As part of a post on Urban Farming, Coolhunting.com covered these great tools by design students Mirko Ihirg and Olli Hirvonen. These are part of a “starter kit concept of five hand tools for urban farming and a backpack to transport them.” As urban farming becomes less of a conceptual speculation and more of a [...]
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When I’m Big I Want to Be Like Li Edelkoort
This past weekend, I was lucky enough to be flown down to Cape Town by my work to see Li Edelkoort present her new trend themes for fashion and interiors. Dutch-born and Paris-based, Li is one of the world’s pre-eminent trend forecasters, and when I’m big I want to be like her. Without gushing too [...]
Cold Comfort
Concrete is becoming a ubiquitous design material not just for homes, but homeware as people seek permanence in uncertain times… Stitching Concrete by Florian Schmid Grandfather Clock by Forsbergform Concrete USB by Kix Berlin Modular Vase by Xiral Segard Espresso Solo by Shmuel Linski Frank Gehry Ring for Tiffany’s Plate by Nir Meiri Hexagon Coaster [...]
Wilder Quarterly
Wilder Quarterly is a gardening magazine for the young creative type. With a photographic style that is more Kinfolk than Garden and Home, the publication looks at the hobby in a different way to appeal to a new generation of horticultural ingenues. It describes itself as “a publication for people enthralled by the natural world” [...]
Foldboat
One of the trends I’m tracking at the moment has to do with a desire for a more fluid, mobile lifestyle. On a conceptual level, there are loads of shape-shifting houses and mobile structures to allow people to (theoretically) relate to their environment in a more responsive way. Right now though, this is often expressed [...]
Minibar for the Mind
Curation. Never has a term been more overused and relevant at the same time. It’s constantly in danger of heading the same way as “artisinal” and “bespoke” because of its overuse, but it is such a key signifier of value in the 21st century that it might just win out. Nonetheless, curated offerings are showing [...]
Kinfolk Magazine
I found my way to Kinfolk magazine online a while ago, but it’s still worth sharing. With our shared nesting instincts getting stronger and stronger, the magazine’s focus on intimate gatherings is more relevant than ever. It’s all presented very simply, and there’s a great balace between photography and long passages of copy. As their [...]
Quarterly
Curation has been a buzzword for a while now, but I think lately it’s coming into its own. More and more, the trends I see online are all about streamlining the user experience by cutting out clutter. But it doesn’t always have to be about cutting down and giving you only what you expect. Quite [...]
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