Hasta La Ideas

Product news: Hackney designer Ed Carpenter has created a countryside version of his London design classic, the Pigeon Light, this time shaped like a pheasant.

Made of vacuum-formed acrylic, the Pheasant Light for design brand Theo can be clipped on to surfaces with a peg where the bird’s feet would be. The light is currently available in white but more colours may be released in the new year.

Ed Carpenter first designed the Pigeon Light (above) for his Royal College of Art graduation project in 2001. He collaborated with Theo founder Thorsten van Elten to produce the light, which has become an iconic urban souvenir and is a best-seller in museums and design shops worldwide.

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The Temporium: there are just two more days to visit our Christmas shop The Temporium, where you can snap up gifts by over 20 designers and brands including this toy cable car from Theo.

The vintage style wind-up cable car is made in the Czech Republic from printed sheet metal and comes with five metres of string to zip along.

It has a mechanical spring engine and a start/stop switch.

Theo also presents textiles from Donna Wilson, plant pots by Nick Fraser (see our earlier story), Clocks by David Weatherhead and more.

Here are some more details from Theo:

Hello, I’m Theo. Nice to meet you!

Although it looks like I’m the new kid on the block, I mean in certain ways I am, I’ve been doing this for quite a while now.

I am a bit like the little brother/alter ego of Thorsten van Elten (in fact Theo is Thorsten’s middle name).

Since Thorsten closed his actual brick and mortar shop back in 2008, his online shop stayed on. Unfortunately it got a little bit neglected as Thorsten was very busy working on his production & distribution side with his products being sold in many fantastic shops all around the world.

Theo has most definitely got his own identity and ideas! Some you can see already, some are still to come.

Dezeen presents The Temporium

65 Monmouth Street
Seven Dials, Covent Garden
London WC2H 9DG

Map

Telephone:
020 7503 7319

Dates:
1-24 December 2011

Opening times:
Monday – Saturday: 11:00 – 19:00
Late-night shopping Thursday until 20:00
Sunday: 12:00 – 17:00

More info: www.thetemporium.com