Interior Design Sense

It’s just a tablelamp

Kim and I were so excited when we received an email from Jason Grant, style director for Real Living magazine. He has a new website (I’ve been lurking for a few days Jason. Your old blog was redirecting) and an exciting peek into his apartment in the latest issue of the magazine. Jason kindly sent over some pics of the tearsheets and well I’m lusting after everything. Those Koskela chairs! OMG!. Couldn’t just leave it at a few pics of Jason’s home though when his new website is brimming with fab tears of his work. Lots more inspiration after the jump!

… sweet photo “stolen” from Kim

WINKS – weekend links. Here we list what has come in during the week, things we’ve found and things we think you’ll want to see. If you’d like to see your blog or website featured email us and if we think it fits with our readers we’ll link you. So what’s in this week?

• New slipcovers from Bemz in Designers Guild textiles. The new Barcelona Collection will be available as slipcovers for over 70 sofa and chair models to transform IKEA sofas and chairs.  Think of the outrageous pattern fun you could have with these. Eclectic boho madness!

• So tactile so beautifully simple. Felt bowls by Gräf & Lantz. Perfect for your keys and smalls, the remotes or just by themselves. P.S. Want a wine quiver as well. Too cool!

• Hola Amiga from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bags, pillows, art. What can I say? YUM! Modern with a retro vibe, stand out statement pieces, now colour combos.  These are so hot!

• The Clothes Track clothes rack from Italian firm Rocket. Fun and functional it’s design amplified (oooh sorry about the pun). Great for keeping your little musos tidy … or your grown up ones as well!

• I’m loving these beautiful limited edition hand turned timber stools by artist Jo Wilson. Actually I’m loving everything on bricks and mortar Prahan, Melbourne and online store Safari Living. Sweaty palms from lust and longing for just about everything there.

Set of Four Vintage Bertoia Chairs

This week I’m scouring Craig’s List again for steals in Dallas, Houston, & L.A.  I’d loved hearing your key search words last time, keep ‘em coming!

DALLAS:

Lucite Bench

Great shape!

HOUSTON:

Crystal Chandelier

Quatrine Chairs

The original idea of this project is to cut in two a rectangular table and to assemble the resulting elements in order to create new shapes : Tension ..

I see Jo’s Swedish photographer and I raise her one Spanish photographer, by the name of Jaime Ferrer. Jaime’s photos are beautiful, and the spaces seem to come to life and beckon you from your monitor to come and enjoy.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone! May you have the opportunity to knock of some items on your TO DO list like I hope to gawd I can do with mine.

Time and memory by Merry-Go-Round. “Happiness” is the immediate feeling; however, “the memory of happiness” will extend to the..

Most photographers use a sturdy camera strap while clicking pictures and here’s an idea that wants to capitalize on it. This is done by making the strap solar-savvy! Meaning, adding thin solar films across the width of the strap, so as to harness solar energy when out on the field. Aptly christened the Solar Camera Strap, it’s a neat idea; when we can have solar panels on backpacks and what not, then why not on a camera strap!

Designer: Weng Jie

If it’s not the technology, then it’s the size of the gadget that some senior citizens find challenging. Touch interfaces are not necessarily friendly to arthritis fingers. The IC Social Communication Tool is a project that Mikael undertook when he realized his grandmother was having a tough time coping with emails, chats and video calls over the internet. He devised the IC to be the perfect medium for electronic communication.

Features:

• Upon buying, the user gives away his or hers personal information and the device automatically makes an e-mail account and accounts for the social medias the user have chosen from a list.
• It is connected to the internet with 4g so no installation at home is needed.
• It gathers messages from contacts sent through all medias and sources and displays them in a simple and similar way so there is only one interface to get used to.
• If the user wants to send a message, he or she can use either voice recognition or “rub off” a hand written message on the screen while a person or message is shown.
• The message will then be sent back the same channel it came, eg: an e-mail is replied with an e-mail so the user doesn’t need to bother with what kind of channels to use.
• The bi-directional touch-screen has built in sensors to capture video giving the users real eye contact for a more natural conversation.
• It is resting on top of physical buttons to give the right type of feedback. You can place your finger and hold it against the screen before you decide to push. When you are pointing at something at the screen, it enlarges. The frame around let you stabilize your hand if you are shaky.
• The environmentally friendly wood and round form gives a friendly look to distinguish it from similar technical products.
• Contacts can easily be added by scanning e-mail addresses on the screens surface or by talking to the intelligent voice recognition.
• Other data about the contacts is automatically gathered from social media sources like Facebook.

Designer: Mikael Johansen

IC – Social communication tool for seniors from Mikael Johansen on Vimeo.