This is Concrete Rug by London based artist Alex Chinneck. Designed to be walked on but not to wrap yourself up in. Credit where it’s due. Our attention was drawn to this by British Design Blogger Design Hunter a woman with a remarkable radar for …
Articles tagged “Concrete”
Furniture
November 12, 2010
From chaos comes order – Rainer Mutsch furniture
I was never great at putting up shelves. I think it had something to do with my somewhat relaxed attitude when it came to spirit levels. As I grew older, and more experienced I developed a more successful technique which involves earning money and then …
Interior Design
October 28, 2010
Concrete lace update – now on Modenus
We have been inundated with requests for information about the Concrete Lace featured in a recent blog. You wanted to know how strong it is, how much it weighs, how much it costs and, most of all, how do you …
Interior Design
October 20, 2010
Seriously wow – Doreen Westphal concrete lace
The designer is Doreen Westphal, who’s Concrete Lace is made from ultra high performance concrete (fabricated by G.tecz) and different suspension materials like ribbon or 1mm steal cable. The result is absolutely astounding and instead of a long winded blog …
Designer Spotlight Series
August 14, 2010
Kim Klelund – Crazy Beautiful Euro Mix
Kim Klelund is a Swedish designer who having started her career in Italy, moved from London to Berlin to establish her own design studio. Yes, she speaks English, Italian and, of course Swedish. Apparently she is working on her German. …
When you walk past a wall of Daniel Ogassian‘s tiles something happens. Their design and construction plays with light and shadow to create a sense of movement that adds to the drama of shape and pattern. Daniel Ogassian is a …
FurnitureGreen DesignInterior Design
June 6, 2010
Product spotlight – so sexy, so curvy, so….concrete by 910 Castings
I simply have to update the post I wrote below since our Master of Concrete just sent me another piece he’s just created: I give you the “Chinese lacquer drum table in concrete”, and if all that weren’t enough….it’s cast …
Interior Design
April 7, 2010
Burning desire
How do you react when someone tells you they really want a fire pit? When the sun goes down and the air turns a bit chilly fire pits become the centre of attention. People gather round, warm their hands and …
Furniture
March 16, 2010
Concrete assets
People have been asking us about the funky chairs we are featuring on our demonstration site. They are by Blå Station, a family firm based in Sweden. They are represented in the US by ICF group and in the UK …