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Archive for the ‘designer’ Category
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
 Pink flamingo table If you enjoy a sense of fun in your home furnishings, then how about this unusual pink flamingo table?
It’s been cleverly designed in the shape of a flamingo, with the two table legs angled in the same spindlely way as a flamingo. In order to balance the table and make it functional for using, the third table leg is designed to be like the head and long neck of a flamingo. It’s a really fun piece and, although rather quirky, has a certain degree of elegance about it.
As someone who’s been fascinated by seeing pink flamingos in the wild, the table very effectively captures the shape and activity of flamingos, especially the idea of the head dipping down into the water to hunt for food.
The pink flamingo table is available to purchase from Blue Sky via Bouf, a company run by a design graduate and ex-boat builder who now specialises in making furniture and cabinets.
If you can’t get enough of flamingos, then check out this post regarding pink flamingo wallpaper from Cosy Home Blog.
Tags: Blue Sky, bouf, coffee table, flamingo, pink, side table
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
 Intricate design
This tangled heart tea light holder has been created by award-winning ceramics designer, Timea Sido.
Made from white earthenware, the tea light holder features an intricate design of a tangled heart on the front, which is perfect for letting through the glimmering light of a candle.
Timea studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and now has her own studio at Cockpit Arts in London, where she designs and creates wonderful ceramics for high profile clients.
Timea Sido’s delicate tangled heart tea light holder can be purchased from Swanky Maison for £15.
Tags: candle, Swanky Maison, tea light, Timea Sido
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Monday, August 9th, 2010
   
No home is complete without some form of pictures, art or photography on the walls. These inspiring photos are by photographer Angie Muldowney, who uses a mix of modern photography techniques and vintage cameras to produce stunning effects.
If you’re looking for some new artwork for your wall, then she currently has a ‘buy one, get one free’ offer available at her Etsy store. Buy any one photo, of any size, and choose a second photo (of the same value or less) for free. There are full instructions in the shop as to how to redeem the offer and a fantastic selection of photos to choose from.
Amongst our favourites are Truelove (£6.43 for a 5″ by 5″ print), Going In, Roost and Only Time Will Tell.
Angie also adds in the helpful information that Ikea’s RIBBA 23cm by 23cm frame fits perfectly with her photos, offering an inexpensive way of creating a framed print for your wall.
Tags: Angie Muldowney, art, etsy, Ikea, photography
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
   
Would you choose one of these stools to go in your home? Do you love the design or loathe it?
The ceramic Bonze stools are part of the Xo range by designer Philippe Starck. Possibly not to everybody’s taste, the sculptural piece with a face in the base doubles up as both a stool and a small side table. It’s been produced in a range of colours, including platinum, gold, black and red, with the shiny finishes of the gold and platinum being quite glitzy and decorative.
You’ll probably have to really love the Bonze stool to buy it, as it’s not cheap. The black and red versions are £578, the gold is £644 and the platinum will set you back £693.
You can find out more about the Bonze stools, or buy one, at Made in Design.
Tags: Bonze, designer, philippe starck, stool, table
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Friday, June 25th, 2010
 Crisp and colourful duvet There are some lovely bedding options in the shops at the moment. If you love crisp, fresh whites, but would like a bit of colour added too, then this coffee bean design bedding by Clarissa Hulse is perfect.
The white cotton percale bed linen is jazzed up nicely with vertical lines of coffee beans, in red, blue, turqouise and orange . Well, they call it coffee beans at least – we’re not convinced this is the best description, as it’s mostly wavy strings of colour with the odd coffee bean shaped design added in (kind of like strings of fairy lights). Either way, it’s simplistic enough to still provide you with that crisp white bedding look, but without being totally bland and devoid of colour.
Pop over to John Lewis to find out more and buy a Clarissa Hulse coffee bean design duvet. Sizes range from double to super kingsize.
Tags: Clarissa Hulse, duvet, john lewis
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
 
Award-winning British textile designer, Selina Rose, has released a new 2010 collection of homeware items. All made from 100% wool felt, and featuring her trademark cutwork designs, two of the items that caught our eye are the unusual Scale Stool and the Flutterby butterfly cushions.
The Scale Stool is inspired by origami and is part of the range of ‘Cut and Fold’ homewares. The felt is partially cut to create folds in the felt, which look really effective. Shown here in a vivid pink, the stool is available in a choice of 17 colours and is made to order.
The distinctive Flutterby cushions have been popular for a while, but new for 2010 are three more colours – pink, lime and orange. The cut and fold effect of the butterfly wings lift up to reveal contrasting colours behind them. Measuring 45cm by 45cm the cushions are £89 each.
Related Posts
For more of Selina’s stunning work, check out these previous posts:
Selina Rose Bloom bed throw
Vibrant Botanica felt rug
Tags: cushion, felt, Selina Rose, stool
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
 
These moulded red rabbit napkin rings by Johanna Zeitler from German design company, Koziol, add a bit of quirkiness to a dining table.
Artistically shaped in the form of a sitting rabbit, they sit perfectly on a table with a napkin in, with the rabbits head and ears poking up at the top. The design is called Hazel, which is rumoured to be named after Hazel the rabbit in Watership Down.
The rabbit napkin rings are available to purchase individually from Red Candy for only £4.15 each.
Tags: Koziol, napkin, Red Candy, serviette
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Friday, June 11th, 2010
 
If you thought animal print wallpapers were only for children’s rooms, then think again. This wonderful zebra wallpaper is fun and quirky and, with it’s lovely charcoal shades, looks great used in contemporary styled rooms.
Created by interior designers, Bunny Turner and Emma Pocock, from Turner Pocock, together with sketches by Catherine Cazalet, the wallpaper design is hand drawn and features a quirky runinng zebra. One of the best aspects of it, and the element that makes it look so effective on the wall, is that each of the zebras has a paler mirror image reflection. They’re also alternately facing in different directions and the way that the zebras are drawn makes it look like they’re bounding along the wall.
The zebra wallpaper is printed in the UK and is available to purchase from Rockett St George.
Tags: animal, Rockett St George, Turner Pocock, wallpaper, zebra
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
 Attractive butterfly shade Hot on the heels of the 3D Provence floral table lamp comes this great lighting discovery.
Made by Mixko, a Japanese and British designer duo, this unusual buttefly light is made from thick white felt. The lamp shade is available in a choice of drum or drape styles and each has a series of butterflies cut out of the material and adorning the light in various places. The butterflies vary in shape and size and look like they’ve been attracted to the sight of the light and are perched on the shade to be near it.
This unusual piece is available to purchase from The French Bedroom Company.
Tags: felt, lamp shade, light, lighting, Mixko, shade, The French Bedroom Company
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Friday, May 14th, 2010
  
These alphabet tables are brilliant!
Designed by Andrew Martin, made from metal with a chrome finish, each of the tables is in the shape of a letter of the alphabet. The full range of letters is available so, if you wish (and if you can afford it), you could spell out names or messages with them.
Sadly they are a tad pricey, so we’ll only be buying the F, D and B tables (representing Fresh Design Blog, of course) if we win EuroMillions tonight.
Go and have a look at the range of alphabet tables over at Occa Home.
Tags: alphabet, Andrew Martin, Occa Home, side table, table
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