Finding the balance between mass-production while maintaining a handmade aesthetic may be a struggle for many designers, but MUD Australia seem to manage it effortlessly. Founded in 1994 by Shelly Simpson, the line is completely microwave, food and dishwasher safe,…
Continue Reading →It's not that I'm ungrateful about receiving gifts, it's just that I appreciate -- maybe more than most -- incredibly wrapped presents, whether they're heading my way or not. For some reason, I feel a lackadaiscally-chosen gift can be totally…
Continue Reading →If you ask me, this is exactly how every chihuahua on earth should be: still, silent and unable to nip at anyone with those yappy little jaws of theirs. Okay, that's a little excessive, but this night light by Walteria…
Continue Reading →A heads up to all of our collectors/design junkie readers: Sotheby's will be holding an auction featuring the work of a very impressive line-up of designers on the morning of June 19th. Pieces from Chris Ferebee, Ron Arad, Zaha Hadid,…
Continue Reading →Okay, kids, listen up. To celebrate the launch of our hot new Showcase feature, the folks at Spout have generously donated five $100 certificates for the most popular entries posted to the showcase; we'll be giving away one a week…
Continue Reading →Remember that quirky but not-yet-finished Fish Condo I blogged about way back in November '05? It looks like our friends at Realm Dekor finally got their act together and figured out the production of the 3-globe fish bowl and it's…
Continue Reading →The work inside the Graduate Design Exhibition for Lund University in Sweden called Emergence Design is truly remarkable. It's a collection of work and concepts from their 2007 industrial design student body, all of whom appear to be incredibly talented…
Continue Reading →Sustainable design is the focus of the 1st Annual Brasil Eco Show that runs from today until June 5 in Sao Paulo, which is bringing together architects, civil engineers, professors, members of Greenpeace and people usually involved in construction to…
Continue Reading →Things I have used, in the past, to fix wonky tables instead of buying new ones: --bar coasters (the thick Guinness ones work great) --old credit card invoices (devoid of personal info, obvs) --roommate's stray flip-flops (sorry, dude) --roommate's copy…
Continue Reading →One of my main motivations back in the days when I wanted to be a graphic designer was the potential to work with hot musicians on their album artwork and visual branding. However romanticized that vision was, at the time…
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