Kenneth Cobonpue's Voyage Bassinet, is finally available.

This is an image of the new closet designed by Jonas Blondeel. The closet is build with leftovers from a rocksawfactory.

Uber Cool reclaimed lighting from UK based SKINFLINT Design.

Materia Inspiration Centre, the only permanent materials exhibition in the Netherlands, full with new and innovative materials for creative professionals.

Corporate identity designed for a men's barber and hairdresser with more than 40 years of experience. By estudio merienda

Almost all of his works remind of architectural constructions, but the latest piece of the German designer Jens Otten is definitely the most delicate one.

An ingenious solution for unwanted games consoles. The Reee chair is made from recycled PS2 controllers.... and it looks good too.

A great review on Konstantin Grcic's book, which features the depth and breadth of the german designer fantastic design work.

We visit the showroom Cassina during the Designer's Days 2009...

Fun FIN series of shelving from Habitat - Ultra-thin, strong lacquered shelving units, CD/DVD storage and coffee table. Made from particleboard dividers and innovative Elubond panels, which are sandwiches of plastic and aluminium.

SO cute! Habitat BEASTIES - Acid etched metal shade featuring animal-shaped silhouettes etched around the shade. Pendant shade (also in white!)

Loving this new look of Camouflage La Chaise by Yasumichi Morita. It gives this all-time classic a completely new look.

Sylvain Willenz's lamps Torch recalls the archetypal lines of a common torch, mixes it with the image of a car headlight. Molded plastic, with a diamond-shaped textured sheet polycarbonate diffuser. Produced by Established & Sons.

Kersplat! A unique coffee table by James Ian Killinger featured on Contemporist.com.

Plastic becomes a precious jewel in the hands of Patrick Jouin

+OO - Blu Dot exclusive line for Urban Outfitters - cute side tables! Also chair, couch, etc...

The first monograph for Dutch superstar Marcel Wanders is now available from Gestalten. His expansive range of talents are difficult to summarize --- resulting in his elegant and prolific works...

The Swiss designer Olivier Sottas presented at this year´s DMY Festival in Berlin ‘Plié’, a series of floor lamps. The lamps are composed of a paper lampshade, which gets its structure and stability from the artful folding...

Loop bench by Jeppe Hein activates the urban landscape by combining a slide with public seating. now showing at Art Basel.

Design by Diplomat. Zilla is an experimental lounge chair made from a composite construction of materials that include glass, aluminium and epoxy.

Modern Curve Chair by MOJOWORKIN - made of stacked birch plywood & finished with 5 coats of satin lacquer.

The beauty of the Naked chair is its supporting structure, exposed and enhanced by the talented hands of the OutOfStock design collective.

Reseat is a vacuum formable seat. It combines the advantages of common beanbags with the possibility to conserve and reset the seated position. Due to a vacuum mechanism the shape of the seat can be adjusted individually.

Hiromichi Konno designs the Rin chair for Fritz Hansen. The simple, futuristic form took four years to refine.

Transalpino: Here, ideas and inspiration are shared, with none of the usual references to who has designed what. This theme continues in the workshop rules: 'Adopting ideas is encouraged', 'Copyright-free zone' and 'No mass production'.

Arioso Swing by Rossukon Horansgchai is perfect for a lazy Sunday!

great bench concept by isaac arms but looks a bit dangerous, i hope it has a counterbalance on its base

Float by Okooko, designed by David Trubridge, challenges how we sleep. The design elements draw on the idea that a bed is movable. Sleep is…romantic… nomadic… the journey of life…

At the Arnhem Fashion Biennale the London based Dutch designer Henny van Nistelrooy presents this beautiful chandelier made of light reflecting discs that conventionally are used in photography...

FEATUREDAce Hotel New York ~ staying here again, and just keep discovering more awesome noteworthy typographic details that can't be missed!

The NRW-Forum in Düsseldorf questions the differences/similarities of contemporary design-art with works by designers/artists like Ron Arad, Hussein Chalayan, Liam Gillick, Marc Newson, Franz West... 23 May until 5 July...

The beautiful knotted furniture of german designer Nils Holger Moormann

Skate Study House presents a new series of furniture made 100% of throwaway materials - The Waste Is The Best.

