Holly Pallmer designed the Tea Cup Stool for tea parties.
Via DesignBoom ‘tea party’ stools by holly palmer
Recycled Skateboard Furniture
You don’t have to be a skater to appreciate these clever decks! Based on their passion for mid-century design, skateboard culture, and the SoCal lifestyle, designers Pierre Andre Senizergues and Gil Le Bon de LaPointe have launched a new company that makes sleek, gorgeous post modern furnishings and accessories out of recycled second hand skate board products. Skate Study House is quintessential California – skater cool, mid-century minimal, and totally green.
Taking their cues from the Case Study Houses that redefined the modern home and had such a pronounced influence on architecture, Skate Study House recreates popular modern furnishings through the vision of a devoted boarder. The Godfather Lounge Chair (and ottoman) is an Eames-inspired delight constructed out of seven walnut laminated decks while the Jet Set Lounge Chair is great for both indoor and outdoor use since it’s upholstered in nearly indestructible neoprene, or surface wetsuits. Not letting a single component go to waste, Skate Study also makes the witty Astro clock from polyurethane wheels and the sleek Skate Wall out of the maple deck out of which skateboards are cut. With a sweet selection chairs, coffee tables, and accessories, this is mid-century for the new generation of 21st century design enthusiasts.
Via Inhabitat: Inhabitat – Skate Study House: Recycled Skateboard Furniture
Used Long Park Bench by Walter Papst for Wikhahn at Kameleon
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Long Park bench
Description : Long park bench ca. 1958
Designer : Walter Papst
Maker : Wilkhahn, Germany
Materials : fibreglass
Condition : Very Good
price : Euro 1195.=
dimensions: length 240 cm, height: 77 cm, depth 70 cm, height of the seat 38 cm
Pierre Paulin Tongue Chair for Artifort
A quote frome Pierre Paulin:
A chair should be more than simply functional. It should be friendly, fun and colorful.
Yes this orange Artifort Tongue chair has all this… delight and a real decorative touch for the eye.
London Design Festival 2008 (3): Squint
While roaming London for the London Design Festival 2008 I walked along 178 Shoreditch High Street, London, E1 6HU, and my eyes were drawn to the then closed but very colorful shop “Squint”.
When home it appeared I had already pinched a photo from I don’t know where on the web.
I took a couple of photos.
Their website is Squint Limited
About Squint
Squint opened in East London at the beginning of 2005, it was started by Lisa Whatmough a former Sculptor and Painter. Her initial desire was to showcase the antique textiles she had been collecting and found that a fusion of period furniture and fabrics made for unexpected one off pieces.
The range comprises of items such as Victorian chaise longues and iconic Egg chairs and includes all types of upholstered furniture as well as mirrors and lighting, each piece bespoke incorporating a mix of contemporary and vintage fabrics.
As Squint has grown it now makes to order, classic designs meticulously made in England and upholstered traditionally, with tied springs and hand stitched seams. Each design is priced individually depending on the final mix of fabrics used.
Lead times are running at between ten and twelve weeks and any items ready to go will be shown in the Off The Peg section.
Squint sells internationally through Squint, Liberty, Designers Guild, Lane Crawford, J Roaman, Barneys New York and AADesign Museum Seoul.
Squint is not cheap. Probably because the the chairs and sofas are new. Their products remind me of NYC based Apryl Miller. There are similarities, as Apryl is also a painter and sculptor.
Ah now I see where I had the picture from: I featured them already here…