H&D Hotlist #151: New design products, furniture and accessories
From a speaker that doubles as ambient light perfect for Valentine's day to dreamy hand-painted artisanal crystal collection, here are some of our recent favourite items!
By Young Lim, Asih Jenie, Melody Bay & Germaine Cheah -
FLEETING MOMENT
If gazing at a particularly fluffy white cloud has ever left you wishfully pondering the somewhat implausible idea of reaching out into the sky to cup a handful of the dreamy mist in the palms of your hands, take comfort you are not the only one.
“Capturing in a transparent material a subject that is itself a mass of water drops, constantly moving and alive, was a big part of my idea behind the In the Clouds collection,” says its creator Jonathan Hansen.
For his first glassware collection, the New York-based designer worked with craftsmen from the Czech Republic, who spent their lives perfecting the art of engraving Bohemian crystal, resulting in a unique series of tumblers, jugs and vases with each piece showcasing one-of-a-kind cloud motifs, which were hand-drawn
by the artists themselves.
These vessels will have you building castles in the clouds with each sip of your favourite tipple, and thinking about accomplishing other seemingly impossible tasks as well.
In The clouds collection is available at Moda Operandi and retails from US$180 for a tumbler to US$630 for a jug.
SENSUAL SOUND
Sony’s LSPX-S3 Glass Sound Speaker is a far cry from the traditional boxy units of the past. A silver base tapers up to a glass body, both a tweeter and a lamp that gives off a soft candlelight glow.
Clear high tones penetrate the glass, allowing you to enjoy the music no matter where you are in the room. There is also a 46mm speaker unit for balanced midrange tones and an option to boost the bass on the Sony Music Center app.
As a bonus, did we mention the candlelight mode has four different lighting modes so that you can customise it for dinner with your special someone or for a relaxing evening?
The Sony LSPX-S3 Glass Sound Speaker retails at $499 at Sony online and in stores.
LIGHT AND MAGIC
Furniture retailer P5 Studio has updated its third-floor showroom to introduce German lighting brand Oligo. Named after the Greek word “oligos”, meaning a few, Oligo produces state-of-the-art lighting objects with a distinctly pared-down aesthetic.
Each product features tactile and gesture-based control and remote control via an app. In addition, the brand offers customisable plug-and-play architectural lighting.
P5 Studio is located at #03-08, Henderson Industrial Park.
TALK ABOUT FLEXING
American office furniture brand Steelcase recently introduced its award-winning Flex Collection in Singapore.
The collection, which debuted at Neocon 2021 in Chicago, comprises highly customisable modular pieces that can quickly reconfigure to create room enclosures and provide storage, which translates well to a home office environment, too.
Find out more at Steelcase.
SUPERIOR SOUND
With earbuds becoming an everyday staple, JBL has created the Tour Pro+ TWS.
Offering 32 hours of battery life and unparalleled sound quality, the intelligent benefits of these sleek babies include 3-mic technology to ensure perfect voice clarity
during calls and a SilentNow function that blocks out noise so you can focus on your tasks.
They also have Adaptive Noise Cancelling with Smart Ambient technology to control the sounds around you.
The JBL Tour Pro+ TWS retails at $299 at authorised JBL dealers.