Saturday, December 19, 2009

moroccan moment



the embroidery of these moroccan wedding blankets are exquisite..... the handcrafted wool rugs are painstakenly beaded with hundreds of sequins by artisans in berber villages. i would love to have one draped from the wall or as a bedspread. 




also in serious need of some moroccan candle holders or a birdcage/lantern. the effect packs a punch !


Thursday, December 17, 2009

luminara italy


luminara is an italian-based lighting design company that produces beautiful work inspired by the '60s and 70's. 

  vo
voodoo ceiling lamp


pasha
shine suspended
gio suspension 18 lamp





Tuesday, December 15, 2009

medusateam


the works of spanish studio medusateam are full of sexy, colorful graphics. their breadth of work covers prints, animation, and illustration...... their showreel especially makes me want to go back to doing animation and graphic design. i've been away too long from the adobe creative suite and 3dmax!! 


chair in space

obsessed with this ad from toshiba! a danish modern chair was released up to space by helium balloon with a videocamera as "armchair viewing, redefined." this is particularly amusing because i had once bought the same type and color of chair on e-bay which i had to return upon receipt because the leg was broken. 

the chair took 83 minutes to reach almost an altitude of 100,000 feet and 24 minutes to fall back to earth after the balloon broke. pretty amazing...