Day: 06/04/2015
Design
Home Monitoring System by Withings
The days of moving through life in analogue simplicity are long gone. Contributing to the growing field of health technology, French label Withings helps you take charge of your health and safety—and that of your loved ones—with its forward-thinking products. With the Home Monitoring System, you can keep track of what’s happening while you’re out, checking air quality with its VOC sensor, and viewing the space in real time with the HD camera. The device not only works day and night with a 135° wide-angle lens and night-vision, but lets you communicate with those at home through the an integrated microphone and speaker. A sleek and inconspicuous way to keep you and your loved ones safe and healthy.
Smart Body Analyzer by Withings
With the Smart Body Analyzer Scales, imprecise readings are a thing of the past: intelligent functions allow you to keep track of your weight, body fat, and heart rate while monitoring air quality and oxygen levels to obtain an optimal indoor climate and automatically uploading your results to your smartphone via an app—keeping you smart and healthy.
Planter by TANTI
Good design is honest—about its shapes, its materials, and its origins. Fresh off a premiere at last September’s London Design Fair, young label TANTI creates wooden homewares in clean, functional forms, each handmade in England of locally sourced woods. In charred larch finished with an organic and water-resistant resin, the Planter features a built-in drainage reservoir, and appears to hover above the table thanks to two concealed, ash wood feet. A natural space for indoor greenery, one with a clear design focus that is sure to age with honest grace.
Salad Servers + Holder by TANTI
Med Chopping Board + Dip Bowl by TANTI
Salt + Pepper Bowl Set by TANTI
Contrasting the tones and grains of ash wood and charred oak, the Salt and Pepper Bowl Set is an elegant addition to the dining table, with a clear design focus that is sure to age with honest grace.
Coffee Table by HANS HANSEN
To reduce objects to their essentials is more difficult than you might think. HANS HANSEN, however, makes light work of it. The father and daughter-run label creates timeless furniture with an impeccable sense for linear forms and long-lasting materials. Whether on its own or paired in an arrangement, the Less Coffee Table in steel and tempered glass enriches any living area with an effortless ease—an essential for clear, pared-down style and design clarity.
Wall Hook by Gazel
Practicality or aesthetics? If you don’t want to choose between them, the creations of Irish label Gazel are for you. Ensuring daily needs are met while looking sleek, the design studio’s home accessories are an optimal blend of form and function. The glazed ceramic surface and appealing curves of the wall hook make a home for jackets, keys, and other small bits and bobs that clutter up the house—beautiful proof that aesthetics and functionality are far from mutually exclusive.
E27 Rustika Bulb by Bulb Attack, 16 eur
The lightbulb redefined an era of technology, spelling out a whole new way to talk about innovation itself. Mixing colours and shapes as bright and playful as your favourite cartoon lightbulb moments with vintage-inspired cool, Spanish label Bulb Attack turned this timeless symbol for good ideas into the inspiration behind a minimal collection that’s poised to enhance any style of interior décor. The label’s decorative lightbulbs let you get back to the Edison-style basics in all their warm and inviting glory—whether its one, two, or even five lighting up above your head.
Walnut Cheese Grater by Lara Caffi for knIndustrie
Cookware should be as fitting for tasteful tabletops as it is for kitchen worksufaces. Italian label knIndustrie has joined forces with product designer Lara Caffi to produce a collection of smart kitchen utensils that fuse form and function. Fine walnut wood forms the base for the stainless-steel Cheese Grater, which effortlessly turns lumps of parmesan and other hard cheeses into manageable granulated toppings—a delicious, multi-sensory encounter with culinary design.