Happy Hanukkah Yarmulkes: Mister Mort presents a set of style-conscious kippahs

Happy Hanukkah Yarmulkes

Commonly known to the Internet as Mister Mort, street fashion guru Mordechai Rubinstein knows a fair bit about personal style. Recently, the photographer teamed up with The Cools to release a dapper set of yarmulkes just in time for the Festival of Lights. The designs feature a wool challis…

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Cold Weather Loungewear : Three unessential essentials for keeping cozy this winter

Cold Weather Loungewear

As winter draws near we’re presented with increasing opportunities to stay in and curl up on the couch. Whether you’re avoiding productivity over a cold weekend or cooped up for a few extra days of unexpected downtime it’s best to be prepared to get cozy. To encourage lounging in…

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Nodi Contemporanei by Loredana Bonora

Every table, chair, lamp and light switch in this furniture collection by Italian designer Loredana Bonora is covered in crocheted yarns of cotton, PVC, plastic tape and even washing lines.

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Bonora made the red and white chair and hat stand (below) by crocheting barrier tape that reads ‘work in progress’, while the decorative circular pendant is made from the plastic wire used for washing lines.

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The pale grey chair has rings of crocheted cotton irregularly spaced on its legs and a plume of large black feathers on the seat back.

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The white table and white chair are both crocheted with PVC.

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Feathers have also been used to cover the bulbs of the two standing lamps, while the table lamps have crocheted shades.

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The gold chair was made with the small wires used to tie up chocolates boxes,while the fluffy white chair was crocheted with wool thread.

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Different crochet patterns appear in each piece of furniture, from simple circular designs on the white table to intricate flowers on the base of the recliner.

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Nodi Contemporanei, which means contemporary knots, is Bonora’s first solo exhibition and can be seen at the Plusdesign gallery in Milan.

Nodi Contemporanei by Loredana Bonora

The exhibition continues until 10th November at Plusdesign, Via Ventura 6, Lambrate, Milan.

Nodi Contemporanei by Loredana Bonora

We’ve published lots of crocheted furniture on Dezeen, including a chair of resin-coated crochet flowers by Marcel Wanders and a set of handmade pendant lamps which decorated the Dezeen Super Store this summer.

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Photographs are by Carlo Beccalli.

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On the occasion of the Start Milano’s incoming opening events, Plusdesign presents Nodi Contemporanei (Contemporary Knots), the first solo exhibition of the Italian designer Loredana Bonora. The show introduces a new collection of furnishings, tables, chairs, beds and lamps, entirely covered in crochet and artfully woven with unusual materials combined with traditional techniques.

Nodi Contemporanei by Loredana Bonora

Loredana Bonora covers the design icons, revealing new and unique personalities. Through the transparency, unexpected details and provocative combinations, she gives the furniture a new character, changing their the story and releasing them from their own objectivity.

Nodi Contemporanei by Loredana Bonora

With her crochet, Loredana Bonora does not redraw only the objects, but a whole world made of colours, feelings and soft lines woven with ability and extraordinary femininity. She draws on a scenario that belongs to her imagination and invites the observers to access a dreamlike dimension made of subjective feelings and emotions, free from all formal constraints.

Nodi Contemporanei by Loredana Bonora

Loredana Bonora combines the traditional technique of crochet with ongoing creative research and the experimentation of new materials aimed to design unique objects. Yarns of PVC, the red and white stripes work in progress tape, clothes hangers or packaging, but also more classic yarns such as cotton and wool, are skillfully woven maintaining the same ancient craftsmanship but overturning the traditional beliefs, taking a fresh and contemporary brand new personality.

Nodi Contemporanei by Loredana Bonora

Loredana is an Italian designer from Varese. She has been engaged for long time in a creative research that retrieves the traditional practice of the crochet to interpret the home furnishings in new ways. The use of non traditional yarns – such as plastic and raffia – and the experimenting of plot techniques with variable patterns, keep her updating this traditional handbuilt style with a contemporary taste.

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Maison et Objet Fall 2012: Warmth

Cozy designs from the Parisian design trade show

Maison et Objet Fall 2012: Warmth

Designers at this year’s Maison et Objet seemed unfazed by global climate change, coming equipped with fresh designs that reflect notions of warmth for interiors. From sculpted wood to tabletop fireplaces, here are a few of the notable pieces conjuring up a cozier ambience. The decorative wooden walls by…

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Sea Bags and Woolrich

Recycled sails from Maine fused with Pennsylvania wool in a line of new bags

Sea Bags and Woolrich

Since its start in 2005, Sea Bags has spawned a number of imitations, but unlike its competitors Sea Bags still uses only retired sails for its durable, handmade totes and accessories. Now the Portland, Maine-based brand has partnered with fellow East Coast company, Woolrich, marrying its weathered nylon with…

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Nike Air Footscape Woven Chukka Wool

La Nike Air Footscape mi ha sempre sucitato sentimenti contrastanti. Questa versione, ovviamente introvabile, non so perchè ma ha qualcosa che mi convince.

