Una scimmia come cameriere

Today Mad about Design presents the latest creation of one of the most important Spanish designers, Monkey Side Table by Jaime Hayon for Barcelona Design.
Presented this year at the Salone del Mobile in Milan, Monkey Side Table is a small table with an unusual form of monkey holding a tray and looking us a bit puzzled and a bit ironic.
  In concrete gray, Monkey Side Table can be considered a sculpture in its own right. Monkey Side Table goes to enrich the collection Gardenia, composed of a series of elements suitable for both outdoor and indoor.
What do you think of this unusual monkey waiter?
Between the images below, also the one taken by me last spring at the stand of Barcelona Design during the Salone del Mobile in Milan.

Oggi Mad about Design vi presenta l'ultima creazione di uno dei più importanti designer spagnoli, Monkey Side Table di Jaime Hayon per Barcelona Design. 

Presentato quest'anno durante il Salone del Mobile di Milano, Monkey Side Table è un tavolino dall'inconsueta forma di scimmia che regge un vassoio e ci guarda un po' perplessa e un po' ironica. 

A ghost table for Halloween

 

Hello my dear design lovers and Happy Halloween! This is a magical evening made ​​of witches, wizards and ghosts and for this special day I would like to propose you Illusion Side Table.
A coffee table with an unusual design, featured by the magical effect of the rising created by John Brauer, Danish designer and founder of the company Essey. Illusion Side Table it seems a tablecloth that hangs in the air thank to some magical force.
Each table is handmade and as such is unique and original.
Made of acrylic and PMMA, this product is available in two sizes, Illusion (h: 45cm) and Grand Illusion (h: 52cm), and in different colors: clear, brown, gray, red, black and ice.
We just have to all sit around our table ghost, join hands and begin the seance!
Happy Halloween!
Buongiorno miei cari design lovers e buon Halloween! Questa é una serata magica fatta di streghe, maghi e fantasmi e per rimanere in tema ho pensato di proporvi come protagonista di oggi Illusion Side Table.

Cooking with design: glass bottles by Seletti

 

Hello my dear design lovers! Cooking with design this week presents you the bottles of  Estetico Quotidiano collection of Seletti designed by Selab.

 They look like normal disposable plastic bottles containing water or soft drinks but are in reality made ​​of borosilicate glass. The line of Estetico Quotidiano by Seletti contains many disposable items we use every day in replicated version ennobled in materials such as glass or ceramic for a modern and original table.

 

Buongiorno miei cari design lovers! La rubrica Cooking with design questa settimana vi presenta le bottiglie della linea Estetico Quotidiano di Seletti disegnate da Selab.

Cooking with design: Pantone plates by Serax

 

Hello design lovers! Today for the book Cooking with the design I present a set of dishes Pantone Serax Maison.
An original collection created by the creative and modern Italian designer Luca Trazzi to turn the table into a colorful palette. The dishes have Pantone colors and each is clearly visible on the white board the respective color reference.
With the service of Pantone dishes you can create your own color combinations for a colorful table and colorful.
What is your favorite color combination?
Have a nice weekend my dear design lovers!

Buongiorno design lovers! Oggi per la rubrica Cooking with design vi presento il servizio di piatti Pantone di Serax Maison.

Victoria and Albert

Hello design lovers! The protagonist of today are two, the tables of the Victoria and Albert collection, designed by Ron Arad for Moroso.
The choice of the name Victoria and Albert is an homage to the famous museum in London, where in June 2000 he held an exhibition of works by Ron Arad.
The collection was born from the Victoria and Albert propose an innovative design and comfortable.
These tables made in colored polyethylene with a round line, are suitable to be placed both inside and outside as resistant to heat and light, for a touch of color in your living room, terrace or garden.

Buongiorno design lovers! Il protagonista di oggi sono due, ovvero i tavolini della collezione Victoria and Albert, disegnata da Ron Arad per Moroso.

Cooking with design: Magic Bunny by Alessi

Hello my dear design lovers! The protagonist of the colunm Cooking with the design of this Friday is Magic Bunny designed by Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni for Alessi.

Are you wondering what use Magic Bunny might have in our kitchens?

Magic Bunny is a toothpick holder bunny that comes out from a hat and magically brings up the toothpicks for our guests.

In thermoplastic resin, Magic Bunny changes the concept of toothpick holder, becoming a friendly and fun game.

Unusual intersection

 

My dear design lovers today we are again in the presence of a Good Design Award, Big Table by Belgian designer Alain Gilles for Bonaldo has in fact won the award in 2009.
Big Table is a large functional table with a strong personality thanks to the extremely original design from the unusual intersection and the inclination of the legs.
 The Big Table legs are laser cut steel and matt painted each with a different width that highlights the different shades.
Different color combinations are available: white , anthracite gray, multicolored (red coral , orange, green and purple) and a combination of brown ( pale pink, taupe, brown and amaranth ).
The rectangular top is also available in different materials: white matt lacquered , walnut, solid American walnut , brushed oak anthracite, brushed natural oak, black or white frosted glass, or white or anthracite gray ceramic.
Big Table is the proof that even with traditional materials such as steel, wood and glass it's possible to produce a table definitely out of the ordinary, thanks to the creative mind of a great designer. 
And what combination do you prefer?

Miei cari design lovers oggi siamo nuovamente in presenza di un Good Design Award, il tavolo Big Table del designer belga Alain Gilles per Bonaldo si è infatti aggiudicato l'ambito premio nel 2009. 

A medieval king and queen in your home

Hello my dear design lovers! Do you remember the legend of the Knights of the Round Table of King Arthur with his beloved Queen Guinevere? The designer Charles Bargagna was inspired by this famous story to create the nice tables Arthur and Guinevere for Officinanove. Arthur is slightly higher than Guinevere and the profile of its base remind the king of chess piece while the base of Guinevere reminds the queen. Arthur looks at its best when it's accompanied by his beloved Geneva, preferably of a different color. Both tables are created by assembling two plates coated steel shaped to create the base and the table top and can be used both as a table next to a armchair or a sofa in the living area and both as a nightstand in the bedroom . 

So original and colorful, do not you think they are a good couple?

Buongiorno miei cari design lovers! Vi ricordate la leggenda dei Cavalieri della Tavola Rotonda e di re Artù con la sua amata regina Ginevra?

Assymetry in a table

My dear design lovers today we are in the presence of a Good Design Award Chicago Atheneaum. N7 is the table of the designer Norayr Khachatryan for Casamania. N7 is a table of the challenging and determined construction. The complexity of its structure is given by the faceted and asymmetric shapes and the technique of bending the sheet of aluminum. Its design, inspired by military language, combines sobriety and functionality. N7 is a table suitable for both the living room of a home or an office and always gives  the sophistication and rigor that characterize it.