Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

Product news: this lamp by Dutch designer Marcel Wanders for his design brand Moooi looks like a car headlamp but with floral patterns in the glass.

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

Created by Marcel Wanders for Moooi, the Valentine and smaller Baby Valentine lamps come in four colours: black, white, chrome and gold.

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

Each lamp is made from clear blown glass and a spun metal shade with a chrome, gold-plated or lacquered finish.

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

The faceted glass diffuses the light from the bulb, while the mirrored interior of the shade reflects it further.

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

The Valentine lamps were launched in Milan this spring and are now available to purchase.

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

Marcel Wanders co-founded Moooi in 2001 and he is currently the art director and co-owner of the brand.

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

We spoke to Wanders during London Design Festival in September at the launch Big Ben, a huge wall clock which he said was inspired by the London landmark.

Valentine by Marcel Wanders for Moooi

Other designs by Wanders we’ve featured on Dezeen include a chair with a snarling face on its backrest and a set of tableware for Dutch airline KLM.

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Sidekick Stool by Timothy John for Thanks

Product news: New Zealand design studio Timothy John has created a cork and steel stool inspired by the glass beakers used in science experiments.

Sidekick Stool by Timothy John for Thanks

Timothy John produced the stool exclusively for Thanks, an online fashion retailer based in New Zealand.

Sidekick Stool by Timothy John for Thanks

On top of its powder coated steel base is a hand-turned cork seat, which mimics the cork stoppers traditionally used with scientific equipment.

Sidekick Stool by Timothy John for Thanks

After a limited edition run of 24 black and white stools with cork tops, the Sidekick will go into general production with solid wood tops.

Sidekick Stool by Timothy John for Thanks

We’ve featured lots of cork on Dezeen, including a glass jar with a spherical cork stopper and a cork light fitting with a paper lampshade pinned to it.

We’ve also published glass vases and lamps inspired by a Victorian scientist’s laboratory experiments and a set of blown glass lamps that also resemble beakers and flasks.

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Thanks is proud to release the Sidekick Stool, designed by Mt. Maunganui-based furniture designer Timothy John for the Thanks retail stores.

The Sidekick is visually light, unimposing and is easily incorporated into any space. It is inspired by the silhouette of a glass science beaker, resembling a 3D line drawing of its form.

As the contents of an old school beaker were contained with a cork stopper, so too the stool top is made of cork. Cork is a natural product that intrigues the senses. It is warm, smooth, velvety to touch and earthy to smell. It is also is impermeable, buoyant, non-allergenic and fire resistant.

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Park Life by Jasper Morrison for Kettal

Product news: British designer Jasper Morrison has created a family of outdoor furniture for Spanish design brand Kettal.

Park Life by Jasper Morrison for Kettal

Each piece in Jasper Morrison’s Park Life collection has an aluminium frame and is designed to be both lightweight and durable.

Park Life by Jasper Morrison for Kettal

The collection for Kettal includes a dining chair and a low chair, plus tables and benches in different sizes and a sun lounger.

Park Life by Jasper Morrison for Kettal

There are also upholstered pieces, including an armchair and two- and three-seater sofas.

Park Life by Jasper Morrison for Kettal

The chairs are stackable and some pieces have wheels or adjustable legs, making them easy to transport or store.

Park Life by Jasper Morrison for Kettal

Seats and backrests are made from porotex, a fabric made of PVC-coated polyester.

Park Life by Jasper Morrison for Kettal

As part of Dezeen’s Designed in Hackney series earlier this year, we featured two designs by Morrison, whose studio is located in the borough – the Crate series of pine storage units and the glass-topped Side Table, originally produced by SCP in 1986.

Park Life by Jasper Morrison for Kettal

We previously featured a collection of conservatory furniture designed for Kettal by Hella Jongerius.

Park Life by Jasper Morrison for Kettal

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Here’s some more information from the designers:


Park Life by Jasper Morrison and Kettal

“This is my first outdoor collection and it has taken some time to get here: about four and a half years! It probably took that long because we needed to discover the right codes for Outdoor Furniture, which is a category apart from other types of furniture. It has been an interesting process and we have been through many prototypes to get here but I think the result justifies the effort.

