Unbelievably sweet! Phillip Lim

Phillip Lim

The cutest. Fall 2011.

black + white cakes.

Loving these black + white cakes.

lovely bags from AI

Design Bar at Stockholm Furniture Fair by Katrin Greiling

Stockholm 2011: German designer Katrin Greiling created the Design Bar at this week’s Stockholm Furniture Fair, featuring these orange cardboard hoods suspended over wooden loungers.

Bags by Maam Project

Here’s another project using old carpets (see our earlier post on a chair made of rolled-up carpet), this time handbags by Spanish initiative Maam Project, manufactured by prisoners.

In Maam Project we specialize in designing and producing items from the review and recovery of industrial waste, contributing our part to the sustainability of our society and economy.

We collaborate with companies to build communications campaigns to position themselves as ecologically, socially and sustainability concerned.

MAAM aims creatives, manufacturers, communication agencies, institutions, museums and exhibitions that share values of respect for the environment and people interested in eco-innovative products for sectors such as promotional gift, packaging, office, jewelry and personal use objects.

We design and produce products for people who appreciate quality in design and sustainability of the planet. It is an ecological and social project as part of production takes place in prisons and / or occupational workshops for people with physical / mental difficulties. As waste cannot be generated at will our original productions are necessarily limited.

MISSONI HOME

MISSONI HOME

Missoni Home (Italian designers and manufacturers of woven, knitted, printed and embroidered fabrics and accessories for the home) collaborates with Richard Ginori 1735

Selfridges Windows by Kyle Bean

Having worked for clients such as the New York Times and BBC, and created inspiring window displays for Hermes and Liberty, it’s unsurprising that Selfridges snapped up Brighton-based designer Kyle Bean’s talents, once he had pitched this wonderful window display concept to them. Drawing upon the theory that ‘Matter cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed’ – Bean’s window displays showcase objects in their original form, side by side with inspirational transformations, weighing scales demonstrating that even after transformation, the matter remains equal……