Under The Spotlight
Designer under the spotlight is definitely one that I’ve shared with friends, I do believe I just emailed my friend who has a toddler, “Look! Get this adorable wallpaper and then you won’t have to worry about your baby coloring on your walls! Not if she’s MEANT to color on them!” And the wallpaper is just one of many playful and cool designs by Aze.
Posted by Chelsea Latimer at 10 January, 2011
It is quite possible, that the modern design community has officially received the memo that Jihoon Ha is a future designer in furniture and woodworking to keep an eye on. Born in Seoul, Korea and graduate of both Hong-ik University and Denmark Design School, this already internationally known designer has a profound understanding toward both art and design. Pulling from both Scandinavian culture and the historical prominence and detail of the Orient, he has managed to create both attractive yet fun pieces that cross the sometimes serious side of art.
Posted by Dana Pruskowski at 9 December, 2010
Outofstock is a design collective, born out of a fortuitous meeting in Stockholm, hence the name Outofstock. Gabriel Tan and Wendy Chua from Singapore, Gustavo Maggio from Argentina and Sebastián Alberdi from Spain met at Electrolux Design Lab in 2005. They connected, kept in touch, and after a reunion in 2006, decided to collaborate. This collaboration grew into an integrated studio offering interior and product design services and they have not looked back since.
Posted by Dana Pruskowski at 22 November, 2010
Posted by Lauren Proctor at 18 November, 2010
Jon Goulder is a fourth generation craftsman of unique modern furniture and home products. As a young boy, he grew up surrounded by furniture in his home and in his family factory.
Posted by Allison Lane at 4 November, 2010
If you’ve been looking for some new furniture and a change in your home space, that’s unique and different, you’ve definitely got to check out the designs by Tuyo Design 2.0- there’s certainly something clever and modern about everything that they’re creating and when I say “clever,” I mean; wall hangings that look like a piece of wooden art and art actually pull out hooks for hats, coats and scarves- or glass tables assembled “cleverly” with glass bottles as pillars. Literally, every single design is interesting and one of a kind. There have been a few pieces where I was scratching my head thinking, “Annnddd….what is that?” Which says that the design is going to be both a conversation piece as well as something surprisingly, unknowingly functional as well.
Posted by Chelsea Latimer at 27 September, 2010
If you’re the creative type that wants your room and your home to “tell a story” then you’ve got check out the Designer Under the Spotlight that we’re loving this month. Pudelskern‘s designs are not only clever, creative and interesting but they keep their word when they say they “believe in the necessity to add more layers to a design. We like to tell stories with our objects.” If you want your home to reflect a story, whether it’s one inspired by you or inspired by that extra does of magic they the Pudelskern’s designers have, then you’ve got it.
Posted by Chelsea Latimer at 23 September, 2010
Hindsight is 20/20 and mine reflects on how much I wish I had focused during high school woodshop. But thankfully somewhere along the way, designers like Alex Earl did, and continued to make everything but ordinary designs. His studio designs everything except run-of-the-mill lighting and furniture pieces for international architects, interior designers, and private clients.
Posted by Dana Pruskowski at 30 August, 2010
Bev Hisey has had her mitts in the design field for a long time. She started with fashion, and moved into home decor after the birth of her daughter in 1990. In addition, she has proven herself to be a great resource for a number of notable Canadian design talents.
Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 17 June, 2010
Bakery design is an Israeli design studio founded in 2009. Bakery’s designers believe in hands on experimentation with materials and technologies and that in order to achieve innovation, you have to surrender to an unknown journey. Materials are perfect partners for this journey because they surprise you. Sometimes the material responds to the designer wishes and sometimes the designer responds to the material wishes.
Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 8 June, 2010
