps. Light for surprise, light for illusion, light for dimension, light for fun, effect, maybe even for utility, as to enable better sight. Whatever light is for, it's in and it's exciting!

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Creating Illusion With Lighting: Kate Wall Lamps

Toby — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:25:45 -0700

The "Kate" wall lamps are brilliant combinations of utility, fiction, and fascination... like functional trompe l'oeil murals or wall stickers.

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9 Racks That Rock By David Byrne

Toby — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:48:18 -0700

New Yorkers have something to look forward to when they return from summer vacation next week. New bike racks! And nine of them are the designs of Talking Heads founder, pop rocker, lyricist, visual artist, furniture designer - well, modern Renaissance man -- David Byrne!

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Because Your Car Is Your Favorite Child, There's Carloft®

Toby — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:46:23 -0700

"My car is my favorite child," goes the German saying, so you will understand why the German visionary architectural firm, Langhof, incorporated the first Carloft® in its design of Berlin's new Paul- Lincke-Hofe apartment building. Yes, CarLoft makes Mercedes transport so much easier, right into your living room, in fact.

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Kamasutra Condoms Add Inspiration To Protection!

Toby — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:58:00 -0700

Condoms can subdue the desire for sex, at least momentarily, but the Kamasutra Condoms give you a dose of sexual inspiration with their protection!

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Zen And The Shadow Art Of The Riddled Table

Toby — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:57:58 -0700

When a table and the light that passes through its glass top and sculpted stands creates such "rippled" shadows as those from the Rippled Table, it cries out for its own special room, a meditation room.

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Fabulous Chair Concept: Only 100 Shock Absorbers To Go!

Toby — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:48:25 -0700

Alessandro Bêda has a super cool idea for a chair and, if he can make it work with 100 gas shock absorbers, he can make his mark on a whole new line of furniture.

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Need Three Tables In One? Try A nea Studio Vanity Table

Toby — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:52:54 -0700

The nea Studio of Oslo and New York has designed this neat sculptured table that performs triple duty. It's call the Vanity Table, so the name's a dead giveaway for its first function, but it can also be used as a small desk or an entry table.

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Ancient Chinese Puzzle Brings New Characters To Your Walls

Toby — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:36:41 -0700

Tangram puzzles are still made and still played all over the world. But designer Daniele Lago has put together some elegant geometric shapes that you can play with on your walls, making real characters out of the components, and some extra storage room for books, cd's, office files, and curios.

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Cloned Eyeballs Make Eerie Lamps

Toby — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:28:02 -0700

Ha ha. The gift of sight. Two eyeball lamps.

But, wait a minute. There's something strange about these eyeball lamps. You gaze at your own eyes in the hall mirror, then, unblinkingly, at the eyeball lamps, then at your friend. He is very weird, you think.

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The Anger Busting Vending Machine

Toby — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:54:35 -0700

I'll admit it. When I get really angry, I feel like breaking something. Picking up a big glass or dinner plate and smashing it against the wall would make me feel better. I know it would. I've just never done it, because frankly, I just don't want to pick up the pieces.

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Shadow Lighting Your Interior Design, Peter Buning Style

Toby — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:53:22 -0700

Shadows give depth to your interior design during the day and steal the show at night. Shadows are mysterious, organic, architectural, romantic, fascinating... and they can add dimension and design to your interiors without weighing them down.

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Fire Up Your Romance With The Travelmate Portable Fireplace!

Toby — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:09:50 -0700

Now here's a design that's bound to catch fire. A traveling gas fireplace!

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This DIY Design Project Is One For The BOTTLEBOY!

Toby — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:36:46 -0700

Of course, you could mount some metal hooks on your walls to hang your handbag or hat when you come in the door. But the Bottleboy has so much more appeal, recycles a PET plastic bottle, and makes a great DIY project: you can make one Bottleboy hook or a whole wardrobe full of them!

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15 Crystal Chandeliers That Blind You With Their Brilliance

Toby — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:10:48 -0700

Hans van Bentem, using fine Bavarian crystal and cutting techniques learned from generations of crystal makers, creates grandiose chandeliers for private and corporate clients, but van Bentem's works don't have the look or feel of their wide-skirted predecessors. They just may plant some new images of "chandeliers" in your mind.

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PET Lights Could Be Your Next Pet Project!

Toby — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:40:28 -0700

The most efficient way to recycle things is to reuse them. Austrian design company Walking-Things.com has the perfect design-it-yourself solution to recycle your plastic water bottles!

Now, drink the water first....

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10 Luxury Toilets That Will Make You Wet Your Pants in Excitement

Toby — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:44:52 -0700

There are a few expected fixtures in a bathroom and one of them is a toilet... yes, even in the most luxurious bathrooms, people still need a place to "go." Toilets have been in need of modernizing forever, and it's about time to replace that same old "john" that looks like everyone else's. Here are 10 contemporary, cool-looking, luxury toilets, some with matching bidets, from my favorite bathroom designers.

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10 Fun Ways To Piss On A Flower

Toby — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:00:14 -0700

Gentlemen and others of the male persuasion... Aren't you tired of peeing in the institutional vessel -- the monotonous urinal? Urinal-makers sure don't want you to enjoy your experience, do they?

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A Simply Brilliant Design: The Strap!

Toby — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:06:01 -0700

It's hard to find shelving that fits a certain space, a special function, and modern minimalist design. But I think that Dutch designer, NL Architects, has created one. In fact, you might say the Strap is a very elastic design, able to meet a variety of space, function, and personal preferences.

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Wood By The Slice: The Graypants Slice Chair

Toby — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:39:57 -0700

It's the Slice Chair. Once you see it, you will never forget it.

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Don't Keep Your Favorite Clothes Closeted: Use Them As Lampshades!

Toby — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:05:13 -0700

It's the Clothes Hanger Lamp. Yes, you read it right. It’s a lamp that uses clothing as a lampshade. Designed by Hector Serrano for the prolific Dutch design house Droog, the Clothes Hanger Lamp leaves a laundry list of opportunities to create new looks.

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Scatalogical Door Handle Is Universal Symbol For Bathroom

Toby — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:11:40 -0700

Need something on your bathroom door that says "bathroom" in a universal language? French designer Florence Doleac created a door handle that does just that. Poignée signalétique could be translated into "identifiable door handle" or an "identifiable handshake," as you wish. But let's not quibble about which translation to use; scatologic is universal.

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Can You Ever Have Enough Octopus Chandeliers? 6 That Leave You Wanting More

Toby — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:51:06 -0700

Adam Wallacavage is a brilliant photographer and sculptor who sculpts chandeliers - surrealistic octopus chandeliers, some with sinuous arms swept by the movements of the sea, others at rest, and still others showing off their prey. Here are a mere six octopus chandeliers to arouse your appetite for more!

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Got A Mess On The Floor? Hang It On The Wall!

Toby — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:31:13 -0700

If your home is so messy you can't walk through it without tripping over the mess, designer Chris Yue has a brilliant idea: hang it on the wall! Not only can you hang your mess, you can make it a work of art....

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Your Name In Lights On The Bathroom Wall!

Toby — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:54:00 -0700

If you've always wanted to see your name in lights, Korean designer Hyomi Kim has created a design called tile + light, a modular lighting system that fits right in with your tiles on tiled walls, ceilings, columns, hallways or wherever tile is used in home or institutional settings.

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