New Curve Bed

Any cat owners or small dog owners out there?  If so, this is the perfect cool item for you!  Its the new Curve pet bed by Akemi Tanaka.  The beds are installed into the wall so they are great in small apartments or condos where floor space is scarce!  They feature snap on cushions in a [...]

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Lost in a time zone- The Dual Clock: Long-D Clock! – Like Cool The Modern villa with two faces – Pico Cool The monument to the ‘Oil Age!’ – Dezeen Wonders with natural acrylic stone – Trendir THe ultimate TANK CHAIR!!! – 2Modern

UNDERGROUND Vals…Part One

This home takes the award for: one of the most unusual, innovative, unique, and fantastic house designs that i’ve come accross.  It is the result of the collaboration between a Netherlands architecture firm SeARCH and Christian Muller Architects. This home carved into the face of a mountain is located in Vals, Switzerland.  Among a collection of other mountain houses, it could be [...]

CARDBOARD Vals…Part Two

When you think of Switzerland, you typically think of beautiful snow top mountains and hillsides, stone and wood facades, dense forests, and cardboard? Well, Amsterdam designer Jeroen van Mechelen of Studio JVM has designed a very unique and “jaw dropping” carved vaulted cardboard guest room, inside the villa carved out of a mountain in Part One. Named Hidden Lines, the [...]

The Baroque Acrylic Age

Acrylic has been a modern material of choice for many designers, as it is a fantastic way to replicate traditional forms, shapes, and patterns but bring them into the Modern Era.  The ornamentation and decoration of  the ‘old baroque’ style, interpreted through the material of acrylic, is esspeicially fascinating as the transparency of the material plays [...]

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DreamSCAPE at the LA showmart – Apartment Therapy 10 alternative places to hang ornaments – Casa Sugar This is stunning…..the Mandarin Oriental Riviera Maya Hotel – Contemporist Cool new architectural lightng fixtures by Puntozero – Trendir Small living concept space by Poliform – Informed

Obakki

The new Obakki store recently opened in Vancouver.  The interior design of this place was featured in the latest Canadian Interiors Magazine.      The designers MacFarlane Green Biggar had worked with local well renknowned Brent Comber to develop signature millwork elements such as shattered wood transaction counters.   Finishing off the space are  in house designed custom designed [...]

Great Modern Sofabeds

Azure magazine recently had a great article where they featured some cool new sofabeds.  Thought these in particular were really innovative and they look so much easier to pull out than the conventional ones.  My personal favorite is definitely the Celine by Flou…..I love the elegant lines on it.  What do you think?  Would you [...]

Kate Spade + iphone

    So I’ve been looking around for a new iPhone case lately and I came across this super cute one by Kate Spade.  It mimics the carpet and the wallpaper in her newly renovated 5th Avenue store in New York.  Completed this summer, the store reflects the fresh and fun personality of her line [...]

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Dynamic wall planters for inside and out by Unison – Re-Nest Tend Spotting: Design direction in Offices by Vitra, Living at Work! – Apartment Therapy THE house of velvet drapes, Japan – Dezeen Gummy Bears…A Chandalier….? – Like Cool THE silhouette of a lamp that is a lamp! – Pico Cool