Korean industrial designer Seung-Yong Song created surprising multifunctional furniture, taking the simplest objects, such as a chair and accommodating a variety of additional uses. See a couple of his projects below, you’ll be surprised by what he came up with…(...) Read More about Seung-Yong Song Furniture (389 words)

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Balloons & Muffins are two lamp collections made of simple and timeless “invisible volumes” by industrial designers Dan Yeffet and Lucie Koldova – Produced by Brokis the lamps are based on the idea of a transparent invisible balloon with a floating reflector.(...) Read More about Ballon & Muffins Lamps by Dan Yeffet and Lucie Koldova (51 words)

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These awesome ‘Hexalights’ are a series of 2D cartoon pendant lamps by New York based Marcus Tremonto. Continuing to explore the manipulation of two and three-dimensional imagery, Tremonto has created a series of lights using electroluminescent paper and graphics, two dimensional drawings of “cubes” that suggest three dimensional objects. These lights (...) Read More about Hexalights by Marcus Tremonto (116 words)

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The Scaffold Lights by Lanzavecchia + Wai are an extension of the concept on structure and skin. Geometric metal wire frames support and pull flexible skins into organic shapes, creating contrasts of material and form, which is further highlighted when the lamps are switched on.
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GOODBYE EDISON is a French manufacturing company of contemporary lamps. As its name implies, it is a nod to the disappearance of traditional light bulbs and the advent of new light sources. Investigating the capacity of the LEDs to spread a softer indirect light for the user. Its lamps are fine, light, exquisite and go away from stereotypes and archetypes of traditional lighting.

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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 she collects herself after a big storm along(...) Read More about Touch Concept Store : Organic Lamps (127 words)

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Canadian furniture designer Alex Jowett of Atelier 688 contacted us to introduce their very cool one of a kind furniture. Located in Toronto’s Art district of Queen West, Atelier 688 showcases the work of local Canadian artists and designers with a leaning towards the use of reclaimed and vintage materials. Their fun and unique items like their original manila rope lights, the vintage kayak chandelier or their Toro bike parts antlers are prefect for the home, cafe or bar. Pretty awesome!(...) Read More about Atelier 688: Custom Vintage Furniture (58 words)

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During Milan Design Week, famous Italian glass maker Venini celebrated their 90th anniversary show with an exhibition by Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana with their new ‘fragments’ standing lamps alongside earlier blown glass sculptures and a large installation piece.(...) Read More about Campana Brothers ‘Fragment’ Series for Venini (122 words)

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May 12th started Space Age Lights, a great exhibition at the Triennale Design Museum (Triennale di Milano) in Milan. The 60s and the 70s were rightly called the Space Age as man was thinking to conquer the space by (...) Read More about Space Age Lights at Triennale di Milano (62 words)

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