Monday, January 10, 2005

tierra. y. luna.


The Tierra Y Luna is (are?) a pair of round rugs woven to look like the Earth and the Moon. The Earth is a hefty 98.5" in diameter and the Moon is 47.25". Not quite to scale, I imagine. Made of virgin wool if you're wondering.

nerdishly. cool.
Part of me thinks the rugs are terrifically cool and part of me thinks they're terrifically nerdy. If they weren't priced sky high (get it? heh.) I

malibu.


A cool Swedish company named Traspecialen makes a colorful line of retro-styled furniture called the Malibu. Now, there's a lot of retro out there, but what I love about this line is that the pieces come in odd sizes and configurations, and the colors include blue and orange (looks like a fluorescent green was recently discontinued...sigh).

reasonable.
The few pieces of Malibu I've seen in

Sunday, January 2, 2005

ghost. candelabra.


The Ghost Candelabra is a charming update to...you guessed it, the candelabra. It's made of lucite panels etched with a line drawing of a candelabra, and the candles perch in the four included glass-cup inserts. Supposedly when the candles are lit, their flickering light lends a ghostly look to the whole thing. And when you're not using it, it folds flat for storage. It's not only brilliant,