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“Helmet hair” is not a complimentary term, but with this product from, Sawako Furuno, it does not matter, because you will not want to take your cycling helmet off!
This version is covered with faux crocodile skin, but complying with EU and US standards, there is no need to compromise your ethical standards or your safety to look chic on the cycleways.
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The idea of making your own lamp or fruit bowl, is tempting perhaps, but impossible for most. But the designer maker Andreu Carulla, working just outside of Barcelona, has conceived a design that can be adopted to suit your own purposes. Read more
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Staying on the subject of thin steel structures, the Bat Chair reminds me of one of those odd shaped box kites that magically levitate, despite paying no attention to the concepts of aerodynamic form.
It is the third in a series of chairs by its author, Baltasar Portillo, exploring the subject of transparency. Its magic seems to lay in the way it hints at the recognizable form of a chair, whilst being something completely different. Read more
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For some, the furniture designed by Alan Lake is the antidote to minimalism and modernism. The designer / maker finds inspiration for his pieces from the very wood he sources.
Unlike the commercial timber trade that discards the gnarled, grotesque pieces of wood because they are non standard, Lake often uses these pieces from which unusual forms result. He regards working with such interesting natural forms as a dialogue with the wood which allows its individual expression in the finished furniture piece. Read more
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If your days of Olympic swimming are over, but you still feel the need to splash around in style, then this jacuzzi-style mini pool, designed by Ludovica + Roberta Palomba for Zucchetti, might be your thing. Read more
