Low Table

Low Table is a series of solid wood low tables, created by the Belgian designer Marina Bautier for her own furniture and products brand, MA.

MA was launched recently, with all product manufacturing taking place in Belgium.

Writer’s Block

Montreal-based furniture designer, Mitz Takahashi, created a  pencil stand named “Writer’s Block”. The stand is handmade from recycled/offcuts wood in Montreal – Canada.

Takahaski uses a combination of pine, walnut, mahogany and birch. Beautiful woods finished with Danish oil and water-based varethane.

The collection of Takahashi with mid-century feel ranges from lightning to furniture and desk accessory.

T3 Player App

The T3 Player app for iPhone has recently taken the internet by storm. Inspired by Dieter Rams’ iconic T3 radio from the 60s, the app is made to appeal to design lovers. Creator of the T3 app Eder Rengifo did not envision it as a substitute for your built-in iPhone player, but rather as a streamlined addition to it. 

T3 has special support for the iPhone 5 and Airplay. Watch the video to see it in action.

The Planes

Chris Packer exhibited a series of paintings titled ‘The Planes’ for Factory 49 in February in what’s known as the ‘Office Space’; for the same duration, The paintings were white canvases with cotton tape arranged geometrically across them; the cotton tape was white on the outside, but coloured on the underside. As a result, the white canvases were illuminated by the reflection of colour from the underside of tape in a very alluring way.

Mailbox

Rise

Tempo

Designed by Naoto Fukasawa for production by Magis in 2011, Tempo is a plastic wall-clock that has an all-white ground with details punctuated by a single color (orange, brown, black or grey).

Despite the absence of a second-hand, the clock makes an audible ticking sound. Its graphic (almost drawn-like) quality, the rounded shapes used on the face and the use of depth give this otherwise minimalist piece a softness and playfulness. For Magis, Fukasawa also designed a reductionist cuckoo clock, titled Cu-Clock.

Maple Set

Ottawa-based designers, The Federal, have developed a prototype for a set of knives called the Maple Set.

Blue Weather App

Brooklyn based Oak Studios create websites and applications. Last week, Oak released their first iOS app, Blue. The app provides 36-hour weather forecasts relevant to your location in a fast, fun and of course minimal interface. Simply swipe up to see each hour represented in a colourful gradient visual.

The hourly colours are generated based on three variables: temperature, humidity, and sunrise/sunset times for your current location. Temperatures are shown in either Fahrenheit or Celsius.

Level

Level is a suspension lamp developed by the Valencia based design studio estudi{H}ac for the fellow Spanish manufacturer Celda.

The objective was to translate the light to a floating horizontal plane, comprised of an elastic textile disc, which receives the light and transmits it to its surrounding space creating a combination of diffuse and ambient light.