Confronted with an increasing problem of plastic waste in the Colombian Amazon, product designer Alvaro Catalán de Ocón was invited to work with a team of artisans to create a reuse concept for plastic bottles. The result, a series of hand crafted pendant lights, combines …
Based in Seattle and Amsterdam, Graypants are people we are looking forward to meeting at Decorex in London as part of Blogtour. We are, truth be told, as curious to see what they make of Decorex as we are to …
Modenus UK has always been struck by the pragmatism of the French practice on buying wine ‘en vrac’ – filling bottles from vast containers – it is just a shame that the wine is so often undrinkable. On a saunter …
I’m really enjoying getting to know all of the BlogTourNYC sponsors and Rotsen Furniture is no exception. Rotsen has been creating custom furniture since 2005. They appreciate the environment and their pieces integrate wood’s organic characteristics. Rotsen’s designers seem to embrace, utilize and respect …
{Kitchen sourced from Cultivate | Kitchen designed by Julie Evans at JEIDesign, Inc.} {Kitchen sourced from Cultivate. Kitchen designed by Melanie Pounds Interior Design.} {Kitchen sourced from Cultivate. Kitchen designed by Richard Bubnowski Design LLC.} Hardware, hardware, hardware. It’s like that piece of jewelry that …
It is not lost on us here at Modenus that sustainability might be seen as the ‘design-term-du-jour.’ We are happy to report that for many of the companies we love, sustainability is not just lip-service. Caroma planted their water-conservation flag …
Modwalls Booth Number: 1030 www.modwalls.com On Modenus ‘Making tile modern’, they say. Well they certainly make modern tiles. When you see their range, including their gorgeous glass tiles, a personal favourite, you can see why this is the name that …
A guest blog by Françoise Murat of Françoise Murat & Associates In 2010 we worked on an eco project that lasted six months. This was a complete refurbishment of a late Victorian house with ground and two floors above. …
Modenus loves interesting lighting. Our interior design blogs are full of them and this is undoubtedly an interesting light from …
People talk a lot of rubbish about Green Design. We’re going to talk about Green Design and rubbish. What something …
We rather like this. British based designer Chooi-leng Tan makes a variety of brick modules to create habitats for plants, …
How much fun can you have in 24 square meters? Or, if you don’t want to take up that much …
David Trubridge says that he does not design to fulfill a practical function. He says that he designs to communicate, …
Scott White, of White Design is disarmingly honest and straightforward. He makes no bones about how he came to be …
I simply have to update the post I wrote below since our Master of Concrete just sent me another piece …
We spent some time thinking about the title of this piece. Is Brent Comber an artist or a furniture maker? …
Furniture manufacturer Environment says it is. And their clients, which include Julia Roberts and Leonardo DiCaprio seem to agree. That …
In a world where particle board, glue and allen keys rule, this furniture is made with care, respect and love. …