Poki Rack by Holm Giessler & Jennifer Heimann!

Check out this cool Poki Rack by Holm and Jennifer! I quite like it. It adds a bit of an organic feel to an already simple drawer. Unfortunately, I think the designers are quite new, so it's hard to get some price and dimension descriptions, but check out this website anyway! Maybe you can check it in a few weeks. Or better yet, if you get to go to the Stockholm Furniture Fair, then you will see this in person. Also, if you are going to the design fair, you are really lucky!

http://www.hallo-essen.com/hallo-essen/leer.html

A cool clock

Mr.Clock_Hye-yeon.park_Design Product_2010 RCA from hye-yeon.park on Vimeo.

We at CLI are quite taken by Hyeon Park's Mr. Clock. It's sort of a museum peace, and I'm not sure people would really want this in their house, but there are those of us who dare to be bold. Check out the cool video also, and you will see that Mr. Clock's brilliance is in that it is interactive with humans (or other moving objects). I kind of want one, but don't have the space. Perhaps you do, dear CLI reader!

http://www.hyeonpark.com/index.php?/mrclock/mrclock/

A cool Portland-based company!

I am pretty in love right now with this cool "Civic Stack" by a Portland, Oregon based company called Von Tundra (run by three dudes: Dan Anderson, Chris Held, and Brian Pietrowski). I wonder how much it is! I hope it's not like $3,000. I am hearing a lot about Portland these days, and really need to check it out. Check out the rest of their cool furniture and other stuff on their site below.

http://www.vontundra.com/civic-stack

Prouve's Potence on a super budget

This dude named Brendan Ravenhill has designed a pretty nice lamp that is a pretty good price! At $150, the Cord Lamp is attractive and well-designed in that it can hide screws in the wall, and also be pivoted to the desired position without moving. I want one. Sign me up!

http://www.brendanravenhill.com/index.php?/objects/cord-lamp/

A cool desk/table!

I've sort of been on the look out for a new desk. My current desk is fine for the amount of space I have, but in the future it might be nice to have a multi-functional place to work, especially my glorious darling also needs a place to work. Maybe this desk is big enough for both of us!

This wonderful thing is called Doppelleben, and it is the recent creation of the Ahhaproject design studio. Basically the table can be a desk/work space, place to have tea or snacks, and then later on when you are done working, it can become a dining table! Note that the tabletop consists of two layers. If you need to use the lower layer, you can slide two lightweight panels down the sides. And when the work is done (or is safe to be interrupted), the panels come up creating a surface for dining and entertaining.

That's pretty neat! If I had this desk, it would be put to good use right away. In fact, instead of sitting at this tiny console table, I could be using the Doppelleben instead. Someday!

http://www.ahhaproject.com/

Under My Roof!

I think CLI has mentioned the brilliant work of Christian Vivanco before, because he is such a great designer and genius. I am quite taken by his "Under My Roof" desktop storage thing! It's very playful yet functional. What more can one ask for in great design?

If I had enough room on my desk, I would totally get this. It looks pretty easy to build. And it looks fun!

http://christianvivanco.com/storage/under-my-roof-new/

I really like this Pontus Desk by Pinch Design in the UK. It won a design award from Wallpaper magazine, and it is well deserved! The desk is quite expensive and can come with the optional pigeon-hole unit. I hope you like it too!

http://www.pinchdesign.com/pontus.htm

A cool dude named Seongyong Lee

I want to meet Mr. Lee, because he is a totally awesome Korean designer, and I am in love with his plytube stool and bench. Plytubes are really cool and despite their lightweight appearance, they are quite strong. I want one right now!!! In fact, if any of you out there can find out where he sells his stuff, let me know and I will personally see to it that you receive 3 pounds of our favorite cheese here at Cheese Lovers International.

Mr. Seongyong Lee studied product design at the Royal College of Art in London, and my hat goes off to him. Cheers, Mr. Lee!!

http://www.seongyonglee.com/

Frederik Roijé - a cool Dutch dude

I seriously wish I could go back in time and study furniture design at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands!! Alas, time machines have yet been invented. But I have an idea: When they finally are invented and become affordable enough for regular people, I will transport myself back in time to around 1997 or so and convince my past self to attend the Design Academy, then I will return to 2011. Brilliant!

I digress -- what I really wanted to talk about was Frederik Roijé and his "Slow Sofa" which is made in the Netherlands. Made out of fabric, foam, metal and plywood, the sofa was designed to accommodate a sofa that evolves with whatever configuration you would like, since the parts are modular. I quite like it. I wish they made it in leather, but oh well!

http://www.roije.com/#/products

A really cool phone!

We at CLI love practical things, and that's why we totally love the new John's Phone by John Doe Amsterdam. There is nothing fancy about this phone, and it has no email, internet, special ring tones, text messaging, etc. Many might wonder why a person would want something with only the most traditional function of a phone, but I find myself thinking "why not"? Sure, it's great to have GPS, facebook and the NY Times accessible at all times, but sometimes it gets to be too much! Don't you agree? Sometimes it's nice to not be sooo connected to the wired world. I'm not sure I am personally ready to give up text messaging, but I would seriously consider it for this phone since it's sooo pretty! Check out all the colors it comes in, and it even has a place for you to physically write down phone numbers! What a novelty nowadays!

http://www.johnsphones.com/

A cool way to hang your books

This cool Sticklebook by Mode Studio in the UK is one of the coolest things I've seen in a while. I totally want it and am trying to find out where it's sold in the USA! (It ships free in the UK).

If anyone knows, please help your friends at CLI and share this news with us! I can't wait to buy one so that I can stick my books in this thing, just like the video shows!

Stop the Presses!!

Check out this amazing "Doc" sofa/bunk bed from Resources Furniture! It even comes in cool colors! I love it soo much!

There are no words. Just check out the thing for yourself!

http://www.resourcefurniture.com/space-savers/bunk-beds/doc

Jörg Boner!

First, let me just say that I love Jörg Boner's product design! He's got really cool products that offer a clean, minimalist aesthetic that really appeals to many of us here at CLI. I've chosen a few of my favorite of his designs, but the one that really caught my eye was his street lamp design. I wish he could make this for inside use instead, as it kind of reminds me of the Manana lamp I love soo much (from Design House Stockholm). Check out Boner's stuff below, or also check out his cool website:

http://joergboner.ch/en/index.html

Happy New Year, Metropolitan Sofa!

I came across this sofa today while doing a search for a new sofa, albeit the one we need should be in leather. It's by a company called Thayer Coggin (what a cool name innit?). It sucks to have to buy a new sofa, as we at CLI believe in having furniture for a lifetime, and if not, until as long as possible. However, for those of you who have dust and/or dust mite allergies, leather furniture is best. Of course, you can always try plastic, wood or synthetic leather instead, but that's not a comfortable material for a couch for reasons we don't really need to mention.

Anyway, going to research if this Metropolitan Sofa comes in leather!

http://www.thayercoggin.com/metropolitan.html

Oh, and Happy New Year! Hope to write more posts this year for the CLI community out there! Hahahaha.