Cool Hunting
| 27 June 2005view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Milk Jug Vase
by Parker Hutchinson
With his "Milk Jug Vase," Jatta Lavi has taken one of the most familiar domestic designs and hand-cast it in fine porcelain, thereby celebrating the classic form and expanding its function. The multipurpose carton, available on MoMa's online store, is a charming way to house floral arrangements or replace that run-of-the-mill carafe for milk, cream, or juice at breakfast time.
Laidback by Das Ding
by Parker Hutchinson
The "Laidback" sofa, with its exaggerated proportions and skew angles, is a tricky new design from Belgian studio Das Ding. This oversized furnishing's super-high arm rests and upwardly-sloped seats make it both attractive and visually unique. Only the "two-seater" model is currently available, but, despite its name, this high-volume sofa can easily seat up to four. Its unusual depth provides room for its occupants to kick back with their feet up, allowing the sofa to double as a guest bed. Measuring in at 88" x 54" x 38.5", the large-scale design creates a playful womb-like resting place that's as cozy as it is good-looking. Custom upholstery options are available for this €3000 made-to-order piece, including the colorful retro fabric pictured after the jump.
Nextfest
by Josh Rubin
I too made it to Nextfest, Wired Magazine's showcase of all things futuristic. Interestingly, the press day was also the education day so it was a great chance to see how kids responded to all the exhibits. It was no surprise that they found all things glowing and blinking to be most interesting. The big differentiator for today's youth is the expectation for interactivity-- across all the categories of Nextfest (Communication, Design, Entertainment, Exploration, Health, Security and Transportation), technology now includes the user as an active participant instead of a passive consumer. While I was checking email at a glowing T-Mobile Hot Spot table a couple kids even came up to me to ask what the table does.
For some great highlights of the event, head over to Core77.
