This seems like a great idea to me, a stepped wok that has two separate sections. The bottom part allows searing and sautéing close to the heat source. The higher shelf lets you move food up to the next level and still keep it warm while other ingredients are seared on the bottom. A metal steamer fits snugly into the wok to prepare foods that benefit from moist heat. The stainless steel pan comes with a heat resistant glass lid and sells for $199.Stepped Wok By Wmf
This seems like a great idea to me, a stepped wok that has two separate sections. The bottom part allows searing and sautéing close to the heat source. The higher shelf lets you move food up to the next level and still keep it warm while other ingredients are seared on the bottom. A metal steamer fits snugly into the wok to prepare foods that benefit from moist heat. The stainless steel pan comes with a heat resistant glass lid and sells for $199.Mogul Furniture
Turning high fashion glamour into high-end living environments is the unique talent of the men behind Los Angeles furniture store Mogul. Designers Thomas Piscitello and Neal Wagner were inspired by fashion designer Tom Ford to create rooms that are both luxurious and sexy with rich colors and tactile materials such as fur, leather and exotic skins, highlighted by Swarovski crystal chandeliers and gleaming chrome, acrylic and lacquer details. Neal Wagner also sells his own abstract art pieces which blend seamlessly into the decor.
The company sells furnishings and accessories as well as offering design services and staging. And like Tom Ford, they know that you can't go wrong with a little flesh. The intro for the mogul website features rock music and a parade of semi-nude models reclining on the furniture.
[via Furniture Style]
Atlantis Chandelier
The Atlantis Chandelier from Hudson Furniture is an elegant design from Barlas Baylar. The chandelier is a graceful cascade of nickel chain with a gloss nickel finish. The hanging down strands add just the right touch of modern chaos. The chandelier takes eight bulbs and is 42 inches tall. It is available by custom order and sells for $29,880.
[via Los Angeles Magazine]
Cappellini Love Table
Do you feel guilty about all your old magazines, even if you are recycling them? New York designer Stephen Burks certainly must have given it some thought which explains his line of eco-conscious tables for Italian manufacturer Cappellini called Cappellini Love. The small tables are made from recycled paper and shredded magazines. The tables have a paper structure stuffed with paper and then a paper maché like design of magazine strips on top which is treated with adhesive and hardener. Burks designs made a big impression at the Milan furniture show earlier this year where he was interviewed by Cool Hunting about his process about the production of the tables. It almost seems like a project I might be tempted to attempt to try to recreate at home if I weren't certain it would end in gluey disaster.
Aluhocker Aluminum Stool
Sleek and stackable "Aluhocker" aluminum stool by Swiss architects schindlersalmerón proves you truly can get form and function in one piece. The architectural design here is great, and the stool makes use of a cool technique called spatial folding, which allows the three distinct aluminum sheets to reinforce each other. And each stool weights less than 4 pounds. Design geeks: time to stack up.
Available in white, silver or black for £145 via the MOCHA website, which will ship worldwide.
Luxury Living by the Sea
A really great, oversized design book with beautifully-reproduced images can sometimes actually transport you to another place. Such is the case with a new volume titled New Seaside Interiors, edited by Angelika Taschen, which is anything but a mishmash of coastal clichés. Forget what you think you know about nautical décor; with examples of brilliant seaside design on all five continents, from Iceland to Chile, the architecture in this book harmonizes with the ocean in ways that go far beyond sprinkling a few seashells around the guest bath. From fashion designer Pierre Cardin's Bond villain-style floating house in St. Tropez to Dolce & Gabbana's eye-popping seaside villas in Italy, this is the né plus ultra of seaside style. See the gallery for more.
Gallery: New Seaside Interiors
La-Z-Boy Updates Their Handle
Even the classic La-Z-Boy recliner has gotten a touch of modern fever. The company has introduced a new version of the blocky wooden handle used to drop tired bodies into instant relax mode. The new handle is called the Arc and has a sleeker design with a brushed metal finish. The new handle option is available for any La-Z-Boy motion furniture with a handle.It probably won't change most people's view of the furniture brand associated most with American sloth at its finest but it is a definitely an upgrade over the old handle.
[via Globe and Mail]
Axolute Sink: Say Goodbye to Ugly Drain Pipes
In the image of modern design with a pinch of minimalistic ingenuity comes Axolute's sink with HIS (horizontal integrated siphon) technology. Brilliant! Instead of trying to hide the clunky pipes underneath most wash basins the HIS neatly rids the sink of water through a slot on the front edge of the basin which routes the liquid back to the wall connection. You can place the Axolute sink on its own or mount it above a vanity -- either way its clean lines and limited space encroachment makes it ideal for almost any modern space.
