Angoworld Lighting

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Angus Hutcheson is the most innovative and talented lighting designer to emerge since Isamu Noguchi revolutionaized how we interact with light. Each ANGOWORLD fixture highlights the qualities of materials unique to lighting, including exotic natural materials like silk cocoon, mulberry bark and rattan wire.

Hutcheson's design philosophy seems at odds with the finished project. Motivated by whimsy, his creations possess a playful spirit seemingly at odds with the quality of construction and attention to detail. the Chrysalis Sky (shown here) features a delicate stainless steel arm that cantilevers over a weighted base that impossibly suports a round diffuser of silkworm cocoon arranged on a hand-soldered wire matrix. When activated, the light casts an ethereal glow and Dante-esque shadows add a unique evern otherworldly quality to the light.

Abahna - The Ceremony of Bathing

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Bathing ceremonies have held great significance throughout the ages.

In Egypt, Greece and Rome, the purifying properties of water were revered, while aromatic oils and natural preparations were widely used for health, beauty and emotional wellbeing. Similar ceremonies, both religious and secular, have historically been practiced throughout Asia and Africa too.

Many of these practices survive in modern form. In Scandinavia and Russia, sauna and banya remain as much a way of life as the hamman and onsen do in Morocco and Japan, while a huge variety of treatments can now be found around the world thanks to the phenomenal growth of the spa.

With its roots in these traditions, Abahna has been created to reawaken people to the possibilities of bathing as a therapeutic and rewarding experience.

Bauer Pottery

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Today, the work of J.A. Bauer has been reintroduced by a ceramics studio in Los Angeles, located just minutes from the original plant.  The new Bauer line, Bauer 2000,  is being produced using original pieces as models, with an emphasis on items originally manufactured by Bauer in the 1930s and 40s.

Blue Lounge

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Designers of the Cable YoYo, Cool Feet and Cable POP. Bluelounge is a Multidisciplinary design studio founded by product designer Dominic Symons and graphic designer Melissa Sunjaya. The partnership creates a true synergy of product, graphic, and interactive design, as well as original illustration. The studio now also seeks to solve nagging problems and produce simple solutions to them. Our first products deal with managing small cords which truly are a nagging issue. Upcoming designs will span all industries. Whenever we find a problem we will try to solve it.

Chilewich

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Chilewich prides itself on cutting-edge product designs. We specialize in the manufacture of woven vinyl fabrics for use in products for the home and commercial interiors. We use vinyl because it is durable, easy to maintain and provides the aesthetic qualities our customers' desire.

Christian Tortu

Called the "Yves St. Laurent of flowers", no in the past 20 years has more impact on floral stylings than Christian Tortu. Art Director of the Ecole des Fleurs at Paris’s posh Hôtel de Crillon, author of the book Sensational Bouquets, florist to stars such as Catherine Deneuve, Messr Tortu in 1998 introduced a collection of beautiful vases of which we are proud to carry. Elegant, yet whimsical they make a beautiful addition to your home filled with flowers or not. A unique gift for that someone who has everything.

Edward Wohl

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Award-winning Wisconsin artist Edward Wohl has been designing and building custom wood furniture, bird's-eye maple cutting boards and serving trays for over thirty five years. His architectural background and sculptural approach are evident in the lustrous look, liquid feel and definitive utility of his creations. Bird's-eye maple is an anolmaly of hard maple. Only one in perhaps 500 hard maple trees will exhibit this pattern, and experts are uncertain why it occurs. The beauty and durability of hard maple make it a perfect wood for cutting boards.

Form and Pheromone

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Entymology as art? We'll let Christopher explain: "The experience of actually handling the specimens and using them as a medium of design opened a Pandora's box for me. Years of study in Entomology followed, then excursions to ridiculously remote locales to collect and observe selected species in their own habitats. One goofy idea followed another until I opened my own gallery in Hermosa Beach, CA, in 2000.

As my fascination with insects was inspired by a desperation to avoid them, the presentation is antiseptic. Minimalist to escape the claustrophobia that almost universally accompanies one's interactions with arthropods. Perfectly symmetrical so that the insects themselves, and the designs they comprise evoke feelings of structure, mechanics and Form rather than slithering and clicking. An industrial designer’s fantasy rather than an entomological quagmire.

Pheromones are chemical stimulants that insects release to attract one another -- and they’ve been known to seduce the occasional human, too. "

---Christopher Marley

Fred

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Ok, the image is too small to read the message, so we'll translate it for you.

"I think I know how you feel. Numb...from the avalanche of cutesy picture frames, the reek of bayberry, floormats in your choice of dog breed. I feel your interior ennui, but what's more...I've done something about it. My crackerjack design team and I have travelled the four corners of the globe in search of the truth, justice and the ultimate in style. Stuff that works, puts a smile on your face and doesn't cost a fortune. I'm Fred. Why not let me into your home? I promise to help out around the house..."

We couldn't agree more, how about a shot glass made of ice, or salt and pepper shakers that resemble grade school alphabet blocks? Or create a miracle for breakfast with the Holy Toast Virgin Mary. Fred guarantees to put a smile on your face, as well as, salt and pepper in your salad.

Geodesis

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GEODESIS® was born 10 years ago from the idea of associating a fragrance with a region of the world. A beautiful idea being nothing without a good product, we managed to stand out thanks to the quality of our unique fragrances and exceptional productions.

For a decade, we have been developing our know-how in the often delicate process of scented candle manufacturing.

This expertise allows GEODESIS® to count among the most prestigious brands of home fragrances and to maintain a consistent and lasting relationship with its customers.

From the balsam fir forests of the Canadian frozen North to the fig-trees of the Greek Islands, the tea plantations of China, the coffee-shrubs of Brazil, or again the grapefruit-trees of Florida and the flowery atolls of Polynesia...

We wish you a wonderful journey full of dream and excitement.

Heath Ceramics

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Heath Ceramics is one of the few remaining mid-century American potteries still in existence today. We have been making tableware and tile for over a half-century right here in our Sausalito, California factory. Our crew of 40 skilled artisans (many having been here for 20+ years) still makes every product on premises, often utilizing the methods and techniques developed by Edith throughout her career.

In 2003, husband and wife team, Robin Petravic and Catherine Bailey purchased Heath Ceramics. Their shared mission was to revitalize the brand, placing strong emphasis on design, while preserving Edith Heath’s handcrafted techniques and classic designs – all while continuing to manufacture Heath products in Sausalito, California. Old molds have been revived and new glazes have been introduced but craftsmanship is still responsible for our product’s unique quality and aesthetic.

Jan Barboglio

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Jan Barboglio is synonymous with rustic elegance, every piece produced in the family factory in Mexico, reflects the influence of her childhood country. Each piece is meticulously handcraft in iron, and finished in a rustic patina and stamped with her logo to ensure its authenticity.

Laguiole en Aubrac

This humble farmer’s knife was first created in 1829, in Laguiole, a small mountain village of the Aveyron, in southwestern France. The bee decorating the spring plate would eventually become the prestigious symbol of France’s most celebrated knife. Cowmen carrying fresh milk on the Aubrac on their way to the summer pasture

The first Laguiole knives were inspired by the Arabo-Hispanic knife, the Navaja. Local men who migrated to Spain in winter as pit-sawyers brought this knife back as souvenirs. Local cutlers and tinkers blended the Navaja with a local knife of the time, the Capouchadou, thus creating what came to be known as the Laguiole.