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I can't get enough of these guys! Ronan and Erwan have paired up with Spanish area rug company, Nanimarquina to create "Losanges" - an awesome area rug that salutes traditional persian style with a modern interpretation. This rug is handmade through and through. The 13 colours of afghan wool ...

Hella Jongerius featured this installation of 300 vases at her a recent show: "Misfit"  in the museum Boijmans van Beuningen, 2010. The vases are documentation of the designer's experiment in colour and glaze application. She used industrial paint in standard colours for the first 82 ...

Butterfly Stool by Sori Yanagi for Vitra, 1954 - photo: vitra.com A butterfly, a bird, a whale's tail ... there have been several comparisons drawn from this stool for several animals, insects, and various forms of organic design. This beautiful sculptural seat is made of two pieces of molded ...

Emeco's 111 Navy Chair - photo: emecowithcoke.com Emeco's 111 Navy Chair, made from 111 plastic Coke bottles, had an exciting year. It was a big hit during its debut at Milan's Furniture Fair in April and made waves (er... icebergs?) in London while frozen in a one-ton block of ice. Emeco's ...

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec - photo credit: ola rindal Maison et Object have selected Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec as one of their "Creators of the Year" as result of the large impact that they have made on the French design scene. Interior architects Gilles and Boissier and architect Edouard ...

Yup, that's right. Gabriel Ross is participating in the apres-Christmas shopping frenzy that is Boxing Week. To make things easy, we've decided to offer 10% off our already uber competitive and, in most cases, already discounted online pricing. On everything ... well ... almost everything. ...

Tab, by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby for Flos is an elegant, modern, minimal design in both table and floor lamp versions. Available in black, white and blue , this light boasts big visual value for a small footprint. It's rotating head swings horizontally, making it a great task light on top ...

Meka ALP320 in Manhattan. Image: Daniella Zalcman/The Wall Street Journal At $100.00 per square foot, the Meka ALP320 is a sweet deal. At least, those in Manhattan sure think so after one of these little modern/ular home nuggets was transplated at the corner of Charles and Washington Street. ...

In case you haven't noticed... Christmas is nearly here! Considering my lack of posts over the last couple of weeks, one might think that I have been busy shopping shopping shopping and have my list completely checked off. Yah ... not so much. I do have a couple of things sorted out (she says ...

Bonaldo's new Pebble table by Matthias Demacker has been nominated for Interior Design Best of Year award. This unique table was inspired by something that is, here in Victoria, close to home: beach stones polished smooth by the sea. This design is not only modern and unique, it's also ...