glitzkrieg

tom dixon / etch web copper pendant

I love everything that Tom DIxon creates- but I especially looooove his copper pieces. Have a look at the glorious new Etch Web pendant. Cannot wait to see these in the context of a room.

anna olivia / head or tail

These make me happy. How delightful are these mugs? Utterly! Called Head or Tail, they're designed by talented young Danish designer Anna Olivia and are sold in sets of two: a head and a tail. Choose from Pigs, Horses, Cows & Sheep. I can't imagine stacking them without seizing the opportunity to create fun Griffin-like barnyard creatures. Hope to cross paths with a retailer for these soon!

proenza schouler pre-fall 2011

Oh, yes! The colours, the textures, the patterns, and most of all, the bag. In lust with Proenza Schouler's gorgeous Pre-Fall collection.

greenmarker grass post-its / yuruliku

No more cheesy fluoro post-its poking out of books and magazines! Can't wait to get my hands on Yuruliku DESIGN's GreenMarker collection. Inspired by grass, these page markers are made with 3M post-it sticky note technology and have been awarded a 2010 Good Design award.

mut design / roots garden system

A beautiful way to showcase your plants, especially perfect if you have a pretty window with inadequate ledge space. "Well, Hello!" to Mut Design's prototype Roots Garden System. If, like me, your plants all die at the end of summer, stow the modular system away until you're ready to give it another whirl.

Via mocoloco.

bed perfection

I'd be willing to sell half my furniture, maybe all of it, for this bed. After searching the internet for pictures of it in this gorgeous shade of dusty pink (a hue that was exhibited at Maison & Objet), I finally found a couple of them in a Ligne Roset PDF. So, here you have it, my second Inge Sempé post in a week, the glorious Ruché bed by Ligne Roset:

First image via Apartment Therapy.

beautiful bicycles

Just discovered Adeline Adeline thanks to the launch of the Kate Spade bike; ah, bicycle perfection. Check it out in action here in the adorable video up on Kate Spade's Tumblr.

Their other selections are pretty fabulous too:

revolutionizing lighting! the ge energy smart® led

I've got a bit of a crush. I wrote about this fascinating fella for a local paper last Fall and it's now available on the market. I'm beyond eager to get my paws on one. Though, at +/-$50 a pop, I may be alone in line. Wait for the scoop before you dismiss me as super-foolish! First, look how handsome!:

 

The future of lighting is the GE Energy Smart® LED bulb, the product of great minds tackling the flaws inherent to CFCs and LEDs.

If you're like me, you totally embraced compact fluorescents long ago. You replaced all your incandescents with them and then tried really hard to love 'em. Unfortunately, they don't work seamlessly with dimmers (more like not at all), some don't turn on quickly, taking their sweet time to achieve full brightness, and the light they give off is harsh. Oh, and because of the mercury found within each bulb, they require careful recycling. CFCs have left consumers underwhelmed.

LEDs have their own set of issues, most notably, the fact that their light is super directional. Forget mood lighting, lighting a room, or even illuminating a corner; LEDs have traditionally functioned best as spotlights. As for incandescents, the fact they're crap for the environment is old news: they give off more energy in heat than light, etc., etc.

Enter GE and their new Energy Smart® LED bulb. Our new best hope! The stats: They've got a 25,000 hour rated lifetime, which means they will last an astounding average of 22.8 years, 3x longer than the CFCs we're trying to be happy with, 25x longer than incandescents. At 9 watts, it gives off 40W worth of light, saving you 75% in energy costs. It has no filament to break, no mercury to recycle. As an omnidirectional LED "replacement" bulb, it fits in traditional light sockets. And as for the omnidirectional part- it doesn't just light in one direction, the way LEDs normally do; this new LED casts light in all directions: up, down, all around.

Still not convinced? Here's GE's money breakdown: $4.82/year to operate a traditional 40W incandescent, $1.08/ year for The Energy Smart® LED.

Hopefully they'll become more affordable in the next few years, but until then you can't deny that it's a good conversation piece. And he's rather good looking too- don't you think?

bunny!

Steiff, the uncontested master of the teddy bear, have deviated from their usual adorable, rather reality-based stuffed animals to bring us this acid pop charmer. He's 8" tall, retails for about $50, and comes in five collectible colours that mean it: melted creamsicle orange, psych-out purple, pepto pink, kinetic blue & what I'll call inchwormeee! green. And for Easter I would like one of each. ;)

Because he's so different from their usual fare he's called Crazy Rabbit. There's also a rumour that he comes with some kind of cutout costumes. What fun!

let's go outside

Ah, summertime. You're just around the corner.

Five easy pieces that would add up to warm weather perfection:

Ligne Roset's Long Pot by Inga Sempé

Tom Dixon's Pressed Glass pendant lights in aquamarine

Patricia Urquiola's Tropocalia chair for Moroso

Droog's Shadylace by Chris Kabel in white

Tectona's Ladybird table in teak & powder-coated steel