Park Life by Jasper Morrison for Kettal

“Park Life is a complete family of furniture for outdoors, whose clean cut profile is adaptable to a wide range of different situations. Lightweight yet extremely durable, it’s easily stacked for transport or winter storage and its technical sophistication and careful consideration of ergonomics besides a lot of care over how it looks are all intended to ensure a long life, both structurally and visually.”

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Bite Me edible desk lamp by Victor Vetterlein

Product news: American designer Victor Vetterlein has made an edible desk lamp.

Bite Me edible desk lamp by Victor Vetterlein

Called Bite Me, Victor Vetterlein‘s lamp is made of biodegradable plastic derived from vegetable glycerin and agar, a gelatin made from sea algae.

Bite Me edible desk lamp by Victor Vetterlein

The LED light-source is attached to a clear plastic adhesive strip, with electricity conducted to the top by laser-cut metal lines that spell out the name of the product and its ingredients.

Bite Me edible desk lamp by Victor Vetterlein

“When the lamp is no longer useful or desired, the lighting strip is removed and the lamp may be eaten or thrown into the garden as compost,” explains Vetterlein, adding that the project was inspired by the book Green Plastics – an Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics by E.S. Stevens, a professor of chemistry at the State University of New York.

Bite Me edible desk lamp by Victor Vetterlein

To prepare it for consumption, the lamp must be cleaned and submerged in purified water for an hour to soften up. “The consistency after soaking the lamp in water for an hour is like wet Gummy Bears,” says Vetterlein.

Bite Me edible desk lamp by Victor Vetterlein

It comes in four natural flavours: orange, cherry, blueberry and apple. “Agar is low in sodium and very low in saturated fat as well as cholesterol,” he adds. “It is also a good source of vitamin E, vitamin K, pantothenic acid, zinc and copper, and a very good source of folic acid, calcium, iron, manganese, potassium and magnesium.”

Bite Me edible desk lamp by Victor Vetterlein

The lamp is sold with two electric cords, one that connects to the low voltage power converter and another that plugs into a computer.

Bite Me edible desk lamp by Victor Vetterlein

Above: inspiration and ingredients

Vetterlein’s product has the playful look of boiled sweets, but we recently reported on a task light for Wästberg that tries to give bioplastics the solidity and tactility normally associated with metal or wood.

Other lighting by Vetterlein on Dezeen includes a desk lamp resembling bent blades of grass and another made of egg boxes. See all our stories about design by Victor Vetterlein.

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Wall of Flame by Frederik Roijé

Product news: Dutch designer Frederik Roijé has added to his series of candle holders with a design that looks like a bent pipe poking through a wall.

Wall of Flame by Frederik Roijé

Frederik Roijé’s Wall of Flame candle holders come in two sizes and four colours.

Wall of Flame by Frederik Roijé

They’re made in the Netherlands from powder-coated steel tubes.

Wall of Flame by Frederik Roijé

“[It’s] a new point of view for candles in a modern interior, inspired by the archetype,” Roijé told Dezeen.

Wall of Flame by Frederik Roijé

The design follows Walk of Flames and Rise of Flames, a candelabra and chandelier by Roijé that we featured previously on Dezeen.

Wall of Flame by Frederik Roijé

Other projects by Roijé we’ve featured on Dezeen include a table with three levels inspired by tiered rice fields and a multi-storey house for chickens.

Wall of Flame by Frederik Roijé

We’ve featured lots of candle holders on Dezeen, including one that looks like a half-finished sketch of a candle holder and another set made of felt and inspired by the shapes of the Istanbul skyline.

Wall of Flame by Frederik Roijé

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Leaf by Broberg & Ridderstråle for Muuto

Product news: each of these lamps by Swedish design duo Mats Broberg and Johan Ridderstråle for Nordic furniture company Muuto is shaped like a single leaf at the end of a long stem.

Leaf lamp series by Broberg & Ridderstrale

The Leaf lamps by Broberg & Ridderstråle for Muuto combine aluminium, steel and brass stands with energy-efficient LED technology.

“Though the design is minimalistic and straightforward, a soft asymmetric geometry gives the lamp an organic and friendly appearance,” say the designers. “Depending on the viewing angle and how the shade is turned, the lamp will subtly transform its shape to create a graphic and leaf-like silhouette in the room.”

