Getting Comfortable With Emma Jay

Posted on March 27, 2008 Under Design

If you had to make a list of the five greatest inventions ever, you can rest assured that somewhere in the top five, cushions would make a surprise appearance. They may not be as important to civilization as the wheel…

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ASCII Code Curtains

Posted on March 17, 2008 Under Life

In the days of yore, the tree of knowledge was located in the very remote Garden of Eden and the worst things around were a snake and an apple. These days we have a new tree of knowledge called the…

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New Amenity: Spring '08

Posted on March 7, 2008 Under Eco

A while back we told you about the eco-friendly bedding designers at Amenity, who turn bedrooms into green rooms by making bedding from only organic and sustainable materials like hemp and organic cotton. Formed by longtime friends Kristina de Corpo…

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Swigg

Posted on October 30, 2007 Under Design

There are times where I really have to restrain myself in the soft furnishing acquisition department (like the week after I get paid, but before I pay rent) but I don't know if I'll be able to after coming across…

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Newspaper Yarn

Posted on October 25, 2007 Under Design

This type of green design blows my mind. Online design mag de zeen has a story about designer Greetje van Tiem who has managed to created usable yarn created from newspapers. And better still, Tiem has managed to get 20…

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No One You Know

Posted on October 16, 2007 Under Design

Why is it that only children's bedding gets to be fun and playful? After all, don't adults do more "playing" in bed than kids do? And yet, it's still massively difficult to find fun bedding with something, other than superheroes…

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A Carpet, For Your Cables

Posted on June 28, 2007 Under Design

So much for hiding your cables: Britta Böhne's Cable Carpet integrates them into a plush white pile to display them prominently on your floor, saving you not only from pitching face first over those pesky whatever-gaming-device-makes-you-gooey-this-week cords, but also from…

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Legna

Posted on June 21, 2007 Under Design

My inability to motivate myself out of bed this morning had nothing to do with the sinus infection I've been battling for the last week, the presence of some Adonis-like character (or any man, for that matter) there with me…

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ALGO: Sao Paulo

Posted on May 22, 2007 Under Design

Now that I'm finally settling into my digs here in Sao Paulo, I've been looking around for pieces to spruce up my place and unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your point of view), there's no IKEA here to help. But…

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Thing Farm Holiday Ornament Card

Posted on December 4, 2006 Under Design

We're big fans of these one-of-a-kind multiple-use holiday cards crafted from real wood veneer by Thing Farm. The front of the card has a removable ornament, and while we only know Christmas day as the best day to travel besides…

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