Collecteur by Christian Lessing

Imagine a stool the grows along with your magazine collection.
Christian Lessing did and the result is fantastic.
And very very simple; being as it is nothing more than two pieces of metal which slide.

What I particularly like is the fact that you can create one stool for a different magazine collection and so in one stroke solve both seating and storage problems.

Collecteur by Christian Lessing

Effeuillage by Les M Design

Not in Cologne - but in @designspotter who appear to be planning big things in Cologne - this wonderous clothes hanger from French design team Les M Design.

In contrast to "normal" clothes hangers Effeuillage offers alot more support and satey for your clothes - and just a simportantly look great with nothing hanging on it :)

Effeuillage by Les M Design

500 pencils

It's like retweeting ... just with out tweeter.
The ever gorgeous ladies at design_sponge brought my attentuon this morning to the most fantastic pencil collection - 500 pencils.
Every 20 month you will be sent 25 pencils - hence the name - which build up into a mighty fine collection of exquisetly coloured pencils.
And there is range of holders available in which to display your collection.
Just a gorgeous idea.
More details at http://500pencils.socialdesigner.com/

The complete 500 pencils collection as wall decoration

Beach Locker by Ecotots

Browsing through the wonderful Modern Echo, I discovered this equally wonderful childrens storage unit from Indianapolis based design studio Ecotots. Perfect for clothes, shoes, games ... and all those other things that kids generate.
Made from just five pieces of formaldehyde-free, FSC Certified, environmentally-friendly real wood and featuring a durable, 100% non-toxic water-based finish, this tot-sized locker assembles in minutes, no tools assembly method and is at home anywhere in the house.
Wonderful.

Beach Locker by Ecotots

Since I've been on a "wooden" trip this week here is some wonderful ideas from Maker Magazine for recycling your old analogue TV.

Convert your old TV to a bar

Or a fish tank

More ideas at Make magazine

The wooden iPod

Following on from last weeks Pooktre post, more timber-based design, this time from Australia.
According to the legend, upon buying himself a new iPod Josh D set about fulfilling a long considered project - the wooden iPod
Particularly impressive is the wooden clickwheel.
It reminds me lot of a prototype, and so expect a PR heavy Apple promotion before tooooo long ;)
But it does look good.... All the pictures can be found on Josh D's flickr page.

TIME clock by Ignacio Pilotto

Although I'm not entirely sure if this idea from Argentinian Industrial Designer Ignacio Pilotto could ever reach production other than as marketing gift from Time magazine; the idea is wonderful.
And I really hope that no one else has created something similar - such a simple, witty idea deserves to have gone unnoticed for almost 100 years :)

TIME clock by Ignacio Pilotto

Baggu - Grocery kit and produce bag

If your anything like me then when you go to go the market you invariably come back with a dozen plastic bags from different stalls.
Even though you know it is wrong.
You can however solve that problem with these handy bags from Baggu.
The reusable produce bags allow you to safely and conveniently store fruit and veg, and with a pouch of grocery bags you always have a bag to hand, and those that are not in use are conveniently and stylishly stored away.
Made from a 100% ripstop nylon the Baggu range I find them a wonderfully convenient article for that weekly trip to the market.

Produce bags from Baggu