bicycle tire bags by balkan tango

more recycling and upcycling for you today: loverly rubber bags made of used bicycle inner tubes from balkan tango of hungary.

purchase them at the supermarket and be sure to check out balkan tango’s website for more good looking, earth friendly stuff.

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philippe stark palindrome watch

i like the whimsical avant designs of philippe stark (more on that later) and i like this watch called the palindrome. at first glance you think the minute hand is missing, but that’s actually his logo, and the little rectangular bit floating around in there is the hour hand.

fun, hmmm?

available in white and black at the fossil shop, but unfortunately you’ll have to hunt around a bit for that orange one…

via technabob

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christian ghion cat capsule

are you like most people who have a small, spacey, swinging kitty with discriminating tastes that always manages to take up a quarter of your king size bed and ruin your sleep while doing it? oh wait - maybe that’s just me. i do believe the cat capsule from french designer christian ghion may be the answer to my cat prayers. it’s quite compact and has an uber stylish mid century modern sensibility.

if this thing swivels, i just might have to figure out where to buy it, even if it is better looking than my own furniture!

via contemporist

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artistic geometry in shelving

graceful shelving and storage, whether in use or left bare:

wall mounted skulptur shelf in oak by karin mannerstal, from personal interior design

shaped hardwood console with coffee stain, via betterlivingthroughdesign

triplet shelf from derin design, at personal interior design

sendai shelf of black walnut, alder wood and stainless or glass by toyo ito, at the conran shop

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cool polar furniture by pearson and lloyd

check out this smoothly organic polar collection of furniture, from british designers luke pearson and tom lloyd. their goal was to create simple, timeless shapes that appear like fragments of icebergs rising up from the floor.

the sofa has a wood frame, and can be reconfigured to create six different seating arrangements. the trio of tables are plywood wrapped in leather, and the single table is wood and glass. the stool/side table is made from polypropelene.

all pieces are manufactured by tacchini.

way too cool.

more of pearson and lloyd’s slick work here.

via bonluxat.

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