Design

We love these leather rugs made by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Lio de Bruin. Armed with the Encyclopadia of Crafts, Lio set about researching traditional leather and needlework techniques. For inspiration, she looked to the richness and simplicity of ethnic textiles and decorative objects. The result is a collection of three tactile carpets made from processed sheets of leather using three different needlework techniques.

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Although we didn’t make it to Dutch Design Week this year, we have been busy perusing the new graduates’ projects on the Design Academy Eindhoven website, and this little project by Roos Gomperts caught our eye. Roos believes that everyday plastic objects deserve more recognition, ’We’re used to hiding such things away in cupboards. I want to show that we don’t have to,’ she says. Her curious series of objects, combine plastic elements with neutral ceramics to highlight the plastics’ colourful appeal and elevate them from their lowly kitchen cupboard status. Read the rest of this entry »

These light switches and sockets are an exploration in simplicity by Inga Sempé for Legrand. Each piece looks at the functionality that is required by the fixture and designs around that very function, with understated twists and somewhat unexpected results.

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The latest collection from Brooklyn-based design studio Eskayel is an exploration of the ancient and natural pigment, indigo. The studio have selected the most popular designs from their huge range of distinctive watery patterns and reproduced them in deep indigo hues.

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