March 4, 2013

I love French brand Hisle’s collection of simple but cool outdoor lights in the form of oversized light bulbs.

Plant a row of bulbs…

The polished aluminum sockets are topped with an impact and UV-resistant polyethylene globe.

A single play … Read More…
Category: Finding, Lighting
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February 10, 2013

With urban gardeners in mind, Portuguese sibling entrepreneurs Miguel and Rita Ramos have combined their respective skills–he in design and she in environmentalism–in the creation of Stufa, an artfully packaged kitchen herb garden kit that one could love for … Read More…
Category: Finding, Herb Gardens
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February 7, 2013

Designer Ruth Fore artistically crochets wire into stunning one of a kind chairs, planters, and garden sculptures.

In a process similar to biomimicry, where design emulates patterns in nature, Fore examines the characteristics and possibilities of raw materials, handcrafting unique … Read More…
Category: Containers and Pots, Finding, Furniture, Garden Art
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February 6, 2013

StudioGorm, whose very cool “living” Flow Kitchen we featured back in 2009, has unleashed its creativity again in the design of Peg Garden, a space-saving grouping of cedar elements that, when not being used, can hang out of the way … Read More…
Category: Finding, Furniture
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February 5, 2013

Blown glass spheres hang haphazardly from the ceiling, tangled like vines, copper tubes looping around satellite white planters that connect them like natural roots.

Bocci’s No.38 takes lighting to new heights, in a sort of surreal grouping of suspended planters … Read More…
Category: Container Gardening, Finding, Lighting
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