Vík Prjónsdóttir Blankets

New Icelandic wool blankets channel mysticism, nature and Michael Jackson

by Richard Prime Causing a stir of excitement at the recent Stockholm Design Week, Icelandic design group Vík Prjónsdóttir showed its latest collection of wool blankets inspired by a mixture of myths, folklore and the lure of nature. The collective, widely known for their Beardcap, dates back to 2005 and includes the founding designers Brynhildur Pálsdóttir, Egill Kalevi Karlsson, Guðfinna Mjöll Magnúsdóttir, Hrafnkell Birgisson, Þuríður …

Studio Visit: Bellerby Globes

A tour of a London workshop where Peter Bellerby hand makes heirloom-quality globes

We recently had the opportunity to stop into Bellerby Globes for a behind-the-scenes look at how the enterprising craftsmen create the handmade globes  we highlighted last month. At their modest shopfront in North London, Peter Bellerby and his crew received me warmly and took me on a quick tour of the premises. First I watched plaster of Paris cast into 20-pound orbs, that (after almost …

Rome SDS Snowboards

Addictive collection artist-designed snowboards for 2010/11

Rome SDS, the Waterbury, Vermont-based snowboard company, recently unveiled next year’s installment of the annual Addictive Collection: a series of three boards designed by a trio of artists. Whereas virtually every other board is a composite of many people’s input, these boards benefit from the complete control of Rome photographer and art director Mike Paddock. The first of the series (above) is Paddock’s own, the …