Swedish designers Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune, known collectively as studio Claesson Koivisto Rune, have designed a beautiful little tea set for Toronto-based store Mjölk (meaning milk in Swedish and pronounced ‘Mi-yelk’). The tea set is designed as a merging of eastern and western tea and coffee cultures - a sort of Japanese tea ceremony meets Swedish Fika (a coffee and cake break). Read the rest of this entry »
Kate Spade are venturing into the world of home decor with the launch of their new lifestyle brand ‘Kate Spade Saturday’, which is due to launch in March. The collection looks set to please fans of optical patterns and colour blocking with designs like this collection of striking, grid print glassware.
Photo by Tillmann Franzen www.tillmannfranzen.com
Recently launched at imm Cologne, we are in love with these smart wooden containers by industrial designer Eric Degenhardt for German brand Böwer. Finely crafted from turned ash, the rim of each container is partially cut away to create a handy letterbox-shaped opening for removing the lid.
Found via the procrastination tool that is Pinterest (Did you know we pin? Follow us here) this small collection of hand painted wooden magnets is by Italian design collective Studio Fludd. Read the rest of this entry »