i was in paris not so long ago ( it actually feels like ages now) and as always when there, galerie kreo is a stop you can’t miss. the bouroullec brother’s were on view there and their lights and shelf were amazing. the lamps are all made out of leather, done in such a refined way you would think any luxury bag is crap next to it. the shelf are nice too but less impressive, just an eye candy
by pp’

i’m currently into designer simon hasan’s work. using a medieval technique called something like “boiled leather”, he’s really proposing an interesting alternative to the boring space/hi-tech style that designers seem to have difficulties to move away from…
if you have a chance, check the hand-made issue of wallpaper magazine that features a story on him re-doing a poltrona frau seat his way, super interesting (as is this all issue) by pp

really don’t know where this feeling came from but i’m totally obsessed with the eames dowell chair. i guess it’s a designer kind of obsession as noone around me seams to relate except other designers. whatever, considering that buying an original is not even an option, I wonder which version of the new releases are the bests ones?
herman miller of course is the original manufacturer but they shifted to plastic shell and modernica is the only manufacturer now to built the original fiberglass shell versions. i checked the herman miller version and even if mr eames, as HM states, wanted to use plastic originally but couldn’t at the time, the plastic version still feels a little cheap. so what can one do, since none are “original”? any advice? by pp

leave it to the dutch designers… now that’s whimsical and coooooooooool… or is that, goooooooooooooool.by dd

i surely would prefer to get my next set of shoes in a box/bag like this rather than the usual trash inducer. clever indeed… but did you really have to print the word “clever” on the bag? i mean your not really that clever if you have to say it now are ya? by dd