London Design Festival 2012: Vibrant Furnishings

Creative takes on color brighten up Blighty

The London Design Festival is in full color this year, slapping Blighty’s austere environment with an array of vibrant furnishings. The creative takes on color found around the numerous festival locations speak out against the ubiquity of wooden wares, showing how sustainably-minded design doesn’t always have to point back to nature. Here are seven examples that prove recycling can be elegant, renewable timber, handsome and …

Well Played

Party games that go from summer to fall with Tanqueray

Advertorial content: Nothing livens up the night like a dash of friendly competition. The sophisticated host will know how to keep party guests on their toes, so in that vein Cool Hunting has picked a handful of ace party games for your next gathering. Played well with a Tanqueray cocktail in hand, these civilized diversions—whether you prefer a familiar classic or more exotic challenge—put just …

Santorini Lamps by Estudio Sputnik

Sustainably minded hanging lamps with adjustable wooden shades at Feria Habitat Valencia

Founded by four former classmates, Valencia-based Estudio Sputnik is a young, multidisciplinary design collective with a focus on innovation in everyday objects. Exhibiting as part of Nude, Feria Habitat Valencia‘s showcase of emerging Spanish designers, Sputnik caught our attention with its series of sustainably-crafted modular hanging lamps. Dubbed “Santorini Lamps,” each features a wood base and a series of removable shades that create different lighting …