Photo: people will always need plates Our friends over at the design blog Dezeen have launched a pop-up shop in the smartest part of town. Calling it Temporium, because it is only up for 10 days, it features the best of new British design. For anyone looking for a great gift for a design-freak friend, or just a good piece for the apartment; this is the place for the next few days. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Temporium Pop-Up Shows Best of British Design
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Photo: fortnumandmason Do posh bees make better honey? These bees, living in the heart of Mayfair, only forage in the best places such as St. James Park and Buckingham Palace. They live on the roof of the oh-so-grand department store, Fortnum & Mason , in architecturally designed hives with golden turrets. But what about the honey… … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Do Posh Bees Make Better Honey?
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Photos via muuuz From Japanese designer Sakura Adachi comes this marvel of space-saving design: “Trick,” the bookshelf that hides a table and two chairs. Featured by Italian manufacturer Campeggi at the 2010 Salone del Mobile in Milan , this is a great example of how simple design can change common conceptions of everyday things, and save construction material as well as space. So grab a book and pull up a chair!… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Transformer Furniture: A Bookshelf Hides Table and Chairs
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Photo: wikipedia Yesterday TreeHugger asked whether the Monobloc was the most famous plastic chair in the world. Now, sadly, the death has been announced of the creator of another very famous plastic chair. Robin Day was Britain’s most famous designer of 20th century furniture. His Hille polypropylene stacking chair was created in 1963, and nearly 50m have been sold. But his influence on British design stretched farther than that. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Robin Day, Master of British Furniture Design, Dies
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