The Books Shelf

This typographic bookshelf was designed by Matt Innes (in collaboration with Saori Kajiwara).

(first discovered via fubiz)

The Spineless Chair designed by Benjamin Rollins Caldwell

“The bright colors of the book spines and the brass upholstery nails become the focal point for this Chair as the metallic printed words on the book spines get lost in the Mondrian inspired pattern created by the materials.”  —BRC Designs

‘Companion Rack’ for magazines designed by Gavin Coyle

(via Junk Culture)

Eames: The Architect and the Painter

Eames: The Architect and the Painter documentary film will open at the IFC theater in NYC on November 18th, 2011 and will continue with playdates around the country. The film is narrated by James Franco.

“The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life – from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age – has been less widely understood…” —synopsis

An HD version of the trailer is available to watch in Apple’s iTunes Movie Trailers site.

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Knoll Associates Inc. Original Letterhead – Herbert Matter, 1948

House Industries x Herman Miller Asia-Pacific

“House Industries and Herman Miller are producing a limited edition series of 80 Eames wire-base tables (aka an LTR or Low Table Rod) that include A thru Z, numbers and ornaments from the Eames Century Modern font collection…”
—Show and Tell

vintage suitcase drawers assemblage by James Plumb

“The drawers form part of the Suitcase Drawers collection and took many months’ work of searching, meticulous restoration and composition. The small table lamps also tell a romantic story. They are the result of a long working relationship with two craftspeople (Anne and Jack), who produced the last pieces (a limited number) for James Plumb shortly before they retired…”—photo essay by Elena Sommariva for Domus

This set of “Suitcase Drawers” were designed for Galleria Rossana Orlandi in Milan.

(above photo via Michael Savona/Core77 taken at Salone Internazionale del Mobile)

K Workstation prototype made of bamboo laminated plywood by MisoSoupDesign

(first discovered via Inhabitat)

1958 American Style, classic video of The American Look

(via Brian Slawson)

Equilibrium Bookcase designed by Alejandro Gomez Stubbs for design studio Malagana (via design boom, photo by Monica Barreneche)

“What if you lived at Ikea?

Photographer Christian Gideon plus two partners in action have some fun playing house at an IKEA store.

DIY honeycomb storage shelves

(via Design*Sponge)

booktree bookcase designed by Kostas Syrtariotis

(first discovered via Design Boom)

Typographic design furniture

Tabisso has a fun line of lamps made to look like punctuation marks and a collection of typographic chairs with letters of the alphabet and numerals.

House Industries block set design for Herman Miller Japan