It’s that time of year! Each January I ask you what you like, what you love, and what you could do without here on Design Crush. Filling out the reader survey should take less than five minutes of your time and it helps me plan the future of the site so I can give you all more of what you’re coming here for. Thank you in advance!
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Oyler Two Head Task Lamp // Crosby Schoolhouse Desk Lamp
Kennedy Table Task Lamp // Iroh Metal Adjustable 23″ Desk Lamp
I’ve found lighting has everything to do with how productive I can be in a day. If I don’t turn on a lamp in the room I’m working in before mid-afternoon, I definitely go slower as the sun drops in the sky. Most days this means switching on the task lamp that’s on my desk. Task lamps have a classy, literary look about them that’s especially welcoming during the winter months – here’s a hot dozen.
Dylan Bullet Shaped Dual Head LED Table Lamp // Renton Task 33″ Desk Lamp
Ina Task Lamp // Wooden Task Lamp
Gold-Dipped Task Lamp // Anna Desk Lamp
Scoop Table Lamp // Edris Metal Globe Desk Lamp
Phil Galloway creates some of the most incredible digital paintings I’ve seen yet. (Could you even tell? It took me a minute!) The Cheshire, U.K. based artist specializes in pencil and digital portraits with a focus on expressive realism. Lately he’s been moving into oils, pastels, and charcoal in the same style.
VOLK Furniture is a Brooklyn-based studio dedicated to the design and fabrication of handcrafted, traditionally joined and finished wood furniture. Each VOLK design is unique and carefully considered to showcase the quality of the hand-selected materials.
Interior and furniture design by Wanchai Preecharpurmprasit.
Nook is an up-to-date interpretation of the traditional canopy bed. Robust and essential, this structure can be coupled without the need for wall mounting and is one piece in a range of practical furniture and accessories that make it a truly special space in which space to sleep, study, play or sit with friends.
Mijo Studio is a forward thinking Danish-Norwegian design duo specializing in prints, patterns and textiles. Experimenting with colors and textures our work is always based in analogue techniques and is characterized by a curious and playful approach to the creative process.
Another Brand is a simple collaboration between designer and manufacturer working directly as partners to create a business. The brand concept started with furniture. The success of this model is based upon the designer and manufacturer understanding each other’s strengths and capabilities, including manufacturing techniques, infrastructure and logistics.
Creatively rethinking the way in which people dwell, Klein Agency focuses on simple solutions to living well. With a background in architecture and their previous art studio, LMBRJK, Klein Agency is built on experience, an understanding of design processes, and a desire to give spaces, products, and brands new, unexpected identities, rich in materials and attentive to details.
Featuring a selection of luxury travel, tech, women’s, and athletic accessories, all goods are designed, developed, manufactured, and sold out of our Los Angeles HQ. Constantly on the search for innovative materials and processes, whether new or historical, KILLSPENCER is dedicated to making products that will last the test of time.
The design work of Lorenza Bozzolli, a mix of styles, a collaboration between aesthetics and ways of use.
Rotterdam-based designers Ward an Gemert and Adriaan van der Ploeg started working together in 2010 under the name Nightshop. Ward and Adriaan are interested in mixing elements of high culture and popular culture in their designs. Also, they’re keen on investigating the boundaries between good taste and bad taste.
Mitab develops products with the intention to ease and create freedom for our users to focus their energy on their passion. We believe that passion create great things. We help our users to create their own great things.
Posted In furniture, house and home, living, round up, series
Bodies of Water by Filippa Jean Edghill
Botanical Study No. 1 by Furbish
Double Rainbow Over Marfa by Kelly Christine Print Shop
Homage to the Square Red Brass by Josef Albers
Cable Knit Cotton Throw // Knit Sweater Throw
Wool Motoring Blanket // Woven Throw Blanket
The temperature has been beyond frigid, and I’m not ashamed to admit that I’ve been piling three or four blankets on top of my usual bedding each night. I’m so lucky to have a roof over my head and be able to pay the heating bill, but even those things haven’t felt like enough to stay warm. If you’re looking to add some layers, check out these options.
Catriona Throw // Stripe Throw
Halmstad Colorblock Throw // Sweater Knit Blanket
Alpine Throw // Pom Pom Wool Throw
Avoca Mohair Throw Blanket // Cassbab Throw
Woven Daydream Throw Blanket // Indigo Island Throw Blanket
Spiced Cider Wool Blanket // Knit Throw Blanket with Tassels
Jacquard Weave Throw // Andreas Throw Blanket
Trestles Throw // Michele Rondelli Cotton Blanket
Stitchplay Throw Blanket // Tartan 100% Wool Blanket
Knit Throw Blanket // Bliss Plush Throw
Ontario-based photographer Patty Maher‘s work is hauntingly beautiful. Her inspiration lies in storytelling, set in both natural and urban settings, and through staged and self-portraits. Using posture and gesture the subjects’ faces are hidden, their inner worlds and emotions explored through symbol and color. Maher’s end goal in each piece is to disrupt the boundaries between real life and the otherworldly, the surreal and the fantastic.
British artist and art director Andy Welland creates painted collages rooted in contemporary fine art and commercial graphic design. Welland explores shape and form, familiar motifs, and cultural totems while blurring the line between handmade and digital.
