These lamps are just as much about the bulbs as they’re about the wooden fixtures. Created by German designer Herr Mandel, the geometric pieces are supposed to showcase their light source, sort of like a picture in a frame. More »
You might live in a small apartment now, and really only need a single wireless speaker to handle your music needs. But then you move into a bigger better apartment, with a big, beautiful TV and need more audio power. Instead of relegating your trusty AirPlay speaker to second-class status and starting ove on the audio front, you could take a speaker like UnMonday’s 4.3L and repurpose it into a single satellite as part of a 5.1 dolby digital surround sound system. More »
There was no dearth of fetching things in the past few days. This round, you get a look at NYC’s Times Square, a wheelbarrow chair, and much more in the most beautiful items of the week. More »
Yes I know you spent your childhoods being pushed around in a wheelbarrow by your older sister or grandfather or something, but you live in a city now! You have no use for such things! What is that, you say? You really want one? Well if you’re going to blow money on a wheelbarrow, at least get some use out of it. Here, take this wheelbarrow chair. More »
In a world plagued with difficult decisions, Max Ptk’s Kitara coffee table is marriage of utility and style, and a welcome reprieve from having to choose just one. Natural wood edges combine with the brightly painted A-frame for a modern take on a classic geometric form, and as an added bonus, the double layer design leaves ample storage space. More »
You’ve probably been staring at a computer all week. But your eyes can rest taking in the most beautiful items of the week. From a typographic chess set, to a library you want to climb all over, here were the most fetching things we found. More »
This gorgeous typographic chess set, based around the Champion font by Hoefler Frere Jones, brings elegant simplicity to the game with each piece assuming the form of its initial. It’s almost too pretty to play. More »
Here’s a new twist on the folding chair—why not fold it down the middle rather on the back? That’s exactly what Canadian designers Solveig Johannessen and Krystin Clarke did with OSSA, a wooden indoor/outdoor seat. And when you fold it up, as an added bonus, it looks like a vanquished AT-AT. More »
The final plans for Spijkenisse’s—a small town in the Netherlands—stunning new library were revealed back in 2009 when construction began. But now that the Book Mountain + Library Quarter is complete and open to the public, we’re finally getting our first actual glimpses of its pyramid-like facade and gorgeous mountain of books inside. More »
You’ve been spoiled by the five-buck cup of exotic single-origin pour-over coffee. It’s time to upgrade your home equipment. At this rate, your caffeine addiction is cutting into your cocktail budget. More »
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