The Color Condition: designer interview

Homebuildlife caught up with the creators and designers from The Color Condition to find out more about their vibrant paper streamers.

Flowering Transition by Marcin Rusak

For his graduation project, Royal College of Art student Marcin Rusak created an installation exploring flowers, including a vase made of petals and a series of scents comparing the strong smell of flowers from a garden to the weaker scents of those sold at a florist or a supermarket.

Pigeon Toe 2014 collection

Portland-based homewares brand Pigeon Toe has launched its 2014 collection, which is a 'celebration of life-long learning and traditional handcrafts' according to founder and designer Lisa Jones.

Fungi design: The Future of Plastic

Italian designer Maurizio Montalti has created a series of objects made using fungal mycelia, which he proposes as a tangible alternative to plastic.

Beyond Repair by Beatrice Brovia and Nicolas Cheng

Beatrice Brovia and Nicolas Cheng have created a collection of tableware and vases that are repaired using 3D printed reconstructions of their missing or damaged parts.

Jacky Tsai for Shanghai Tang

Chinese luxury fashion and home brand Shanghai Tang has collaborated with contemporary artist Jacky Tsai to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Shanghai-born Tsai created a series of original artworks which were applied to a capsule collection of limited edition products, including tableware and candles.

Booming Vases by Analogia Project & Alessio Sarri

Booming Vases are the result of a collaboration between Italian ceramist Alessio Sarri and Analogia Project (the Italian design duo of Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra). The aim of the objects is to explore two opposite essential elements: air and matter, representing power and fragility.

Pot.Purri by 3 Dots Collective

Design studio 3 Dots Collective has launched Pot.Purri, a collection of small objects and lamps designed using ten modular elements, allowing several combinations of shapes and colours.

Antonio Marras interprets Segno Italiano

During the Milan Salone del Mobile, Italian fashion designer Antonio Marras interpreted Segno Italiano with Volo a Planare, a fantasy installation in which everything is offset, stretched and soaring.

The Phytophiler: observant plant pots by Dossofiorito

Verona-based design studio Dossofiorito showed a series of terracotta plant pots called The Phytophiler at SaloneSatellite this month.

The range of pots have embedded components such as mirrors and lenses which aim to explore our relationship with plants through interactivity and observation.

Carlo Moretti: Monolite Exhibition

Renowned Venetian glass factory Carlo Moretti revealed for the first time a spectacular private collection of glass sculptures at Monolite during Milan Design Week.

Live from Milan Design Week: cuckoo clocks on the Duomo's rooftop

Cucù Duomo: l'orologio di Milano is a project by Luca Trazzi and Beatrice Mosca which comprises 150 cuckoo clocks in the shape of Milan's iconic Duomo. The clocks are made of materials used to build the Cathedral, such as wood, glass and iron.

Scented forms by Kerzon

Parisian company Kerzon offers scented sachets and paper forms inspired by wooden building blocks. They can be arranged into geometric compositions, stacked or hung, and release their fragrance over several weeks. The collection is conceived in Grasse, in the South of France, the capital of perfume manufacturing.

Spring/summer 2014 textiles by Toast

Kantha stitch cushion cover

Toast's collection of soft furnishings for spring/summer 2014 is made of bedspreads, cushions and throws, all taking inspiration from Indian, Moroccan and Korean crafts.

Floor cushions are created from shredded recycled cotton and jute, silk cushion covers are hand embroidered using Kantha running stitch, bedspreads combine traditional block printing and stitching, while rugs are woven from coating coloured fabric and jute cord.

The scents of Paris by Made in Paris

The City of Paris has commissioned Made in Paris, designer of high-end home fragrances to create a collection of scented candles paying tribute to classic areas of the French capital. 100% made in France, the eight candles aim at promoting the best of French savoir-faire and the idea of Parisian chic around the world.

Three Coves Mirror by Brook and Lyn

Made from solid American walnut, the Three Coves Mirror by Brook and Lyn is as much a design object as a useful dressing table accompaniment.

Loop Mirror by Front for Porro: Milan preview

Swedish designers Front have designed Loop Mirror, a poetic oval mirror that celebrates their sixth year of collaboration with Italian company Porro.

Arteriors: New store in West Hollywood, Los Angeles

Arteriors has opened its first Los Angeles store in the La Cienega Design Quarter in West Hollywood.

Light E-Motion by Marcel Wanders: Milan preview

Venetian glass brand Barovier&Toso will present an installation by Marcel Wanders at this year's Milan Fuorisalone that remixes the idea of a chandelier.

Fleurology by Jeff Leatham

Florist Jeff Leatham, Artistic Director at the George V Hotel in Paris, has collaborated with Waterford to create Fleurology, a collection of crystal vases.