Candle with Matchbox Built In

I like things tidy and feel that most things have their place. While I never thought to combine matches with a candle, this marriage to be quite satisfying. Originally designed by Jeremy Walton in 2002, Hygge-lys is a candle with a built in matchbox and is now available for purchase at the MoMA Store for US$18. As Shiny Shiny point out, it is a bit …

Free Spirit Spheres

I've had a thing for treehouses ever since seeing the Ewoks in Return Of The Jedi, which led to my dad building a great one for my brother and me. We loved playing in it, but if we'd been given one made by Canadian Tom Chudleigh, I can guarantee I would still be living in it now. His beautiful tree spheres evolved when an original …

Yearbook Dutch Design 05

Thanks to radical design innovation in the country’s universities and access to government grants and urban planning policies that put design on par with development, design flourishes in the Netherlands. Pages in the Yearbook Dutch Design 05, published by Episode Publishers, capture the best results from current practice in graphic design, product design, fashion, and architecture. Three essays about the current by state of Dutch …