Scandi Standi

II haven't seen anything noteworthy lately until today when I stumbled upon Scandi Standi by Daniel Schofield! The bench is made out of only one piece of FSC birch ply. And it has space to hang your coats or bags, and also a small little drawer for maybe socks or magazines or other stuff. I like it very much. Well done, indeed, Daniel!

Catch Cabinet

"Wow" is all I can say right now. I love the Catch Cabinet by Todd McCollister! I believe Todd is a Brooklyn-based designer, and he is quite talented. The Catch is customizable and you can choose any colors you like. Well done, Todd!

http://www.mccollister.com/todd/Catch_Cabinet.htm

Prouve and G-Star!!!

I could not believe my eyes when I checked on the Vitra website for something (I can't remember what) and saw this new Vitra/G-Star Raw collection based on and in collaboration with Jean Prouve classics (and his estate, run by his daughter)! WTH!! I think this version of the Standard chair will cost over $2,500, and it's a limited edition that will only be available until 2012.

Check out this insane video.  http://www.g-star.com/en/crossovers/raw_prouve/videos/

Brilliant, clean and elegant

Sistema by studio Cappellini for Luminaire. Sistema has a number of different components, from drawers to flap doors to doors, etc. Simply stunning.

http://luminaire.com/catalog/1409_0/

Industrial Facility!

One of the coolest companies on the planet, Industrial Facility, made this cool Dryerhair product for the handmade special in the August issue of Wallpaper magazine. It was designed a little while ago, but I'm kind of disappointed I missed it! I'm not sure if Sam Hecht or Kim Colin is the designer, because the two obviously have very similar styles. What I do know is Sam Hecht used to work with Naoto Fukusawa, who is admired greatly by all of us at CLI.

Which brings us back to the product, Dryerhair; I think it's about time someone designed a very cool and more aesthetically pleasing hair drying apparatus. For a product that is used to make your hair look great, shouldn't the product also embody those same function and virtue?

http://www.industrialfacility.co.uk/if.html

Joo Design

I saw this cool "Tavolino" cushion/table/seat at the ICFF a few weeks ago, and kind of really liked it. The Tavolino comes in two sizes, in various colors and materials. I think it's great for eating or reading in bed. How many times have I wanted a hot chocolate but didn't want to spill it on a couch or bed!? Many! I wonder if they can be used as extra seating?

Check it out here: http://joohongkyu.com/

A really fun cabinet!

Wow! Matthias Hahn is a pure genius. Check out these really cool Odd Cabinets! I am totally in love. I don't even know what to say, except I wish I had these in my house right now. Not sure how much they cost, but I'm guessing by the wooden dowel hinges, these will each cost about $1,000? Please tell me I am wrong, dear Matthias!

http://www.mathiashahn.com/furniture/odd%20cabinet.html

Kursi!

Check out this cool media or sideboard thing by a British company called Kursi (I'm not totally sure if they are British, but they are based in the UK, so...) This sideboard beauty will cost you about $5,000, but it's handmade used traditional joinery and it's made in Northwest England. It's quite pretty!

http://www.kursi.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2

Another CLI first!

Friends of CLI! I was just browsing through the Milano Furniture Fair stuff, and found this awesome mirror by Rob Gilad! I LOVE this mirror, and I don't think we at CLI have talked much about mirrors since the beginning/founding of Cheese Lovers International!

Check this site out for more of Ron Gilad's cool mirrors, especially IX MORRORS: M7! They are super fun! http://www.dilmos.com/exhibitions/salone2011.html

P.S. Doesn't this mirror sort of remind you of Tom and Jerry?

Bamboo from India!

If you check out Sangaru's website and click on the "Crafts" section, you will discover some really cool stuff made from bamboo. Somehow it seems more cool that Indian designers are using bamboo than other people, but I can't quite put my finger on why I think that's cool. Maybe it's the idea of rural tools being used in a less traditional but also post-modern fashion? For example, check out these cool shelving things. They are not traditional, and not what I would call "modern" in the sense of the post 1950s meaning. I think my verbal diarrhea is getting the better of me. Let these photos speak instead!

http://www.sangaru.com/

MILK Mini

I super duper like this MILK Mini desk by MILK! For those of us with small spaces, it looks it would pretty much fit in any super tiny place, and I love how it's designed for laptops. Fortunately or unfortunately, it's only available in white (or I think you can order it in a special color for an extra charge). But it has cool little compartments for storage and also built in wiring. Pretty neat!

http://www.milk.dk/products.php

Mark Braun

We sent our CLI intern to the ICFF show in New York this year, and unfortunately she missed this really cool piece by the German designer, Mark Braun.

