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SKOGSTA is a collection that consists of solitary kitchen and dining pieces. Inspired by the modern country kitchen and the changing way we live today, these sturdy pieces can be used and repurposed all over the home. Made of solid acacia wood, SKOGSTA stands for natural qualities that create warmth and are durable to live with: for life.

The SINNERLIG collection consists of more than 30 pieces for the home and can be loosely categorised into three groups: working, dining and lounging. Although the collection works neatly in these settings, the furniture have an open use design; it’s up to you how you whish to live with them and how they fit into your life. With attention to the smallest details, these pieces are designed to engage our senses and connect us to our homes. They don’t just look good, they feel good to touch and use. They are objects that support and enhance the many ways we live today.

Natascha Harra-Frischkorn is a young product designer from Germany, who just recently opened her own company called Hafriko.
But what made her truly popular is her design of a flexible shelf. She said she developed this idea during her Masters Degree in Germany. Since then she received such a great response from different blogs and magazines from around the world that she decided to keep developing the product. She is happy to announce that flexible shelf is now finished, ready and available for customers.

From her website:

Since I first published my project Chuck on Behance a lot of things have happened. I got such a great response from all over the world about this design. Thanks to the great Behance community for that! Couldn´t have done it without you. Cause of the great feedback and interest I decided to work hard and get the prototype Chuck ready for the market. Several month of hard work, excessive prototype testing, endless manufacture selection I finally have come to the point where I can ensure that chuck is meeting my high product expectations.I am proud to say that chuck is gonna be 100% made in Germany with the best local suppliers available.I gonna personally check and preassemble every shelf before it goes out to the customers to ensure everything is perfect! There are two different versions of Chuck available, one with the natural wood and a version with oiled wood (to give the wood more protection and a different colour). I just opened a webshop, so feel free to stop by.

LED lights are fast becoming a household staple - energy saving and versatile, they are an excellent way to replace your existing recessed lights, spotlights, strip lights and so on. However, some people still have concerns over the colour of the LED light, believing it to be too cold in comparison to standard Edison bulbs (the classic light bulb).

The LED market has definitely taken this into consideration and has answered people's concerns with a number of LED light 'bulbs' to choose from. These lights take the classic for of the Edison bulb but the 'filament' inside is formed of LEDs. There are a number of different solutions to this, from frosted glass that disguises the LED lights inside the bulb to tiny LEDs that mimic the appearance of a filament bulb.

Although LED bulbs are generally still much more expensive than regular bulbs (potentially beyond the energy saving effects of a single light bulb), they offer an environmentally friendly and well-designed solution to the 'light bulb replacement' issue.

Price ranges for LED light bulbs on the market range from £10 - £50, depending on the appearance, the colour, the shape and the brightness of the LED.

Here are some of our favourites:

Philips CorePro 10W LED Bulb: A simple bulb with a frosted cover disguises the fact that this bulb is not a standard incandescent bulb. At 10W this is quite a bright bulb, which should aid the fact that it is 3000K (a slightly cooler colour but still a popular choice for residential interiors).

Megaman 7W Clear Golf Ball:  Megaman are the pioneers in the LED industry and have produced this simple bulb, with a clear cover, that is suitable for dimming. At 7W this is also quite a bright bulb too and the colour is just as warm as a standard bulb, 2800K.

Imperfetto Lab produces amazing and truly creative design pieces. If you are an art lover you will appreciate their work.

From Their Website:
The collection of design objects and furniture, inspired by the imperfections of the raw materials, wants to express a synthesis between natural and artificial elements becoming familiar, domestic.

Each piece is made from a common mould, which is then sanded, painted and hand-polished. The working process differs for each type of object, thus becoming unique in its genre. Thanks to such a personalized approach to items, they acquire identity and uniqueness, as well as showing exceptional attention to details that derives from an expert and skillful craftsmanship. 
The names given to each item recall the world of nature, such as Bulbi (bulbs), Gusci (shells), Ciottoli (pebbles); shapes and dimension reveal the talents employed at il laboratorio dell’imperfetto, where resin gives a shape to every idea and is “a modern gift from King Midas by Verter Turroni, who after many years of experimenting, has learnt to make the most of this material in all its possible metamorphosis”.

Kubikoff is a young furniture company, but with a fast growing popularity in the field. The company follows traditions of the original philosophy of Aleksander Kubikov, designer and architect, to whom the company owes its name.

From Their Website:

The story of the company's creation deserves to be told.

The founders are two brothers: Matteo and Gino Lemson, Dutch by birth, ever fascinated by the history of furniture, and always searching for samples of antiques, vintage items, designs and manuscripts.They then discovered that the manuscript contained designs and notes, in German, taken by one of the students of the Russian furniture designer, Aleksander Kubikov, who lived in Moscow at the beginning of the 20th century.
Any form of innovation was, in fact, persecuted in the young Bolshevik state. Those notes represented the only proof that the Kubikov had succeed in founding his own workshop, and train a few students.We choose to believe that one of them was able to leave the country, before meeting the same end as his teacher.
So, it seems that, thanks to this student, the manuscript, containing the teachings Kubikovs imparted upon his students, integrated with calculations, designs and graphical images, travelled out of Russia.
When, in 2004, Gino and Matthieu moved to Italy to found “Kubikoff Srl”, in the confusion of the move, some boxes, containing devices and documents, were lost. Among these documents was the folder with the precious manuscript, which the Lemson brothers hope can be returned to them someday.

UASHMAMA is an  Italian family-run company, which produces bags, baskets and aprons made from washable paper material - the materials has an unusual, rustic quality which feels like leather.

From Their Website: