The Wiener Chair by Gabriella Asztalos

I am entranced by this sensuous, self-confident chair from product designer Gabriella Asztalos. She calls this The Wiener chair  because it is a fantasia on the classic bentwood Thonet chair, known as the Number 14 or Bistro Chair, from Vienna, which featured a rounded, shield back and cane seat. Asztalos' version takes the shield back to a delicious extreme and shifts the caning to the newly enlarged ovoid shape which also serves as back legs. It is a marvel of design.

https://asztalos.com/project/wiener-chair/

The Vild Vorld of Verner Panton

Verner Panton (1926 - 1998) was an amazing designer of furniture, lighting, textiles, rugs, and rooms. He created his major works in the 60s and 70s in a wildly colorful, psychedelic style. Panton was very interested in psychotherapy and studied how color influenced people in their environments.

http://www.verner-panton.com/

Bill Amberg Studio Prints On Leather

English leather craftsman Bill Amberg of The Bill Amberg Studio commissioned artists and designers to create patterns to be digitally printed onto leather hides. This new technology offers exciting possibilities in the world of leather upholstery but also other applications as well: leather floor tiles, wallcoverings, and fashion items like bags and shoes!

Avant garde furniture designer Faye Toogood opted for an abstract pattern reminiscent of cave drawings...

...while L.A.-based interior and product designer Natasha Baradaran went a different route with a traditional floral lace pattern.

Design icon Tom Dixon created a pattern that mimics crinkled aluminum foil! This trompe-l'œil effect will surely delight anyone who first sees the pattern and then feels the soft smoothness of the leather!

And interior designer Alexandra Champalimaud imagined a set of hand drawn concentric circles in soft, comforting colors. They recall growth rings of trees.

https://www.billamberg.com/

Scent Drops by Harvey and John

This sinuous, sleek creation in the photos below was created by the design team of Harvey and John. Read their statement:

"Created for the new 'Grand Museé du Parfume' in Paris, Scent Drops is an experience dedicated to the 25 most used ingredients in Perfume.

We took inspiration from the liquid form of perfume and imagined a room full of drips, waves and ripples.

Each of the white drops are made of Corian, allowing for seamless joins to the smooth curves. The base of the drop, houses a removable copper finished Orb. A black, flower-like recess in each orb, works to guide the nose and amplify the sound.

You simply rotate the orb to select your language, lift off the base and smell the fragrance inside. The orb will then talk to you in your native tongue about the ingredient inside and how it has come to be used in the world of perfume.

HOW IT WORKS

The white drops are made of corian with inpregnated steel for strength and allow for power transfer.
We wanted to avoid screens so that the technology feels seamlessly integrated rather than the focal point.
As you rotate the orb on the base a gyro and accelerometer detect the movement and infrared signals are exchanged between the orb and the base telling it what language to speak. The base then lights up the 2 letter language code accordingly. As you lift off, a valve opens and a small fan sends the air through the scent capsules and out the trumpet of the orb for the visitor to take in. Following this, a speaker inside the orb, begins to sound the information about that particular ingredient."

A Perfume Museum!? I want to go!

http://www.grandmuseeduparfum.fr/
http://www.harveyandjohn.com/

Indefinite Vases by Studio E.O.

It is easy to forget that glass is not a solid--it is a a liquid. And these marvelous vases by Erik Olovsson of Studio E.O. in Stockholm bring that point home. I love how each vase has been blown to drape, droop, slip, or slide over a gorgeous polished piece of marble, granite, or onyx. Playful, whimsical, and biomorphic.

http://studioeo.se/

Waterscapes by Haurka Misawa

Haruka Misawa, the founder of Misawa Design Institute, has created some amazing 3D printed aquarium accessories for fish to swim under, around, and through. I particularly love the diving bell-like bubbles she created to be submerged in an aquarium, holding water plants in a separate little aquarium all of their own!

http://misawa.ndc.co.jp/WATERSCAPE-1

What Time Is It?

These humorous clocks by Dan Golden are great!

Top to bottom: Who Do We Appreciate Clock; Facial Hair Clock; Ish Clock; Perpetual Clock; Snack Time Clock; Time Travel Clock

To buy these clocks from Blik, visit:
http://www.whatisblik.com/shop/explore?designer=228

http://www.dangolden.com/