Piet Hein Eek
I really love the work of Dutch furniture designer Piet Hein Eek, who is best known for his intricately composed scrap wood furniture—each piece a one-of-a-kind creation that merges artisan handcraft with skilled design processes.
I really love the work of Dutch furniture designer Piet Hein Eek, who is best known for his intricately composed scrap wood furniture—each piece a one-of-a-kind creation that merges artisan handcraft with skilled design processes.
These bird and bug boxes have been installed by art and architecture collective London Fieldworks around trees across London in clusters inspired by neighbouring housing.
Situated on the lakeside in Zurich, Lakeside House, by e2a architects, is comprised of three volumes of pigmented concrete, stacked and shifted offset to each other and connected through a cascadian staircase.
Lovely photography of trees by Ronald Breeze Via: The English Group (Via Behance Network)
A ‘very serious’ new disease is killing native oak trees across a wide swathe of Britain.
I think these creative wooden gadgets are just the way forward. Not only are they eco-friendly , the designs are timeless, visually striking and practical. Via: www.toxel.com
I am very impressed with the simple elegant graphics and marketing materials for the exhibition Horace Walpole & Strawberry Hill, on display at the V&A London between 6 March and 4 July 2010. Via: The English Group (Via: V&A)
A fabulous boutique hotel that can be found in Nairobi, Kenya. Ngong House as a great reputation for wonderful accommodation and excellent food.
Playing with Tradition is a series of oriental rugs by Dutch designer Richard Hutten, where the traditional patterns are stretched into stripes. The traditional ends of the rugs retain their decorative fringes while the contemporary sides have been cut off cleanly. Via: The English Group (Via: Iain Claridge)
Always a fan of Cormac McCarthy writing and it’s a pleasure to see his complete body of work given these absolutely appropriate ‘Americana’ new cover designs in the UK (in paperback editions, by publisher Picador).