of paper and things

christoph brach + daniera ter harr seek to reinterpret the vegetable & put it into new context . in these projects, the juice of vegetables are transformed to ink in a purification process. raw color {via we find wildness }

is adulthood enjoyable? asks the designer. fugle swing by christina fesmire made of renewable maple veneer + hemp. beautiful. {via design milk }

small hanging planter designed to look like a polaroid frame, with an embedded light, so that the plant becomes the picture. polaroid flower vase by jung hwa jin {via core77 }

f,l,o,w,e,r,s designed by norihiko terayama of studio note . an acrylic ruler with real embedded flowers, each at 1cm intervals, which were hand picked and dried by the designer. lovely. {via spoon & tamago }

nice body of work from perky bros llc {via mint }

stunning renovation of a victorian home in san francisco by mork-ulnes design . beautiful blend of the home's original features and pops of modern scandinavian design, with extensive use of salvaged materials. read more about the home and its incredible transformation here . {via inhabitat }

oh. my. goodness. gorgeous furniture designed by matthew hilton for de la espada . i have an overwhelming desire to design and build furniture for my home...been sketching out ideas for some time now. the hepburn sofa is nearly exactly what i'm going for, and the entire chair range is just so beautiful. so inspired. now if i can just figure out the lack of woodworking tools issue... {via do it for the fame }

clever modular speaker design by florian brillet moss sound system {via crib candy }

lighting pin by sungho lee . an led lightsource, in the form of a clothespin, which can be attached to any object, to become the light's form...lovely. {via designboom }

really clever design... mobile ipod speakers by japanese artist yoshihiko satoh for marumiya furniture . {via spoon & tamago }

hallo light by 45kilo . really, really like the floor version. {via contemporist }

stefan diez is an award-winning furniture designer, having designed some pretty amazing pieces for e15 , thonet , and moroso , among others. he also designed a beautiful paper tote for his wife's jewelry design studio, saskia diez . 1m3 is an exhibition as an idea of an exhibition... it doesn’t propose anything but ideas of objects. they are all made of paper and glue, cardboard and tape, painted or not...we focused on the primitive and elementary essence of paper...these objects pretend to be what they are not... currently on display at la chaufferie , 1m3 highlights the stage of the mock-up process just before a prototype is required, and in its presentation here projects a hint of what may become.

it's human to have favorites. to be drawn to certain colors, to have others surprise you. we believe the greatest beauty of 500 colored pencils is that you don't receive all of them at once, but over the course of 20 months. it gives you new focus as an artist, working with color families and feeling the precious nature of each pencil. we send 25 pencils a month, crafted to order. as you build to 500, the pencils become your story and experience. it's about enjoying an unhurried creative process, and the artist - over time - you become. what a lovely way to think about colored pencils... 500 pencils by social designer {via young and brilliant }

blown-fabric by nendo using smash , a specialized long-fibre non-woven polyester that can be manipulated into different forms through hot press forming technology, nendo created these fixtures for tokyo fiber '09 senseware. the properties of the fiber allow these pieces to be shaped like blown glass into a seamless one-piece lantern. {via swiss miss }