The Berlin based designers Tom Kühne and Zascho Petkow strive to free themselves from traditional ideas of furniture designs and surprise again at this year´s DMY festival with their “wild” interpretation of interior objects...

Three new lamp designs presented by AAN-UIT durring the 100% Design fair in Rotterdam.
From left to right: Bronco (Castor Bours) - Roots (Marc Th. van der Voorn) and Liberté (Viktor Harmens).

Stool Qoffee a gigantic plastic cup manufactured by Artificial and designed in 1999 by Rainer Spehl. Qoffee can be used a stool but it can also be used as waste paper basket, container or even as a flower pot.

I really love the style of Boca do Lobo, they are brilliant in their way of mixing classical furniture elements with a really modern and almost avant-garde style

New York based designer Evan Dewhirst has created the Buoy Chair.

Old switch celebration! A lamp focusing on the total turning-it-on-and-off user experience.

Check out the very cool pieces of designer Sebastien Weirinick.. truly incredible

The Alphabet Drawers by Kent and London is inspired by vintage printing blocks, this beautifully finished chest of 26 drawers is made from solid oak - the perfect place to file everything from A-Z!

The Newspaper Table and Magazine Hanger - They are a product of designer Isaac Yu Chen! [Editor's Note: Loved this at ICFF 09!]

We love this charming and clever 'Deskhouse' from Ninetonine design - it doubles as both playhouse and desk / drafting table for arty kids. Wish I had one when I was a kid!

FEATUREDDror for Target ~ best piece in the new collection are these nesting/stacking bookshelves ~ maybe they even work as stools too?

The Swiss designers of Big-Game recently presented their ‘Blur’ collection. It consists of a vase, two mirrors, three tables and four lamps, which are playing with the notion of blurriness...

Mark Braun's Pyrus’ is a mono material pendant light, made of grey and white paper – therefore the shade is completely biodegradable.

Tre lamp is a three-legged floor lamp made of metal. Turnable lamp is perfect for reading light, peeking over the reader’s shoulder. Turnable light shade creates light upward or downward.

The Japanese furniture giant ITOKI launches a boutique American operation at this year's ICFF. Whether they can succeed in this economy is another matter.

Return on an exhibition called " Take a seat " by the designer Jasper Morrison who present twenty-one seats ...

Setsu and Shinobu Ito's new project - Swa - a cell dedicated to individual relax.

These awkward yet visually spectacular seats are the product of the wild mind of Helmut Palla. It is part of “Furniture as Trophy” featuring the phenomenon of animal materials in furniture design.

Furniture incorporating the outdoors with grass, foliage, and one of a kind upholstery.

The Bouroullecs tell about their creative process and what it takes to make good design in this interview.

For the first time in its existence the Belgian manufacturer Quinze & Milan goes concrete!
Gitta Gschwendtner has created concrete and woodcrete stools cast from moulds based on paper shopping bags...

Every product of mass consumerism gets a second life in Studio Hergebruik - Rotterdam’s finest display of eco-consciousness.

Matali Crasset has just completed the interior design of 'La Maison des Petits' (House for the little ones) at the 104, Paris. Complete review with technical details on Dezeen.

Shade by Swedish designers from Greatboys

Gravishelf storage its made without any hardware and is held together with only gravitational force.

Karim Rashid presents its latest lighting for Artemide, entitled "Dorice...

The legendary 81-year-old French furniture master PIERRE PAULIN designs a new collection of upholstered furniture for Ligne Roset.

Interview with Shigeru Ban. The Finnish manufacturer Artek presented the new '10-unit system' (#21751) by the Japanese arcitect. We had the pleasure to meet Shigeru Ban in Milan...

a sleek pet bed--- satisfying the needs of both you and the pet.

Antler Chic Alive and Well in Vienna
A new exhibition at the MAK traces the history of animal materials in furniture design, from 19th-century Alpine hunting lodges to the present.

MUJI enlists James Irvine and Konstantin Grcic to reinterpret two classic Thonet chairs. (Above: Irvine's take on Thonet's curvy No. 14, which was first produced in 1859.)

