SMART DESIGN

Wilhelm Kienzle; Enameled Metal 'Cactus' Watering Cans for MEWA, 1935

It is a fact of life that buildings, as they age, inevitably fall apart. We Americans are not quite comfortable with this. We like everything to be shiny and new: we like all our buildings and our interior finishes to have the smooth sameness of youth. But the Japanese have developed a way of dealing with this. They have, in fact, embraced the idea that sometimes fixing broken things can make them even better and more beautiful than when they were new.

Deborah Beau from Kickcan & Conkers shares a collection of unusually cool French goods for the home.

Status: Completed, 2015 Program: Place for birds Material: Oak wood, Copper Every person has an innate craving to spend time in nature, as...

Status: Completed, 2015 Program: Place for birds Material: Oak wood, Copper Every person has an innate craving to spend time in nature, as...

A DRAWING SET, Paris, circa 1690. Brass and steel marked BUTTERFIELD PARIS. Large and small pair of dividers with interchangeable inserts, various rulers. In with maroquin covered case (base damaged), L 19 cm. REISSZEUG IN ETUI, Frankreich, um 1690.Messing und Stahl bez. BUTTERFIELD PARIS. Enthält Winkelmesser, Proportionalzirkel und klappbares 90-Grad Lineal, grosser und kleiner Stechzirkel mit Aufsätzen sowie Reissfeder. In mit Maroquin bezogenem Etui (Boden defekt), L 19 cm.

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Highest Quality Oak Wood Bike Hanger Iceberg by Woodstick Ltd. …clean product and natural concept… …handmade quality and smooth design… …wood beauty… We offer brand new Oak wood bike hanger “Iceberg” that is handmade by the best in class experts in woodworking and architecture. The product design

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Four chairs, one table, and they take up almost no space when not in use – yet not folding, flipping, stacking or complex mechanical maneuvers are needed to make it happen.

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Diners can climb into wooden booths modelled on railway carriages in the second Fabbrica pizzeria completed by Dutch design studio Tjep.