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- Cherry Blossom Pitcher: A Functional and Decorative Delight
The Boston International Spring Ceramic Pitcher is a 7.75-inch piece, beautifully adorned with a bird and cherry blossoms – a symbol of life’s fleeting beauty. It’s a functional, microwave and dishwasher-safe item, perfect for serving beverages or as a decorative vase.Read More → - LEGO: A Confluence of Applied and Decorative Arts
LEGO, beyond simply being a children’s toy, is highly esteemed in the applied and decorative arts for its versatility in functional design and aesthetic, replicating architectural masterpieces and creative displays. Read More → - Breville Master Every Moment
Breville products blend practical functionality with modern, timeless aesthetics. Prioritizing user experience, high-quality materials, sustainability, and customizable designs, their kitchen appliances deliver longevity, adaptability, and value for money.Read More → - Arabia’s Sunnuntai Vitro Plate: A Sunny Day on a Dish
The Sunnuntai Vitro plate, designed by Birger Kaipiainen in 1971 for Arabia, combines its vibrant, intricate design with practicality and durability, embodying Finnish craftsmanship and timeless elegance.Read More → - The Minimalist Aesthetics of Muji Products: A Design Perspective
Muji is a globally recognized brand that emphasizes a minimalist philosophy in product design. Their categories, including fragrance, health, beauty, stationery, travel, cleaning, household, and kitchen items, utilise simple aesthetics and functionality, creating useful products that harmoniously blend into everyday life.Read More → - Elevate Your Holiday Tabletop with These Must-Have Items
To elevate holiday dinners, consider products like Gibson Home Rockaway’s stylish dinnerware, the uniquely designed Silverware Set Limited Edition, KooK’s versatile pasta bowls, and the artisanal SPEShh Acacia wooden serving trays. Other options include cotton napkins, a Le Creuset gravy boat and premium cheese knives.Read More → - Mondrian Minimalist De Stijl Bath Curtain: A Splash of Art!
The Mondrian Minimalist De Stijl Bath Curtain merges practicality with avant-garde decor, transforming the daily routine with an artistic touch. It’s a unique gift offering a blend of art-history, functionality, and affordability.Read More → - The Art of Glass Ornaments: The “Gloria” Nativity Angel
The “Gloria” Nativity Angel is a traditional hand-crafted glass ornament, symbolizing hope, love, and protection. With its historical roots, meticulous craftsmanship, and timeless appeal, this ornament is not just a Christmas decoration but also a piece of art and history.Read More → - Timeless Elegance: The Mid-Century Side Table’s Enduring Allure
The Mid-Century 1-drawer Wood Side Table demonstrates the mid-century design principles of simplicity, functionality, and natural beauty, featuring a light walnut finish, recessed drawer, and tapered legs, garnering continued admiration for its timeless appeal.Read More → - The Art of Sound: Award-Winning Beosound Level Design
Explore the groundbreaking design of the Beosound Level, an audio speaker that won the iF Gold Award 2022 for its enduring appeal and sustainable build. This isn’t just a speaker; it’s an investment in a timeless audio experience.Read More → - Chinese Ceramics: Highlights of the Sir Percival David Collection
Outside of Asia, Sir Percival David amassed one of the best collections of Chinese ceramics. Many imperial-quality artifacts are included, including stunning specimens of highly rare Ru and guan ceramics, as well as the famed David vases. Read More → - Now Try Something Weirder: How to keep having great ideas and survive in the creative business
With 233 (to be exact) hints, tips, and pieces of advice, Now Try Something Weirder shows those in the creative industry how to have great ideas (every day).Read More → - Modern Americana (Hardcover)
Do-it-yourself décor inspired by iconic patterns, classic fabrics, sentimental items, and the Americana style.Read More → - Architecture for Teens: A Beginner’s Book for Aspiring Architects
In architecture, technology, creativity, engineering, and even psychology are all intertwined. Find out the possibilities with this in-depth architecture book for teens. Delve into the world of architecture, explore contemporary sustainability initiatives, and investigate specific real-world architectural projects.Read More → - The Moka Express (Design Classic) – simple ☕ coffee-making machine
Designed and Made in Italy The Moka Express is a straightforward stovetop coffee maker. It unscrews in the centre, and water is poured into the bottom compartment. Read More → - Alessi Kettle 9093 (Design Classic) by Michael Graves
A beautiful little bird adorns the spout of this kettle and whistles when contents boilRead More → - Pier Luigi Nervi (Kindle Edition)
Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable wrote this 1960 monograph about the eminent Italian architect and structural engineer Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979).Read More → - IKEA Dragon 20-Piece Flatware Set, Stainless Steel
