en Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:42:48 +0800 19 DMY Berlin 09: a concept for a dishwasher combined with a sink by designers Peter Schwartz and Helene Steiner is on show at DMY Youngsters exhibition in Berlin this week. Dirty crockery is loaded into a tray at the table, then put into the sink. A cover lowered over the sink seals the dishwasher ...

]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:35:08 +0800 Milan 09: Dutch designer Dick can Hoff presented wood-burning stoves made of tiles for Dutch ceramic manufacturers Royal Tichelaar Makkum in Milan in April. A hand-painted version of the stove (above and below) was exhibited alongside the manufactured product (top image). Here’s further details...

]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:35:08 +0800 London-based, Italian designers Sara Ferrari and Marcella Fiori have designed a book of place mats for note-taking during meals.The book has a wooden cover with press-out cutlery and contains 14 disposable, paper place mats with a space in the corner intended for writing notes.Photography by Marcell...

]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:01:39 +0800 Amsterdam designer Aldo Bakker has designed a range of porcelain tableware for producers Frans Ottink.The collection includes a salt cellar, oil and vinegar flasks, oil platter, milk jug and water carafe.Incidentally, Aldo is the son of Gijs Bakker, co-founder of Droog design.The collection is avail...

]]> Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:55:22 +0800 London designers Morph have designed three new products for British kitchen equipment manufacturers Joseph Joseph, including a polypropylene salad bowl and servers (above). The lid of their design for a storage jar can be used to measure out the ingredients it contains, while the magnetic measuring ...

]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:39:28 +0800 I don't think I'd call fellow blogger, Leah, a slacker, even though her blog is named More Ways to Waste Time. I think Leah's efforts definitely look productive, and with some "chic" thrown into the mix. A freelance writer, Leah interviewed me some months back for a piece on kitchen faucets for HGTV...

]]> Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:37:38 +0800 There's a small part of me that would love to do a kitchen out west, if I had a home, or for someone else, for that matter. What would I do? The whole rustic Colorado/Montana/wild west look? Or, maybe a kitchen with a California mediterranean/Spanish ifluence. Or, an elegant, San Franciscan back in ...

]]> Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:35:06 +0800 Have you ever thought that a bathroom can be an amazing place ? If not just take a look at these two bathroom decorating ideas from Hansgrohe. These two pictures with two amazing bathroom decorating ideas are from a collection named Axor Citterio. Brilliance, clarity, and harmony determine value for...

]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:25:28 +0800 This three-storeys Soundhouse with a unique black boxed structure is where people from the University of Sheffield, with a big passion for music, get to play. The 450 sqm building - designed and Careyjones Architects and put up by Jefferson Sheared Architects - is a first for the U.K. for using blac...

]]> Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:25:28 +0800 Take a look at this green kitchen, isn't it great? I saw it on Apartment Therapy Green, and I had to show it to you. On that link, you can get lots more information in the form of an interview with the owners including some good, green tips at the end of the interview. Take a look here, for ima...

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