product design Archive
industrial
Frumpy Chairs are one-of-a-kind plastic seats designed by Canada-born RISD senior, Jamie Wolfond. Through an experimental process, Wolfond melds the polarized worlds of ‘hand-crafted’ and ‘plastic-molded’ to form unique and
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sculpture
The increasingly “cloud-based” nature of collecting is a trend I’ve been following, and I’m not alone. Netherlands-based designer Lucas Maassen and Raw Color question the meaning of “ownership” in the
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industrial
From cute toy cars to cute (and toylike) real cars! This batch of mid-century microcars is a follow-up to my 2010 award-winning post entitled How Cute Would I
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wood
Speaking of Pepe Hiller and wood toys from Europe, check out these great wooden toy cars. After having kids, Italian designer Matteo Ragni became a crusader against ugly and
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sculpture
If you thought Maurizio Galante’s Cactus Couch contained mixed messages, feast your cycloptic eye on this curio cabinet. Maurizio Galante and Tal Lancman work together as INTERWARE, a “society for
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industrial
This is a tale of two couches. The first is by Italian designer Maurizio Galante. For reasons that should be obvious, it’s called Canapé Cactus. The Canapé Cactus
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popjects
For those who aren’t inspired by Snow Cones, there’s this: a hand-held hamster ball of nothing. Nothing, for the person who has everything. Congratulations! You have received the gift
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popjects
It would be too simplistic and cliche to begin this with “only in Japan,” but well, these artisanal wood Chupa Chup holsters are, in fact, from Japan. Designed
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popjects
In some states, you can get a ticket* for adorning your car with “anything resembling or depicting ‘anatomically correct’ or ‘less than completely and opaquely covered’ human or animal
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popjects
Veronika Paluchova is a designer from the Slovak Republic who created these great bat hangers. According to her website, the popjects are “coming soon”. Wouldn’t the ultimate undead
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