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materia / cork

Materia is a collection of objects made from cork; a collection that's brought to you by a company called Amorim, the cork biz industry leader. Here's a sampling of the 12 projects by 10 designers that highlight this sustainable, and quite handsome, material:

From top to bottom:

Studio Pedrita's Rufo is a 3 drum kit that Mum & Dad will love; the cork provides a range of sounds that are never actually loud.

Pino Voodoo memoboard by Daniel Caramelo promises functionality & fun

Par salt & pepper shakers by Nendo

Bote floating bath toys by Big-Game

Miguel Vieira Baptista's centerpieces, Aro

elinno design / evergreen blues

Elinno Design is a young Finnish tableware company that mixes Scandinavian design with Chinese craftsmanship. One of their newest collections is called Evergreen Blues. Not only is it in beautiful, always classic blue & white, but its designer Liang Liang purposefully showcases everyday blooms that often don't get the attention they deserve:

"In this design I want to show how beautiful even the smallest, unknown roadside flowers can be. We so easily ignore this kind of everyday beauty. I hope this design will lead people to have a closer look of even the small elements of nature."

Lovely concept and a pretty delivery. Give the images a click for a better view. ;)

Happily, Evergreen Blues matches exceedingly well with other Elinno Design patterns, such as Runaway Ribbons, as in the image above.

erdem / pre-fall 2011

After a month of being both sick and super-busy, it's finally time to embrace quieter days- and time for a little pretty! Who can a girl count on at a moment like this? Why Erdem, of course. ;)

What's creepier- the same face 9x in a row, or the blurring-action above? hmmmmm.