IKEA Dragon 20-Piece Flatware Set, Stainless Steel designed by Carl-Gustaf Jahnsson DRAGON flatware has been part of the Ikea rangeRead More → - British Ceramics, 1675-1825: The Mint Museum (Hardcover)
With over two thousand objects, the Mint Museum’s collection of British ceramics is one of the best and most extensive in the United States. It includes items from all major manufacturing centres, including Wedgwood, Chelsea, Worcester, and Staffordshire. Read More → - The Decorative Thirties (hardcover 1988)
The decorative thirties began in the 1930s and follows the era’s elegance until the end of World War II. The book deals with the arts and objets d’art of the ’30s in their most outrageous form.Read More → - Kovels’ Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide 2021
The 2021 Kovels’ Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide is the most complete and best-illustrated price guide available — with 11,500 listings and more than 3,000 full-color photographs — from the most trusted name in the industry. Read More → - R. Buckminster Fuller: Pattern-Thinking
R. Buckminster Fuller: Pattern-Thinking is a major reassessment of Fuller’s legacy in the context of design, examining his singular vision of new conceptual models for design and architecture, alongside his ideas on their potentially world-altering consequences. Read More → - Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism: 34 Drawings (1920) Paperback
A facsimile edition of Kazimir Malevich, SUPREMATISM 34 Drawings, was published in 1990 by Artists Bookworks, accompanied by an introduction to the drawings by Patricia Railing;Read More → - Otto Wagner: An Architectural Colouring Book
By the time the Viennese architect Otto Wagner (1841-1918) began publishing the drawings included in this colouring book, he had already spent much of his career designing historicist-style buildings. But his attitude was changing, and he completely ignored those early designs in time.Read More → - Frida Mexican Beauty Portrait Art T-Shirt
This amazing tee features the iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, in grayscale, but with the lips and the roses in colours, creating a beautiful contrast. Inspired by Mexico’s popular culture, she employed a naïve folk art style to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class and race in Mexican society.Read More → - Candace Wheeler: The Art and Enterprise of American Design
Candace Wheeler rose to prominence as the top late-nineteenth-century American textile designer by educating herself to match and eventually surpass the achievements of advanced European designers. She transitioned from needlework to fabric and interior design.Read More → - Eames House Bird – Mid Century Adornment
The collage-like interior of Charles and Ray Eames’ private house, the Eames House, was supplemented with countless objects and accessories brought back from their travels. Read More → - EuroGraphics Keith Haring 1000-Piece Puzzle
Haring’s work grew to popularity from his spontaneous drawings in New York City subways—chalk outlines of figures, dogs, and other stylized images on blank black advertising-space backgrounds. He also painted his figures on the lower part of the subway walls sitting on the floor. Read More → - Classic Furniture Morocco Dining Chair with Cushion
Dining chair: dining chairs expertly constructed from Walnut, rubberwood solids, and veneers for high-quality, long-lasting dining room furniture Read More → - Danish Pepper: Jens Quistgaard’s Teak Pepper Mills
At the height of the Danish Modern movement, Jens Quistgaard and Dansk spiced up the design world with a stunning series of sculptural wood salt and pepper mills. Danish Pepper features photos and illustrations of Dansk and other Danish mills, accompanied by a rich history of the mills and their creators.Read More → - Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry (hardcover)
Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry. “A new, imperishable beauty,” was how the artist and architect Henry van de Velde described it. European Art Nouveau jewelry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries embraced a new aesthetic characterized by sensuous forms, dramatic imagery and vivid symbolism. Read More → - 101 Danish Design Icons (hardcover)
A definitive history of 20th-century Danish design through 101 classic objects. Denmark has long loomed large in international design history. Today, Danish furniture, textiles, home appliances and utensils from the 1960s and ‘70s are more popular than ever, for sale at design galleries and a rarity at flea markets. Read More → - Telling Time Teaching Clock for Kids
LEARN TO TELL THE TIME IN NO TIME! Your kids will easily learn the time with our clock. Designed to make learning easy and fun, each number has its colour. O’Clock, Quarter Past, Half Past and Quarter to are all highlighted, with 4 quadrants marked to aid with learning these concepts. IDEAL in your family kitchen or the bedroom, or the classroom!Read More → - Modern Rustic Hardcover – Create a Rustic Cozy Home
