Ian and Porky

Designers Accord

Fast Company just went live with a really kind and well-written article on the Preserve tableware line. Here is the link: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/alissa-walker/designerati/preserve-everyday-tableware and an excerpt from the interview "We were able to find a shape that was less manufactured-looking, organic, softer, and approachable." To give a tactile cue that these plates should get extra attention, Evo created a lip that lowers down from the rim, giving users a special place for their hands to land on the pieces."

Another Michael Palmer

Michael Palmer

I like the view point that Michael Palmer paints from and his use of linework. This painting is called Jerktown.

Pod Office

Cool find David. According to their website: A place dedicated to work. The garden based POD is of the highest quality design and provides a work environment that is separate from the disruptions of home life.

Alcoa house

Interesting take on the house of the future from Alcoa. I think that this was done in the 60's but it is still standing. Very cool kitchen. The color combinations with the light wood are great...reminds me of what is going on with the contemporary melamine and bamboo combos.

Christmas comes early

From Unicahome: "Eva Zeisel is considered one of the world's most influential industrial designers. born in budapest, hungary in 1906, her extensive body of work, incorporating a natural and organic approach to modernism, ranges from ceramic and glass objects to furniture and home accessories. new for 2009, these three mouth-blown glass ornaments were designed exclusively for moma by eva zeisel with olivia barry. boxed. " It might just be too early for Christmas decorations or these might just be a little forced, over-worked and heavy-handed. They seem to me to be trying too hard for MoMa.