Anyone who's ever tried lighting a tealight in a cup knows that this exercise can hurt. These are designed with a notch for a matchstick. In my book this is a "Why didn't I think of that" moment.
Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Inspiration. Show all posts
Good design doesn't have to be cutting edge or highly sophisticated, it just needs to be thoughtful. To this end I think IKEA deserves an honourable mention. But no, these tealight holders aren't from IKEA, they're by Form Us With Love also, incidentally, Swedish.
Trick My Crib DXYN is all about inspiring you with the funkiest designs out there today, but outside of the Crib, my real passion is cars. And old cars. And this piece, the Sofa 600 by Bel & Bel Studio ticks all the boxes.
Check out the making of the Sofa 600 and more pix after the jump
Check out the making of the Sofa 600 and more pix after the jump
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto set out to build the ultimate wooden house. It's pretty obvious where he got his inspiration from for this one. If you've never played Jenga, its about time you did.
While the exterior of this house may raise some eyebrows, or compel your inner O.C.D self to want to align all its chaotic surfaces, even more startling is the fact that this house has no floor, no walls, no ceiling and no furniture.
In case you're looking for something a little different than the typical 'tropical style' teak wood garden furniture, this stuff may be for you. Apparently, they are very comfortable.
These zen designer garden chairs from Stephane Ducatteau are sculptural and functional at the same time, and would look truly pimp sitting on the front lawn of your modernist crib. I know I want one for mine.
This is the seemingly stiff interior of the MD.net Clinic in Akasaka Tokyo. The black and white theme is all at once sombre, conservative and formal. Great for setting your mind straight you might think.
It has doors. Lots of doors...
...that do not open. WHAT?
Apparently there were a couple of you guys who thought my fence sucked. In anycase, I can't help but think that the handmade Sunset Collection by Jonathan Stockton of UK would look great sitting in my front yard. And yes, because they match my fence.
Now here's the really trick part. They bling up at night with LED illumination in a single, or morphing colours, and with remote control capability. Sick huh. Wait till you hear the price.
Now here's the really trick part. They bling up at night with LED illumination in a single, or morphing colours, and with remote control capability. Sick huh. Wait till you hear the price.
When Thomas Thwaites scratch-builds a toaster, he doesn't mess around. In this case from scratch means mining the ore from which to get the iron from which to make the grill, the copper for the plug pins, nickel for the heater core and mica to wind the heater around. And yes, even sucking up some dino-oil from which to make the sleek plastic shell that dresses the crude innards of your average domestic toaster. Oh, you didn't know that plastic comes from dinosaurs?
This is just the intended goal. The blueprint on which the scratch-built toaster will be modeled upon.
This is just the intended goal. The blueprint on which the scratch-built toaster will be modeled upon.
A good friend of mine asked where to buy a nice bed recently, so I decided I'd set the bar for just what should qualify as a 'nice bed'. Money being no object.
This number by Venturi Paris is a bit of a transformer. Converts from bed to lounge and something in between.
"Every morning there's a halo hanging from the corner of my girlfriend's four-post bed"
This number by Venturi Paris is a bit of a transformer. Converts from bed to lounge and something in between.
"Every morning there's a halo hanging from the corner of my girlfriend's four-post bed"
Prominent illustrator David van Alphen builds himself a new garden shed from the ground up to use as his studio, all on a budget of USD3000. Full build story here
Now I'm a fan of lattice structures. It gives your design a "now you see it now you don't" sort of vibe. I even designed our timber fence as a lattice structure. But this here house renovation project by Katsuhiro Miyamoto Architects just took the concept too far.
This stuff totally recalibrates your axes and spatial perception in a room. Rockingly trippy. Parallel World collection by Samal Dzmitry.
The best way to appreciate the beauty of timber is in its natural form, unshaped. Seeing these trick tables from Hudson makes me wanna stop by the roadside to pick up random fallen trees and try make something out of them. How about someone hand me a chainsaw? Check out the charcoal table too, cos black is my favourite colour.
Quite obviously, I like trick stuff. Like these basins... that are not quite basins. In three different elements, here are some of my picks for pure, clean minimalist design.
1. Concealed steel washbasin from Meeus
1. Concealed steel washbasin from Meeus
Back in my single days, I used to T.K.S.S about buying a container to live in instead of a house, and parking next to a starbucks to freeload their WiFi.
When I got bored of every location I'd just rent a truck to move me on to my next parking spot. Of course, these days its more likely to be an Old Town rather than Starbucks. BTW, Old Town toast rocks.
Surfing around ID/Archtecture sites on the net I came across this trick-ass crib. THIS is not exactly what I had in mind when I say living in a container. In fact, I don't even think my significant other would have a problem with this container crib:
Cordell House, ladies and gentlemen by Numen Development
For more pix of Cordell House, click here and here
I'll have my container crib yet. One day. Now all I need to haul my crib around is one of these:
When I got bored of every location I'd just rent a truck to move me on to my next parking spot. Of course, these days its more likely to be an Old Town rather than Starbucks. BTW, Old Town toast rocks.
Surfing around ID/Archtecture sites on the net I came across this trick-ass crib. THIS is not exactly what I had in mind when I say living in a container. In fact, I don't even think my significant other would have a problem with this container crib:
Cordell House, ladies and gentlemen by Numen Development
For more pix of Cordell House, click here and here
I'll have my container crib yet. One day. Now all I need to haul my crib around is one of these:
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