Designers Ideas and Collection

THE ROPE CHAIR

Would you dare to sit on this chair? Have a stack of rope in your home and not quite sure what to use it for? Here is a clever idea from designer Jon Fraser, who came up with a way of creating furniture from 80 meters of rope. Found on HomeTone, the Ropey Chair combines comfort with function and not to mention originality.Can you guess how long it took for Jon to put together this out-of-the-box design? To prove the process is not exactly an easy one, the chair was a one-week job. We really like the outcome and are wondering if you feel the same way.

 THE FACE BOOKSHELF

The Face Shelving comes from Alexi Mccarthy and is a cheerful storage unit for books and various small objects. Paying tribute to simplicity, this unit is truly ingenious. Even though it would look great in a variety of colors, we particularly like the choice of red, which makes things…explosively fun. Enjoy imagining how the face on the wall would look with various book combinations on it and let us know if the designer triggered your appetite for creating something similar.

TABLE FROM WOOD CARVES

Alma (“Soul”) table was created by Brazilian designer Roberta Rampazzo and has a simple, yet original appearance.The acrylic frame holds the scraps together while giving an overall elegant touch to the product. The project developer asserted that this is her way to emphasize on the nobility of wood, even in its most unused shape. The table looks sturdy and can be integrated with ease in various contemporary decors. Bottom line is if you have a bunch of wood scraps at home, you might want to put your imagination to the test and see how you can achieve a practical furniture piece.

CRADLE FOR ADULTS

Why should small children be the only ones enjoying the sweet comfort and peaceful swings of a cradle? This is probably the rhetorical question that triggered the idea of creating a cradle for adults. Richard Clarkson in collaboration with Grace Emmanual, Brodie Campbell, Jeremy Broker, Eamon Moore, Kahlivia Russell and Joya Boerrigter took the idea of some adults always bearing a child side within to another level

Credits: Freshomes, Richard Clarkson, John Fraser, Alexi Mccarthy, roberta Rampazzo

Customized Pillows

This idea was started by a group of friends from Seattle, Washington”, PillowMob brings fun and interesting ways of staying connected with your friends and family – by offering them a funny pillow of your face or by adorning your home with their faces. And then there are other faces and things you can put on your pillows – your pets, your favorite snacks or even your favorite coins. You simply upload your desired photo on their site, and PillowMob will make your custom pillow and then ship it to you or your friend. You can even choose from their collection of puffy pillow heads, if you find one that captures your attention. Choose between the oval (7 by 11 inches), round or the heart-shaped pillows and finish it off with one of the ten fabric colors and patterns on the back of your pillow. 

Missing someone? to at least lessen up this feelings...why not have your customized pillow with you. It's really cute as if you are with them...Nice idea right?!

Playful Plate to make your meal fun

Playing with food is not only acceptable, but also fun and creative when it comes to modern ceramics design. These awesome Plates by Polish designer Boguslaw Sliwinski… introduce us into a somehow forbidden mealtime tradition – playing with food. Displaying a transportation theme, the ceramic Transportation Plates are a fun way of enjoying a healthy meal. Childish lines shaping different means of transport – by truck, crane, boat, train, helicopter or forklift – adorn six white round plates composing a complete dinnerware set. Simple ceramics in black and white come alive once food is added – exotic fruits or common peas find their place on the transportation surfaces drawn on each plate.

Credits: Freshomes Interior Design and Architecture

The Five Timeless Chairs

Chair manufacturing brand Emeco presented the new Sezz Collection of seating at Maison & Objet in Paris this January. Designed in collaboration with French designer Christophe Pillet, the chair collection is made of aluminum chairs, stools and swivel chairs and were originally created for the Sezz Hotel in St.Tropez – hence the name. Launched as a five piece collection that display a timeless design, Sezz features two kinds of recycled aluminum shells – with or without upholstery pads. Manufactured at the Emeco factory in Pennsylvania, the chairs and stools tell the story of the Emeco brand, “an interpretation of the Emeco way“, as Pillet describes them. The Sezz Collection by Christophe Pillet for Emeco is described by its designer as follows: “The look is very subtle, but holds an unbelievable quality; you don’t see the welding, the recycled aluminum, the indestructibleness, they are all real but invisible values, the hidden territory of a luxury product.”

