Evan Ryan, an industrial designer and founder of WISKI, a brand dedicated to making beautiful cat products, has created The Cone. Tired of the lack of options in the cat isle, and looking at numerous out of date designs, Evan decided to build a scratch post that would match his own home decor. Launched on Kickstarter, The Cone is a modern scratch post and comfortable sleeping nook for cats. From..
Seoul-based studio PESI has designed a side table using planks of cardboard that have the appearance of wood. PESI created the Lumber table to explore the potential of cardboard as a material for short-use furniture. The table is designed to be easily assembled and, once no longer needed, disposed of. At the same time, the designers wanted the table's aesthetic to be different from other cardboa..
Dutch design studio Waarmakers has used standard cardboard tubing to create a ceiling light that can be assembled from its own packaging.The R16 lamp is delivered in a cardboard cylinder that contains the various components needed to transform the tube into a light – thereby reducing waste.The cardboard tube has a central perforated section, which is laser cut. After the cylinder is unwrapped, t..
This Memory Desk is a tool to record all the small items you write down once, but intend to forget tomorrow.I've come to realize that I'm somewhat obsessed with how we remember the past. This is the latest installment in that series and a more serious attempt at furniture making. There are a hundreds of little things that we don't try to remember every year or even every week. Does the sum of al..
Indrek Narusk designed a new edgy version of the Viks bike, inspired by the sharp edges and triangles found on the design of Italian Lamborghini supercars. When Indrek Narusk built the first Viks bike, it wasn’t long until he got an idea to make a sharp looking version of a Viks commuter. The bike has been launched under the name Viks GT. This edgy and bold looking version of Viks was inspired b..
American designer Evan Fay, has created a sculptural furniture piece named the Lawless Chair. Designed as a celebration of irregularity within a system, Evan says, “Taking ownership of truthful possessions, finding comfort in dystopia, and beauty in chaos may be a confronting reality, and opportunity to embrace new expressions in design.” from contemporist
Architects Katjusa Kranjc Kuhar and Rok Kuhar of Slovenian design brand PIKKA, have created a collection of wood side tables (or shelves) that hang down from the ceiling. Named Circulum, the collection has three different designs, Ring, Bowl and Wave, with each shelf or table having a slightly different appearance. One has a definite ring around the edge, the bowl has a seamless curved appearanc..
Argentina-based toy designer Mat Random has designed a new geometric wood figure as a follow-up to his previous piece The Feline, another posable toy that he has named The Simian. Due to similarly placed joints for the animals’ legs and head, parts can be swapped between the two breeds to create an entirely new hybridized creature. Each low poly work can also be posed on two or four legs by mane..
Izoard is a chair with a special visible varnished metal structure and a soft seat covered in leather or eco- leather that offers a contemporary version of the classic living room chair. The soft and sinuous shapes of the seat combine elegance and comfort and create a contrast with the squared and metal structure that gives the chair a strong character. Izoard is slightly elongated with very sof..
After visiting a cafe and not having anywhere to hang his bag as he enjoyed his drink, industrial product designer Phebos Xenakis, set out to design a bistro table that would solve this problem. Named Trapesi, the small table is designed so that each of the four corners has a fold in it, suitable for hanging a bag.The table, which is made from solid oak, has a steel middle section with each corn..
