The Koope Cluster Light is a very cool chandelier-type lamp constructed out of bicycle parts and plexiglass that pulls double-duty as a wine glass rack. We can all thank architectural student Philippe Grossenbacher for his perfect-for-small-spaces design. And I can thank swissmiss for showcasing it in the first place.
This is truly awesome and totally unexpected. Ray Fenwick is a specialist in illustration, art and lettering who has created a series out of the Slow Jams of LL Cool J. Someone tell me that this is not sheer brilliance. Here’s a partial rendering of my favorite Ladies Love Cool J song.
Perfume bottle design is fascinating to me and I 100% base my decision whether or not to buy one on the bottle. Lucky Scent is just feeding the beast in me because I could spend hours browsing the different scents up for grabs. They pride themselves on having scents not available in your local department stores which makes stopping by their site totally worth your time. Besides that, you can order samples (for a small fee) to test before going for the big bottle.
Anyone who can turn a skull into something so beautiful has my vote. It doesn’t even matter what Kako Ueda is running for.
Esther Mun and Tina Chang are Little Fury. I love the name of this shop and all that it implies about both the design and these two women. I literally tracked them down after seeing the new Rembrandt packaging on shelves. That packaging almost turned me into a Rembrandt-user and that’s the kind of design that makes me sweat. After checking out their site I realized the Rembrandt Moment was, in fact, not a one-time deal. All of their work is brilliant. My other favorites are their work for Morimoto and Sterling.
I’m thrilled to finally be able to post these graphic number tags and industrial envelopes by Sugarcube Design. I lost the link the first time I bookmarked this Etsy shop only to come across it not once, but twice today! I’ve been really into numbered graphics lately and think these tags and envelopes are awesome.
I came across Liquid Sky Arts by way of Kathleen Rossi-Howell’s blog – Senseless Acts of Beauty. And just the other day in my post about PaPaYa I unknowingly posted a Christmas card that she had designed for them. Kathleen has just released her own Christmas card collection and is a very talented jeweler as well, her pendants are amazing. Visit her site to see even more of her talent.
Buying chocolates from Chocolat Moderne might be the secret to dieting. I’m almost positive that if I had these little beauties around versus Hershey’s I’d be more likely to pass on eating them and vie for looking at them instead. Let’s not forget the packaging either. The colors and simplicity of design are perfect for something so decadent.
I drink inordinate amounts of coffee on a daily basis. I haven’t made the Big Switch to espresso yet (and I stress the word yet), but when I do the You&Me espresso machine would be perfect. It’s the smallest in the world, as well as quiet and beautiful. The perfect combination, wouldn’t you agree?
MSLK is a Long Island-based design shop that strives to move beyond pretty-picture layouts and achieve accomplishments through strategy. In other words, their design has a goal of functionality as well as visual appeal.
I love these bookmarks, which are a great example of all that MSLK seems to stand for in the Design World.
