A Cloudy Future
Since everything we ever had is going to end up in a Cloud – you might as well put your arse on a comfortable one. “The Cloud Chair was created by Lisa Widén Design House Stockholm. [...]
Today’s Modern Family
IKEA HUNDSTOL or dog highchair is a safe, aesthetically pleasing and reasonably priced product to accommodate the growing demand for furniture that reflects today’s modern family. The HUNDSTOL dog highchair is available at $59. Watch [...]
Blagging or Blogging?
This is the 200th post in the Raven Design Blog. We began blogging (or blagging) in January this year so for just six months we are not doing too bad. We are very happy with [...]
Someday
Have you a drawer in your kitchen full of plastic bags? They’re probably all crumpled up and you are finding it more and more difficult to close the drawer. Everytime you put another one in [...]
It’s Finland
We think we have one of the best educational systems in the world – hate to break the news – we haven’t… Finland has. “Finland’s education system has consistently ranked among the best in the [...]
Wired
Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa’s PLUS MINUS ZERO brand has a great series of vintage-inspired wire objects for the sophisticated homemaker. They are made from steel and come in a black matte-finish. My favourites are the egg [...]
Neighbours fear Invasion
Think of the fun you would have if you worked for The Sun. Making up headings like “Take the third reich and you’ll find…” Never a dull moment I’d say. But this article caught my [...]
Untitled
Doris Lockhart of Wallpaper Magazine describes the rural studio-house of Turner Prize nominees Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell “as 320 sq m of meticulous craftsmanship and canny details, a modernist box in the quintessentially English [...]
Fitting In
It’s always sad when a building, for whatever reason, goes into disrepair and eventually all you can do is to knock it down and start again. Then you need good architects with even better planners [...]
Hurricane Peig
When I was out shopping during the week I saw this packet of clothes pegs. We generally use ordinary, old-fashioned timber clothes pegs but breaking with tradition I bunged this packet of plastic Hurricane Clothes [...]
