Furniture by Olivier Dolle

There has been a lot of talk about this designer and now I see why... All the buzz is about his branch bookcase, but I can't get enough of his other pieces!

Here is the much talked about branch bookshelf - beautiful, organic and unexpected.

Here we see the branch motif again reinterpreted into the leg of a desk - I love the way he angled the "trunk" leg of the table out just slightly

A strong masculine sofa with a hint of organic line

Arm chair - the angle on the legs make this such a dynamic piece

Buffet - this is by far my favorite piece!  Great classic lines and form, the white blocks give it a stunning unexpected edge

All images taken from the Olivier Dolle website

Daily Design Inspiration

Custom bookshelf by French Designer Olivier Dolle

Image taken from Olivier Dolle's website

Good Design

European design company Hulgar, spent a major part of the early 2000's putting out a well designed version of the clunky home phone handset so popular in the 80's and 90's compatible with your computer for Skype or your cell phone for retro hands free talking.  Now Hulgar has moved on to compact fluorescent lamps, and these aren't your typical soft serve swirl design.  The Plumen is making a big splash in the world of light bulbs and is so beautiful that it was inducted into the permanent design collection at the MoMA in New York.

These bulbs definitely do not need a shade!  The Plumen is not yet available for the U.S. market, but I am guessing with the induction into the MoMA design collection they will be very soon.  

Celtic Knot

Merging the deep rooted culture or Ireland with a modern lounge piece designer Alexandria Peters created the Knot Lounge.  This piece was part of a design collaboration between Pratt and Herman Miller on culture.

Appree

This company out of Seoul, Korea has done a fantastic job of capturing nature in their office supply designs!

Inspiration - water droplets on a leaf

Product - Waterdrop Magnet

Inspiration - Leaves

Product - Leaf-it Ginkgo, a post-it style note

Product - Leaf-it Summer and Autumn, post-it style notes

Inspiration - Deer standing in the forest

Product - Forest Bookends

What great design!  I love the idea of the leaf post-it notes - they would add a certain zen quality to my daily tasks.  That Forest bookend is so great, I love how they played with the foreground/background and layered the 2D objects to give it a 3D feel.  Appree products aren't sold in many places in the US currently, but just from through their press page I can tell they are gaining steam among design addicts.  I hope to see them here soon!  

Natural Lighting

No, I'm not talking about sunlight.  These wooden light pendants from Italian company Fermetti are where its at!

This set would look great over a dining room table, a kitchen island or hanging next to your reading chair in the living room.

Tufted Pigs

Apparently I have a thing for farm animals.  I can't get over how great these tufted pigs are from female German design team Fehling & Peiz - part art installation, part furniture.

I would take these little pigs home from the market any day!