A great exhibition at the Wellcome about the use of crystallography in 1951 Festival of Britain, called From Atoms to Patterns. Until 10 August 2008.

And so to bed …

March 24, 2008

Thierry Bouet has captured the fantastic in beds.

[Blogged via Kottke.]

Postcard tiles

February 11, 2008

Welbeck tiles
Postcard tiles from Welbeck.

Monkey Light Switch

February 11, 2008

Books on Walls

January 28, 2008

 Bowness Fake Books Wallpaper

The front cover of Grand Designs magazine has a great image of a room covered in a ‘fake books’ wallpaper. And although there was no reference to who the wallpaper is by, I was pretty sure I have seen it somewhere before. That somewhere was on Deborah Bowness’ site, the fantastic wallpaper creator who as well as this paper, also makes ones with fake clothes, fake filing cabinets, fake chairs and fake lamps – well, not so much fake as trompe d’oeil …

Metallic Ivy

January 20, 2008

Japanese wooden bath

January 19, 2008

Hinoki Bath

Japanese Hinoki Bath by Bartok Design. They hand build baths to your specifications: round, square, rectangular, with copper band, without, with wood cut diagonally or laterally. I especially love the wooden spout.