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Founded in 2012, Bluebird Blanket makes a full range of top quality blankets with a commitment to sustainable, domestic production. Included among the company's US-made output is this baby blanket, which not only meets the obvious requirement of soft, supple coziness, but is also made from 74 percent recycled cotton and comes handsomely decorated in a striped chevron pattern. The......read more
Marimekko designer Sami Ruotsalainen found inspiration in traditional woven rugs to create this lovely, linked circle pattern for the Finnish brand's Oiva dinnnerware collection. Called Räsymatto ("rag rug" in Finnish), the hand-drawn pattern adds a human touch to a clean, simple teapot design. The three-piece porcelain teapot features a natural wood handle and a porcelain tea strainer......read more
The latest episode of the excellent Avant/Garde Diaries features Serbia-born, New York-based designer Ana Kraš, who has earned a devoted following for her woven 'Bonbon' lanterns, which are as fun and playful as they are lovingly crafted. "Kraš's approach to design is refreshingly simple – to make user-friendly objects requiring minimal production," the description goes.......read more
This versatile, handmade basket brings traditional indigenous craft to the modern home. Featuring beautiful graphic patterns inspired by ancient petroglyphs, the Urutu basket is made in Brazil by Baniwa indigenous peoples, who have a rich history of basket weaving using arumã plant fibers. The intricately crafted baskets account for one of the few sources of regular income for......read more
The work of North Carolina-based artist Patrick Dougherty proves our theory that the most interesting things are the ones that are hardest to classify. Whatever you want to label the sweeping structures he makes from sticks and saplings -- Environmental art? Sculpture? Architecture? -- they are definitely entrancing. Springing from the earth in whirling animated forms, the sculptures inevitably......read more
Studio Dunn is a young Rhode Island design outfit focused on local manufacturing and sustainable materials. The group recently won an Editors Award for Best New Designer at the ICFF — a mere two weeks after completing their first collection. One of the standout pieces is the Coventry Stool, a graceful and sculptural interpretation of the classic three-legged seat. The stool is available in......read more
