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Tapehook by Torafu Architects
Available in a range oft colors, Japanese designers Torafu Architects designed these very cool Tapehook‘s that look like curled pieces of adhesive tape. Each hook has been created by soaking the paper, curling it, then allowing it to dry in position. A great and simple idea to hook your keys in style, necklaces or glasses.

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Pepe Heykoop Furniture Design
Dutch furniture designer Pepe Heykoop has some great, yet very original furniture in his portfolio, I love these two series the most, The Brickseries (I dont know if it is very comfortable to sit on that chair) and the Skin series, where he used leather scrap to cover old furniture. See more below

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Touch Concept Store : Organic Lamps
Currently being showcased at TOUCH Concept Store are a beautiful collection of handmade lamps by Meghan Finkel. Meghan Finkel started making her nature-inspired and sustainable lamps in 2004. A local New York design, her organic forms are readily appropriated into our contemporary homes. All of the lamps are made from reclaimed, recycled, fallen branches which [...]

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Elise Gabriel’s “Embrace” Furniture
This strikingly beautiful furniture designed by french industrial designer Elise Gabriel uses a material called zelfo that creates the unique and distinctive look throughout her “Embrace” collection, shown here. Zelfo is a resistant material. 100% cellulose fibres when solid and 95% water when liquid. I love the contrasts in these pieces of furniture, they shapes [...]

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Fort Standard “TERRA”
This glass icosahedron hard Maple framed Terrarium is spinning on a tripod base allowing the viewer to experience the plants from 360 degrees. “Terra” is the creation of New Yorkers industrial designers Gregory Buntain and Ian Collings of Fort Standard. So if you would like to showcase your

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Fedor Van der Valk ‘String Gardens’
While most people choose to display their plants in pots or vases,  Fedor van der Valk has designed a series of self-supporting, hanging plant containers. A new and inventive way to ‘hang’ plants and flowers is born. String Garden uses 3-D crocheting techniques. The roots are covered in moss and grass.

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Designing the Time
A TRENDLAND exclusive interview with designer and Ligne Roset collaborator, Philippe Nigro. Born in Nice, France, Philippe Nigro studied Applied Arts at La Martinière, Lyon and received a DSAA of Design from L’Ecole Boulle. At the same time, he designed the Ailleurs garden in Chaumont-sur-Loire and the Flac light (winner of a Habitat competition) in [...]
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