Homeware Design

Homeware Design

Homeware Design featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Tomeo

During the 60s, visionary designers developed the first plastic furniture. The designers’ talent coupled with the versatility of the substance led to its indispensability. Both designers and consumers became addicted to it. Today, we know its environmental dangers. Still, restaurant terraces remain filled with plastic chairs. This is because the market offers little alternative. The design world remains sparsely populated with manufacturers of steel furniture, even sometimes republishing designs from the late 19th century… Here comes the birth of Tomeo: a modern, light & stackable steel chair.

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Hair of Umay

Made in ancient nomadic technique, protected by UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safekeeping, this rug is bringing the best out of wool due to gradient wool shades and fine hand stitching that creates volumetric texture. 100 percent hand made, this rug is made using natural shades of wool plus yellowish tone dyed with onion shell. A golden thread that goes through the rug makes a statement and reminds of the hair freely flowing in the wind - hair of nomadic goddess Umay - protector of women and children.

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Floor One

Tineco Floor One is a wet/dry floor washer and vacuum with smart modules, which automatically detects how dirty/gritty the floor is and applies the appropriate amount of detergent, roller pressure, and suction power, to ensure the perfect hard floor clean every time. With its advanced roller design that captures excess water and dirt, Floor One roller surface is always clean and leaves the floor streak free. Tineco Floor One offers a new level of clean for all hard floor surfaces.

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Augusta

The Augusta reinterprets the classic dining table. Representing the generations before us, the design seems to grow from an invisible root. The table legs are oriented to this common core, reaching up to hold the book-matched tabletop. Solid European walnut wood was selected for its meaning of wisdom and growth. Wood usually discarded by furniture makers is used for its challenges to work with. The knots, the cracks, the wind shakes and the unique swirls tell the story of the tree's life. The uniqueness of the wood allows this story to live on in a piece of family heirloom furniture.

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Tatamu

By 2050 two thirds of the earth population will live in cities. The main ambition behind Tatamu is to provide flexible furniture for people whose space is limited, including those who are frequently moving. The aim is to create an intuitive furniture that combines robustness with an ultra-thin shape. It takes only one twisting movement to deploy the stool. While all the hinges made of durable fabric keeping it light weight, the wooden sides provide stability. Once pressure is applied to it, the stool only gets stronger as its pieces lock together, thanks to its unique mechanism and geometry.

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Move It

Move it, the mobile office system, is SIGEL’s solution that allows agile, flexible working (desk sharing, co-working, activity-based working) and project work. Move it is a beautifully designed, complete concept for modern office environments. The products will appeal to people with a finely-tuned aesthetic sense. This intelligent storage system has a modular design and is ideal for transporting office supplies.

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