Nike Air Footscape Woven Chukka Wool

Nanamica Stretch Wool Flannel Cycling Jacket

Un altro gran pezzo per Nanamica è questa Stretch Wool Flannel Cycling Jacket pensata apposta per chi gira in città sulle due ruote e ha bisogno di un materiale resistente ma al tempo stesso morbido e comodo. Se sapete dove trovarlo oltre al sol levante fatemi un fischio.

Nanamica Stretch Wool Flannel Cycling Jacket

The Originals Collection

Beautifully minimal wool felt and leather iPad and iPhone sleeves from Dutch design company Mujjo

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Made in Amsterdam, The Originals Collection from Mujjo celebrates the understated but energetic nature of signature Dutch design, which Mujjo founder Remy Nagelmaeker describes as “contemporary and simple, but elegant and often innovative in shape or material.” Making beautifully refined sleeves for your smartphone, laptop and iPad in wool and leather, Mujjo charmed us with an overall aesthetic supported by impeccable hand-craftsmanship and attention to detail.

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Nagelmaeker’s favorite piece, the iPad Sleeve‘s wool felt body is both treated to repel water and resist peeling with a sustainable material that’s both strong and still soft to the touch. Additionally the vegetable-tanned leather is naturally water- and wear-resistant. Made with just the two materials, the simple sleeve benefits from basic form for a functional design. The sleeve is opened like an envelope to reveal the main compartment that holds your iPad securely while the additional, smaller pocket is free to store anything from a book to cords.

Taking the minimalist mantra to its rawest form is the iPhone Sleeve. The lightweight sleeve, which also comes in white, is constructed entirely of top-grain leather that’s hand-stitched and hand-dyed with environmentally friendly pigments.

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The Original Collection from Mujjo is available now directly from Mujjo online with the iPhone Sleeve and iPad Sleeve selling for €35 and €50, respectively. Also keep an eye out for the limited run 15″ Macbook Pro Retina Sleeve set to drop 28 August 2012. For more information on the collection visit Mujjo online and for additional looks at the iPad and iPhone sleeves see the slideshow.

Images by Graham Hiemstra


Nike Sportswear Blazer Mid Wool Vac Tech

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Nike Sportswear Blazer Mid Wool Vac Tech

Henrik Vibskov’s Shrink Wrap Spectacular

Cavemen-like models set a tone of modernity at the Danish designer’s Paris show

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Against a backdrop lined with machine gears reminiscent of Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times bleached white, a parade of slipper-clad, bearded cavemen sleepwalk to the sound of a percussion march. This is how we are introduced to the Henrik Vibskov Autumn/Winter 2012 collection.

Vibskov’s models appear in sharp contrast to typical menswear models’ standards, hunched over with heads down. They wear some kind of futurist, helmet-like nightcap and carry bright, girlish handbags, their clothing maintaining a comfortable fluidity, from fabrics to cut to color.

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Wool dominates the collection from top to bottom, perhaps a nod to the designer’s Nordic heritage. Knit sweaters and jackets have the look of garments home-made and hand-knotted by the fireplace, while Vibskov brings back the marled and heathered effects on other pieces. Pants comprise mostly leggings, plus trousers with a Turkish-style dropped inseam. Huge overcoats sport pocket-like hoods and draped backs with zipper accents.

We came away from the collection thinking about the colors of Fauvism painting—mustard yellow, a range of browns, rusty reds and greenish blue. Vibskov seems to channeling a man out of the 1950s, but in a futuristic way. His is a modern man, daring enough to blend vaguely feminine accents—leggings, shoulder pads, handbags—into his wardrobe, and take risks with bouffant cuts and cosmonaut ensembles.

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Titled “The Shrink Wrap Spectacular,” the free-spirited collection seems to focus on contrasts—the combination of skinny cuts with extra-large pieces, the range from dark solids to zebra prints, clothes that go from day to night—as Vibskov blends styles and silhouettes from a wild variety of worlds.

With his cavemen models trudging through a mechanized set, the designer seems to present more of a raw archetype than yet another stereotype of modernity.