Design by Shige Hasegawa is impressively attractive even at first glance before you realize how innovative it is in terms of not just style but also sustainability and portability.

PECA launch a new lamp collection, designed by Caterina Moretti and Hector Mendoza... renewable materials, poetic form and beautiful shadows, they come flatpacked and easy to build.

I finally had the chance to see Misewell at ICFF! Their work is even better in person. Several new pieces have been added to the collection. The new site is great too.

MacroBot _ Human Scale Protein Folding Videos

Robert DeNiro's new restaurant "Locanda Verde" is a heartfelt neighborhood tavern sitting in his Greenwich Hotel in the Tribeca area of New York.

Designboom has a great look inside the new kvadrat showroom in copenhagen ~ by the bouroullec brothers

Awesome table designed by Alain Gilles for Bonaldo. Made of a wood/metal combination, it will fit perfectly in your home, if you can afford it.

At this year’s Milan furniture fair the German manufacturer ClassiCon presented some famous classic creations by Sergio Rodriges, a real doyen of Brazilian furniture design. We had the honour of interviewing him in Milan.

FASE stool, designed for the Mexican furniture brand VROK. Made in wood and stainles steel.

Daisuke Hiraiwa's ethereal recycled spoon chandelier. Each found spoon has been punctured with hundreds of tiny pinholes to create a striking interplay with light.

FEATUREDPaul Loebach Step Stools ~ in the perfect green palette ~ these nested tables pull out to form adorable steps... design inspired by American Shaker furniture

A piece of quality furniture that is enduring and encourages active and imaginative play for children. With room for one or two children, depending on circumstances and use. Simply by pulling the rope, different possibilities and functions are enabled.

Whatchawant is a move away from the ”wear out then throw out” culture. Sustainability has been a core value throughout the entire designprocess, including the product’s life cycle.

Design Charlotte Ryberg/Johanna Strand

FEATUREDDesign House Stockholm Family Chairs by Lina Nordqvist ~ here are 2 of the 4 designs that are a twist on the classic wooden dining chairs ~ they are all so fun, especially as a set! See pics of them in NY Design Week too!

To mark the 150th anniversary of the bentwood classic 214 Chair, Thonet is producing a special edition, with a twist

On fun ICFF finds ~ the Ergo Ergo ~ is a new hybrid stool/exercise ball like contraption you can sit/bounce/balance on while working... It was a hilarious booth with people of all shapes and sizes trying out the many they had out! Quite comfy... a little odd...

FEATUREDthe IKEA PS 2009 collection may be one of their best yet ~ themed "Never Ending Design Stories" ~ they are playful, inspired by nature, and trying to find uniqueness in the mass produced. See the full collection ~ finally coming to the US Aug 2009!

New products Bugatti 2009 and zoom on 'Vera'

Coin Bank by Revol Design. An attractive alternative to the coin jar.

Chandelier made with styrofoam packaging from Apple laptops. Eric Lawrence just won the Sustainable prize in Design Within Reach Austin's M+D+F competition for creating this awesome chandelier.

FEATUREDIlluminant - Kristin Birna Bjarnadottir ~ saw these in person at NY Design Week and they are even cooler in person ~ and definitely the most innovative use of reflective materials yet! The light source is not even inside the light!

‘Allumette’ by Atelier Oï for Röthlisberger Collection. The chair, sofa and table are built using the statics of traditional framework design. Here, forces and counter-forces interplay to absorb the load...

Sebastian Errazuriz's Repisa N5 ~ playful super modular/minimal shelving (clicks liited editions, furniture, repisa n5)

Created by 20.87 estúdio from São Paulo, Great4Mechanics desk lamp and chandelier were inspired by the mechanic workshop universe.
It is a free-assembly object, all you need is imagination, and some spontaneity to build it.

This furniture typeface is simply beautiful ~ made by The Butler Bros for High Fashion Home

A brand new light by Peter Jensen at Moss in NY. Between an orange peel and a futuristic space ship.

A first look at Conan O'Brien's new set for The Tonight Show

the infinity bench, by carl fredrik svenstedt for lerival has just been presented in ICFF 2009. the rings are serial, concentric hoops, like the layers of an onion, cut from less than 3.4 m² of flat furniture-grade plywood using CNC technology.

