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| Curated With Love: Great Design Pieces To Celebrate Her Posted: 29 Apr 2021 11:23 PM PDT  And what better way to show our love and appreciation for the mother figures in our lives than to gift them a design piece perfect for their home this upcoming Mother's Day? From decorative vases and vessels to furniture feature pieces, Habitusliving's collection contains the best and most noteworthy design pieces to celebrate with. Whether the person you're celebrating this Mother's Day embraces clean minimalism or strives for curated maximalism, seeks out vibrant colours or takes a tonal, monochrome approach to design, you'll find some of our memorable pieces just up ahead. Flowerpot VP3 Table Lamp by Verner Panton from CULT
Synonymous with the Flower Power movement of the late 60s, the Flowerpot VP3 Lamp by Verner Panton has become a revered design icon. The sculptural profile of the lamp reflects a break away from conventional, linear design to embrace a more open, modern perspective that promotes peace and harmony at the time. This unique lamp is defined by two semicircular spheres facing each other, illuminated by the light around its edges. Available in an array of colourways, the Flowerpot VP3 Lamp brings a touch of colour to any room in the house.
Press Tea Light Holder by Tom Dixon from Living Edge
Pillar Vase from Jam
The Pillar Vase from Jam for JamFactory is the perfect pairing for an exquisite Mother's Day bouquet. Reminiscent of the supports, structures and angles of the built environment, this vase is playful, vibrant and functional all at once. Designed by Liam Fleming, the Pillar Vase's angled and asymmetric profile is designed with a rippled, transparent surface, highlighting the intricate details of the flowers within.
Shape Salad Server from Jam
Designed by Danielle Barrie for Jam, the Shape Salad Servers put a fun twist on the conventional kitchen utensil. Featuring clear-cut lines and a simple central fold for scooping and mixing, these salad servers are as functional as they are stylish.
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| Posted: 29 Apr 2021 08:38 PM PDT  Habitus: Can you tell us a bit about Seljak Brand?Samantha Seljak: My sister Karina and I founded Seljak Brand in 2016 to find more sustainable ways to make and use things that are regenerative by design. We make recycled, closed-loop wool blankets – they're made from factory floor waste and old woollen garments. These are shredded, carded and spun into a new yarn, before being woven into our blankets in a mechanical recycling process. If customers no longer want their blanket, we pick it up free of charge using a carbon neutral courier service. Then we remanufacture it into more blankets! In this way, we're taking responsibility for the entire life cycle of the product and ultimately closing the loop, ensuring none of the precious resources we're using, go to landfill or become devalued.
What is something you've learnt since starting Seljak Brand?The learnings are many! We’ve learned about the vast network of people committed to creating a better textiles future. After working with so many wonderful collaborators since we launched; manufacturers, other designers and brands, universities, and our wider community, we deeply understand the issues that the textiles industry faces towards achieving a sustainable and just future. From getting really nerdy about what fibres and compositions lend themself to recycling, to tackling the monumental textiles waste issue with other like-minded folks, we honestly learn new things every day. I've realised that despite large threats like climate change, I'm filled with hope that there are so many incredibly smart and driven people working towards a common goal. One that is inclusive and restorative for people and the planet. Can you tell us about your new Pyramid blanket, what was the thinking behind the design?Pyramid is inspired by the volcanic hinterland of the Sunshine Coast and the feeling of being cradled by mountains. For the Pyramid design, Karina created an artwork featuring two mountains – Ninderry and Cooroora – which were turned into vessels, with the moon hovering above them. The tonal greens are a nod to the lush landscape that thrives between the old volcanic plugs of the hinterland. It's part of our design range, which is inspired by landscapes across Australia. Strong colours and shapes from regions well known and loved, and also those affected by climate change feature in these blankets. We work with our mill partner in Lithuania to weave the artworks into blankets. The Pyramid blanket is made with yarn spun from reclaimed woollen jumpers in Italy.
You recently created a speculative design for Melbourne Design Week, can you share that project with us?We created the Playing with Fire Blanket in response to NGV’s Melbourne Design Week and Friends & Associates' exhibition: ‘A World We Don't Want’. It's a new kind of PPE for fire preparedness at home. A patchwork of reclaimed 100 per cent wool blankets inspired by the firefighter's jacket, this wearable blanket provides a cocoon to survive the increasing frequency and severity of bushfires in Australia. After hearing myriad stories of coming face-to-face with out-of-control bushfires, Karina borrowed a local volunteer firefighters jacket, a refurbished Singer sewing machine and old woollen blankets to design the Playing with Fire Blanket. Because extreme weather events are only going to increase in frequency and intensity with a heating climate, we wanted to create a unique work exploring how the onus is increasingly on frontline workers, communities and individuals to survive, and wondering how the hell we're going to do it.
You've just moved into a new shopfront and co-share space in Brisbane – talk us through that process, how did you find the site, and how did you apply the ethos of Seljak to the fitout?I came across the empty shopfront in Highgate Hill last year and immediately saw the potential to create a studio for Seljak Brand. But also bring together other Brisbane creatives to enable endless possibility for collaboration and cross-pollination. After living with Clare Kennedy, the founder of Five Mile Radius, in a sharehouse for most of 2020, it was a no-brainer to get her on board. Five Mile Radius is also working to accelerate the transition to more sustainable material futures and make buildings and furniture from recycled materials.
So together with Clare, we embarked on the commercial leasing journey and prepared to turn the shop into something we wanted; a studio that was beautiful, functional, sustainably built and flexible for everyone's needs. We developed a brief for ourselves that was true to circular economy principles (designing for disassembly and reuse, using waste or second-hand materials) as well as using locally made, low impact materials and products. The fitout features desks and shelving that are screw-fixed (without the use of glue) so they can be taken apart and reused in another life, and design to the standard lengths of supplied ply to avoid offcuts. We used locally sourced ethically-grown timber, Five Mile Radius' construction waste terrazzo, secondhand office chairs from the Department of Transport & Main Roads, and low VOC paint made on the Sunshine Coast.
With a showroom and gallery up the front, and a co-working space out the back, we're now proud to share the space with other excellent local creatives; Sophie Vaughan of Studio Gentle, furniture designer Tom Wade of Plain Store, photographers Aimee Catt and Anwyn Howarth and Marilena Hewitt of Platypus Publication. Read more about the Playing with Fire Blanket, the closed-loop studio fitout and the Pyramid blanket. Seljak Brand Showroom photography by Anwyn Howarth, product photography supplied by Seljak We think you might like this interview with the founder of Leif The post A Champion for Change appeared first on Habitusliving.com.  |
Bold in silhouette and simple in function, the Press Vertical Tealight Holder by Tom Dixon is an artful statement for your living space. Its unique form is designed to bring a calming atmosphere to the daily routine, elevated with a striking sculptural shape. The Press Series features a range of heavyweight grooved vases, bowls and candleholders made of thick, chunky coils of transparent glass, meticulously engineered to catch and refract light to create kaleidoscopic pools of colour throughout the day.
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