Fire Table
The brainchild of Dutch designers Ward Huting and Gerard de Hoop, the Fire Table aims to bring the physical and social warmth of a campfire into the living room. Its squat, round …
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Geneviève Gaukler: Pierre and Food Chain
Meet Pierre, one of Medicom's newest designer toys and creation of the prolific French illustrator Geneviève Gaukler. Pierre brings one of Gaukler's more well known 2-D characters into plushy, 3-D form—we couldn't …
Os Gemeos: The flowers in this garden were planted by my Grandparents
Os Gemeos, our favorite identical Brazilian twin artists Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, have many reasons to be excited about their new show, “ The flowers in this garden were planted by my …
Minale Maeda: Table Manners Collection
Minale Maeda's "Table Manners Collection" is a clever exploration of the intersection of formal dining and fast food. Toasted directly onto a grilled sandwich, the porcelain pattern lends the refinement of fine …
The Chairbag
With the portability of an inflatable chair, the groovy shape of a beanbag, and a water-resistant surface, Amsterdam-based PS Lab's debut product, the Chairbag, is just in time for summer lounging. As …
Royal Jelly Ontour
Ontour, the Storybook-based t-shirt line out of Holland, tells the tale of a girl who loved jelly pudding so much that she turned into a jellyfish in their latest spring/summer 2006 collection. …
Custom Photo ATM Cards
A reader tipped us to Dutch bank Postbank's new custom photo ATM card, called "de paskamer." By uploading a photo via the de paskamer website, customers can easily create a background of …
Ontour Tees
The Grimm's fairytale of the Bremen Town musicians tells the fable of a donkey, dog, cat, and rooster who, fed up with their day jobs, venture into the world to pursue lives …
Missed Connections
Let’s talk about feelings. According to Dutch design house Demakersvan, it’s a subject not often enough addressed in the contemporary design world, and their assertion just may be true. The vast majority …
Afke Golsteijn
Dutch artist Afke Golsteijn isn't the first to work with dead animals as her medium, but none quite achieve the same sweetly creepy aesthetic that comes from her joining of taxidermy and …