+ Jaime Hayon has some new table lamps for Metalarte, a collection called Las Santas. Maria, Teresa and Lolita have porcelain bases and methacrylate shades.
+ Lee Broom is getting set to launch the new Rough Diamond collection at the Brick Lane Gallery and at Tent London in September, including this Bright on Bistro chair.
+ The Weese Young House by wpa inc is an off-site fabricated system of steel frames (40’ x 10’) built adjacent to a national wildlife refuge in Florida. The grid elevates the house, leaving a lot of vegetation underneath and allowing the structure to blend into the natural landscape.
+ Jason Gregory’s wallets for Makr Leather are the very picture of simplicity. The handcrafted line will soon encompass a wide range of bags, but these practical wallets give us a taste of the quality and craftsmanship that Makr has to offer.
+ Dilettante’s Vanity Vanities is a line of water-jet cut mirrors with words to inspire, such as "who ever loved that loved not at first sight?" (Christopher Marlowe), as shown in the King mirror above. The Queen mirror (not shown) quotes Shakespeare.
+ A new alternative to the traditional gift bag, Popptags are handy cards to slip onto the neck of a wine bottle. Voilà, ready for gifting.
+ The Bicho armchair by Stone Designs is inspired by ski goggles, and indeed there is an air of the helmet as well. The front of the chair was left open to provide a handy storage space for items such as magazines and throws.
+ Cenk Dereli’s Abu stool attachment turns any stool into a more ergonomic proposition. This polypropylene attachment will locks to most standard stools, and stacks for storage.
+ The Hive set of shelving modules by Dar en Art allows the creation of room dividers with access to shelving from either side of the structure.
+ New from Jellio are the Button Bench, taking us back to the days of peeling coloured sugar pellets off paper to ingest, and the Monkey Mirrors that give us an idea of what happened when the monkeys grew up and left their barrel.
+ Rhea Goymer’s collection of Another Species lighting is based on stretching fabric over a linear frame and takes on the appearance of insect-like creatures.
+ New Viennese design studio PURISME recently launched the world’s first full carbon letter opener to Red Dot accolades. Each letter opener is also fitted with a RFID-TAG programmed with a message from the designer.








