MIX & MATCH

Why settle for one look when you can have many? The typical one-piece, one-design product may soon give way to basic pieces that can be combined in a variety of ways to suit your mood and home space.

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Why settle for one look when you can have many? The typical one-piece, one-design product may soon give way to basic pieces that can be combined in a variety of ways to suit your mood and home space.

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STUDIO BERLINORD

The studio’s Tools You Light pendant lamps – made of aluminium, copper and brass baking tins – not only showcase the century-old art of metal spinning from a family-owned workshop in Berlin, but also the endless creative possibilities arising from one object. 

http://www.berlinord.com

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INOSK DESIGN

Woodwork and textile artist Ingibjorg Osk Thorvaldsdottir translates the desire for candlelight and soup on a dark winter day into the Um collection of clay candlesticks and bowls surrounded by a piece of removable plywood.

http://www.inosk.is

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1PLUS1PLUS1 

The latest instalment in this experimental collaboration among three designers from Iceland, Sweden and Finland yields wallpaper, candles and vases in playful and surreal outcomes. 

http://www.1plus1plus1.net