Home Couture Store

Wind Outdoor Lamp by Jordi Vilardell Wins Wallpaper* Award

February 29, 2012 |

Wind-outdoor-light-jordi-vilardell-vibia-wallpaper-design-awards-2012

The Wind collection floor lamp by product designer Jordi Vilardell for Spanish design company Vibia has just won Wallpaper* magazine’s 2012 Design Award for Best Outdoor Light.

See More

Categories: Lighting, Outdoor

Tags: , , , , ,

Marble Effect Armchair by Maurizio Galante

February 29, 2012 |

Maurizio Galante Marble Armchairs

At first glance this armchair looks cold and uncomfortable, but if you walk closer you will discover that it is in fact only an effect. Haute couture designer Maurizio Galante and Tal Lancman designed for the Italian design manufacturer Cerruti Baleri the elaborate Louis XV goes to Sparta marble effect armchair.

See More

Categories: Chairs, Design, Fashion, Furniture Design

Tags: , , , , , ,

BD Barcelona Free Port Cabinet

February 28, 2012 |

BD-Barcelona-Free-Port-Cabinet

Free Port cabinet by Martí Guixé for the Spanish design formation, BD Barcelona. Martí Guixé likes to turn things around and he continues to do so. With his latest design and the first for the Spanish manufacturer, the Free Port, is a modular piece of furniture made of container cubes, with various functions.

See More

Categories: Furniture Design, Storage

Tags: , , , , ,

Playing with Food Plates

February 28, 2012 |

Plates-by-Boguslaw-Sliwinski-collection-drawings-transportation-truck-polish

Playing With Food: Transportation Plates by Polish designer Boguslaw Sliwinski has designed a fun set of plates that appears to encourage a bit of food playing. The design bares a transportation/construction theme drawn in childish lines on big white ceramic plates illustrate different forms of transportation such as a truck, train, ship, crane, helicopter and even a [...]

See More

Categories: Dining

Tags: , , , ,

The Carry-On Portable Stool

February 27, 2012 |

Mattias-Stenberg-Carry-on-portable-stool

Scandinavian designer and architect Mattias Stenberg of Studio Vision A&D has created Carry-on, a portable stool. The design is a take on a classic barrel form, with an upholstered textured tweed body which is contrasted with a natural wooden handle.

See More

Categories: Chairs, Furniture Design

Tags: , , , , , ,

Pixel Platter by Vivien Chiu

February 27, 2012 |

Pixel-Platter-Vivian-Chiu-wooden-cubes-pixelated

Furniture designer Vivian Chiu has created a pixelated platter made of wood. The Pixel Platter is made up of 1cm x 1cm cubes that are laminated together to create this amazing design feature.

See More

Categories: Conceptual, Homeware, Product Design

Tags: , , ,

Alma Armchair by Lavernia & Cienfuegos

February 24, 2012 |

Alma Armchair by Lavernia Cienfuegos

The cubed form Alma Armchair by Valencian design studio Lavernia & Cienfuegos, for the Spanish upholstery furniture manufacturer Koo International, is a comfortably supportive yet contemporary armchair that encompasses two volumes that can combine different colours and materials for both indoor and outdoor use.

See More

Categories: Chairs, Furniture Design, Outdoor

Tags: , , , ,

Vader by Luca Nichetto for David Design

February 24, 2012 |

Vadar-by-Luca-Nichetto-for-David-Design main

The Vadar Lamp by Italian designer Luca Nichetto created as part of David Design’s Atelier Collection was showcased at the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair earlier this month.

See More

Categories: Lighting, Product Design

Tags: , , , ,

The Folding UK Plug

February 23, 2012 |

Min-Kyu-Choi-UK-folding-plug series

Anyone who has been abroad or had to carry their laptop charger to work will know that the UK plug head is not the most space conscious object. Now product designer Min-Kyu Choi hopes to have come up with a genius solution: The Folding Plug.

See More

Categories: Gadgets, Product Design

Tags: , , , , ,

Interlocking XI Bookshelf

February 23, 2012 |

‘XI’ bookshelf by Gonçalo Campos

Reminiscent of an oversized puzzle, this simple wooden bookshelf  was designed by the Portuguese designer Gonçalo Campos. Featuring a number of discreetly-carved assembly directions, the XI bookshelf can be easily put together without the need of screws, glue or any additional parts or joints. Instead, the parts of the design lock together thanks to the very carefully placed fittings.

See More

Categories: Furniture Design, Homeware, Shelving

Tags: , , ,