<![CDATA[Featured]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 Zend_Feed http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Block Lamp]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/block-lamp Each part of the block lamp is hand cast and it undergoes an extremely long cooling process to avoid cracking later on if exposed to strong temperature changes. The matt bulb shape is sand-blasted. The electric bulb is included. EU standard. The Block Lamp has been showered with design awards including: Excellent Swedish Design in 1998, the Design Plus Award at the Ambiente Trade Fair in Frankfurt in 1999 as well as the Best New Product at the Accent Show in New York in 1999. This product uses a European outlet. An EU to US outlet adapter will be required to use this product in the USA.

Price: $119.00

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Barbara Carafe & Vase]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/barbara-caraffe-and-vase Nina Jobs’s mouthblown carafe has all the sensual materiality of timeless glass. Barbara is also an elegant ecofriendly alternative for tap water compared to plastic and glass bottles of water that have been transported long distances. The colored round crystal ball doubles as a sealing stopper and a tactile magic ball to play with. The ball can also nestle at the bottom of the vase, adding a vibrant touch of color. The ball has a cut (grinded) surface, which stops it from rolling.

Price: $69.00

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Pipette Vinegar Bottles]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/pipette-vinegar-bottles Camilla Kropp has devised new functionality for the well-known instruments used in laboratories and pharmacies. The Pipette Bottles refine the centuries-old design to conquer a new context. The bottles measure the exact amount of condiment, and are suitable for soy sauce as well. Comes in a set of 2.

Price: $59.00

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Wine Tree]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/wine-tree These works designed by Kendall LeCompte are hand made and the many variations in texture and color are to be seen as a sign of their uniqueness and one of a kind value. The color of the work is deliberately unaltered. The intrinsic nature of steel and the many variations in texture and color are to be considered a virtue. Each piece is either finished with a clear lacquer or wax. This wine holder comes in three options: Wine Bush - holds 7 bottles Wine Tree - holds 10 bottles Wine Sequoia - holds 17 bottles All work is custom made.

Price: $89.00

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Starship Earth]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/starship-earth Here's the next-best thing to taking a ride on the space shuttle. A beautiful work of art, as well as a superb learning/teaching tool, the Starship Earth II is a three-dimensional star atlas for the unaided eye. It is a perfect companion to increase your enjoyment of star gazing with your binoculars or telescope as well. The impressive transparent sixteen-inch diameter outer sphere of the Starship Earth II displays updated and improved data from Sky Catalogue 2000.0, all eighty-eight constellations and more than 1,100 naked-eye stars, plus many prominent deep-sky objects against a precision grid of Right Ascension and Declination lines. The Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds are shown in a wispy translucent blue, and deep sky objects are keyed to type. They're all accurately hand silk-screened on the sphere's interior surface for long lasting protection. Stars are identified by name, Greek letter designations, brightness, from first to fifth magnitude, and distance from the earth in light years. The outer sphere also highlights astral equivalents used to locate stars. An easy three-step setting allows you to reproduce the Earth, Sun, and star movements for any time, date, and location in the world. Understand more about how the Sun rises and sets, and how the seasons change; surrounding the five-inch diameter inner Earthsphere is a fully adjustable horizon ring to help you visualize the horizon for any location on the planet. Hand crafted of museum-quality acrylic, this sixteen-inch sphere rests on a sculptured acrylic desktop stand or an acrylic tripod floor stand. Includes a forty-eight page instruction book featuring new constellation, first magnitude star, double and multiple star, and deep-sky showpiece tables, along with an activity section, written by the internationally renowned astronomy expert George Lovi. You'll also receive a Certificate if Authenticity signed and dated by the craftsman who hand-fashioned your spectacular model of Earth in space. Starship Earth II is available with the acrylic tripod floorstand with an overall height of thirty-eight inches. Also available is the dramatic thirty-inch diameter model with a hand cut and polished acrylic floorstand (overall height is forty-nine inches - see photograph) Perfect for large rooms and classroom presentations.

Price: $383.00

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Hookmaker]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/hookmaker-by-design-glut-kegan-fisher Note: For International customers, order by DEC 11th for delivery before Dec 25th. For US customers, order by DEC 18th for delivery before Dec 25th. The Hookmaker teacup tile creates wall-mounted storage for small things. Use it by the door for keys and change, or in the kitchen for hot-dish holders and spoons. Hookmakers have a different use in every room! Tile several together for an even more dramatic effect. 4 screws included.

Price: $30.00

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Martini Glasses (Set of 2)]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/insideout-martini-glasses-2-byamt-alissia-melka-teichroew The InsideOut Martini Glasses is made out of hand-blown borosilicate glass. It is a must have for at-home entertaining and beautifully spruces your barware collection. When you’ve got a hankering for a Cosmo, you grab a Martini glass. Acclaimed Dutch designer Alissia Melka-Teichroew playfully challenges this assumption, literally turning the common knowledge of what a drinking glass should look like on its head. In byAMT's collection of barware, the well known iconic shapes of glasses are hidden behind a neutral and discreet outer shape, unassuming and simple. But once you pour the drink, the glass' inner identity appears, creating an unusual and highly fascinating effect. What inspired Melka-Teichroew’s topsy-turvy approach? She began by contemplating the age-old question: is the glass half full or half empty? Melka-Teichroew’s concept took years of research, elabortate model-making, and testing, before the InsideOut’s debut at the 2007 International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. The InsideOut glasses are not only fun and stylish, they boast some practical advantages, too: the double-walled glass provides insulation, keeping beverages cold for much longer than conventional barware. Comes in a set of 2.

