Designed by Hans Bleken Rud for Norwegian company Northern Lighting, this large pendant lamp looks like an exploding incandescent bulb but it’s not. Rather, the Scheisse pendant lamp is a tribute to the one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. Environmental concerns have made the old stand by ineffective and quite soon unprocurable.
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Remember the paint-by-number kits you used to do as a kid? A little watercolor and the ability to stay within the lines and you were miraculously transformed into a pre-teen Pablo Picasso. Designer Jenny Wilkinson applies the same concept to her Wallpaper-By-Numbers. The interactive wallpaper can be colored or painted to reflect the owners personal taste. Color in as little [...]
If The King weren’t munchin’ on fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches up on that big stage in the sky, he’d probably be holding court on this bad boy. The Throne melds classic furniture design with urban street art to create a hard edged chair fit for rock-n-roll royalty. The rolled steel piece features customizable graffiti by NYC street [...]
While perusing greenUPGRADER today we found this super colorful ottoman by DWR. It’s unique, fun and would you believe made out of recycled flip-flops?! The Miss Rio Ottoman designed by Karin Wittman uses industrial leftovers from flip-flop factories (try saying that 10 times) to make this fanciful footrest. The design is manufactured by social organizations [...]
Modern Urban Living’s editor Tracy Fay is featured as a guest blogger this week on Green Air. Check out her helpful hints for making composting in the city simple and rewarding. Read all about it here.
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Our work warrior friends over at Office Blog turned us onto these fabulous Nishi hand painted keyboards. We love the delicate little flowers and butterflies. It’s colorfully fun and dare we say tranquil? However, if you’re kind of a half-ass typer, you might want to brush up on your typing skills cuz there’s a lot going on here. But we’re sure it would [...]
In Sweden gnomes are known as Tomten and they are notorious for their immense strength, mischievous behavior and retributions towards unappreciative farmers. In general gnomes or tomten are known to be easily offended and reluctant to change, so it’s refreshing to see the Urban Gnome by designer Vitamin for Generate looking so modern and bad ass. His pointy hat and long [...]
Former sculptor and painter Lisa Whatmough, creates colorful furniture pieces by fusing antique textiles and period furniture together. Having amassed a substantial amount of textiles over the years, Lisa was looking for a way to showcase her collection of fabrics when the inspiration for her patchwork furniture was born. Her company, Squint located in East London, now makes one of a [...]
Design Group Rock and Royal are well known for their custom chandeliers and mosaics. Grand in scale and outlandish in design, Artist Hans van Bentem makes these sparkling beauties for some of his wealthiest and dare we say, eccentric clients. Who do we know that could possibly pull off an enormous prick in their entrance?
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Dreaming of your own rooftop garden oasis but lacking the space or funds to make it a reality? Start small with the Idyllic Table Garden available from online store Kikkerland.com. The kit comes with smal bricks and miniature urns so you can start designing your own little slice of outdoor heaven.
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Re-Surface, the folks who brought us Solo: the microphone light, have put their own tag on the boring lamp shade. The More- Light collection brings the color of the streets indoors with these five urban inspired lights. A photographic print on transparency gives the pendant light shade an inner-city makeover. Check out all five pieces in the collection on Re-surface’s website.
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We normally like to keep our vices hidden but The Sofa Garden’s mischievous pillows are so tempting it makes us want to tie one on!
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Before Ikea became mainstream if you wanted to build your own cheap DIY furniture you had to look no further than your nearest construction site. Back in the day a few sturdy cinder blocks, a plank of wood and a little ingenuity produced many a bookshelf. Not exactly elegant we agree but certainly functional for loads of young people just starting out. If you’re [...]
Ole Jensen designed this whimsical soft Rubber Tub for the Mindcraft 2008 exhibition held in Milan. Modeled after his famous washing up bowl, the Rubber Tub is made of the same EPDM rubber as his bowl making it extremely durable. The tub, like Ole Jensen bowl is sturdy but pliable so it collapses when not in use, making [...]
