Lamps and Lighting by Foscarini
One aspect of my office that's severely lacking is in the lighting department, I'm pretty fussy, as you can imagine, and I've had a problem finding good quality lights that don't take up too much room. A Serge Mouille piece for example is beautiful, but they're very large and the price is pretty off
Vessels and Spoons by Fushimi Lacquer Workshop
In the next few weeks we'll have a brand new selection of lacquerware by Fujii Works arriving in store, I'm super excited as I've decided to extend the range a little and offer more goods in the lacquer department. I was originally nervous to include such a 'niche' product in our line-up, as you nev
Functional Porcelain by JICON
I've been researching porcelain quite extensively over the last few weeks, particularly the temperatures you have to fire the clay at and how the different firing methods affect the body and colouring. It's not a secret that I love functional objects, utilitarianism some might call it, well at the
Ceramic Works by Asche Yamamoto of Studio atelier-H
Last week I was trying to find some content relating to the sculpture/ceramic field, as I’d been looking at the works of Georges Jouve, who I don’t believe we’ve covered here before. If you’re not familiar with Mr Jouve you should take a short trip to this MONDOBLOGO article that showcases a
Interview with Mike Dorsey, Director of The Oyler House: Richard Neutra’s Desert Retreat
You may remember us late last year writing a piece on a new documentary titled The Oyler House: Richard Neutra’s Desert Retreat by director Mike Dorsey. I’ve been back and forward emailing him, checking in on the project whenever I can, so I thought it would be a nice touch to hold a little Q&A
Shizuko Hasuo Ceramics Exhibition at utsuwa-KU Gallery
Today I had a craving for some natural looking pottery, I'm not sure why this came about, maybe because I've been looking at architecture and industrial products quite a lot. For some reason I always get in to a particular fascination with certain types of design, this even runs through to the thing
Functional Kitchen, Living & Office Objects by ideaco
I've been pretty busy with design work lately, unfortunately most of it has taken place sitting in front of the computer. It can be quite easy to get out of rhythm and forget about 'real world' scenarios. I try to stay in touch as much as possible by going to pottery, which adds a handmade element t
New Interview with Sculptor and Artist Rodger Stevens
Since some of you are regulars to the blog but can't always check back with the site itself, I decided to write a quick post notifying you all of a new interview/feature that went live a few days back. We got together with American artist and sculptor Rodger Stevens, who we've long been admirers of
Ceramics by Romy Northover
English artist and ceramicist Romy Northover has been on my radar mainly thanks to potter Shino Takeda, who we’ve wrote about here on the blog before. It became apparent that this week would be a great time to highlight Romy’s work as she’s recently collaborated with Shino on opening a lifesty
Japanese Tea Utensils at Kamon Engineering
My fascination with the Japanese tea ceremony isn't anything new, I suppose it comes from my general attraction towards the lifestyle and mentality over there. I also quite like the idea of Buddhism and zen, this is also a theme that I tend to see in other designers that I admire, it's sort of weird
Through Landscape by Young-Mi Kim
I've spent most of my time at the pottery studio lately experimenting with a mixture of glazes, also testing a variety of application methods to see what effect they have on the finished pot. This includes sponges, brushes, also just standard dipping. The problem I seem to be having is that I'm a st
Lacquer Boxes & Vessels Designed by Oji Masanori for Wajima Kirimoto
Japanese designer Oji Masanori has been of major interest for many years now, he mainly designs ‘living’ products, this includes furniture and other smaller goods for the household. One of his most popular series was that designed for metal casting company FUTAGAMI, he made a selection of goods