Price: $55.00

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Magnetic Spice Rack]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/magnetic-spice-rack Zevro’s line of spice-centered products reduce clutter in the kitchen. Rather than storing your spices in multiple spice containers or keeping them on a bulky spice stand or rack, why not free up that space and use Zevro’s attractive, stylish accessories? They’re space efficient and will add convenience to any kitchen. Keep your spices fresh and close at hand without having them be in your way. Zevro’s spice accessories are the perfect solution to a crowded kitchen. Wall attachment included.

Price: $44.00

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[5 - Minute Candle (4 pack)]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/5-minute-candle-by-poketo How clever and cute are these? Perfect for celebrating happy, spontaneous moments and sharing memories with those around you. Designed to look like an ordinary book of matches but inside are 10 small candles. Candles can be lit as attached or you can break them off to put on a birthday cake or a cupcake. Carry them with you to celebrate someone’s birthday, engagement, or for an instant candle light dinner with your love. You’ll get 4 different books in different colors of pink, yellow, green, blue, in a pack A pack contains 4 books. 2.25″ x 2.25″

Price: $6.00

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Work Lamp]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/work-lamp-by-form-us-with-love A construction lamp from the garage and the workshop, always handy and within reach in a dirty and greasy environment. Hanging from the ceiling, standing on the floor, lying on a table. Doesn’t it work fine just as it is? Almost. To bring it inside, to turn an everyday object into something special, some refinement was required. But just a little. The flimsy steel wire needed some toughness, solidity and more refined angles. And why not change the colour from strong black to gold? Or chrome-plating? The Work Lamp presents itself as a ready-made item with added character and improved appearance. “One lamp to rule them all,” joke Jonas Pettersson, John Löfgren, and Petrus Palmér who together constitute the acclaimed young design trio Form Us With Love. “We wanted to use as little material as possible, while still protecting the naked bulb. However, the traditional construction lamp was already there: you can drop it, treat it roughly, it’s an everyday do-it-all object. We just had to refine it!” While preserving its blue-collar roots, the Work Lamp will of course stand out in its new surroundings, and its rebellious attitude can naturally be mitigated with the dimmer.

Price: $99.00

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Cubic Switchplate]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/cubic-switchplate-by-design-glut Note: For International customers, order by DEC 11th for delivery before Dec 25th. For US customers, order by DEC 18th for delivery before Dec 25th. While the switchplates are only 3mm deep, their trippy shape makes them look like they’re popping inches off the wall.

Price: $8.00

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Handlebar Bag]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/handlebar-bag-by-po-campo Perfect for a day ride or a night out on the town, Po Campo’s Handlebar Bag easily clips around handlebars. Magnetic closures & stowing loops allow for easy access to belongings en route. Features include: • Adjustable attachment clips • Water/fade resistant fabrics • Easy open magnetic closures • Stow-away loops

Price: $92.00

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Egg Pants]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/egg-pants-by-liz-kinnmark Note: For International customers, order by DEC 11th for delivery before Dec 25th. For US customers, order by DEC 18th for delivery before Dec 25th. Three stubby “legs” which'll keep your breakfast eggs standing tall. They’re white on the outside and yellow on the inside, just like the eggs they hold. While the material looks like ceramic, it is actually quite soft and flexible, made of dip-molded PVC. The flexibility allows these little cups to stretch and give a perfect fit to all different sizes of eggs.

Price: $20.00

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Sorapot]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/sorapot The Sorapot suspends the process of tea making in a glass tube a few centimeters above your tabletop. Unlike standard teapots that confine tealeaves in a small mesh basket, your leaves will have full run of Sorapot’s interior as they unfurl and change the hot water into tea. You might even see a tea-colored shadow cast by sunlight that passes through the tube. Sorapot’s vaulting arch and curved geometry belie its industrial toughness. Made from investment-cast stainless steel, borosilicate glass (Pyrex), and food-grade silicone, the Sorapot will only look better as you use it. The stainless steel backbone is made using the same process as jet turbine blades and space shuttle components. Investment casting costs more, but it imbues the Sorapot with a certain feel that’s unachievable any other way. Two Paths to Green: Sorapot encompasses Joey Roth's two approaches to sustainability: design for patina and wear, and design for impermanence. As the teapot is used, it will acquire a patina based on how it is held, how it is cleaned, and the type of tea that is used. The uncoated stainless steel will develop a sheen where it is grasped, and will gradually become more matte in other areas. Over time, a completely unique gradient of surface shine will form over the Sorapot’s body, making it more valuable and personal than the day it was taken out of the package. The packaging is made from post-consumer recycled cardboard and molded pulp- exactly the same material as egg crates. Instead of hiding these materials behind a layer of glossy paper (as is often done with retail packaging), Roth articulates the cardboard’s natural beauty as much as possible, using its fluting and imperfections as central design elements. The package is fastened with natural jute rope, and avoids the use of tape and staples. Learn more from the Yanko Design Sorapot Review.

Price: $199.00

]]> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:15:46 +0000 <![CDATA[Cloud Chair]]> http://store.yankodesign.com/featured-designs/cloud-chair Lisa Widén’s Cloud can accommodate tall and short people. The upholstered chair slides easily up and down on the hidden underframe to provide a comfortable sitting angle, and the seat can even switch places with the back support. The Cloud chair was Lisa’s widely acclaimed final project when she graduated from Beckmans College of Design in 2006.

Price: $949.00

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