Tag Archives: utilitarian

The Adapter

The Adapter wood utilitarian pens pencils office

The Adapter was designed by Felix Ng, the art director at SILNT and is available at the FARM Online Store (which has more cool stuff that my mind is able to comprehend this early in the morning).

Capello Light by Molo Design

Inspired by the success of the awesome Love Letter Light (now sold out) the Capello by Molo Design is an LED lamp shaded by a paper cup that can be adapted for myriad uses. (via what we do is secret)

By Christopher on December 22, 2010 • lighting minimal utilitarian

My Google-sense tells me this three string shelf by Lara Knutson made the rounds a bit last year, but it’s definitely new to me. The title is kind of a misnomer, it’s actually just one string fed through a network of eyelet screws to create three points of contact for books to rest on. Simplistic, clever, and cheap. (via @designsponge)

By Christopher on December 16, 2010 • books furniture innovative simplistic string utilitarian

Marc Graells

Marc Graells utilitarian lighting home

Intriguing work from Barcelona-based designer Marc Graells. (via mocoloco).

By Christopher on December 15, 2010 • home lighting utilitarian

Lights by David Taylor

Killer lighting concepts by Stockholm designer and silversmith David Taylor. Most of his objects and lights are made to order for private collections and museums, but each is astonishingly well-crafted as if it were mass produced. Even more great stuff at his studio site, madeby.se. (via picked by six)

By Christopher on November 23, 2010 • lighting minimal utilitarian

Kiosk: Japan 2

I stumbled onto Kiosk when doing research for the minimalist bottle openers post a few weeks ago. The folks who run this NY-based store trek far and wide to places like Sweden, Finland, or Hong Kong and pick up tons of funky stuff that you’ve probably never seen before. Some things are quirky, some utilitarian, others just decorative and fun. The spoils from their second journey to Japan went online last night.

By Christopher on October 22, 2010 • home Japan shopping utilitarian website

Minimalist bottle openers

After discovering Brendan Ravenhill’s excellent wood and nail bottle opener, I started thinking about how I’ve always appreciated the simplistic bottle opener over anything more ornamental or complex. Searching around online I realized that bottle openers are much like watches, in that there are literally thousands of designs that accomplish the exact same task. Here are some of the best I found.