Living space – Planning and arrangement of a 110 sqm apartment in a historic building. The principal part was planning the kitchen: Crucial aim was to combine functionality and living space. The kitchen cabinets were designed especially for the apartment using high-quality surfaces. The spacious square sculpture-like wall unit opposite the cabinets also holds a flat screen television. The large extendable dining table for 10 persons to be seated at and a couch gives the room a living room atmosphere. For the rest of the rooms built-in components and furniture were designed to be combined with existing interior using the colour and material concept which was developed for the apartment.

We’ll call this a quicky as I have nothing more to comment on this other than it is beautifully clean design. I appreciate smart design, especially in smaller spaces.  Plus, I’m blown away by all of the minimalist custom cabinetry and fixtures.

Visit www.oliver-schick.com to view more projects. A shout out to mocoloco for the find.

Check it! These fireplaces are the latest on my list of favourite products. Planika has taken a sleek and stylish approach to fireplace design by making them contemporary furniture pieces. Planika has created a myriad of amazing pieces: coffee tables, wall-mounted fires, standfires, and more. This smart design means that there’s no need for a chimney as there is no soot or ash scattering from the fire to worry about or clean up. With more than one designer working for them Planika provides a healthy selection of these amazing pieces, i mean there’s a whole collection to choose from. These are just a few pictures of their products, but take a gander at the website to see more planikafires.com

This is a stellar example of smart design. The Gummo studio is located in Amsterdam and have done something surprising with their office space which is both cutting edge and eco-friendly. They have taken discount furniture from bargain stores and left-over furniture from their old office space and covered it all with a grey environmentally friendly paint called Polyurea Hotspray. They then placed it all together to create a modern and functional office space there is even a sculpture of Jesus covered in this very paint lurking in their office, blasphemous? or blasphabulous?

source:  www.mimoa.eu

Dover Street Market

Located in London England, Dover Street Market is a very progressive kind of market. It mixes industrial design, lounges, restaurants, and shopping all under one roof. Each area is as unique as the next and brings together different designers and products to create a sense of organized chaos. Because the market offers such a wide range of products it has positioned itself on the forefront of eclectic style and trendiness… I want to go to there.