Luckily we had "other means" of getting a preview of Mark's work. So check it out: Floor 95 is a bench, wardrobe and shelf all in one piece. Better yet, the pieces can be moved around and configured any way you like. I imagine this kind of thing would be very, very popular in Japan! I personally love it! Well done, Mark! Das ist gut! Now, if we can only find out how much this Floor 95 costs and where it's available....

http://www.markbraun.org/Mark_Projects_1.html

 

Cool picnic table

I saw this totally awesome new picnic table on Design Boom the other day, and I thought to myself "I must share this with other CLI people"! So here it is, my friends! A very clever picnic table that can seat people in a couple of different ways. I've often wondered how one can make a picnic table more comfortable, and here is the answer. If I had an outdoor space of some kind, I would definitely "acquire" this beautiful thing. My hat off to both of you, Wouter Nieuwendijk and Jair Straschnow!

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/14547/wouter-nieuwendijk-and-jair-straschnow-another-picnic-table.html

A cool wall calendar

Although my first love will always be Enzo Mari's Formosa calendar, I really like this DateBlock wall calendar. Unfortunately, I think it's only available in Japan. And since I don't read Japanese, I'm not sure if this does something cool, or if it just looks pretty. But if that's all it does, look pretty it does! I think it is meant to replace the traditional paper calendars used in many offices. No more paper needed! Yay! Anything to save some trees is cool with CLI!

If anyone out there can read this description or can tell us something other than what is written above, please share!

http://dateblock.com/mpage/dbw_w.html

Obsession. Enough said!

Something cool you will love!

While I was in Cape Town, South Africa, I visited this really cool place called the "Old Biscuit Mill." From the name, I am guessing it used to be an old biscuit mill, but now it's a really cool outdoor plaza/shopping area in Cape Town's Woodstock area. The Old Biscuit Mill has food, coffee, furniture, home accessories, clothing, etc. And on Saturdays they have a really cool farmers market type of thing.

Anyway, there's a store in the Old Biscuit Mill that I loved, but can't find the name. Nor did I remember to write down the name of this cool piece of furniture that I LOVED! Stay tuned while I conduct some "research." In the meantime, drool away!

Other People's Trash

As the illustrious CLI intern, I had the good fortune to visit Cape Town's Heath Nash Studio. It wasn't quite what I imagined, since it was pretty much a large room full of plastic trash (like containers, bottles, etc.). But even cooler because it was easier for me to imagine the process and amount of work that goes into producing things out of Other People's Trash. While Heath has many light fixtures and tons of other cool stuff that is actually really beautiful, my favorite is the cool soccer ball made electrical wire over a galvanized steel frame. The cool bowl comes in both black and white and green and yellow (the color of South Africa's bafana bafana!).

It's great for putting in some fruits and other stuff. I love mine! Plus, Heath is suuuuper nice and cool.

http://www.heathnash.com/strength.php

This lamp = true love

I'm pretty keen on Guillaume Delvigne's work. It seems he is a pretty respected and prolific designer. In particular, I like his Lamp 010. Not quite sure where it's available since we at CLI have no French speakers.

But check it out here: http://guillaumedelvigne.com/projet.php?id=154

He has other cool stuff on his site, so browse away!

South Africa!

Friends! Cheese Lovers! Our CLI intern has been away for a few weeks in the land of the beginnings of homo-sapiens! Yes, Africa!

And while there, the illustrious intern has discovered a really cool bunch of designers. Indeed, the design scene, particularly in Cape Town, South Africa is quite impressive. And cool!

One cool dude we met is called Liam Mooney. He has his own studio of South African-made goods, including this cool bench and sofa-like piece. Drool. Liam is super nice and fun. I wish our intern's suitcase was big enough to bring some of Liam's furniture over, but alas, we will have to make do with our pictures.

http://www.liammooney.co.za/signature/the-low-back-settee/#