Drawerment by Czech designer Jaroslav Jurica is constructed from vintage drawers. First seen on apartment therapy. See this offshoot too, and these similar ideas.
Drawerment
August 20, 2008
The bitterness of poor quality.
Seen in the office of our feather pillow insert supplier.
Ice.
August 16, 2008
On a hot day in Vancouver, I was thinking of this hotel. The Jukkasjarvi Ice Hotel in Sweden is rebuilt every year, always to a different design but always from ice and always with blankets of reindeer hide (sustainably produced nearby).
Discuss.
July 19, 2008
Botanical textile dyes by Grijs
July 18, 2008
These subtle botanical-dyed textiles by Loraine of Grijs were made, in order, from:
Red onion (middle and right swatches)
Logwood and iron (2nd and 3rd photos) – this was the closest she could get to a dark brown.
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Kitchen garden outside the studio
July 16, 2008
Outside the studio door: herbs, lettuce, arugula, chives, tomatoes, artichokes, peas, strawberries, chard and kale. For pest control reasons and to boost nutrients, they’re planted with yarrow, zinnias, clover, petunias and nasturtiums.
Studio renovation
July 7, 2008
The reason for recent blog inactivity is a much-needed studio renovation. Still producing our textile wares as usual, but we’ve spent every spare minute under the floor. Will be back when desk is back in order.
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Ouno Design
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Fantasy and utility in Japan
May 21, 2008
While on a design trip to Japan this March, I noticed this contraption in a cooking shop in the Tokyo kitchen supply district. It was a motorbike hung in an industrial hammock of pulleys, canvas and with WWII webbing.
Swell Future-Friendly Design Exhibition
April 9, 2008
Our friends Propellor on the Canadian Design Resource
November 15, 2007
Check out the Canadian Design Resource, an excellent and informative compendium of Canadian Design. The CDR recently featured our friends Propellor Design’s Galiano lamp, at left.
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