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alessi plisse electrical kettle

Design / Homeware

Alessi Plissé Electric Kettle

The Alessi Plissé electric kettle is designed by architect Michele De Lucchi. The kettle is made of thermoplastic resin in black and white. Alessi

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Dieter Rams 606 Universal Shelving System by Vitsoe

Dieter Rams 606 Universal Shelving System by Vitsoe

Design/ Furniture/ Interiors

The Vitsoe 606 Universal Shelving System was designed by Dieter Rams in 1960. Based on a system of an aluminium E-track and a pin, with all shelves, cabinets and table hung from the E-track. The system is designed so that you take it with you when you move. In 1959 Niels Vitsoe formed Vitsoe to create the furniture designed by Dieter Rams. Vitsoe

Nils Strinning String Shelving

Nils Strinning String Shelving

Design/ Furniture

Certain things become so strongly associated with an era that they become timeless. This is certainly true of Nils Strinning’s shelf system, string®, which was designed in 1949. It may seem strange that something as simple and humble as this little dainty light shelf with its thin side panels has become one of the twentieth century’s foremost design icons.  String.

Arne Jacobsen Stelton Cylinda-line

Arne Jacobsen Stelton Cylinda-line

Design/ Homeware/ Objects

Arne Jacobsen created a tea and coffee service in stainless steel for Stelton. The simplicity of cylindrical shapes and specially designed plastic handles characterized the line which, along with its brushed steel surfaces, stood in striking contrast to the highly polished curves of its day. Cylinda-Line was awarded the ID Prize in 1967. Stelton

From the Land Studio Tenon Table

From the Land Studio Tenon Table

Design/ Furniture

From the Land is a multi disciplinary studio formed by textile designer Kezia Regan and architect Alastair Mitchell. The practice aims to represent geological identity through concrete and their creation the Tenon Table consists of two hand made parts made from concrete with raw materials sourced from the UK’s rich strata.  From the Land

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