Noma Bar for Wallpaper*

Friday, 9 March 2012



London-based graphic designer Noma Bar has designed eight different covers for the Global Design edition of Wallpaper* magazine, which use an imaginative mix of graphics and product to represent each of the eight areas the brand has focused on.

Foraged art by Caitlin Wylde

Thursday, 8 March 2012

Los Angeles-based artist Caitlin Wylde makes sculptures using nature's discarded materials: feathers become delicate trimmings and a collection of shells and sea creature's skeletons are arranged in a beach-inspired tableau.

Ceramics by Bastien Aubry & Dimitri Broquard

Ceramic artists Bastien Aubry and Dimitri Broquard create functional pieces with a purposefully skewed, imperfect aesthetic. The effect is expressive, spontaneous, and a world apart from most ceramic pieces.

Bleached Bleached by Ben Cook

Wednesday, 7 March 2012

Bleached Bleached is a downloadable catalogue of work curated by online boutique Iko Iko. The January issue presented the work of painter Ben Cook, who uses mixed media to create dynamic canvases in a series entitled Something in the Way.

Paper Town: cityscapes for kids

Paper Town by Polish company Papierowe Miasto is a simple, environmentally friendly and inexpensive toy inspired by suburban Poland.

The fastest Ferrari: live from Geneva Motor Show 2012

Ferrari F12 Berlinetta at Geneva Motor Show 2012, image: Car Design News


The 2012 edition of Geneva Motor Show, which opens to the public tomorrow and runs until Sunday, is full of significant launches - with a standout being Ferrari's newest model. The F12 Berlinetta showcases the first project with Flavio Manzoni at the helm of the brand’s internal design studio, as well as a return to cooperation with longtime design partner Pininfarina.

The USB Typewriter by Jack Zylkin



Injecting modernity into a technology nearing extinction and satisfying die-hard fans of the old fashioned manual typewriter, the USB Typewriter has been developed to offer vintage typing mechanisms as alternative keyboards for desktop computers, laptops, android tablets and iPads. WGSN-homebuildlife speaks to creator Jack Zylkin.

Fixa Rummet: Hack-tivate kids' interiors

Fixa Rummet, translated as "fix the room", is an interior design show for children. Based in Sweden, presenter Isabelle McCallister (who also writes for the Dos Family blog) helps kids get the den of their dreams, with lashings of bright paint, ingenious hybrid furniture and vibrant bedspreads embellished by hand.

HBL Book of the Week: In The City



In In The City, the spectacular works of public art studio Greyworld are first imagined as fairytale, and then documented as reality. Since its inception in 1993, the studio has created a world where "railings are tuned, carpets make music, the benches come over when you whistle to them, and life has unexpected joys" - and now has permanent installations in 12 countries.

Bompas & Parr host A Culinary Odyssey

Bompas & Parr's A Culinary Odyssey; photo by Beth Evans


To celebrate the launch of the 6.9L Artisan Stand Mixer, KitchenAid have joined forces with Bompas & Parr to host A Culinary Odyssey - an evening which will explore the future of food using iconic meals and visions of the future from classic science-fiction.

Bompas & Parr have been working with food designers, micro-nutritionists, set builders and biochemists, employing cutting edge technology to create a menu of food innovation, including the notoriously violence-sharpening Milk Plus from A Clockwork Orange, synthetic meat inspired by 1952 sci-fi novel The Space Merchants, low gravity food, food pills, the infamous Solyent Green, and Cookies of Nostalgia straight out of The Matrix.

Williams-Sonoma launches Cultivate.com

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

American kitchenware brand Williams-Sonoma has announced the launch of Cultivate.com, a content site and online resource for kitchen inspiration and design. The website provides information about kitchen design and remodelling in one single destination, offering consumers advice from kitchen experts, inspirational photos, recommendations for local kitchen professionals, and planning tools.

Martin Creed at Sketch, London

Martin Creed at Sketch, photo by Ed Reeve
Turner Prize winner Martin Creed's latest project is part exhibition and part restaurant where every item, from the crockery to the glassware, is unique.