'InDisposed' is a not-for-profit exhibition in NY this week, aims to create a dialogue around sustainability and wastefulness. At the end, all projects will be sent to the trash as a testament to the designers’ belief in disposability.

Jack Larimore introduces a new collection of furniture from old soul salvaged timber. An ICFF standout!

FEATUREDKartell turns 60! Take a look inside the "Kartell, 60 Years of Design! What a wonderful world!" party at their soho store tonight! Beautiful displays, so much color, and these I <3 Kartell Lighting servers.

Oil Monkey is the creators of this very strange futuristic chair, that is a combination of transparent plastic and wood.

limited edition design "Divine" lounge chair collection from Ventury Paris

Modkat - Super cool and functional cat litter box at the ICFF show. Designed by Brett Teper and Rich Williams, of Fulton Street Design. I can't wait to get my paws on one!!!!!

Iranian born designer Khodi Feiz has designed a series of chairs for Swedish Offecct. The series is called Palma and is inspired by the cupped palm of a hand, symbolically cradling the body that sits in it.

Beautiful waste bin designed by Grace Youngeun Lee.

VIDEO"400 Years Later," a mostly-for-sale collection at CITE in SoHo, featuring the work of 23 Dutch designers that ranges from adorable to innovative to downright bizarre. ~ Awesome video from Core77 walking through

FEATUREDShigeru Ban Artek 10 Unit System chair ~ i first saw many of them in person on the rooftop of the Standard NY ~ then got to take this modular wood-plastic sustainable system apart in a shopping container... awesome *zine* too...

FEATUREDThe Bd Barcelona Tout va bien ~ a collection by Antoine + Manuel ~ in person!!! Actually got to check this one out up close, and it's even more fun! See some ICFF pics!

FEATUREDShimna. Possibly my favorite pick of ICFF 09 ~ love their new liffey bed ~ and all of their pieces have an incredibly perfect juxtaposition of rustic woodiness and modern comforts... also see the baby and the stuffed rabbit.

FEATUREDHero 365! The new products from Hero Design Lab duo and close friends of NOTCOT ~ the RC-1 Rain Collector and DR-1 Clothes Dryer are showing at ICFF ~ here's a first look! Gorgeous, simple, and oh so useful!

FEATUREDAnother vertical garden variation ~ POT WALL! Love this installation at the Valcucine + Surface party ~ also the new sustainable kitchen is gorgeous ~ and the slow food was delicious!!!

FEATUREDTom Dixon + Dwell + Veuve Clicquot Party ~ with insanely nice views on a gorgeous day ~ fun lighting to check out ~ flowing bubbly ~ and quite the metallic tote with the perfect pocket for magazine showing off... and a crazy self portrait of me...

New doors created by Karim Rashid for Albed. The concept of Door is changed radically: a simple partition becomes a work of art that creates a new realm in the classic stage of doors.

Amazing table by t.m.schmid

Italian Giovanni Levanti has designed the Mozia clocks for Diamantini & Domeniconi. Levanti describes the clocks as ”Colourful Mediterranean abstraction. Clocks characterized by a wide, thin and cone-shaped face housing, in an unusual relationship...".

Film maker Gary Hustwit of Helvetica fame talks about his new film about product design, Objectified

Inspired by his memories growing up in the countryside with his grandparents, Korean designer Kwangho Lee has transformed the leftovers from a typical harvest into a beautiful stool.

Comfortable and elegant, the chair Mail is suitable for all types of furniture. Mail by Domodinamica, Massimo Iosa Ghini design.

Marcel Wanders secret garden for Flos

Portia chest by Australian based, Malaysian born designer Khai Liew. Part of his Tiersman to Linenfold series.

A flat folding stool by Serdar Sişman

FEATUREDAce Hotel NYC ~ just soft opened yesterday ~ i just arrived way too early this morning ~ and here's a first look into the really awesome room! More to come after a nap... the room is blowing my mind though!

So excited ~ super close old friends of NOTCOT (pre-NOTCOT) ~ Hero Design Lab ~ is going to be showing at ICFF! Go say hi to Jenny and Leo! (and i might hang out there a bit too!)

