For the people who are not familiar with James Bond, this international spy always comes up with great gadgets and unique designs to help assist the movie quality. At one point this aqua studio home which brings back memories of the first movies that starred Roger Moore, “The Spy Who Love Me”, may be an old film but it can fit well as far as getting new ideas for your future home, particularly if you are living in studio condo units.

It shouldn’t come as any surprise that this unusual retro-modern home should belong to Pierre Cardin. The Italian-born French designer, now 86, is renowned for his avant-garde style and his space-age designs in the Sixties.

Geometric shapes and prints in strong monochromes are found throughout his work and the interior design of his bubble on the sea reflects this sensibility, with black-and-white optical fabrics featured throughout.

This cool Sixties aesthetic is picked up elsewhere with iconic pieces like Verner Panton’s Fun table lamp, made from mother of pearl, and the curved lines of the television.

(Source) Mail Online

Eileen Gray is a known name in the furniture design business. She has given a new meaning towards conceptualization and design and a lot of it were introduced in the market in the 1900’s. During these times, modern furniture designs were conceived as mechanical and were it not for the vested interest of one Andre Putman, perhaps none of us would see the contemporary designs that are sure hits today.

The appreciation of Gray’s performance back then were perhaps not seen as the tomorrow of modern design. Today however, we can see similarities of her concepts and then some, which are surely ideal stuff that anyone would want in their homes today.

She designed a new range of furniture for the home and in line with the Bauhaus and Modernists’ philosophies, moved away from creating exclusive, one-off pieces, instead preferring to create furniture that was simple, refined and functional and that allowed for mass production.

One small table in particular, called the E-1027, is one of Gray’s most recognised pieces. Also the name Gray gave to her San Tropez house, the E-1027 was small, round and amazingly versatile and, today is considered one of the icons of modern design. She also designed chairs, settees, desks and storage units for her home.

Sadly, her clients initially shunned Gray’s new direction and interest in her work waned. Just before her death, however, Andre Putman, a prominent French designer, revived interest in Gray’s designs and obtained a licence to manufacture several of them. Exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Museum of Modern Art in New York followed.

(Source) Times Online

There are a lot of us who are suckers for gadgets especially when we are in our bedrooms and together with the usual LCD TV and home theater sound system setup, this multimedia bed is sure to be the one for all the techie freaks out there.

The From Bed with Love bed design is sure to capture the attention of most design enthusiasts who also look for something different as far as convenient bedding is concerned and apparently, this is what this bed design aims to provide.

The young French designer has further promised a “nice and cool awakening” courtesy of its special luminotherapic (blah blah blah) headboard lighting and a discreet silent alarm clock a.k.a. sound canon system. The latter has the power to rouse you out of bed without disturbing your other half from his or her sweet dreams.

(Source) Crave

I love furniture that is versatile and the Ecolosion seating from French designer Olivier Gregoire encapsulates flexibility. Change the seating according to your mood and turn it into a chaise, a daybed or just seating.

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