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Brooches!

I love the idea of a good brooch, and these by Little Sister Designs are the cream of the crop! They are made from silver with a piece of black acrylic sandwiched between them.  

 

 

Memorial Day Modern Furniture Sale - Enjoy 12% off at 2Modern

 

Enjoy 12% off in honor of Memorial Day at 2Modern Modern Furniture! Sale is for our Blog Readers, Facebook Followers, Twitter Followers and Newsletter subscribers. Please use code: MEMORIALDAY at checkout from May 26th - June 1st on orders $100 or more.

Promotion Excludes: Monte, Oeuf, Q Collection, Argington, Gus, Blu Dot, Sanford Burrows, Sample Sale Items, Sale Items and Gift Cards. 

Kitschy Kitchenwares

Right now, I'm loving modern, kitchy kitchenwares!

 

 

From top to bottom:

Mandarin Citrus-Squeezer w/ Goblet

'Mr.Cold' Liquid Soap Dispenser

Klaus and Yves Shakers

Cico Egg Cup w/ Salt-Shaker and Spoon

Food Face Plate

Josephine Banana Kitchen Timer

Pikaland Bootcamp

Introducing my recent collaboration with Miss Amy of Pikaland to announce our first ever Pikaland Bootcamp! Structured into two online courses (beginning June 1st) with weekly assignments aimed at making your best art and how to successfully promote it online! We've been hard at work for the last several months gathering images, source material and examples from across the web that best demonstrate what makes an art work strong to how to best photograph and promote your work online! With weekly one-on-one critiques by both Amy and myself, our Pikaland Bootcamp is aimed at making your artwork and online presence shine! Find out more about each course here. Our first course Making Your Mark begins June 1st!

The pocket-padded design from quinze & milan

quinze & milan have teamed up with bag manufacturer eastpak to create a furniture collection. First version of it include 'club sofa 01'.

The sofa sets have extremely durable fabric, trendy zippers and handles to drag it wherever you want with utmost ease.

'Club sofa 01' designs come up to jazz up your living room.

Also several new concepts for living room designs.

New Items from Gus* Modern!

Gus has just released 4 fantastic new items for your home. The Stanley Dining Table & Bench, the Stanley End Table, and the Stanley Coffee Table are all made from FSC-Certified solid Ash wood from responsibly managed forests. The Richmond Bi-Sectional Sofa can be configured with the chaise on the left OR right, making it extremely versatile. The cushions are reversible and feature French seams and waterfowl down-fill for luxurious comfort.

innovative and timeless kitchenware

Innovative products display user-centered designs integrated with equal form and function qualities in selective materials and colors. They exhibit well conceptualization and planning with attention into details.

Developed and designed in Finland, this cake server has a stylish and an unique appearance. It is also 2010 Red Dot Design award winner.

Another stylish and innovative kitchen and cookware product design company is Joseph and Joseph.

 

Some kitchenware and cutlery designs of the 20^th century are considered modern for their time. Today, they appear timeless.

David Mellor Design is an internationally known hands on metalsmith and designer of stainless steel and silver cutlery.

  

 

Georg Jensen a lifestyle brand was founded in the early 20^th century. When the modern design started to progress right after 1930s , the company started to produce modern handcrafted silverware which represented the aesthetics purity of the Scandanavian Modernism.

 

2Modern's Sweepstakes Winners Are Announced!

The winners of this months sweepstakes on 2Modern have been announced! We are excited to award all three of these great prizes!

GRAND PRIZE: a Modern Office by MASH Studios to: Marne Maykowsky.

SECOND PRIZE: limited edition art by Parvez Taj to: Bob Ganser.

THIRD PRIZE: a Koko floor mat to: Jennifer Hagler.

A GIGANTIC thank you to everyone who participated in and retweeted this successful sweepstakes!

Thank you to our sweepstakes sponsors for making such incredible modern product that 2Modern fans love...and of course a big 'thank you' to Danielle Hirsch for her contribution!

Look for our next sweepstakes this summer!

Cheers!

2Modern

Cadmo

Meet Cadmo, Karim Rashid’s sleek, space-age design for Artemide.

 

"Now available in red, the Cadmo floor lamp features a steel body with a red lacquered exterior and a white powder-coated interior, a mirrored-steel weighted metal base, and an on-off dimmer control on the cord for independent operation of each of the two light sources.

 

The Cadmo wall sconce features a red painted aluminum body and a white painted interior, and can be wall-mounted to standard electrical junction boxes."

The Power Of János Gábor Varga

János Gábor Varga conveys a sense of power through his jewelry, referring to them as amulets.  The man who has travelled and lived in various European cities still finds inspiration from his childhood memories of the Hungarian countryside.

Now settled in a small village in the mountains near Genoa, Italy, János hones his craft of forging metal into strong bold elements that are geometric, modern and also carry a medieval rawness and simplicity.  

János works mostly in iron with 18k yellow gold accents.  He uses square tubing or T stock and saws away the unnecessary parts like a sculptor, while bending the remaining material into place.  His approach takes experimentation and a vision of the process not just the final product.  More power to you.

For more info and photos visit Blind Spot Jewellery

Available through Etsy.

Have an infinitely modern day!