Flour Pots

Studio Formafantasma of the Netherlands has created the line Autarky. The pots are made from a combination of flour, agricultural waste, and limestone. They are dyed with natural vegetable extracts and are fired at very low temperatures.

Read the studio's statement on Autarky or the Dezeen entry for more information and photographs.

Danglers

During my various readings today, I found these two projects, both involving suspended objects held by intricately knotted rope-like supports.

The first project, created by Swedish designers TAF, is the "Fisherman" light, based on glass fishing floats.  The rope uses traditional hand-knitted rope-making techniques from Sweden.

The next tutorial I read about in ReadyMade magazine.  Heather Moore, a South African designer and illustrator, gives a tutorial for these macrame-hung planters on her website Skinny laMinx.

It looks really simple to make, but the outcome is very beautiful. Once I move into my new place, I'll definitely be hanging a few of these.

Tabbed

Scott, Rich, and Victoria of London and Auckland designed this chair/table series called "Tabbed." They include a combination of oak and metal.

The Making of the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman

This is a great video documenting just how handmade the well-known Eames chair really is. It makes me want one even more (to go in my grand piano library room that I also hope to have once I start making more money).

Pink

Casa das Historias Paula Rego by Eduardo Souto de Moura

Cascais, Portugal

Photography by Francisco Nogueira

Eduardo Souto de Moura used a "regionalist approach," using the common urban images of towers, lighthouses, silos, and chimneys as inspiration.

Doggy Room

I read this article on Dezeen about a house by the Japanese architecture firm Gento, and I really just loved this picture. The house is a renovation that uses several built-in tables to define different spaces. This whole house seems to be about gaining privacy from neighbors and to set clear boundaries for very specific spaces (such as the "hobby room"), but I'm glad there is also a doggy room.

Black Panther

I think the reason I like this building so much is because it is actually called the MP09 Black Panther.  Designed by the Austrian firm GSArichitects, the Black Panther is a headquarters for a company specializing in jewelry and spectacles (the Patchleitner Group).  The concrete base supports a large, black tiled cantilever, jutting out like a panther ready to pounce (this is what they intended and not my own creative license).

"The desired expression of concentrated tension and dynamism, amplified by long window strips, suits the company’s philosophy that enabled a small family business from the post-war years to develop into a company of global reach..."