By Ani Tzenkova 04 Jan 2012 @ 12:15 pm |

Stacking Vessels is a series of functional sculptures for the home by German industrial designer Pia Wustenberg. Each Vessel consists of three individual containers made of wood, studio glass, and ceramic. Each material uses a different craft processes. The hot glass is the connecting part between the ceramic and wood. Read the full story
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Pia Wustenberg's Stacking Vessels,
Stacking VesselsBy Ani Tzenkova 03 Jan 2012 @ 1:29 pm |

Chinese industrial designer Leo Yui designed a multi-purpose stackable vase meant to have a life after the flowers have wilted. This is a beautiful object that can be used in many different ways. I would love to also see a version with some color.
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stackable vaseBy Cyril Foiret 09 Aug 2011 @ 12:54 pm |

Israeli product designer Shmuel Linski has a passion for working with raw, rough materials. This love brought him to using concrete as the main material in unexpected consumer products. Here are two products of his latest design: speakers and coffee machine.
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speakersBy Ani Tzenkova 14 Jul 2011 @ 11:49 am |

A beautifully crafted and designed collection of furniture by Swedish industrial designer David Ericsson, called “Carl Malmsten Made Me Do It”. Carl Malmsten was the university Ericsson attended and this was his thesis project.
“The aim with this work is to try to create processes and products deriving from humanist values. I have developed a humanistic design manifesto Read the full story
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swedish designBy Ani Tzenkova 04 Jun 2011 @ 10:22 am |

This strikingly beautiful furniture designed by french industrial designer Elise Gabriel uses a material called zelfo that creates the unique and distinctive look throughout her “Embrace” collection, shown here. Zelfo is a resistant material. 100% cellulose fibres when solid and 95% water when liquid. I love the contrasts in these pieces of furniture, they shapes feel really organic.
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zelfoBy Ani Tzenkova 18 May 2011 @ 9:12 am |

Recent design school graduate Marte Haverkamp has some fascinating obsession with shadows. For her thesis project Marte decided to look deeper into her obsession with this abstract idea and realized what made them so special. “I found out that shadows do something no other product, human or animal can. It easily follows floors, corners, products. It seems fluid as
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