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Duga Floor Lamp by Yaroslav Misonzhnikov

toma — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 02:36:58 +0000

Product designer from Saint Petersburg Yaroslav Misonzhnikov created floor LED lamp – Duga. Inspired by horses pulling sled.

Yaroslav Misonzhnikov | Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Karoto Sharpener Peeler by Avichai Tadmor

toma — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 13:10:40 +0000

Tired of slicing, dicing, or chopping your vegetables and want to try something new? Jerusalem product designer Avichai Tadmor created this scaled-up pencil sharpener for shaving curls of carrot onto salads. It’s a stylish tool that will add some zest to your boring salad, put a little twist in your stir fry casserole and cast a big smile on your face.

Avichai Tadmor | Tel Aviv, Izrael

Catch Bowl Shelf by Torafu Architects

toma — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:20:52 +0000

The creative usage of that very ubiquitous feature of most homes – the corner – is apparently on many designer’s minds. Tokyo-based Torafu architects created Catch Bowl, a bowl-shaped shelf that divides into 2 parts to either wrap around, or fit snugly in, corners. It can even be inverted and used like a bucket.

Torafu Architects | Tokyo, Japan

The Hangzhou Stool by Min Chen

toma — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:52:54 +0000

The Hangzhou Stool consists of many layers of bamboo veneer of the thickness of 0.9mm. Each veneer again is made of several ultra thin bamboo layers that is aligned vertical to each other according to its natural direction of the bamboo fibres. In such way, each veneer becomes not only very flexible but also robust in all directions.

Each bamboo veneer is different in length. They are bent in an arc shape and glued together at the last 25cm of each end. There is one piece of raw bamboo stick that penetrates in the veneers and combines the two ends of the stool.

The layers of bamboo veneer give a very special “arc” of the stool, just like the ripples on the water surface. When sit, the more weight the stool receives, the deeper the arc will be bent in the center, and therefore the more elasticity the user will feel.

Industrial designer Min Chen, also known as Miles Chen | Hangzhou, China