Ekobo: Ecology & Design - Spotted over in the very cool DesignBoom alley way out in the left wing, Ekobo's Mikoto knife block is a great, simple design. A French company with a mission to create a completely ecological and ethical range of deco products in bamboo, Ekobo manufactures everything in Vietnam...
This particular design, the Mikoto Knife Block, is by Austrian Martin Robitsch. Everything is worth checking out.
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RATZER - We're suckers for big, soft blankets in rich colors. One of these we'd seen before, but not the others.
Tina Ratzer of Denmark is a textile designer who shows her artwork at places like MoMA. Her full line of blankets, pillows and tea towels feel great against the skin, and are rich in unique soft colors with a very hip use of the plaid pattern. The blankets all have a different reverse patterning and they are also totally eco:
The wool is 100 % Australian, biodynamic, merino wool demeter certified KbT, by IVN, Germany. The sheep are bred under biodynamic control. The soaps and spinnings oils used are bio-degrable. The wool is not super-washed and no moth repellents are used. The dyes used do not contain heavy metals. The textile is woven, then milled without soap in cold water only. The sewing thread is 100% cotton, the label is 100% polyester, both in Eco-Tex standard 100. This product is made in Denmark.
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I've seen some of those knife blocks around, and as much as i admire their clean look, I would find it abit annoying to have to pull out multiple knives before getting the one I want to use. (Nope, nakiri. Nope, chef. Nope, santoku....)
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I have one of the Kapoosh knife blocks, which is a similar look in black plastic rods. As my knife collection is small, varied in handles, and mostly crappy, I don't have a problem pulling the right one out the first time.
Oh, those blankets look nice!
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nifty knife holder... i just hope those skewers are fastened or glued on the other end or it's one big game of pick-up-sticks if it gets knocked over... I remember my mother doing something similar using a box or tin of rice to hold knifes, pens and pencils, et.al. - you can check that low-tech option at the counter of any asian take out place.
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Rog, each knife would have a "spot," just like a wooden knife block.
I would hope the sticks would come out, otherwise the block would just be a collection point for dust, cooking splatters, and other funk. I'd want to clean it out periodically -- probably when I knocked it over...
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