For me, redesigning my home is always a treat, but decorating the children’s rooms is even better. From wall decals to colors and fabrics, this is the place where you can really dream. Which brings me to the wonderful creations of I’d Like To Be, a London-based design studio founded by Jamie Nash. Continue reading →

26 year old Italian designer William Raffredi certainly knows how to adjust to the difficult times of crises his own country as much as many others all around Europe and around the world are facing. To conceive and to create great design is one thing. To be able to do so by using low cost materials, easily found everywhere is taking design a step further and much more close to the needs of current societies.

Horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines paired together with curves, the three different designs of shelves William has brilliantly come up with are simple constructions made of flat wooden boards, lengths of electrical cable, light bulbs and some light fixtures. Continue reading →

When names such as Arne Jacobsen and Paul Smith meet, the least one can expect is some breathtaking designs to be born. Since the 60s, the bar series of Jacobsens’s Cylinda Line has been every design oriented person’s dream and desire of the perfect serving or everything from Dry Martini Cocktails to the classic Whiskey Soda.

In the hands of Paul Smith, this elegant collection of bar accessories has turned into a true dream in black with beautiful, seemingly handwritten engravings into the black surface. How awesomely and surprisingly innovative! Continue reading →

Say hello to Otto, a whisper quiet fan, made from the prettiest bamboo wood, forming a round shape, standing on high grade steel, adjustable height legs for a modern, contemporary and practical design.

Much like fresh green bamboo sticks decorating corners of your home are associated with a sense of freshness, this device will keep you cool inside, when temperatures hit the red level. Continue reading →

Have you been also drawing these typical houses consisting of a square for the “body” and a triangle for the roof when you were children? Most probably you have and even more probably you have adored them, correct? As for myself, even today I cannot resist the cuteness of a logo featuring this darling combination of shapes standing for a house.

Now, let’s move our imagination forward a bit. Make a three dimensional design of your favorite childhood’s house, put it on a frame to lift it up on a higher level and use it to store books, magazines or even plants. Brilliant? Ingenious while so cute? Yes, indeed! Continue reading →

Light is such an important element in interior spaces, not only practically speaking but also as a mood creator. When the pretty and bright natural light that hopefully our interior spaces are bathed into fades away and the time comes for artificial light to shine, it is particularly atmosphere inducing to have a play between light and shadows.

This play between light and shadows is the exact characteristic that makes Pablo Solis lamps, designed by Carmine Deganello, stand out and draw our attention. Continue reading →

What better way to break the rules than bringing the most stylish military chic into your living room. The Inheritance collection by Stephen Kenn does just that and more, presenting a contemporary look at the world of military.

Featuring a sofa, loveseat, chair & ottoman, chaise lounge, and more, this smart collection explores rustic materials, prints, stitching and natural wear, that will transport you into a different time. No doubt, this seating collection brings out the fashionable side of history while unraveling stories from the past. Continue reading →

When the classic ship lamp, burning on kerosene or lamp oil, gets in the hands of a Danish designer like Erik Magnussen, one has to expect a total transformation of it, wouldn’t you agree? Look for yourselves how it is transformed to a super elegant, updated piece of design, featuring clean lines and minimalism!

Made from satin, polished, stainless steel, it is so pretty that it can discretely light up your evenings, not only while being in maritime surroundings, but also when enjoying your garden and / or your veranda. Continue reading →

Imposing, yet airy, is this unusual ceramic flower vase named Peakco, designed by Tale. Tale consists of four designers based in Korea who control everything from the design, to the planning and promotion of their products, all locally manufactured. They are a brand of designing with stories, studying the materials, myths and sensitivity related to the objects.

All that is easily evident in Peacko, this inspired white vase in the shape of a peacock, where imagination meets function and a simple object like a vase, is transformed into visual poetry. Continue reading →

Enjoying a rather slow way of life in our current super fast, racing modern societies seems to be a trend, so being astonished by a… coffee brewing machine’s speed might come as a surprise. Especially one which simultaneously aims at serving the highest possible quality coffee in the smallest division of the… minute ever!

Scanomat’s Top brewer, with its breathtakingly simple sculptural design, is a revolutionary product that took countless hours to come to life, in which high efficiency and quality coexist. It marries the making of amazing different kind of coffees with details to perfection and all that in a matter of 15 or 25 seconds, depending on the kind of coffee we are talking about. A filter coffee, an espresso, a cappuccino, a latte or perhaps an Macchiato among few others. Continue reading →