Blinded by the Light

Generally speaking, home is where the heart is. But when there is so much to take in and be saturated by, sometimes its hard to center and earth in a central place. Designer Thien Ta Trung makes it possible to save some of that love and warmth where it's right.

Trung is one of three siblings who combines to be Periphere* - independent furniture designers from Quebec Canada. Individually made by hand, it's beautiful that they describe each piece of their furniture designed with 'intimacy '. (* I am in love with their website. I don't know why. It's just cool).

Periphere
4117 Boul. St Laurent
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2W 1Y7
P: 514 563 1268
E: info@periphere.com

Heart shaped blown glass pendant lights (designed specifically for MADE AT HOME, Toronto)

Old is new

They say that everything old ends up new again, but I tend to agree with one former Magazine editor who points out that when it comes to style it's important to look forward while looking back. Sometimes, when you reference the past, you need to modernise to be fashionable. Or in the case of Henry Wilson's 'Things Revisited' design collection – give things a new lease on life.

After graduating from Eidenhoven – the prestigious Dutch design academy - Wilson' modernised six different design icons adding simple modern elements to give them all new life. My favorites? The addition of a smooth, caramel leather cover to the Tolix 'A56' chair (designed by Xavier Pauchard as an inside or out chair, in the 1930s). And the addition of an elegant and simple base to the Le Creuset Enameled Cast-Iron 5-1/2-Quart Round French Oven (the pot of my life!) – to allow for dinner to be brought directly to the table so that diners can help themselves without fear of burnt tablecloths.

Clean 'im up Gov

Swept away by the clash and mash of style on style, collections and presents combined in one 'it works' environment. And then there is Joe & Co. barbers in Soho London (7 Greens Court, Soho London, W1F 0HQ, P: 020 7734 7000).

The brand identity, website, stationary and interiors were all designed by Hyperkit London and each element was made to fit with the idea of a deconstructed yet traditional barbershop.

There are plenty of recognizable features. Taking inspiration from workshops, sheds, garages – the unofficial residences of the contemporary clientele – the Joe & Co. space is fitted out in warm, natural material (English oak and power-coated steel) and the technical but not overly finished furniture (impeccably made by Takara Belomt and Joep Van Lieshout) retain a ‘traditional’ and organic feel in a straightforward way.

It’s easy to see where the logo took its influences from – the blue and orange a modern substitute to the traditional barbershop red and white pole and checked floors.

Snip Snip along if you're in that part of town.
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i want to ride my bicycle i want to ride my bike

Christmas. It's around this time my eyes and ears start to perk up with what to fill my wish list with. This year, I want a fold-up bike. I want to have constant access to a set of wheels that let me cruise past the sand and the waves at twilight with my friends, hair whipping, laughing, slightly tipsy. Legs off the pedals, out to the side, ultimate freedom.

I then stumbled on Belarus-based industrial designer Igor Buturlia's "Cafe Racer" and have decided that maybe, this is a little bit more my style.