Leaf by Broberg & Ridderstrale for Muuto

The Leaf lamp is available in table and floor versions and comes in black, white, grey, rose and green.

Broberg and Ridderstråle founded their Stockholm-based architecture and design practice after graduating together in 2006 from Konstfack University College of Arts, Craft and Design. This is the second lamp from Broberg & Ridderstråle for Muuto, following the Plugged Lamp designed in 2008.

Previous products by Muuto on Dezeen include a chair formed from laminated plywood shells slotted together and some containers shaped like little birds by TAF.

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Balcon collection by Inga Sempé for Moustache

Product news: Paris designer Inga Sempé has extended her range of little round wall-mounted shelves and dishes for French brand Moustache.

In addition to the round shelf that Inga Sempé launched with Moustache last year, the Balcon collection now includes a deeper dish called Bénitier and one with a small mirror called Belvédère.

Balcon collection by Inga Sempé for Moustache

Sempé means them to be grouped in clusters, used for storing keys and checking makeup in the hall or for brushing teeth in the bathroom for example, or simply to display small ornaments and catch the light.

“Even if you don’t look at yourself in the mirror it always catches the light in a different way and when you move – when you cross a room or walk into a room – the reflection in the mirror changes also, so it’s always nice to have a mirror in the house even if it’s not to look at yourself,” she told Dezeen.

Balcon collection by Inga Sempé for Moustache

Each one can be screwed directly into the wall without any tools, she continued: “It’s so boring to go and get everything you need to drill a hole and then put something in the wall and find the right screw, so that’s why I wanted the object to be like a big screw itself that you directly put into the wall. I just wanted to do something light that you can put up without using a screwdriver.”

Balcon collection by Inga Sempé for Moustache

Previous products by Inga Sempé on Dezeen include a quilted sofa and bed for French brand Ligne Roset and lighting for Swedish brand Wästberg, launched at Stockholm Furniture Fair where Sempé was guest of honour in February.

Moustache launched in 2009 and has previously collaborated Swiss studio Big-Game and French designer Matali Crasset. The boutique brand is based near Sempé’s own studio. “Usually the companies that are involved with designers are big industries so they are in the other parts of France, but as Moustache don’t actually own any tools or any machines, it’s just a small company run by two guys in the same neighbourhood as mine,” she says, adding that it’s nice to be able to casually meet for lunch to discuss collaborations.

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Midi Colors by Sistema Midi

Product news: these chunky wooden structures provide the legs for a colourful range of tables, cabinets and benches launched by Barcelona design brand Sistema Midi.

Midi-Colors by Sistema Midi

The Midi Colors collection by Sistema Midi allows you to mix and match the colours of the doors, drawers, shelves and legs of each item.

Midi-Colors by Sistema Midi

The range includes five tables in various sizes, from a small coffee table to a dining table for 10 people, and four cabinets in different sizes.

Midi-Colors by Sistema Midi

The doors and drawers are veneered while the interior drawers of the cabinets are made from melamine.

Midi-Colors by Sistema Midi

Also included are two modular shelving systems and a mirror, both made from lacquered aluminium.

Midi-Colors by Sistema Midi

There are 22 colours of lacquered veneer to choose from and three wood finishes.

Midi-Colors by Sistema Midi

Other furniture collections we’ve featured on Dezeen include a range of modular shelves and tables made from thin sheets of metal and a set of shelves with leather deckchair seats hanging inside them.

Midi-Colors by Sistema Midi

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Here’s some more information from Sistema Midi:


Your personality. Your furniture.

Personality is what best defines us, it is what makes us unique and unrepeatable. And we like to transmit it so that everyone knows what we are like. This is the reason for Midi Colors.

Midi-Colors by Sistema Midi

So that we can express our identity in the places that accompany us each day with furniture created and conceived to our measure.

Midi-Colors by Sistema Midi

This is the first collection of Sistema Midi that has a vital, colourful personality where the warmth of the textures and the new materials are felt right down to the finest details.

Midi-Colors by Sistema Midi

And as each of us has our own character, this tailor-made transversal collection has perfect versatility to adapt to our characteristics.

