If you have never seen the work of renowned and revered Russian artist Yulia Brodskaya, you are surely missing out. Brodskaya, a native of Moscow who now resides in England, hand-crafts one of a kind art pieces from paper and glue.
Sound simple? Think again.
Brodskaya combines a talent for quilling - the decorative art of coiling, [...]

Dollhouses have come and gone in many shapes and sizes - but most of them have been stuck in the last century or even before that.  The most popular styles were Victorian, Colonial or Classical.  The modern era has sadly been largely ignored.  Until now.
Modernistas and Minimalistas - rejoice!   Danish design house, Minimii, has recreated [...]

Trust James Dyson to come up with the bladeless fan.  Dyson, designer extraordinaire and the inventor of the Dyson vacuum cleaners, has come up with a different method of blowing air to your face.
Using a turbo-charged motor, pressurized air is forced through a narrow aperture and accelerated along the ring-like structure. This creates a jet [...]

Ever since first laying eyes on a Vipp refuse can, I was in love. The Danish company’s cans are unmatched in their combination of aesthetic appeal with functionality - sharp lines and neutral colors with an easy-to-clean finish and a wide rubber foot pedal. It helps that they have been hand-constructed from quality materials since [...]

You’re just about to drop off to sleep in your darkened bedroom, when you’re stuck by a sudden need for just one more sip of delicious tap-water. And, no longer a six-year-old, you can’t just call for Mommy. You reach for the cup on your night stand, knocking it over into the lamp, setting the [...]

How do we measure the passage of time? Digital numbers changing, hands on a clock turning, shadow on a sundial?
How about ink spilling forth from a bottle?
Get a load of this “Ink Calendar” by Oscar Diaz. He is really one of the most inventive, interesting designer/artists we’ve encountered lately. He’s in London.
Here is his own [...]

One of the students at the Sheffield School of Interior Design found this very cool, very useful-looking organizer for design projects, in which you can keep paint chips, fabric samples, and work your way through a design project. Could be a really useful assistant to the Sheffield Complete Course in Interior Design!
For more details, check [...]

How do we measure the passage of time? digital numbers changing, hands on a clock turning, shadow on a sundial?
How about ink spilling forth from a bottle?
Get a load of this “Ink Calendar” by Oscar Diaz. He is really one of the most inventive, interesting designer/artists we’ve encountered lately. He’s in London.
Here is his own [...]

One of the great jewelry designers we mentioned recently has two shows coming up: Emanuela Duca will be at the Craft Expo 2009 at the Guilford Art Center in Connecticut July 16, 17 and 18, and then she’ll skedaddle to Seattle (well, to Bellevue, Washington, but “Bellevue” doesn’t rhyme with “skedaddle” ) to the arts [...]

Continuing the theme of art and wood from the previous post, at the Uptown Art Stroll this weekend, the Stylehound came upon the work of Michelle Bernard, who makes jewelry out of ceramic and colored stone, and sometimes wire, too. The necklaces are big, strong, earthy pieces. It’s unique, eye-catching stuff that seems to have [...]