Teo Jasmin's Digitally Printed Furnishings Combine Artful Images With Classic Styles.

It was time to do an update on the creative digitally printed products by Teo Jasmin. Since the last time I shared her designs with you in Téo Jasmin's Fun Photo Furnishings, she has added more new imagery and several new products to her line of home decor and handbags.



Here are some of her more recent wonderful chairs, armchairs and settees which incorporate graffiti art, urban photography and hand-tinted vintage photography. She also has cushions, make up bags, handbags and stretched canvases in her online store.














To shop for these, as well as many other home and fashion items with these images and more, check out her online store here.

Stephen Newby's Full Blown Metal. Stainless Steel Inflated Furnishings and Art.

Sculptor and artist Stephen Newby began working with inflating stainless steel back in 1995. Creating home furnishings and furniture, water fountains, art installations and sculptures with his unique process, he has turned a cold hard material into something that looks organic and inviting. Like glass, blown metal has beautiful transient surface finishes. And, like soft inflatables, it also has limitless shaping and size capabilities. Blown or inflated metal combines all of this with the strength, durability and permanence of metal.



The process of blowing or inflating transforms a hard industrial material into something that seems soft, organic and tactile, creating a new language in the production of three dimensional forms.






In 1996 he founded Full Blown Metal and in 2001, patented the process of inflating metal. Their first inflated metal chair appeared in Blueprint Magazine in November 1995, and they've been designing and manufacturing inflated metal products for commercial and domestic interiors & architectural applications ever since.






One of his products, the Squeeze radiator, created for Aestus, won the Best Product of the Year honor from the Northern Design Awards in 2012.





And in the small size:


Designer Stephen Newby, who has a background in engineering and art, explains his Squeeze radiator ...

“The process of inflating metal is curiously attuned to radiator design and shares certain similarities, which I find fascinating. For example the actual shaping of Squeeze comes from pumping high-pressure water into two sheets of metal. The appeal of designing radiators comes not only from a desire to create interesting and beautiful objects but also to create beauty with a high level of functionality so that performance is not sacrificed for looks. This design ethos is something that Aestus shares the same passion for … as well as a love of design and materials.”

Stephen has also created numerous public art installations and commissioned works for restaurants, public spaces and brands such as Louis Vuitton:







In addition to Full Blown Metals, Stephen Newby has another site on which he sells some of his custom made to order pieces such as wall sculptures, mirrors, water fountains and other items at Luxury Design and for a selection of prototypes and one-off pieces by Stephen Newby, go here.




Some of his smaller items, such as picture frames, ashtrays and pen holders can be found here. 




Other pieces, such as bowls, trays and candleholders can be found and purchased at Balman Design


above portrait of Stephen Newby with his "pillow" wall radiator for Bisque, which has yet to be produced, courtesy of  in site


full blown metals
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
+44 (0)191 462 1375

And You Thought The Clapper Was Cool. The BANG! Lamp by Bitplay.

Ready. Aim. Lights out.

BANG! is a desk lamp with a gun-shaped remote controller. User can fire the “gun” to turn the light off. The light goes out and the lampshade knocks to the side, showing that it’s been hit. To turn it back on, simply shoot it again, and the lampshade will raise up slowly and turn the light back on at the same time.



Off:

On:

Buy it here


Designed by Bitplay

Making Beautiful Furniture Is No Illusion For Rockman And Rockman of London.

ROCKMAN & ROCKMAN of London creates traditionally crafted furniture with an op-art look. Side tables, end tables and coffee tables use natural woods and colored acrylic parquetry in geometric patterns that give them the illusion of dimensionality.




The CUBE Collection BBW is comprised of Blue, Black and White cast acrylic parquetry atop black wood fiber with oak tapered legs, finished in black shellac & lacquer:




The CUBE Collection BBB is two Blues and Black cast acrylic parquetry atop black wood fiber with 
Oak tapered legs, finished in black shellac and lacquer:



The HEX Collection BW is comprised of cast of Black and White acrylic parquetry atop black wood fibre with Oak tapered legs, finished in black shellac & lacquer:





The HAWK Collection BW, like the HEX Collection BW, is made with Black and White acrylic parquetry atop black wood fiber with tapered Oak tapered legs finished in black shellac and lacquer:


Two of the above tables together give you numerous arrangement options:



The KNIGHT BBBW Table is made with two Blues, Black and White cast acrylic parquetry atop black wood fiber with Oak tapered legs finished in black shellac & lacquer:


If you're interested in a more traditional look and feel, the CUBE and KNIGHT pieces come in natural woods as well. Raw veneers have been chosen for their richness of colour and personality of grain. Using their secret methods of processing, each wood is then hand-cut and fitted implementing unique marquetry techniques.

The CUBE Collection W is made of Santos Rosewood with Oak and Smoked Veneer on an Oak faced wood fiber top with tapered timber legs, finished in shellac and clear lacquer.





The KNIGHT Collection W is made of Santos Rosewood with Oak and Smoked Veneer on an Oak faced wood fiber top with tapered timber legs, finished in shellac and clear lacquer.




ROCKMAN & ROCKMAN has over 15 years experience creating product and Interior Projects for Luxury Brands, Architects, Creative Agencies and Art & Design Institutions. They also have a huge archive of old catalogues and reference from the 20th Century furniture industry, most specific to the Shoreditch area and some from other related areas like Birmingham and Sheffield. The catalogues are a fascinating goldmine of designs from a lost era and they plan to post them all on their website (under the history link), so keep checking back for the latest additions.

Rockman & Rockman products can be commissioned direct via the link below:
sales@rockmanandrockman.com