Vitamin Living are featuring some pretty cool little garden gnomes, that would look great in any environment, inside or out! Inspired by London's wide ranging expanse of street art, these little guys stand 21cm tall and are made of fine bone chine in the UK.
Not quite your traditional folklore gnome, but super sweet all the same! I love that street art is able to cross into modern design.
Lovisa Wattman is this month's featured designer at from Sthlm, a Web site that highlights one Swedish designer and their products each month. Ms. Wattman enjoys cooking, and so her products tend to be food-focused. I'm smitten over her Oval Oak Parmesan Cheese Grater with storage box. It's a beautifully crafted implement that can be used in the kitchen and at the table. In fact, it's so sleek and modern you will probably want to craft your meals around cheese just so you can use it!
Modern creations by Gaia & Gino.
More modern products by this Turkish design house here.
Pepe and his Friends are an adorable new posse whose mission is to brighten up your kitchen. Bonnie, Momo, Sir Randolf and the gang come fully equipped to help you serve in style. Cute is the new cool. Meet the guys here.
Pepe and Friends collaborated with the prestigious German ceramic manufacturer Rosenthal to create these dashing little workers that love to help out in the kitchen.
We all played with Lego when we were kids, didn`t we? So, inspired by this world famous toy, three Brazilian students designed these ceramics pieces that can be used if you enjoy having dinner in front of the TV or the computer. They can go into the microwave as well. But I don`t think that`s the reason you`ll want to have them!
The designers:
Alexandre Antônio Oliveira, Marco Aurelio Koch and Vinicius Zarpelon.
via Bem Legaus
Spotted at the New York Gift Fair were these chic salt shakers. In sets of 12, each guest can have their own shaker at arm's length, eliminating tabletop mishaps. They would make excellent hostess and mother's day gifts.
Available here.
An adaptable kitchen for a growing family was the theme and did Marcello Zuffo ever deliver in the most innovative way. You've got to hand it to him for some very out-of-the-box thinking. He took a rotating mechanical concept and created a space saving innovation. The moveable concept could transfer usefully to loft-life or commercial buildings without the standard kitchen set-up. Electrolux ICON and Interior Design Magazine teamed up to challenge designers around the globe to create innovative solutions for an adaptable kitchen concept- this one took the grand-prize.
Have you ever had that feeling, when you see something amazing, and you think: why didn`t I have this idea? I felt exactly that when a friend of mine told me about this product, designed by Spanish Amor de Madre. Aurea is a collection of 3 frames, that can be a drainer or a container for mugs, dishes and bottles. It`s that kind of product that steals the attention for itself, and at the same time, is so simple and discript.
After the huge success of the wall stickers, Brastemp (one of the biggest home appliances brands in Brazil) launched a collection of stickers for your microwave. A good idea, isn`t it? You can give a new sparkle for your kitchen without spending a lot of money!
The stickers can be bought on the website
