Technological collectiveTeamlab created this digital imagining of the tearoom of the future for Japanese porcelain company Arita, celebrating 400 years, and French porcelain company Bernardaud. Below are my photos. To see the video please click on the link at the bottom of the page. Yes, please click Teamlab video from Maison & Objet to watch it […]
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Tiipoi – “a window to India”
This new company (the name Tiipoi is taken from a three legged stool used by British colonials as a table to serve tea) caught my eye last year at Design Junction due to the recognizably Indian sensibility. Their products reminded me of items I’d brought back after my time there due to their simple and functional […]
Latest products from Atypyk at Maison & Objet
I do like the humour from the boys at French company Atypyk. They have a few stockists in the UK or you can buy online so here are some of their latest offerings seen at Maison & Objet: If you want to hack away at french cooking here’s the ideal thing A delicate featherlight paperweight More featherweight […]
Sirocco Living at Maison & Objet
Back in my mainstream sourcing days this company would have been a sure bet for one of my clients; I did in fact pass on their details to a potential buyer at the fair. I stopped at Danish company Sirocco Living trying to figure out how the sealskin on display (not pictured) fitted in with their desert […]
Arthur Beale – the yacht chandlery for London
Perhaps, like me, you have passed this shop in Covent Garden and never gone in. I’d always see Arthur Beale from the bus or my bike and wondered how it happened to be there. As I needed to source some rope for a project I finally visited and was charmed by what I found. In existence […]
Contemporary glass makers from Galleri Format
As so much of life, things happen in fits and starts; these photos of contemporary glass were taken several months ago at Collect, a key event in the gallery calendar for contemporary artist craftspeople and makers. Norwegian Galleri Format always shows top quality makers and the work of three of their glass artists is below. Beate Einen showed […]