While I work

I just love this Suture Bench with storage by Produce Design…. with oxidized ash and carbon steel handles and sutures. 

They also make a really cool pot and pan rack.

A reclaimed beam is milled for a magnetic knife holder and fins that hang pots below. Trays in the top accommodate the knife magnet, lid storage, and spice storage and display.

Produce Design

Jennifer Maestre is making some incredible jewelry using colored pencils and epoxy.

Jennifer Maestre Etsy

She also makes sculptures…

 Jennifer Maestre

I am extremely sick of wall decals….however I just saw a decal used on the floor over at ApartmentTherapy and thought that was a good alternative to a large rug (and probably cheaper).

Les Invasions Ephemeres

Tired of stuffing your magazines, remotes, ipods, and other before bed essentials under the bed? Keep these items off the floor and close at hand in our bedside saddle. This soft faux leather saddle fits snuggly between the mattress and the bed frame. Magazines, journals, electronics, and other items can be neatly tucked away inside the saddle’s five pockets.

Bedside Saddle

I’ve just been checking out TheDieline, a package design blog. Here are some of my favorites….

Overall I’m over the bird phase, however, every once in awhile one still catches my eye…

Ceramic Bird Dish

Designer Brodie Neil will be showcasing three new designs at the rubin chapelle boutique in new york during the upcoming new york design week.  My favorite is the @ Chair, a continuous morphing loop in the form of a single seating chair.

Brodie Neil

Classicon makes a cute little bar cabinet with a interesting expanding feature.

Pandora

Easy To Use is a range of container-shelves in mat aluminum sheets w/hinged tops.

Easy to Use

For not liking smoking, I have a strange fascination with ashtrays….my latest one is the EvaSolo Ashtray.

Ash tray in steel and black silicone rubber.

Squeeze the rubber and the buts fall into the steel container.

EvaSolo Ashtray

I don’t know anything about it (perhaps one of you will), but I really like how they’ve used this stand/bench as a nightstand.

There’s a lot of clocks out there, that if you ask me, go out of their way to be modern. I prefer a more understated modern, like the Max Bill Clock by Ameico.

Max Bill

The nimble Algue element reproduces a delicate branching effect reminiscent of algae twigs. The individual elements are joined together, creating an airy and light structure that can be extended in all directions. The modular character offers many decorative and application possibilities. The amorphous design lets the room divider appear like a growing, natural object.

Algue

Sure you could always get some cutesy thing for the baby as a baby shower gift, but I prefer these ‘on duty, off duty’ pillow cases.

This funny, reversible pillowcase set is the perfect way to help sleep deprived new parents avoid late night misunderstanding about who’s turn it really is. Embroidery on one side reads: On Duty; on the other Off Duty…

On Duty, Off Duty - New Parent Pillowcases

The Küpe line of furniture is crafted from used bourbon barrels from Bardstown, Kentucky, the Bourbon Capital of the world. The barrels are constructed from new white oak and charred on the inside to produce the unique flavor and color of the bourbon. These barrels are only used one time to age bourbon, after which some are sold and shipped to Scotland to make scotch. The remaining barrels are discarded by the distillery and often sold for firewood or planters.

Küpe

Delicate, hand-formed white porcelain flowers will add charm to a tabletop or wall space. Each bloom is intricately sculpted of the whitest unglazed porcelain to create a lifelike appearance. Individual matte flowers sit flat on a table surface and look great in groupings or singly as paperweights.

Porcelain Flowers

I was checking out Julieanne Moore’s decorating skills over at Domino and the cork stool in the living room caught my eye. I also liked the idea of mounting a bookshelf on the wall for an entry console.

Transparent House has “created a way to refine a popular element of contemparary interior design such as polished concrete flooring. The design concept allows for application of any pattern to the surface either when pouring or afterwards when the concrete has set. The fine floral ornament promotes the clean and simple charactoer of the space while adding a touch of warm and live contrast and highlighting the cold austerity of the material.”

Transparent House

Check out these cmu planters that Jon over at Happy Mundane posted from the Garden Show at South Coast Plaza.

Make up tools and cosmetics can be neatly organized and readily accessed in the Trinity carrier just by turning the tray. A convenient handle even lets you carry it around.

I don’t think I’ve shared with you how I’m obsessed with horizontal fencing.

but this one I just saw at apartment therapy has to be my favorite. I just love how they used two different thickness woods. It’s just stunning…

Yeah, so apparently it’s a computer, the Enlighten Computer by Suissa.

Because of its unique form factor, Enlighten comes with a technology package slightly different than the rest of the Suissa collection.

Enlighten’s design dissipates heat through the use of aluminum around the power supply and DVD drive and through careful venting of air into, around and out of the main housing.  By separating the power supply and DVD out of the main housing, we have been able to avoid a cascading heat effect found in many computer designs.

The Naked City Series by Lois Aronow has a beaded textured glaze that was applied over a slip or engobe. The beady-ness (reticulation) is a result of careful glaze formulation, application and firing.

Lois Aronow Porcelain

Fetty’s newest high-end line of jewelry is diamond braille rings, necklaces, earrings ID bracelets and bangles set in polished and oxidized sterling silver. The diamonds are set in the formation of Standard American Braille to spell out words such as:

I Love You
Yes
Forever
Try
Mine
Maybe
Tomorrow
XX

Fetty Braille Jewelry