
Concrete Art by Transparent House: This is beautiful work on a hard concrete surface. Transparent House applies a floral pattern which “adds warm contrast and highlightes the cold austerity of the material.” Besides large stickers or paint, I’ve never seen anything that actually works so nicely with a plain old concrete surface before. This would work beautifully in a studio.

Cassette Tape Closet by Creative Barn: While they’re only selling one of these, it’s a great idea. Reminds me of John Cusack’s insane record collection, organized on various shelves, in High Fidelity, for some reason. I know they don’t really have much to do with each other, but there was something about those shelves that hit the same sweet spot that this closet does.

Shelflife by Charles Trevelyan: Here’s a wonderful, chaotic bookshelf with an integrated chair and miniature table/footstool built in, done by Viable London and available soon. It’s hard to execute anything with the words ‘3-in-1′ and not have it turn out ugly, so three cheers for this.

Mikado Bookshelf by Edition Compagnie: If you’ve got a big empty wall and want a bookshelf that isn’t boring, try this one. It doesn’t maximize the space it takes up by any means, but it’s fun to look at. Can’t say whether after 1 year of this I’d start longing for straight lines again, though.

Sunday Paper by David Stovell: These are rolled-up newspapers turned into stools. Re-using stacks of yesterday’s papers–without a ton of effort, anyone can do this–to make something useful is a great idea, especially since the distance between ‘a bunch of newspapers’ and ‘a useable stool’ seems kinda long. And yet it isn’t. Extremely simple and smart.

Lightboxes by Pedlars: Nevermind the price ($550 each), these are home versions of those boxes you see in various radio and television studios, or perhaps films which have scenes set in various radio and television studios. Solid and heavy with a light inside. Your fledgling home studio needs the ‘On Air’ one today.