Credits: Freshomes Interior Design and Architecture

The Magnificent Cathedral of Lights

The second edition of the spectacular Ghent Light Festival held in Belgium, for four days (from January 26 to January 29, 2012), displayed quite a few interesting projects. This year’s themes were happiness and music, portrayed in over 30 unique exhibitions. But the focal point of the event is said to have been a giant art installation shaped like a cathedral and made from no less than 55.000 LED lights. According to the official website of the festival, “Belfortstraat (Belfort Street) was the  domain of the Luminarie Cagna. A giant colonnade made of wood and hundreds of thousands of colored lights, with arches that remind one of Romanesque and Renaissance architecture. The entrance area only measured 28 meters high. The audience walked into a fairy tale gallery, surrounded by light and color. Energy Wasted? On the contrary, this immense work of art with 55,000 LED lights consumes only 20Kwatt / h of electricity“. Have a look at the video we found on This is Colossal for more details about the festival and tell us what you think of this art installation.

10 most popular projects presented in 2012

#1. In at number one, we have the opulent Jumeirah Vittaveli Resort, located in the beautiful Maldives. This new holiday destination consists of 91 villas and suites, each offering a private pool, direct beach and lagoon access plus a private massage room. e-like dwelling.

#2. Nestled on a hill near Bali’s Valley of the Kings, Viceroy Bali Resort&Spa offers accommodation units that combine comfort and privacy. The 25 villas of the resort are integrated within this scenic landscape, allowing each of the guests here to enjoy exquisite views from the comfort of their cottage-like dwelling.

#3. Spinaltermine Villa nestled in a boeatiful landscape in the region of Uguria is a private residenceny near the Castello di Reschio estate, at the border with Tuscany. The picturesque mansion features four bedrooms in the main building, and an extra an extra guest house with one bedroom.

#4. Samsung digital window presented by Samsung at CES trade show in Las Vegas. This window is a transparent touchscreen that will allow to check out the weather outside while staying in touch with all the favorite websites. It can be installed wherever the user wishes.

#5. FBed by Croatian designer Tomislav Zvonaric of Devian Tom. The concept is shaped like the logo of the worldwde famous social network with some "like" buttons on the small pillow sheets.

#6. Paper Architecture created by Amsterdam-based artit Ingrid Siliakus. Miniature architectural details rise from thin folds of paper yo shape three-dimensional artistic pieces. All windows, corners and rooftops were designed to fit within a frame that imitates skyline ad casts interesting shadows.

#7. Piaggio scooter which they associate with the italian word Vespa which actually means "wasp" and was used by Enrico Piaggio for his scooters when they first appeared in 1942 becasue the appearance and the buzzing noise that the two stroke engine created. By turning this 1968 vespa into a work station, its fate was sealed in an original, practical way.

#8. A miniature gardens developed by Steve Wheen around east London. The original and diverse projects of the guerrilla gardener, offering a cheerful alternative to the otherwise sad state of some east London street.

#9. Lake House is the perfect example of how a home that is dark on the outside and filled with light inside was successfully joined to shape a fantastic contemporary residential building.

#10. An impressive penthouse in San Francisco which can be defined by color, inspirational interior design and luxury

Credits: Freshomes Interior Design and Architecture

Sofa collections

molecule sofa

At first saw, one wouldn't believe that this is a chair, because the FEEL SEATING SYSTEM designed by Animi Causa has a really cool and unusual shape. The shape is inspired by a molecular structure, the basic form of all objects is the universe. It is made of 120 sofa balls covered with elastic fabric. You can actually use this in many ways just need to be creative.

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cool rug sofa

This sofa that looks like a rug is a great design. This is called East meet West and is designed by Tonio de Roover. The idea of designing the carpet like sofa is pretty simple, a wood and inox support on top a persian rug.

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Rodolfo  Rochetti from Tappesseria Rochetti is a master upholstery in Rome, and he made some really creative pieces of furniture. A wild theme sofa for your home specially for animal lovers.

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lego like sofa

For those who love Lego when you were young, this is something that make you remind of that period. Designed and created by Thierry Nahon & Philippe Landecker, LunaBlocks are based on an original concept, the transformation and enlargement of bricks used in building games for children. easily stacked together, functional and totally versatile, LunaBlocks are designed for the world of decoration and for home. 

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The Sitscape is a seating zone with a length of six meters. The form transforms the usual use of a couch. The design is based on specific seating positions and smooth transformations between them. Based on the prefered relaing postions of the client generated a six basic position and formed a perfect fit for them in the "Sitscape".

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Yang Sofa is a sofa that allows to play with. It can be interlocked to form a sofa or a sectional. One can also create a range of different groupings using up to four or right arm sofas. designer Francois Bauchet who created this brilliant Yang Sofa..

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credits:Mihai on Best of Ideas