Book it

Home Grown Su Blackwell has an affinity for cutting up books but not in an antisocial hide your ciggies kind of way mind you - her delicate mystical must see work is on exhibition at the Courtauld Institute's very funky

Eastwing VII until June 2009

O.K .Coral

Team radici are lurving the german designer Luise Neugebauer's porcelain plus other interesting things combination jewellery in this case silver, rubber and coral

different very different...

Neat N.E.E.T

It's N.e.e.t - that's what it says on the tin and thats what it is.... a fantastic little online mag full of trendy super cool uber cutting edge stuff from the global beat... well worth a subscription which incidentally is free (credit crunch busting too can it get much better) - remember your saw it here first.... now go forth and browse with wild abandon

Slinky Stuff

Owen loves the slinki dinki magazini rack from down under... uber sussed designer John Quan is paying homage to his favorite toy...

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Nice Drawers you have

Owen loves pretty drawers - the ones you pull out not on!
Made by design house Schubladen from all number of recycled drawers and combined with rather natty modern design we think they’d make a very smart wall feature and perfect storage for little things that usually go missing

It's a grown up fake paint gag like the ones you used to amaze and terrify your friends with...

team radici are loving these hand-made-each-one-different bookmarks from Japanese whiz design house kyouei design - must see website as well with some very gorgeous designs too - browse browse

via designboom

What a feeling...

Leg wamers are so hot and warm at the same time and more so if they’re on shapely table legs and knitted …well even better… team radici are loving these from taschide a German based design duo…

Sole Mates

Team radici have rather a thing for shoes

so you can imagine the unbridled delight at discovering these funky felt travelling slippers made from a single piece of felt that folds out and attaches under the sole or flattens when you don’t need them…

one in each colour please

True Love

Heart Art

click here for more hearts from Mr Ow

Love Hearts

Team radici loves the honesty of this little boutique’s clay hearts - the message couldn’t be simpler

love…

NB not for consumption...

Valentines day 101

OK OK we’ll give you some help - Valentines day is fraught with fear when it comes to finding original gifties not so?

well radici makes it easy with the following suggestions

For Her:

Red Rose Scarf - why buy flowers - here’s an everlasting single red rose
Red Wool Brooch - tied together forever
Little Prince Cuff - stitched with little prince poetry so you don’t have to warble on

For Him:

Trendy recycled Sail bag - 'cos he really is a star...

ps… in case you noticed the discrepancy girls always need more convincing

Sitting Pretty

Owens feeling nostalgic today and loving the classic Verner Panton chair (pretty funky for a fifty year old) - team radici thinks it would make a great v-day blow out over blown over the top romantic gesture pressie

available from Hivemodern

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Love Cubed

Team radici loves (yip its nearing Valentines day so we're bombarding you early) this clever little site - A Little Hut - that allows you to download patterns to make gift boxes... tres simple so the only tricky part is filling them...

Geezer Smile then!

Owen being the suave beast about town that he is knows a good blog when he sees it and so you can imagine his delight when the paragon of smart savvy men's stuff smartgeezer.co.uk featured one of radici's best sellers... Smartgeezer has the solutions to all your big questions too..like what to buy the boif for v-days and b-days...

Dream Team

Owen loves design collaboration - The lovely Julie of Bohtieque (aka sticker heaven)has taken our fabulous Fabien’s logo designs and tweaked them into some scrummy new stickers that will be adorning our packaging for a while to come - keep a peeper open for them when you order!

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Lin-greeni

It’s like sitting in green spaghetti (which has Roscoe’s vote) without the messy tomato sauce stains. But more so Owen loves that it's made entirely from recycled domestic waste… this little design gem is available from UK based Cohda as a limited edition so rush out and slurp it up pasta haste!

Flour Power

Roscoe recommends brownies for beating the blues… packed with endorphin boosting chockie and all organic ingredients (so they can’t possibly be bad for you)… and what better place to buy them than Flour Power City Baker’s stall at our fav foodie spot Borough Market…
(Roscoe’s also a sucker for word play, get it… Flour Power…)

Veggie Might

Ceram-man of the moment Daniel Reynolds has just wowed New York with his veggie designs - of course he’s home grown and we’ve all been loving his stuff for years 'cos veggies are good for you…!

