More creative alternatives to your traditonal chandelier from the Italian glass blowing artisans from the island of Murano.

 The Melt Meee Chandelier is available in a wide range of drippingly bight colours.

For more information go here.

Photos by Tomaz Gregoric: Contemporist.

Carved into the rising landscape adjacent to an existing cemetery, the Farewell Chapel in Ljubljana, Slovenia follows the contours of the landscape that surround the graveyard.

Constructed in polished concrete, larch wood and glass,  a cross lays cross position on the rooftop of the main entrance way, functioning both as a religious icon and a luminous source of changing external light.

Originally created in 1965 by Riki Watanabe and produced by the Metropolitan Gallery in Tokyo ever since, the Carton Furniture Series is made completely out of folded cardboard with no adhesives, nails or screws. The stools are strong enough to hold most adults and all pieces are recyclable.

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French architect and landscape designer Edouard François was commissioned to renovate both the interior and the façade of the Fouquet’s Barrière Hotel in Paris, located one block facing Avenue des Champs Elysées. Commissioned to develop the general plan of the whole hotel, including courtyards, administration offices and a spa service, spread on different plots of the “golden triangle”, along with the design of new façades for extensions. With the surrounding area considered one of  the most elegant and expensive in Paris, the architects considered approach to the exterior façade has made a significant impression in terms of architecture and relation with the context.

Superbitch Bag  2000
Work:  Gun casted in acrylic, snake skin handle
Dimensions: 23x22x7cm

RataSmile  2007
Work:Carry-on luggage
Dimensions:70x35x10cm
Material: Rat with diamond (mouth) cast in acrylic

Lady K, 2004
Work: Bag
Dimensions:30x22x8cm
Material: engraved and heavily gold-plated gun and bullet/textile/chrome steel

Artist Ted Noten creates a variety of pieces including jewelery, but it's his handbags that appeal the most to me. I wonder how easy it would be carrying these onto a plane or into a restaurant or bar?

Noten often takes classic designer handbags and reworks them by adding various accessories such as gold-plated handguns suspended in acrylic, and gives them appropriate names like "Super Bitch".

To view more of the artists work visit his site here.

Perfect for any budding young designer, the Knoll Kids collection consists of mid-century classics such as Eero Saarinen's Womb Chair, Harry Bertoias's Diamond Lounger and the Risom side chair by Jens Risom. All pieces have been scaled to youngster sized proportions, maintaining the quality that is certain when buying original design from Knoll.

Design savvy parents need no longer ruin the interior design cohesion at home, these pieces will fit right into any modern lovers abode.

Knoll is available locally here.

Located in Amsterdam's financial district, The Citizen Hotel offers the frequent traveler market an affordable yet design savvy alternative with room rates starting at a mere 69 Euro per night. The compact guest rooms are innovatively designed for comfort, but the hotel's main charm lies with it's partnering with Vitra for the interior furniture collection.

The huge variety of the Vitra collection in use at the hotel offering the weary traveler an excellent introduction to the history of modern design.

For more information on the hotel go here.

To get your own piece of the Vitra collection you'll find it locally available here.

Designer Jason Miller presented the Modo Chandelier at this year's ICFF in New York. The light's spoke-and-hub system allows it to be configured in dozens of different ways, to create lamps of almost any size and shape. All the parts are custom milled from solid aluminum.

For more about the designer go here.

Simply translated to "stand-up-ladel" the Tate Otama is a genius little additon to any savvy kitchen. 

Visit the designers website here for more information.

Designed by François Azambourg for Ligne Roset, the Villa Rose table includes a removable and movable cabinets, designed to offer more storage solutions for small apartment living.

Ligne Roset is available locally here.