Simplicity can be stunning, particularly when it’s presented with the perfect blend of curve and symmetry. Poul Christensen got it exactly right in 1969 when he designed this hand-folded sculptural lamp, as well as several others, for Le Klint. Made from color-stabilized white PVC – totally washable and anti-static – the lamp vaguely calls to mind the unmistakable lines of the Guggenheim in New York. Its maximum capacity bulb is 100 watts, limiting its illuminative
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Philadelphia-based designer Jesse Gerard creates limited-edition handmade speakers with a strong 1980s throwback sensibility for his Carrot Grant line. Case in point: The Buffalo Box, which Gerard calls “a contemporary interpretation of a boom box.” Although it looks like a simple end table or television stand, it’s actually a one-piece stereo system with an 8” subwoofer, ready to blast sound from your iPod, computer or television. The Buffalo Box, available for $495, is presented in
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The Sinclair St. Charles is a beautiful traditional styled lamp that is available on Land’s End for a discounted price. Retailing for $99.99, as opposed to the original $ 149.00, the elegant lamp will enhance the ambiance of any room and illuminate any space without being too bright or harsh. With its hand-blown glass base, each iteration of the lamp is truly unique and the seeded glass base complements the shade, which has the hue
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Designer Inger Mehlum’s favorite medium is porcelain, and it’s evident in her careful execution of the perfect porcelain star in her Sirio series of candle holders for Kahler Design. The seven-pointed stars are slightly transparent, a natural trait of the material itself that fascinates Mehlum in its ability to contain and disperse light in majestically equal measure. Shining from the inside out, a grouping of several pieces from the Sirio line create the perfect centerpiece
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FLOR’s eco-friendly floor coverings are more than just environmentally responsible; they also present kind of a fun game of mix-and-match if you’re feeling inventive. The modular carpet tiles, each 50 cm in diameter, are available in a vast array of colors and textures, and can be cobbled together – somewhat literally – to form a rug, runner or entire carpet installation. Without using nails or glue, the modules fit together using trademarked “FLORdots” to secure
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