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Wholly beautiful

Oh oh oh - we SO love these creations by architect Gulnur Ozdaglar - made from recycled or more aptly reincarnated plastic bottles proof that there is life after fizzy pop and it’s truly beautiful - we are sooo wanting one of these!
Ps coming down from the quasi-religious experience to a more practical level she drills every hole herself… masterful!

Via design sponge

Rock babies

Team radici's new fav blog with ‘tude is MumsRock.com ironic cos we ain’t mums but soo many friends are that we thought… hey… this is one way of keeping in the loop and seeming to know it all without the sleepless nights.

So mum or not it's well worth a read - the features are witty, edgy and well concieved (OK bad pun) - all the more so amazing considering the collective lack of sleep

China White

Manchester based home grown Helen Felcey’s porcelain work is austere and delicate - apparently influenced by her visiting and exhibiting in China… team radici loves the papery translucent singed cups contrasting with the dark lacquered wood…

want it…

Mobile Tones

Here’s a mobile that you actually want in your life - Heather Frazier of Frazier and Wing, just has a way with paper and scissors doesn’t she… team radici loves the dreamy subtle colours … absolutely no jarring tones here, just peace and gentle contemplation!

Hello Rojo

Cool and hot Madrid based fledgling designer Rosa Navas of El Jardin Rojo has such a cute site where she applies her crispy clean designs to a variety of different applications - Owen loves how it can morph between a funky tank top or wallpaper… very savvy!

Say no to Detox

Tea-tox time

Roscoe is rather a foody as you may have gathered over Chrissy (egg nog etc) and has managed to sniff out a cunning addition to the new year detox diet … green tea cupcakes from Crumbs and Doilies - green tea cupcakes are an integral part of a balanced detox regime right…right… and you burn off quite a few calories opening the beautiful box too.

Behind the Design... Amy Adams

Amy Adams of Perch! is the brain behind radici's stash of gorgeous eggy-like (OK Ovoid..if you must) bowls and mini bowls and the very fabulous shake a leg set... she's the latest to grant our Owen an inteview

Q:And who was your childhood hero?
A: My friend’s mom who taught me how to shuffle a deck of cards

Q: What tune do you whistle when you’re making tea?
A: Funny because I am the worst whistler and even my cat stares at me if I start.

Q: Which cartoon character do you most identify with?
A: I’ll say Lucy from the Peanuts because I can be a little bitchy.

Q: Would you wear knitted bathing trunks under any circumstances?
A: Sure, that sounds cozy.

Card Rock

Talented homegrown corrugated cardboard wizard Giles Miller has won loads of awards and commissions and we can see why - team radici are loving the laptop case - it's apple-green at its freshest! He’s also teamed up on great collaborative site called Farm - like a day in design country

Art Felt

Stephanie Metz is our new fav felter - she crafts the most exquisitely observed felt sculptures ranging from domestic beasts to teddy bears with a twist - some of it strays into the cote noir but it’s a refreshing change from cute gnomes

2009 will be...

A lovely graphic from our favourite designer - Fabien Barral. We do hope he is right!

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Sitting Pretty

Oh dear Owens in love again… this time it’s for keeps - he’s found his perfect sipping cocktails while looking suave chair. Alison Palmer of MillyRose is the uber talented creator dash purveyor of said much desired recycled chair and many beautiful others…

he had to be prized away from her lovely site…

via stylewillsaveus.com

SWSU

The super-woman of eco-savvy Virginia Rowe and her team of eco-glamazons have created a rather yummy online mag dash blog dash featurer of all seriously stylish eco products - no nasty knitted loo roll holders here…

its pure style all the way and that’s why…

StyleWillSaveUs.com

make a nice big mug of organic hot chocolate and browse the chilly day away…

Never felt warmer!

As a woolly amphibian who really feels the cold Owen loves this funky design pairs (Johanna and Tim) solution to the chilly spell... now why haven't we thought of this before ? Yet another reason to stay indoors... check out their site Electricwig for more wacky designs

Popping Out to Shop

This handy felt and rubber backed bag is perfect for showing off your shopping

Clever thing product designer Demelza Hill designed this reversable versatile vernal delight

Tip Top

Another lazy post New Year pursuit... invest in one of home-grown talent Thomas Forsyth's pen tops and let it do all the work for you - just don't watch it too closely if you're still feeling fragile...

Owen loves the free-flowing random doodles

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