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SHEEP WOOL BUILDING INSULATION

It is often new developments in technology that give rise to improvements in efficiency and environmental sustainability. Sometimes, however, the biggest innovations come from simply looking at old

Buckle up! Not only do seatbelts save lives, but they make for super strong and comfortable furniture as well. The tightly woven nylon that makes seat belts capable of withstanding up to 5,000 pounds of

LYX KRISTALL CHANDELIER

Here’s another something I spotted at ICFF, which I’m just finally getting to. Swedish design company Lyx makes these beautiful fiber-optic chandeliers which mimic the sparkly corona you

THE GREEN HOUSE

The Green House: New Directions for Sustainable Architecture, is going to the top of my Amazon wishlist. Written by Alanna Stang & Christopher Hawthorne, the stunning coffee table book features

IKEA PREFAB HOUSING

Since IKEA was the innovator of mass-customized, flat-packed furniture it comes as no surprise to learn that the Swedish furniture behemoth is going to start selling prefab houses in the UK next year.

PHOTO-REALISTIC WALL MURALS

Have you ever wanted to paint one of your walls with a tromp l’oeil forest scene, so that when you stared across your room, instead of staring at a white wall, you would feel like you were staring

TOUCH DESIGN STUDIO

I discovered Touch Design while trying to track down the origin of this wine glass chandelier which caught my eye at The Future Perfect. Touch design, a two person industrial design consultancy started by

CLEAN, GREEN KIREI

Could there be a natural material as sustainable and lovely as bamboo? In fact, there is something out there even more eco-friendly, called Kirei board. Kirei (“Ke-rai”) is a Japanese word

WALL TROPHY LIGHT

Suppose you really like the hunting lodge aesthetic: rustic timber logs, Navajo rugs, deer heads mounted on the wall ? only you are vegan. This is a question I’m sure many a sensitive young city

FAUX SONGBIRDS

I am perplexed by mechanical products that are designed to imitate nature. If you want to hear the tranquil sound of birds chirping in the morning, why not just open your window? I mean, even in New York

NEWSWEEK + DESIGN

Whats up? Is Newsweek all of a sudden a design publication? In the past couple months, I keep finding articles about modern, sustainable design in Newsweek/MSNBC. This week there is an article about

SUNSET BREEZEHOUSE

Michelle Kaufman’s latest eco-prefab house, the Breezehouse, was unveiled to the public this weekend. The newest “clean and green” prefabricated home is a collaboration between Sunset

RECYCLED WINE BOTTLES, Part 2

When it rains, it pours. It seems that whenever I notice something I really like (such as Tord Boontje & Emma Woffenden’s recycled glass designs), all of a sudden I start seeing similar things

RECLAIMED WOOD IPOD CASE

Berkeley based designer Peter Kinne makes wooden iPod cases (and laptop cases as well) from reclaimed materials. The wood in this Music Box comes from old hot tubs(?) and tables, and the stainless steel

NYC DESIGN WEEK WRAP UP

Design week is over and here’s my belated wrap-up: ICFF and Soho parties were fun, but my favorite part of NYC Design week was the whole Joint Venture thingy in Williamsburg with The Future Perfect,

BRENT COMBER’S FALLEN BRANCH FURNITURE

Brent Comber innovative furniture collection caught my eye at ICFF. This unusual table is made entirely from alder branches collected at Brittania Beach, outside Vancouver. The designer dries the

WINE GLASS CHANDELIER

Swedish company Form Nasielsky was showing this multi-tasking wine glass chandelier at ICFF this year. The fabulously efficient Glasklasen doubles as storage space / drying rack for your wine glasses, as

IMBROGLIO GRAPHIC CALENDAR

My favorite section of ICFF this year was the British section. As always, this area of the floor featured a lot of independent boutique designers offering unique and witty items such as this beautiful

MOLO PAPER WALL

The hit product at ICFF this year appeared to be Molo’s softwall. This giant flexible wall made out of crenellated paper was on display everywhere. It was prominent not only in Molo’s booth,

EXPANDING TABLE

One of the best things I saw at ICFF was this expanding table design by Austrian furniture company Xpand System. What I love about this is that the design is so simple and uncluttered, and the

PHOTOGRAPHIC WOOD TRANSFERS

At ICFF, design company OHIO was showing something innovative: photographic transfers onto wood. The table shown above has a very subtle photographic transfer on the top. At first glance it just looks

LED Glass Table

Ingo Maurer’s LED Table was on display at the ICFF and at the Ingo Maurer opening party last night. I can’t stop staring at this table. I think its partly due to the “oooh sparkly”

TORD BOONTJE, Designer with Conscience

Even if Tord Boontje is not yet a household name, he’s well on his way to becoming one with his ubiquitous cut out doily-esque lampshades and curtains. I have to say that I love this stuff ? but it

PHILLIPE STARCK HIGH TECH CLOCKS

These uber high-tech clocks seem like the type of thing you should be able to find at the Sharper Image. In addition to keeping time and waking you up in the morning, these have every feature you could

HIGH TECH MOD CABINET

These may look like run-of-the-mill cute modernist cabinets, but they are oh-so-much more. Glide’s MOD cabinet is actually more like a stylish safe, with a bluetooth?enabled fingerprint reading lock

MODULAR TWIST-TOGETHER LIGHTS

To go with your MOD Cabinet, Glide also makes a series of cute modular lights. The Twist-Together lights will appeal to the kid in you with their Lego-esque, building?block design. They can be assembled

ICFF – International Contemporary Furniture Festival

In case you didn’t know, it’s design week here in NYC. The biggest event in town, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) kicks off today (Sat, May 14th). I’ll be there to

CRADLE TO CRADLE: Remaking the Way We Make Things

Imagine buildings that generate more energy than they consume and factories whose waste water is clean enough to drink. Renowned ecological architect Willian McDonough has actually built these things and

SMART.SPACE

Have you ever dreamed about living in a super futuristic apartment with movable walls, foldable furniture and multifunction appliances? (I’m not the only one, am I?) If you have ? integrated design

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