Inspired by the warm, closed environment of a mother’s womb, the BabyC™ cradle brings a welcomed dash of style to modern parents. This must’ve been the cradle in which Dr. Heywood R. Floyd rocked his daughters—that is, if they had gotten the timeline right. Designed by Dripta Roy, co-founder of Puur Design Studio. Available in Europe this fall for €2650 + taxes, by winter in North America—can be pre-ordered at sales@puur.ca. Detail image after the break. Continue reading »
I love when designers find ways to remove clutter and replace clumsy designs with practical ones. iriver’s new domino flash drive is a nice example of minimal design—they’ve replaced the easy–to–loose protective cap that comes with most other flash drives with a slide mechanism that exposes the USB conector when needed, and even removed the unnecessary “GB” acronym from the label, leaving a single, clean beautiful number to indicate the drive’s capacity. It comes in 2 and 4 GB capacities and in your choice of white, black, pink, chocolate or coral–pink. Unfortunately this beauty is only available in Korea for now, but hopefully will be made available in the rest of the world soon. More images after the break. Continue reading »
Art. Lebedev’s Cubistorus is a simple modular storage system that can be easily configured in a variety of ways. The cubes can be stacked and secured from all four sides with specially designed clips that are extremely easy to attach and remove. The design was released on April 30th but availability is not yet clear on Art. Lebedev’s site. More images after the break. Continue reading »
Multi-disciplinary design firm Claesson Koivisto Rune sent me these images and description of their No. 5 House in Nacka, Sweden. As a minimalist I love everything about this house—the shape, the layout, the choice in furniture, etc., etc. Check out the rest of the images and what the architects had to say about this project after the break. Continue reading »
The new LAMY noto ball–point pen, designed by Naoto Fukasawa, takes the writing tool back to its essence—his goal was to make a ball–point pen, period. No further pretentions. It is that untamed japanese minimalism what gives the noto its modern purity. It comes in light-grey (above), light-blue, orange, black and silver/black (after break), and according to the press release LAMY sent me the product will be sold at a recommended price of €3.90 (roughly US$7)—such a product can only come from a designer whose philosophy traces back to the very values that triggered the modernist movement: “good taste and first class design do not have to be expensive”. More images/colors after the break Continue reading »