Slick swiss-made garden styling from eternit.

carbon fiber chair by shigeru ban - "I wanted to make a chair that is even lighter than the gio ponti's superleggera - a chair so light that a child could pick it up with just his little finger."

Up - Urban Furniture designed by Norway Says

‘Reef Benches’ by Remy & Veenhuizen
The stylized dunes are placed on the gray tiled roof top and form a contrast to the rather confined atmosphere of the building.

Wine Table by Revol Design. A great way to recycle and display wine bottles.

Cool idea ~ liking IKEAs Balcony Table

Jorg Boner's dressed chair for Wogg is as beautiful as it is cleverly constructed. The power of good design.

IKEA's Expedit bookshelf can be extended to become a desk?

Japan Brand Pop-Up Boutique! Open May 18 – 30, 2009, the Japan Brand Pop Up shop features Japanese design items in every price range, from $7.50 incense to a portable tea room worth $18,000.

The Japan Brand Pop Up Boutique was inspired by the Japan Brand exhibit which showed in Tokyo & Paris before coming to NYC. By popular demand, products from the Japan Brand exhibit will be for sale in the US for the first time, two weeks only, exclusively at Felissimo Design House.

Products for sale include everything from unique home décor to fashion accessories, stationery, one-of-a-kind textiles, cookware, beautiful fashion pieces and lacquer ware products in every shape and color.


Felissimo Design House
10 West 56th Street, New York City

Open to the public
May 18 – 30, 2009
11 AM – 6PM (Closed on Sunday)

First-day shoppers will receive a free gift with purchase!

Ecosystems just debuted a new table at BKLYN Designs that transforms into a bench with a simple swipe of a credit card.

Design*Sponge part 2 video tour of Bklyn Designs 09 ~ all the good stuff that didn't fit in part 1! I wish i were there! Also focusing on Pratt grads in this vid!

Design*Sponge goes all out an an AWESOME video look of Bklyn Designs - she says its the best in YEARS, and i totally agree from her favorite pics... here's part 1! So many awesome details...

The Circa 15th Century stool by Kochi Architect's Studio, refer to classical shape in Europe of the 15th century "Renaissance". There are "old and new" "abstract and embodiment" "ornament and anti-ornament" "reality and unreality" in it.

For some reason, the newly designed OSS bench by Richard Shemtov reminds me of Ninja Turtle...

'Re-Entry' a beautiful functional art piece with a decorative wall covering made from the negative space by Split Brow Furniture by Matthew Hoffman. Part of the functional art, sculpture, & design based exhibition, On the Floor & On the wall at 360SEE

2-dimensinoal material in 3-dimensional movement. A stool with a moving seating surface.

Swell is the beautiful lamp designed by Paul Cocksedge, a glass bubble filled with a coloured liquid that reacts to the heat of the light bulb.

the fungus provides a welcome element of poetry, individuality and spontaneity. The fungus takes a supporting role: furthering the healthy development of the social culture.

RIENT Stool discusses chair proportions and stool functionality in a product inspired by asian architecture and evoking images of 1930's leather strapped luggage. RIENT Stoool is made primarily from 100% recycled Polyethylene.

The ‘Global’ bath from Hidrobox by leading Spanish designers, Roviras and Torrente. It can be either built in or semi-built in to the floor.

Stylish design seat that looks like a big brush. Solid English ash top, supported by 16 bunches of willow canes. The canes bend very slightly which helps the sitter's comfort and posture.

Also works as a side table or sculpture, in the garden or indoors.

This alien looking object is in fact a very mod lounger. It is the vision of Dima Loginoff that created it out of chromeplated steel.

Shown at the Salone Satellite in Milan last month, the Vodka Trolley by PUNGA & SMITH is an indoor out bar for the home.

'Weld' is a new collection of furniture created by Phil Cuttance which was presented at last weeks furniture fair in Milan.

Missoni Home had a gorgeous refreshing collection at Milan Salone 09

Here are some pictures of the Established & Sons' space in Milan from a bird’s eye view.

Gorgio Biscaro created these colorful Atlas benches. Atlas is a rotational moulded bench designed for Slide Design, intended for indoor as well as outdoor use.