From designer Peter Raacke, a five piece boxed children’s dinnerware set. What a great gift – just enough to make you smile. Clear, clean graphic without the usual corny themes. Give kids credit, they’ll recognize good design when they see it! Mono Kids Smile.
Rocket Stool was designed fourteen years ago by Eero Aarnio – you know, the guy who also designed Ball Chair in 1963. Its kind of ironic for a guy who made his mark with the innovative use of plastic and fiberglass to create such a simple wood stool thirty years later. But then again, he is a Finn – a culture with a penchant for simple, earthy design. What’s interesting about Rocket is that its shape would really lend itself to plastic – to me, that makes it all the more appealing. In 2006, Aarnio introduced Baby Rocket, a child sized version of same.
“What is it?”, you ask. This is Rococo, a wall sticker that is also a chalkboard done in a kitschy Rococo style. The sticker can be re-stuck at will, so you can move it around until you find the perfect place for it. Its pretty big at 31-1/2″ x 18-1/2″ and it even comes with chalk. Designed by WallCandy Arts, founded by Allison Krongard, a former Knoll International sales representative. Pretty fun stuff at about $38.
Okay but not just any thermos, this Royal VKB’s Fresh Traveller. For those of you who tote your treats, you know this is a winner. For those who don’t, watch the movie, you just might become a believer…
Eames Demetrios short film starring none other than the Eames Plywood Elephants. For native Angelenos, this film is particularly enchanting because much of it is shot on location at many familiar spots. Vitra has also introduced a polypropylene version of the same Eames Elephant that is available in white, classic red, ice grey, dark lime and light pink, in stock for about $290 each.
Described as a pot-bellied Kimeroide? (hmmm, I had to look that up – Google showed no references except by Casamania, go figure). Anyway, the concept is one of an animal of the future – some sort of cross-cross breed that is nice and friendly – house pet or outside friend. Kekazze is a decorative object to be used indoors or out. At 47″ high x 33″dia, this guy is almost as tall as and considerably wider than my seven year old. @ functions, Los Angeles.
This piece was designed by Omar Ronda, part of the artist’s collective Cracking Art whose purpose was “…to change the codes for the art of the future” and reportedly regarded their work as a “search for archaic forms in the modern”.
Gummi Lights – that’s right, a little light that looks just like your favorite candy. What’s more, these guys are made of a soft rubbery material, so they are true to their inspiration. They are about 7″ high by 4″ wide and come in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink and clear. There is no cord because they are powered by three lithium batteries that last about 20 hours.
So this got me thinking, where did Gummi Bears come from anyway? German Hans Riegel, owner of candy company Haribo, invented Gummi Bears in the 1920’s. Unbelievably it took until 1982 for Haribo to begin manufacturing the bears in the US. I’ll bet he never expected his little guys to end up as icons with their own cartoon, vitamins and lights. @Property, NYC
Gregg Fleishman’s cluster structure playhouses are based on a modular building system – the simplicity of the system allows for expandability. The building kits are made from European birch plywood. Want to experiment on a small scale? Fleishman also offers cluster structure buiding kits like the Rhombicube. Gregg Fleishman