Mirror Tables

Nendo has created Pond, a table series with mirrors reflecting a pattern beneath the table-top surface.  Italian Moroso launched the line in Milan.  The tables can be placed together to create an even more pattern-filled scene.  I want to steal this idea and make a tacky glue version of my own.  That's more in my price range at the moment.

"We named the table 'pond' to recall the way that the surface of a pond reflects its environment but also changes constantly with wind, weather, and movements within it." - Nendo

Z-Chair

Zaha Hadid has designed this stainless steel Z-Chair for Milan company Sawaya & Moroni.  The piece is a limited edition, with only 24 chairs available. The concept behind the chair represents the idea of "the sketch."

"The design of the Z-Chair Chair summarizes the essence of contemporary design and the research developed by Zaha Hadid Architects over the last three decades. A simple three-dimensional gesture zigzags in the space as part of the continued discourse between form and function, elegance and utility, differentiation and continuity."

Stacking Throne

I recently gave a friend some stacking cup toys at a baby shower.  They were different sizes and colors and supposedly would help the baby learn these skills. Laurens van Wieringen's foam "Stacking Throne" puts my baby gift to shame.  This throne can grow with your child, and after outgrowing a chair or two, the seats can be used as building blocks.

Paper Cut Project - Athens

This past weekend, I attended a fashion show here in Athens at the "Tree Room," which is an enclosed space open to the sky with a giant uprooted tree suspended from the wall.  At the fashion show, paper-cut-project by Nikki Salk and Amy Flurry was shown, and it was amazing the intricate and beautiful masks and head-pieces these two made completely out of paper.

"Flurry and Salk's custom-made paper art installations are fueled by a love of fashion and an appreciation of the grace and nuance of this humble material."

Tertis + Design

Argentian architect Guillermo Cameron Mac Lean created this stop-motion film
about creating a Tetris-inspired bookshelf.

After watching the Tetris video, I came across another stop-motion film
that he created, and I really enjoyed it as well.

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.