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Lamp Sweater by Lise Lefebvre
Design Showcase 2009

Materials: Mohair, socket+electrical cable, CFL lightbulb Price Point: $30-40 "Following the new EU regulations that aim to prohibit the sale of non CFL bulbs in Europe, I decided to design a simp...

Hot or Not? Designer Axe

Might the axe be the new antlers? These axes are hand forged and tempered in Maine, then the handles are hand painted and polished in New Jersey. Best Made Company explains their axe obsession: An a...

10 Embroidery Art Favorites from Etsy

click thumbnails for larger pics We've found ourselves gravitating toward textile arts lately (there was the felt show and that quilt obsession). So it's no surprise that we're drooling over all the ...

The Obscure & Strange Findings of Curious Expeditions

click thumbnails for larger pics We've been armchair traveling lately. The images above are from our favorite wanderers, the Brooklyn-based couple of Curious Expeditions. Two years ago, video editor...

Green Ideas: Prism Stool by Brave Space Design

Brooklyn's Brave Space Design has just announced a new design from Gregory Buntain — the Prism Stool. Made from walnut scraps left over from the production of their popular Tetrad Mega Shelvin...

jan & äya: Little Things in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

jan and aya is one of the stores in Greenpoint making Franklin Street a shopping destination. They are committed to celebrating the handmade, finding those little things that can make your home uniq...

"Historically Inaccurate" Toile by Richard Saja
The New York Times 5.22.08

We've admired Richard Saja's embellished toile designs ever since we first spotted them at The Future Perfect a few years ago. This week, The New York Times follows Saja while he shops for textiles ...

Crepe Paper Flower Kits from Martha Stewart Crafts

Are your Deli-daffodils dying too fast? While we've always preferred our flowers fresh, there is something sweet and simple about these crepe paper flower kits from Martha Stewart. The kit provides ...

House Tour: Eliphante & Hippodome
NYT House & Home Roundup 1.31.08

This bizarre sculptural home is perhaps the best (and most extreme) example of Slow Design. Located in Cornville, Arizona, Eliphante was created with found materials over a period of 28 years by the...

Slow Design
NYT House & Home Roundup 1.31.08

Last year, Maxwell asked the question "Who do you think will be the Alice Waters of the home design world?" In today's New York Times, Penelope Green answers that question as she begins to define "S...

Packing Tape Marquetry from Johan Bruninx

This unique collection of furniture uses brown, matte, packing tape to refinish damaged pieces of furniture. In his graduation show at Design Academy Eindhoven, Johan Bruninx used intricate patterns...

Of the Young and the Restless Textile Design

Of the Young and the Restless was recently profiled in The New York Times, but we decided to look at more of their unique, hand-printed designs for textiles. We are glad we did! Their first collecti...

Porcelain Bowls by Karin Blach Nielsen

We're on a hunt for products that support this morning's post on "Things that look like things." These delicate porcelain bowls from Danish designer Karin Blach Nielsen are made from molds of folded...

NYT: Novelty and Things that Look Like Things

Remember those creepy/cute Hand Soaps that made appearances on all the design sites? In his latest Consumed column for The New York Times, Rob Walker breaks down the meaning behind Foilage's hit with ...

NYT: Currents
House & Home Roundup 12.20.07

South African textile designer Ronel Jordaan's recycled-wood benches with elaborate felt cushions will soon be available at twenty Anthropologie stores (two designs per store). The felting business...

NYT: Etsy and the Craft Movement

The craft movement has never been bigger and the New York Times Magazine published an in-depth look at the recent growth of the industry: Handmade 2.0. Written by Rob Walker (we've blogged his ideas ...

Non-traditional Christmas Trees

Collectively, we've posted a lot of non-traditional Christmas trees in the past few weeks. The Buro North plywood tree, two versions of a bookshelf tree (and this one too) and Danielle at The Styl...

AT Europe: Paris - The Embroidered Universe of Aurelie Mathigot

Paris-based artist Aurelie Mathigot creates strangely poetic crocheted furniture and accessories, and embroiders photographs of Paris, Tokyo or Rio printed on canvas with string or pearls... ...

NY Gift Fair: Art Department Ceramic Buildings

Handmade. We finally got to see the amazing Ceramic Buildings from Art Department in person. The bright colors and thoughtful details make these small art pieces stand out......

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