Midi-Colors by Sistema Midi

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Bottleware by Nendo for Coca-Cola

Product news: Japanese designers Nendo used glass from old Coca-Cola bottles to make these bowls with dimpled bases, which are meant to resemble the classic green bottles with their tops sliced off.

Bottleware by Nendo for Coca-Cola

The Bottleware collection was made by Nendo for Coca-Cola by recycling glass bottles that had deteriorated through repeated washing and filling.

Bottleware by Nendo for Coca-Cola

The dimpling on the base of a glass bottle is designed to protect it from dramatic changes in temperature during the fizzy-drink production process, so Nendo chose to retain this feature to tell a story about the way glass is made, used and recycled.

Bottleware by Nendo for Coca-Cola

The collection was shown at the Design Tide Tokyo trade fair this month alongside a huge mound of crushed recycled glass, illuminated from below to cast a green glow inside the room.

Bottleware by Nendo for Coca-Cola

Recent Nendo projects we’ve featured include a chair wrapped in hundreds of metres of fishing line and a Starbucks outlet that works like a library, where customers take books to the counter to order their coffee.

Bottleware by Nendo for Coca-Cola

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Bottleware by Nendo for Coca-Cola

Photographs are courtesy of Coca-Cola.

Bottleware by Nendo for Coca-Cola

Here’s some more information from Nendo:


Bottleware

Coca-Cola’s “contour bottle” has been a brand icon since its inception in 1916. It is also recyclable: after each use, the bottle can be collected, washed and refilled for further use. This tableware collection is made from bottles that have deteriorated over the course of extensive recycling, and can no longer be used for their original purpose. We were captivated by the particular green tint known as Georgia Green, and by the fine air bubbles and distortions that are a hallmark of recycled glass, so decided to create simple shapes that would enhance these traits. But we also wanted users to feel a remnant of the distinctive bottle in the new products.

Our solution was to create bowls and dishes that retain its distinctive lower shape, as though the top had been sliced off. The dimpling on the bottle base that added to mitigate hot impacts during the production process is not ordinarily a strong visual feature, but it’s a particular characteristic of glass bottles and visible to anyone who picks up the bottle to drink. Keeping these ring-shaped dimples on the base of our bowls and plates also helps to convey important messages about the way that glass circulates between people as it’s made, used and recycled for further use, and about the connections it makes between people in this process.

Product Information:

Bowl S : φ125 H70(mm)
Bowl L : φ190 H100
Dip Dish : φ100 H35
Dish S : φ155 H40
Dish L : φ240 H45

Bottleware exhibition at DESIGNTIDE TOKYO 2012

The installation design for Coca-Cola’s Bottleware presentation space at the main site of DESIGNTIDE TOKYO. Bottleware is tableware made entirely of glass that has been recycled from no longer usable Coca-Cola bottles. We built mounds of crushed recycled glass from 7000 bottles, and placed lights inside them to illuminate the entire space with the bottles’ iconic green hue. The Coca-Cola presentation space is a passageway between two exhibition halls. Visitors entering it from the left find an explanation of the project’s design process, and visitors arriving from the right the explanation of its manufacturing process. Our circulation plan envisaged a space that people would want to traverse.

Exhibition Information
Date : 31st Oct – 4th Nov. 2012
Place : Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi

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Trix chair by Schmidinger Möbelbau

Product news: Austrian design company Schmidinger Möbelbau has created a chair that’s a cross between traditional alpine furniture and Danish modernism.

The Trix chair has been adapted from old alpine brettstuhl chairs, which are usually constructed from two interlocking planks, to include a continuous pre-fabricated shell that’s more like Danish modernist Arne Jacobsen’s Ant Chair.

Trix chair by Schmidinger Mobelbau

Brettstuhls are often carved into elaborate forms, so Schmidinger Möbelbau have sculpted the backrests of these chairs into heart shapes and bored a hole with a similar form in their middle.

The dark elm wood legs are joined underneath the prefabricated shell and braced with a cross-shaped frame closer to the ground. The shells are finished in either anthracite, white, or pastel green colours.

Arne Jacobsen’s simple and efficient chairs became popular in the 1950s, and his famous Ant Chair was recently customised by various artists and designers and auctioned for charity.

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