[via Trendir]
Gatzby Teak Furniture Set
More and more outdoor spaces are mimicking indoor spaces. Instead of a couple of patio chairs and perhaps a small table there are full suites that take the living room concept outdoors. Teak Warehouse has been distributing teak patio furniture in the United States for the past 20 years. The furniture is made from Indonesian teak and is kiln dried, and machine made using mortise and tennon construction with Sunbrella all-weather cushions. The set shown here is the Gatzby and individual pieces in the set start at $795.
Baumraum, Luxury Living in the Treetops
I never had a tree house as a kid and although I can't say I ever really felt deprived I wouldn't mind using that fact as an excuse to indulge myself in adulthood! These tree houses by Baumraum out of Germany are absolutely gorgeous, not to mention much larger and more luxurious than what the average 10 year old gets. They build custom tree houses all over the world, although mostly in Europe, and the designs vary from houses built up just a few feet off the ground to designs like this one way up in the tree tops (wonderful to look at but is it really secure balancing up there like that???).
Via Wists
Gallery: Baumraum Treehouses
Versace Home Furniture Line
Simple, modern lines make this furniture line sleek, elegant and one of Donatella's best creations. The timeless combination of black and white will compliment almost any room and allow for a color palette to come through in accessories, art, floor coverings or paint. The lounge chair is my personal favorite with a whimsical line that makes me want to crawl in and curl up with a good book. Unfortunately I couldn't find any price information but I would doubt you would see this line in a discount store -- plan on spending a bundle to makeover your abode in this sensational look.
Gallery: Versace For Your Home
JugSimple Collection from Carlo Rossi
You would have to have a serious love affair with wine and one eclectic house to pull off the JugSimple Collection from Carlo Rossi. I imagine guests may wonder if they can actually sit on the Cabernet Couch but certainly the creative look confirms your passion for the vine. If you think this is the look for you then go beyond the couch and complete your room/house with the Chardonnay Chandelier, Paisano Plasma TV Stand, Sangria Sound System, Burgundy Bookshelf, and Rhine Reading Lamp. Not sure what these oenophilic designs will cost you but I would hope they would include some free wine with the shipment.
[via Neatorama]
Gallery: Jug Simple Collection
Ferrari Gas Cap Paperweight
Carbon Fiber Gear highlighted recently a Ferrari 355 gas cap paperweight. Made by RaceChairs.com, it's constructed of a 6″ x 6″ piece of carbon fiber, a colored suede underside and a real (but unused) gas cap from a Ferrari 355. (Also available with a Lamborghini Diablo gas cap.) The carbon fiber weave is clearcoated for shiny finish, and the bottom of the paperweight is covered in your choice of black, yellow, or red suede, to ensure it won't scratch your desk. The gas cap is highly polished aluminum with the Ferrari logo on the center. Optional: have an engraved plaque added or get wall hangers for display. $325, but just $199 on RaceChairs.com at the time of this writing. Looks like something our sister site, autoblog, might take a liking to.[Thanks, Dave]
Domino Magazine's "The Deal Hunter"
Domino magazine, "the guide to living with style," has a fun column called "The Deal Hunter," penned by young Columbia alum Nick Olsen, that features a plethora of style for (mostly) low prices. I know here at Luxist we're often about the high-end, big ticket items, but I think it's OK to watch the finances now and then in order to keep affording the big stuff. Olsen writes in that chatty, bloggy style (which I haven't mastered, alas) and regularly finds things from all ends of the home decor spectrum. Just to show he's not all about the cheap stuff, he recently featured a $950 table from Mecox. Check out his blog if you're looking for a deal but still want lots of style or something colorful for your home.Judson Beaumont Furniture
An article in Canada's Globe and Mail led me to wacky Vancouver furniture designer Judson Beaumont. His company may be called Straight Line Designs but his designs are anything but dull, the dressers, cabinets and cases turn simple wood furniture into something delightfully silly. Beaumont tells the Globe and Mail he was inspired by the 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the pieces have a gleeful quality that appeals to children and the young at heart. His pieces aren't cheap, they start at $1,500 but at least you won't go into your neighbor's house and find they have the exact same furnishings you do. The cabinet here is a new design known simply as Oops.
