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Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

Rattan palm, with a modern perspective

Abie Abdillah is a young Indonesian furniture designer who has a passion for local materials, especially wood and rattan, a sustainable material from South East Asia. A rattan palm grows very rapidly, is somewhat similar to bamboo but much solid and flexible. Abie is gaining international recognition for the way he creates modern, striking designs

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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

Entrepreneurial insights from a woodworker

Chicago-based woodworker Zak Rose has some some great insights about entrepreneurship, such as the value of patience, or doing the simple, physical tasks to give your brain time to work out complex ideas and design. Zak launched...

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Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Dig for excitement always

Paul Tebben and Vladimir Radutny are two Chicago-based architects who are gaining a reputation for their innovative approach to design and architecture. The pair launched their architecture and design studio, IDE, in 2008 and since then have...

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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Create by destroying

Lennart Van Uffelen is a young Belgian designer who likes destroying furniture. In his recent project “Functionality Kills the Fun” Lennart explores the boundaries between function and art by, for example, driving a nail through a mirror...

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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Do things you love, then hope like hell people like it

Cape Town based designer Liam Mooney never needed to take the leap to independent entrepreneurship—in fact, he’s never worked for anyone but himself.  Liam set up his own design label in 2006 and since then his work...

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Monday, March 19th, 2012

Mel Made This

Mel Rye is a London-based creator of vintage objects d’art. She takes unloved lamps and furniture and reinvents them into strikingly colourful bohemian pieces. The floral, geometric and paisley patterned fabrics which adorn the pieces are beautifully...

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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Design combining South African and Scandinavian aesthetic

Pedersen + Lennard is an up and coming design company from Cape Town who’s work reveals a clear fascination with South Africa’s heritage and craft, while remaining true to a clean Scandinavian aesthetic. Luke Pedersen and James...

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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Design inspired by nature

Paula Rodriguez is an interior designer and furniture designer from the Philippines.  Paula graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and is currently one of the designers behind the Filipino furniture brand Detalia Aurora....

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Friday, February 10th, 2012

theLENNONPROJECT

Samuel Lennon is one of Auckland’s coolest young designers. Sam combines his love of architecture, design and building in theLENNONPROJECT, a practice specialized in furniture design and internal fit-outs. Sam operates from his workshop in Auckland and...

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Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

Eco furniture maker

Cameron Barnes is a South African furniture designer and maker. Using alien timber species, reclaimed glass and other ‘waste’ materials, and assembled using no nails and no glue, Cameron’s designs take a no-compromise approach to sustainable principles....

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