wooden design for your every need

berlin firm {wood begood} designs and builds customized wooden dwellings, furniture, kindergärtens, huts (!) ....more more more. they have some lovely photos on their site of a project in finland. the one above is a sample. check out their site for more.

{store front in berlin}

Been searching for this for months

Ever since I was last in Munich I've been searching for this bench. It was outside the Haus der Kunst and I sat there while I was waiting for my friend Jürgen before we went to the Maison Martin Margelia and Gerhard Richter exhibits. I came across it today in a magazine and found out it's designed by Jurgen Bay who has a studio with his wife in Rotterdam.

Above is the photo from droog (it's only 11,000€....) and two of mine.





gestalten has a great video featuring the two of them. linked here....

Pages that inspire

Creative spirit Pia Jane Bijkerk has a new book out Handmade in Paris. It's available at The Little Book Room. Besides Pia Jane's great book, The Little Book room has treasures a plenty.

Lay your head down

Found this photo on a post from {Ouno Design} featuring an old snippet out of Elle Decor Italia. More after the jump - all the photos are incredible - sturdy pieces & great lighting.

Sun Porch & Table

Abandoned flour mill recrafted into a decadent penthouse. Sun porch has a homey, bohemian feeling with the rugs and rustic crates. Living/dining area is rooted by concrete floors and this gorgeous wooden table with benches & leather cushions. I love the role that the non-traditional windows play in creating length and offering such a party of sunlight.

All those agaves make me miss Texas....
Featured in Marie Claire Masion

Observation, utility and honest use of materials

I love the values that Alex Hellum uses to direct design.

Pretty Close to Perfect

Truck Furniture

Double Dutch

Dutch designer Bauke Knottnerus creates furniture out of maxi materials.

Bated Breath

For your design radar: Atelier NL

Doo-Nanny Tomorrow

see butch anthony's site for updates and photos.

Tables

Wood tables by Donald Judd. Photos by Krista & Adam at Food Shark Marfa.

Metal & wood tables by Atelier 154. 

Outdoors

Starting to cruise for new outdoor seating. Normann's new camping seat is predictably terrific (albeit spendy). Also good is the HAY lounge chair at Midsommar. The nostalgic Frédéric Sofia Luxembourg chair is my favorite though with a stunning selection of colors and great height - perfect for people watching, book reading and margarita sipping. Found at Made in Design.

Brain Furnishings

Dutch design firm PROFF designs products that have the creative process at the fore. Their products are designed to make work spaces more inspiring to those working in them. They look at the specific needs of a space as a design challenge and create furishings that solve those problems.

Via mocoloco

Have a seat

Remastered Prince Charles Chair from Modernica. Great combination of colors that are framed by earthy walnut legs.

Colorwash

>Marimekko has been a favorite of mine since childhood. My sister Lexi and I had the BoBoo print in our bedrooms and I still have the BoBoo linen napkins from my 6th birthday. It never goes out of style.

I spent some time today looking at their new spring catalog. It got me in the mood to do some reorganizing and redecorating. They have so many colorful and energetic fabrics. The catalog is exquisitely styled. It all looks so happy!

Here are a few pieces from their new spring fabrics collection

Kippis by Maija Louekari

Taikamylly by Sanna Annukka

Ihmemaa by Sanna Annukka

a remastered Karmiini oilcloth by Maija Isola and Kristina Isola 

Newfangled Furniture

SchubLaden in Berlin takes old drawers and creates new settings for them. The combinations are smart and look great. They mix textures, sizes, ages, materials in all of their pieces. They pair parts of disparate provenance in an organized, standardized fashion. The furniture is functional but not stuffy.

Peace Out - Beatnik Family by Jonas Lindvall

Clean, strong, simple tables by Jonas Lindvall for deNord. Key element of famous Japanese restaurant in Malmö - Izakaya Koi. Tables and chairs can often be so stuffy and over-thought in cafes and restaurant. It is a pleasure to sit and enjoy wonderful food atop quality-made furniture like this. Via Midsommar.