The Designer Gardens
Q&A With Sir James Dyson
How many industrial designers do you know that are also knights? (Or knights that moonlight as revolutionary vacuum designers?) Obviously, Sir James Dyson is one of kind.
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When one of our writers’ Dyson vacuum lost its suction, she scheduled an interview with Sir James Dyson himself. But after solving the problem with a patient customer service rep, she ended up using the interview to get a little history on one of the biggest names in cleaning.
DIY Life: Has anyone ever challenged your famous claim that the Dyson never loses suction?
James Dyson: They’ve tried. Read more…
Blooming Coat Racks – The Bonaldo Eos Will Hang Your Jackets in Fresh Spring Style (TrendHunter.com)
BONALDO EOS
Like a blooming flower, the Bonaldo Eos coat rack will add a punch of color to your home. A perfect addition just in time for the spring and summer season, not only is this coat rack practical, but it will also add some floral freshness to your front hall, offering a great greeting for any guest.
Designed by Mario Mazzer, the Bonaldo Eos coat rack has a whimsical, crocus-inspired silhouette in mid-bloom. Although it doesnt look like a traditional coat hanger, I think thats the point. The design points to something more natural and organic rather than time-tested and traditional.
Made out of molded polyethylene, the Bonaldo Eos coat rack is available in a slew of colors including lovely reds, whites, blues and purples.
The Neat Way to Paint Double-Hung Windows
Painting windows seems like something you could wing. But if you want to avoid a mess, painting in the proper sequence is key. Here’s how:
Nothing slows a painting job down like having to touch up brush smears, splatters, and spots you accidentally skipped. But the secret to avoiding these problems is as easy as following orders.
Painting a double-hung window is a case in point. A double-hung window is the kind with two sashes, one mounted over the other. Read more…
Bedside Book Abodes – The Dook House Table by Noel Zahra has a Page-Saving Perch (TrendHunter.com)
DOOK HOUSE TABLE BY NOEL ZAHRA
One does not ask a great deal of a bedside table; perhaps a surface on which to place an alarm clock, a lamp and a drink, and maybe some storage space, but the Dook House Table by Noel Zahra offers a great deal more.
Why the unusual name? Well, this folded sheet metal form is the result of deviating design. The minimalist project initially sought to create a doghouse, but alas, the turn it has taken! The conceptual phase no doubt involved a study of the typical pitched roof outline one finds among canine refuges, though by continuing the line of the structure, a flat surface emerged, as well as two nooks for the stashing of books.
Quirky Light Projects – Academy of Fine Art and Design’s Students Design Oddball Lamps (TrendHunter.com)
ACADEMY OF FINE ART AND DESIGN
Its amazing how limitless lighting designs can be, which the Academy of Fine Art and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia demonstrates in this fun student project that extended over their winter semester. Essentially, these students were asked to design a lamp with no boundaries, not even for material or sizing. Each lamp created was as bizarre and quirky as the next.
For her Academy of Fine Art and Design light project, Viktoria Fedorkovicova designed a lamp that was inspired by Harold E. Doc Edgertons iconic photo titled Bullet Through Apple. Although it looks nothing like an apple, the bullet is clearly noticeable.