de Dolomieu BLOCK Statuario Marble MacBook Stands

The de Dolomieu BLOCK marble Apple MacBook laptop stands exist within the rarified air of perplexingly prohibitively priced luxury goods marketed for the exclusively wealthy. Every precious flake of Statuario Marble – the most rare type of marble, characterized by its distinct and dramatic veining – is quarried from Carrara, Italy, then machined and hand-worked for seven hours into an elegant pedestal for 12″, 13″, or 15″ MacBook models.

Starting at over $3,600.00 – give or take a few dollars depending on the fluctuation of the exchange rate and intended MacBook model size – these rarified pieces of metamorphic rock exhibit unique characteristic varying from slab to slab, requiring 4-6 weeks lead time per custom order.

Porosity, density, and veining manifest in distinct coloration and patterns related to mineral and deposits content.

Weighing in at between 13-18lbs each depending upon laptop size model, shipping a slab of marble from Germany requires a hefty VAT and shipping fee – around an additional $772 per order. But then again, if a $3,600 laptop stand is within your means, a few more hundred dollars seems almost an afterthought. Outrageous? Certainly. Exclusive? Even more so.

from Design MilkDesign Milk http://design-milk.com/de-dolomieu-block-macbook-stand/

Desktop Wallpaper: July 2017

It’s official you guys. We made it to the second half of the year and with the beginning of July means a new desktop to grace all your tech screens.

This month’s Designer Desktop brings a hot topic to the table through art. Created in collaboration with Raise the Caliber, an initiative created by Jessica Mindich that’s dedicated to raising awareness about gun violence through artist works, Tracy Hiner of Black Crow Studios created the Caliber collection of wallpapers. Inspired by this quote by the late Carrie Fisher,

It starts with art
art creates change
art creates hope
art inspired change
take your broken heart, turn it into art

Tracy decided to use “color bomb” paints and photography (a new creative approach for her) to turn something painful into something beautiful. The guns seen in the collection are all illegal guns that were released from evidence or turned in through gun buy-back programs around the US. They have been destroyed for the collection – so they can never destroy again – and repurposed into fine art prints and wallpapers. To Tracy, the paint surrounding the guns represents a form of release, like a freedom from the harm they have caused.

20% of all sales are donated to the Caliber Foundation to help fund gun buy-back programs across the US in cities that need it the most. Black Crow Studios is also offering an exclusive signed and numbered print to Design Milk readers for $150 (originally $250). Only 100 are made and when they’re gone, they’re gone. Enter DESIGNMILK here to access the special offer and support this amazing cause.

You can also download this month’s mesmerizing desktop wallpaper below. For the larger desktops, they’re paired with Black Crow Studios’ signature quote: “She threw away all her masks and put on her soul.”

Click on the size below to download:

DESKTOP: 1024×768 \\\ 1280×1024 \\\ 1680×1050 \\\ 1900×1200 \\\ 2560×1440

MOBILE: iPhone 6/7 \\\ iPhone 6/7 Plus \\\ iPad

See more of the Black Crow Studios x Raising The Caliber wallpaper collection here.

View and download past Designer Desktops here.

from Design MilkDesign Milk http://design-milk.com/desktop-wallpaper-july-2017/

BuzziPleat: Sculptural, Sound Absorbing Forms by 13&9 Design

Designed by Austrian design firm 13&9 Design, BuzziPleat is the latest sound absorbing option added to the BuzziSpace catalog of smart, modern acoustic solutions. The lightweight, large-scale forms are sculptural in nature thanks to the hand pleated layers of sound-absorbing BuzziFelt.

The team looked at ancient smocking and pleating techniques used in fashion design to arrive at the circular felt pendants. Each one is made up of folded felt that’s sewn to create tension and flexibility. With the numerous folds, the surface area increases to accomplish its goal of reducing sound.

The pendants can be hung on the walls or from the ceiling where a light source can be added for additional functionality.

There are two versions, BuzziPleat Ripple (top) and BuzziPleat Edel (bottom), and each one comes in two sizes that can be fixed to the wall or suspended.

from Design MilkDesign Milk http://design-milk.com/buzzipleat-sculptural-sound-absorbing-forms-by-139-design/

Ceramics Made: Transforming Ceramic Waste Into Terrazzo

Foshan, China is home to the largest and oldest ceramic factories. With its ceramics providing over 1/8 of the global construction ceramics and sustaining over 10 million Chinese, it also means that it results in tons of waste every year.

BENTU aims to reduce that waste with Ceramics Made, a sustainability project that uses ceramic waste to make terrazzo. Seeking to somehow integrate waste materials back into use in a broad, general way, they began to transform the waste product into everyday furniture that can be produced on a large scale. Thus, Ceramic Made was born. High quality furniture that is tough, even when thin, and has a sleek, classic look that would fit any space.

from Design MilkDesign Milk http://design-milk.com/ceramics-made-transforming-ceramic-waste-into-terrazzo/

Best of Dog Milk: June 2017

In June, some of the most popular posts over on Dog Milk included handmade plush dog toys and matching Hawaiian shirts (because we know you wanna match with your best friend)!

Feeders and accessories from DANE & DALE

Matching Hawaiian print shirts for dogs + humans by Dog Threads

Handmade leashes, collars, and more from Bramble & Friends

Vagabond Dogs leather collars and leashes:

Custom Handmade plush dog toys from ZooToys

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from Design MilkDesign Milk http://design-milk.com/best-of-dog-milk-june-2017/

Let’s Get Tropical With a Cushion or Two

The trend for anything tropical shows no sign of abating. And it’s still one of my favourites. You can’t bypass it in the shops. It’s big, and loud, and quite frankly unmissable. Sometimes it’s in shades of jungle green, and sometimes it’s in all the colours of the birds and flowers that inhabit our planet’s rainforests. Whatever your choice, don’t be shy. This is no wallflower. But the good news is, a little goes a long way. A few cushions is all you need. Let them clash in a riot of fabulous abandon. Go on. Be brave.

My Picks of the Jungle Bunch

Clockwise from top left:

Wild Garden Cushion, £75, Charlotte Jade

Jangala, £25, Made.com

Lemur Cushion designed by Laura Allen for The Graduate Collection, £45, Limelace

Picking Coconuts, £95, Penelope Hope

Butterfly Blur, £85, Rume

Malini Palm Print, £25, Cult Furniture

 

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10 Beautiful Rooms

Gooooooood Mooooorning everyone and I’m very excited to bring you this week’s edition of 10 Beautiful Rooms which is a house tour that I think you are going to love. It’s the home of Reena Simon, who lives in Cardiiff, in Wales, and I’ve followed her on Instagram for a while where she shows off…

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from Mad About The House http://www.madaboutthehouse.com/10-beautiful-rooms-14/