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Volume II

Objects of Design: Columbia Road Wallpaper

columbia road wallpaper in gold
columbia road wallpaper in gold, image from courtheyoutloud.wordpress.com As you know I can never resist a good wallpaper and this, from custhom, is a good wallpaper. It's made in Britain and handfinished, but perhaps the best thing about it is that the pattern is non-repeating. the wallpaper is available from cavalierofinn and costs £35 a
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Objects of Design: & Tradition

A couple of weeks ago I showed you the rather fabulous offices of Danish company Butchers & Bicycles with its monochrome colour scheme and gorgeous furniture, much of which came from another cool Danish firm called &Tradition. Well, today I thought it was time to have a closer look at them. Founded in 2010 by Martin Kornbek
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Objects of Design: Copper Chair by Blu Dot

real good chair by blu dot
copper chair from blu dot at heals I love this chair. Made from powder-coated steel it's basically a flat pack piece of furniture. You simply fold along the lines to assemble. The copper patina will age naturally so it will become more and more beautiful with time. real good chair by blu dot The copper
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Objects of Design: New Kitchen from Ikea

new metod kitchen from ikea Today, Ikea launches its first new kitchen for 25 years. Metod (disappointingly pronounceable if you ask me) will replace Faktum, found in so many homes up and down the land. style the new ikea metod kitchen however you like The modular system can be configured in pretty much any way
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Objects of Design: Wooden Rug

wooden carpet by elisa strozyk for boewer via clippings Believe it or not this is not the first wooden rug I have seen. I was going to buy one from Seletti a few years ago but realised that it was quite thick and that if I forgot to step up onto it I would stub
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Objects of Design: Scoreboard Coathanger

scoreboard coathanger from e-side
Hall storage: always useful especially at this time of year when you might have the odd guest. scoreboard coathanger from e-side Hall storage is a vexatious issue because everyone wants something different so I make no apologies about returning to the subject on a regular basis. I have already featured the rather ingenious Hat Tree which
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Objects of Design: Swedese Furniture

swedese log bench
Continuing the best of the Mad House, I really did enjoy learning about this company. swedese log bench Amid all the shouting about the Paris trade show Maison et Objet 2014, there was one name which seemed to keep popping up or, perhaps once I had noticed it it seemed like it was everywhere. That
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Objects of Design #364: Leather Wall Tiles

leather wall tiles by studioart for rubelli
leather wall tiles by studioart for rubelli Earlier in the week, I ran a post on the return of Anaglypta wallpaper which proved as polarising as I expected. But then I was sent details of these leather tiles, which I'm happy to predict will not provoke such a strong reaction (well not until you see the
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Objects of Design #363: Storage Stool Magazine

use old magazines to make a stool like this one from hockenheimer
use old magazines to make a stool like this one from njsutdio.com Now I don't know about you, but my house is being taken over by magazines. And not even gradually. There is a pile of half-artfully half out of control on the coffee table. There is a (growing) stack under the coffee table. By
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Objects of Design #362: Danish Lighting

copper orient pendant light from lightyears I came across this Danish lighting company a couple of weeks ago and loved their products. They create modern interpretations of classic lamps which are as functional and sleekly beautiful as you would expect. black wall light caravaggio from lightyears The lamps above and below are part of the
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Objects of Design #361: Design Vintage New Collection

weekday blackboard in seven sections
vintage industrial style from designvintage.co.uk Design Vintage sells a wonderful mix of vintage, retro and industrial pieces and when owner Lisa Brass emailed me the other day to show me pieces from the new collection, I thought they would be perfect for the blog. wall organiser with nine storage compartments for £88 As a trained
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Objects of Design #359: Portrait Carving

the laser cutter creates portraits from photographs - see more at photocarve.co.uk
the laser cutter creates portraits from photographs - see more at photocarve.co.uk Look at this. Isn't it clever. It arrived in the post the other day (my birthday since you ask) and when I peeled off the bubble wrap I saw it in stages, much as you are doing there. And then I realised what
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Objects of Design #357: Mirrored Trunk Stool

mirror trunk stool by malafor from e-side
mirror trunk stool by malafor from e-side Forget what I said yesterday about spraying that industrial pipe coat hook, because about five minutes later I found these stools. Now I know I was saying that our halls tend to be tight spaces but you if you can fit that coat rack you can fit this
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Objects of Design #356: Pipe Coat Hook

pipe coat hook from cox and cox This is one of those products that makes me all excited. And yes, some of you will think that's terribly sad. The rest of you know exactly what I mean. I am mildly obsessed with coat storage as, in the UK at least, halls tend to be tiny
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Objects of Design #355: Canvas Chair by YOY Design

I came across a picture of these chairs a couple of weeks ago now and I can't stop thinking about them so I thought it was probably time to share them with you. They have slightly blown my mind. A two dimensional drawing of a chair or a sofa, it can be hung on the
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Objects of Design #354: OYOY Living

I first wrote about the Danish company OYOY a few weeks ago (here) and when I saw their new catalogue I thought the pictures were great so I wanted to show them to you. Now, yes, I appreciate they're a little more pastel than we're used to see over here on Mad but at the
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Objects of Design #353: Hat Lamp

hat lamp by mars hwasung from eno studio The hunt for the perfect spare room light has been going on for some time now. It's a huge room with a high ceiling that has to work as an office, guest room and place for the children to hang out and play x-box and television. the
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Objects of Design #352: Monochrome Cable Lights

Cable-Light white with black and white cable
new cable lights from folklore The weather may not quite have got the message about Spring yet, but the shops certainly have, and every day there are press releases and pictures of the new collections. detail: cable lights I just love these from Folklore which should be coming online soon. I have featured this gorgeous north
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Objects of Design #351: Objectables

I came across these wonderful pieces by Tim Gould, a set designer and builder from East Sussex who owns Objectables, last week and they all made me smile so I'm bringing them to you. Usually I can't bear painted furniture with whimsical quotes on it and if I see that ruddy Keep Calm logo one
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Objects of Design #350: Guess Who?

the felt and wooden organise shelf from says who Today is all about love right? Well, you can keep all that hearts and flowers stuff. When I saw this shelf that was love. It's by Danish company Says Who Design. Founders Nicolaj and Kasper say: "Our style is rooted in the great traditions of Scandinavian
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