Mann Made: Bowls For Driade By Mann Singh

Mann Singh's silvered brass baskets designed for Driade incorporate nature-like elements of twigs, petals and open foliage shaped into vessels and containers. They combine inorganic materials with organic shapes to give off a kind of spiritual and mystical feeling. All this from a bowl. Cool, huh?

Here's the Shalemar collection:


Above: Chitai and Chitai II

Above: Kachnar I

Above: Kachnar II

Above: Kachnar III

Above: Muqarna

Above: Muqarna, top view

Above: Shamadan

Update: Italian Designer Fabio Novembre's Newest Products

In early 2007 I wrote about unusual designer/architect Fabio Novembre and reproduced an interview he did with Icon Magazine. Well, he's been a busy boy since then and 2008 proved to be a prolific year for him that included several lust-worthy items.



His "him" and "her" chairs are made from polyethylene and are available in black, red and white (but not the green). Produced by Casamania.


Above: Her chair in black

Above His chair in white

Above: the designer with his Her chair
Buy them here.

His collection of furniture called Histograms for Meritalia was also introduced this year:




His "slow the flow' water faucets are beautiful:



Above: His organic curving water faucets for rubinetteria stella, 2008

The above faucets are a nice compliment to his bathroom sink, toilet and bidet named the Void System, produced by Flaminia:



His crazy funky Divina sofa is produced in a limited edition by Driade.



The Divina is a reclining female figure built into the leather tufted sofa. Created on a stainless steel frame and stuffed with polyurethane foam.
Buy it here.

He also created this lovely series of 8 silver plated brass trays based on Piazzas (or town squares) in Italy for Driade. below are all the trays in the series which were first shown at the Draide showroom at the Milan furniture fair last April.


100 PIAZZE by Fabio Novembre for Driade


Above: FIRENZE by Fabio Novembre in silver plate L. 25,4 P. 34,5 H. 10,2

Above: LUCCA by Fabio Novembre in silver plate L. 25 P. 35 H. 10

Above: MILANO by Fabio Novembre in silver plate L. 38,2 P. 43 H. 11,7

Above: PALMANOVA by Fabio Novembre in silver plate L. 58,5 P. 67 H. 10,5

Above: ROMA by Fabio Novembre in silver plate L. 29 P. 34 H. 13,8

Above: TORINO by Fabio Novembre in silver plate L. 35 P. 65,5 H. 8,7

Above: VENARIA REALE by Fabio Novembre, in silver plate L. 29 P. 36,8 H. 8,8

Above: VIGEVANO by Fabio Novembre, in silver plate L. 20,8 P. 55 H. 13
The pieces are available for purchase here , here and here.


Above: designer/architect Fabio Novembre.

His website
His blog

Be sure to see my other post on him which shows several of his unusual pieces and interiors as well as a great interview. Read it here.

Driade Candles By Christian Ghion, laudani & romanelli

Unusual and beautiful wax candles designed by christian ghion and laudani & romanelli for Driade.





driade kosmo is the trademark that today groups all the objects produced by driade, defining a world of things strangely like our own. a world made up of exceptional moments that interrupt the calm sequence of events, of flamboyant characters and common folk, of artists, intellectuals and workers.


They're big.
They're bold.
They burn.
Me likey.
All available at Unica Home.