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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Designer Thomas de Lussac's Whimsical Outdoor Benches & Home Decor.




French Industrial designer Thomas de Lussac has a mind for functional whimsy. His many designs for everything from lamps to outdoor benches often incorporate the human element in bright and fun colors.

While he also works in woods and has several sophisticated furniture collections to his credit(and yes, you should see those, too), I am sharing with you some of his more "FUNctional" pieces today.


The Mona Lisa bench:

The You and I bench:

The Tennis bench:

Cosmo and Moonwalk lamps:

Table runner:

Robot Trobo toilet paper holders:


Skull and Bones Wall Sconce:

Freeway Vases:

Welcome Vase (grenade):


Tyrannosaurus Wall rack:


Shop for the many of the above products here at his online store.

Designer Thomas de Lussac:

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Allê Design's Whimsical Hybrid Furniture Collection Made Of Methacrylate.




Brazilian design and manufacturing firm allê have released a series of new pieces in their Hybrid collection. Designed by José Marton, the striped lamps, side and coffee tables, follow the success of their ‘Entrelinhas’ range seen at this year’s 100% Design. All made from Methacrylate, the pieces are a quirky, fun use of their unique manufacturing process.


above: Designer José Marton with his Hybrid mirror and table

In addition, the range partially uses waste product from other designs in the allê range and in turn any waste from Hybrid is re-used. This is in keeping with allê’s remit to produce 0% waste in their manufacturing process.



The collection is called Hybrid, as some of the pieces have a dual-purpose, whereby a table is also a lamp. A wall mirror has a shelf, a coffee table has a built-in vase. The pieces appear as one moulded form, without any joins or seams.




The collection is made of Methacrylate®, a durable, stain resistant, flexible acrylic, which is 100% recyclable. The product can be produced in up to 60-colours in transparent or opaque finishes.










The allê range is available from a range of stockists, including:
Harrods
Chaplins
The Silvia Nayla Gallery
bouf.com

Currently Chaplins and Silvia Nayla are the only ones to carry the Hybrid collection.

Alle Designs