a table for peace

If you are thinking of a rainbow,

not up above in the sky

but right here in your home;

think of Roel-Jan Elsinga and this rainbow table design by him!

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Designer: roel-jan elsinga                                              rainbow table

                                                                        (laquered wood and metal)

                                                          (it is also called worldleader table)

If you are thinking of peace,

world leaders,

military interventions;

think of this rainbow table designed by roel!

If you think this table is symbolic

and iconic. Go ahead!

I think this one is a beautiful dream-y-one!

                  Digg it

recycled beauties

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Designer-Craftisans:@ Kunye African Trends

Do you think these products are beautiful!?

Then let me tell you these are made from ughs…waste plastic – recycled plastic!

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kunye kube

And I think these are one of the most beautiful recycled plastic products I have ever seen!

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computer bag

These are not just fun and funky products, these are functional too.

How else I would say the bed cover, plastic rugs for swimming pool, computer bag  and screens; some real recycled innovation!!

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These handmade products are from Kunye – brilliant brainchild of Alison Coutras (and her local team of craftisans – a cooperative to combat unemployment) in South Africa.

Kunye is the Xhosa word for ‘forward together’.

Kunye has won a number of awards.

Continue reading recycled beauties

scintillating covers

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velvet with felt appliqué

Designers: David Abraham + Rakesh Thakore + Kevin Nigli

                      @ Abraham & Thakore

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cocoa wool crepe cushion cover with embroidered hand

Pieces that decorate museums. Pieces with a strong respect for material, form and craft.

These cushion covers are from India’s well respected name for fashion, accessories and home textile products – Abraham & Thakore.

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wool and velvet with hand embroidery

The work of Abraham & Thakore has been exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, in a British Council exhibition on contemporary Indian design; at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi, in the Volkart Foundation sponsored exhibition on Khadi that later traveled to Switzerland etc.

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velvet with multi-floral embroidery

(images via – Abraham & Thakore, Maison & Objet, Abitare)