Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Wood | Metal | Furniture | weird designs
This table design has made the rounds, but it’s just smart enough to become a phenomenon: The Safe Bedside Table is a brilliant combination of modernist side table and billy club and shield. I originally found this post at Oh! Gizmo, then at TreeHugger, then at Spluch, and finally at its source: James McAdam (the […]
Posted in White | Lust Factor: Hot | Houswares | $0-50 | Metal | Shiny
I subscribe to a newsletter by a Swedish company by the name of Form Us With Love, and they just sent me an announcement for their latest design product/company called BIO (Bendable Interior Objects). This design object is very similar to BluDot’s line of accessories in that they both use a very simple stamping process […]
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Last week was my first post in a series for 2Modern.com where I will focus on young Dutch and British designers. This week, I’ve come up with a product by the design studio of Designgedichtjes. Their name, as you can see, is hard to pronounce for the feeble American tongue. It’s meaning, however, is somewhat […]
Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Wood | Plastic | Furniture
I will file this wood and clear acrylic coffee table in my YANRO file. YANRO, of course, stands for Yet Another Noguchi Rip Off. If you’re wondering who Noguchi is and don’t care then please leave this site immediately and don’t come back. If you’ve heard your high-brow friends throw Isamu Noguchi’s name around at […]
Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Houswares | Metal | Shiny
I’m not much for having tea, but when I saw Michael Anastassiades‘ silver service I wanted to start this ritual just so I had an excuse to buy this beautiful set. Mr. Anastassiades aesthetic can best be described as old world modernism. This may seem like a contradiction in terms, but when I think of […]
Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Wood | Metal | Furniture
Travel Tip: If you take a visit to Paris any time soon, then I urge you to stop by the Galerie Kreo not far from the Place d’Italie. I’ve always wanted to live in a place where well designed objects are exhibited in a gallery setting. OK, some may argue that IKEA fits that definition. […]
Posted in Black | Blue | Lust Factor: Hot | Automotive | $1,000,000+ | Bold
I’ve been trying to spend more and more time looking at things that are in the unattainable category simply because its so damn fun to imagine me and all my friends and family enjoying whatever the incredibly expensive item is, and basking in the glory of its opulence. Quite frankly, nothing has piqued my imagination […]
Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Houswares | $0-50 | Plastic
I recently covered the fun and innovative Nature V2.0 chair by Dream Me a Sheep which is so clever in itself. But the designers at dream me a sheep are constantly finding smart and witty ways to reintroduce old product concepts. One of their recent designs is Self Healing Tape. It’s a new take on […]
Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Architecture | Metal | Bumpy
Office dA, a Boston based design firm, has created in the heart of Los Angeles this gas station that creates quite a paradoxical relationship for those who seek it out. For the everyday user of this gas station, it’s just another funky monument in the “look at me!” culture of Los Angeles road side architecture. […]
Posted in Brown | Lust Factor: Warm | Fashion | Wood | Metal | Bold
Now that another fashion week in New York has passed, all my future fashion posts for the next several weeks are going to be old news. So, if you really want to stay on top of the latest fashion trends, then this may be the wrong blog. If, however, you are simply in the mood […]
Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Architecture | Glass | Metal | Hard
Thomas Heatherwick created this beach side cafe in Little Hampton, UK around an extremely strict design cept. The owners wanted to discourage graffiti, which was a problem in the past, by getting rid of any large expanse of flat surface on the building. But it was the building’s intention to be long and thin to […]
Posted in White | Lust Factor: Hot | Architecture | Plastic | Art
The Illoiha spa and Gym in Tokyo explores a number of fun and interesting concepts in pampering and working out, not the least of which is this climbing gym. This climbing space designed by Nendo Akihiro is made of a number of baroque pieces of furniture, mantles, and picture frames built to a high durability […]
Posted in Lust Factor: Warm | Architecture | Stone | Hard | Concrete
I’ve always been a fan of the work of Peter Zumthor. And a recent article that I’ve read in Icon Magazine has reinvigorated the joy that I get in his work. This work in particular, the Bruder Klaus Chapel, has inspired me to go to souther Germany to see this work in person. Rarely do […]
Posted in White | Lust Factor: Warm | Fashion | $250-500 | Soft | Leather
I have been contemplating giving who I am and everything I do in life a catchy tag line that will help an audience identify with me. Design Crack, as of yet, has no tag line. It pretty much explains itself, I think, with the mental visual of a design object that is irresistibly addictive- thus, […]
Posted in Architecture | New York Building Guide 2007
I’m embarrassed to tell you that I started this post months ago. I was in New York in May when I went by the building site, and at that time the building was still at the stage where the contractor’s were doing sitework. This new building will be the New Academic Building for Cooper Union, […]
Posted in White | Red | Lust Factor: Warm | Houswares | Metal
Claus Bjerre creates a witty take on a candle holder. The holder, of course, mimics the form of some plumbing pipe with a valve. The valve, besides looking beautiful in its industrial simplicity, actually serves a purpose in that it is used as the handle for the candle, meaning you will never get hot wax […]
Posted in Uncategorized | Black | Lust Factor: Hot | Consumer Technology | Metal | Shiny
I have not tried this phone out, so I cannot speak of the P’9521 by Porsche Design’s usability just yet, but I can say that they have some seriously stiff competition from the iPhone. What I can say that makes this phone unique is the designers’ decision to carve the phone out of a single […]
Posted in Lust Factor: Hot | Consumer Technology | Glass | Metal | Plastic | Smooth
Philips, one of the most innovative companies in the world, has taken a big leap of faith with their new Aurea HDTV. This is no ordinary 1980 x 1080p LCD HDTV. No. It adds two dimensions to the viewing experience that I think are unique with these types of televisions. First, the Aurea is surrounded […]
Posted in White | Lust Factor: Hot | Architecture | Glass | Metal | Smooth | Bold
Famed Spanish Architect, Santiago Calatrava, known for such buildings as the recent Milwaukee Art Museum, has moved further down the lake to Chicago to create what might be his most enduring work in a long career of enduring works. This one is not as flashy or anthropomorphic as his previous buildings, but it has one […]
Posted in Black | Lust Factor: Hot | Fashion | Leather | Brand Crack
This bag is soooo old news. However, The Dior Samourai 1947 handbag is still one of my favorites even though Dior has probably gone on to market bigger and better pieces. This handmade gem by Dior is nothing less than a work of art. The handbag comes in a variety of colors, but I like […]
Posted in White | Lust Factor: Hot | Houswares | Smooth | Ceramics
Finnish Designer, Susanna Vesalainen, created this ceramic salt and pepper shaker for a competition this year sponsored by DesignBoom. The salt and pepper shaker is comprised of two ceramic halves held together by a magnet that sits in the middle of each half and attracts both sides to each other creating a perfect fit. The […]
Posted in White | Lust Factor: Warm | Houswares | Smooth | Ceramics
These are two young designers who’s names I cannot pronounce but whose design concepts I immediately get. Both Tuukka Tujula and Maija Puoskari are members of the design collective JuJu Design Party, a Finnish group with a massive amount of talent. I’ll be featuring a number of designs and concept from their collective in the […]
