Month: June 2010

Beautiful plumbing pipe lamps

Beautiful plumbing pipe lamps

These “Kozo” handmade iron-pipe lamps from Israeli group Demo Design Clinic first appeared on my radar back in early 2009 when Boing Boing blogged about their original model, the kozo1, pictured top left. They were a runaway success, and Kozo has since added many more models. They’ve got a clever trick for building the switch into a faucet handle to match the spot-on DIY aesthetics of the lamp itself. Gareth blogged a pretty sweet remake, minus the fancy switch, by a reader named Boris shortly thereafter.

Inspirational Purple Bouquets

These four aubergine bouquets are a wonderful inspiration for anyone doing their own wedding flowers. 100LayerCake shares them from Abby and Matt’s Carmel wedding. The bouquets are unique, but are clearly unified. I love that they appear so wild and casual. While each piece is perfectly designed and impeccably created, these are not hard looks […]