Rustic isn’t the same as it once was. The days of fusty dried flower arrangements, antlers over a stone fireplace, and acres of plaid are long gone.Read More → - Alexander Girard Designs for Herman Miller – Hardcover
Alexander Girard, one of Herman Miller’s famous designers in the 1950s and 1960s, added creative textiles to Eames’ and Nelson’s furniture. He produced some of the most vibrant and vibrant fabrics available anywhere as the head of Herman Miller’s Textile Division since its inception in 1952. He also created the Girard Group, a 25-piece modern furniture collection, and the Environmental Enrichment Panels, a 40-piece series for Action Office 2.Read More → - Architectural Digest at 100: A Century of Style
Design authority Architectural Digest celebrates its best articles from the past 100 issues. Archival research yielded years of high-quality content on various topics. Read More → - MILANO Stovetop Espresso Maker
The MILANO from GROSCHE is a classic Italian stovetop espresso maker, also called Moka pot. It’s perfect for anyone who loves the taste of a strong shot or double shot of espresso. Compared to filter coffee makers, this brewing method extracts more caffeine and flavours. This gives stovetop espresso a stronger and richer brew than a percolator. The MILANO stovetop espresso maker will make your espresso experience perfect every time.Read More → - Shark 3D Illusion Lamp
The 3D visual creative lamp is an innovative artistic atmosphere light, optical acrylic light guide plate engraving a variety of 2D graphics, 3D visual impact. Unique lighting effects amazing optical visual illusion home decor lamp, It makes your room more interesting,Ideal as a bedside lamp and decor in a kid’s bedroom.Read More → - Espresso Coffee Maker in Grey – Own a Design Classic
Designer: David Chipperfield Alessi MOKA Espresso Coffee Maker Designed by architect David Chipperfield, Moka is an artist’s interpretation of aRead More → - The Mister Rogers Stamp a Celebration of being kind
Fred Rogers’ “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” was a progressive children’s show that tackled taboo topics and taught a message of inclusion and acceptance. Fred Rogers embraced inclusiveness and broke barriers by casting Maggie Stewart as the mayor of Westwood, demonstrating his commitment to inclusiveness.Read More → - Cubism: Colour Library
Cubism was one of the most important art styles in the West this century. It started when Picasso and BraqueRead More → - 150 Best Cottage And Cabin Ideas to stimulate your imagination
Filled with hundreds of colour photographs, this comprehensive handbook in the highly successful 150 Best Design series showcases the latestRead More → - Show Your Love with a Flower Basket 3D Card from LovePOP!
Upon opening this beautiful card, a basket appears full of luscious, vibrant flowers and greenery. The front of this paleRead More → - Lekue Ice Box – Make, store and serve ice in your ice cube tray
There’s nothing more irritating than being home with friends, wanting to have an after-dinner drink and being out of ice! Have you ever pulled straws to see whose turn it is to make an ice run? Now, this can be avoided with the Ice Box, an ice cube tray that makes and stores ice. Read More → - Mondrian Abstract Cubes Squares Old Master Art Print
Mondrian, Almost automatically, the name of the Dutch painter who became one of the most influential figures in Twentieth CenturyRead More → - Things of Beauty Growing: British Studio Pottery (hardcover)
British potters have revitalized traditional ceramic forms for nearly a century by creating or reinventing techniques, materials, and display methods. Things of Beauty Growing delves into the primary vessel typologies that have defined studio ceramics from the early twentieth century, such as bowls, vases, and chargers. Read More → - Practical Pottery: 40 Pottery Projects
#1 Bestseller in Pottery & Ceramics and Sculpture and #1 Most Wished for in Pottery & Ceramic CraftRead More → - Launch into Interior Design: a beginner’s guide to the industry
Launch Into Interior Design will guide the reader through all the skills needed to start a career in the design industry that would normally take years to develop. Read More → - 5 Interior Design Books recommended for you
The scope of interior design book is of unlimited appeal post COVID19. Around the world, we have been confined to our homes. These spaces have become so important as they encapsulate our work and personal life. The current selection of books will help you create that sacred space.Read More → - Midcentury Modern: 15 Interior Design Ideas
Master midcentury modern design principles with this simple and snappy interior design handbook. Do you love rich and vibrant timeless design? Are you on a budget and planning a new project based on this hot trend? Are you excited to find out how to create the midcentury modern look for your home, hotel or motel?Read More →