A Limited Edition Marquetry Humidor Collection by LINLEY

David Linley

A Limited Edition Humidor Collection by LINLEY

A rare opportunity for the true Cigar connoisseur, a selection of unique humidors created by LINLEY in association with Hunters and Frankau.

In this post I'll present two limited edition humidors with marquetry, one architectural humidor and a Metropolitan Museum of Art architectural jewelry box.

The London Skyline 

The London Skyline Humidor is a limited edition of five humidors featuring the panoramic skyline of London in marquetry and loaded with Regional Edition cigars. This humidor contains special cigars known as "Regional Editions" produced exclusively for the United Kingdom market.

The London Skyline Humidor

Veneers of cherry, Swiss pear, sycamore, walnut and wenge are used to recreate the city skyline set against a background of Macassar ebony. The humidor contains Spanish cedar drawers with capacity for approximately 70 cigars, and conceals a Cigar Spa humidification system. RRP - £13,350

To view images of the New York Skyline Humidor and the Metropolitan Museum of Art jewelry box, follow this link:

Hella Jongerius - Jongeriuslab - Swatch Table Edition

Hella Jongerius 

Hella Jongerius
Photo of Hella is from: 
http://greatdesigners.wordpress.com 

The Dutch designer-maker HELLA JONGERIUS (1963-) works on the cusp of design, craft, art and technology to fuse traditional and contemporary influences, high tech and low tech, the industrial and artisanal. 

Born in De Meern in 1963, she studied industrial design at the Eindhoven Design Academy and has since combined elements of that discipline with those of traditional craftsmanship in products, textiles and ceramics. Many of her early designs were manufactured by Droog, the influential Dutch design collective, and she now puts her own work into production through Jongeriuslab, her Rotterdam studio, as well as developing products for manufacturers such as Maharam, Royal Tichelaar Makkum and Vitra. See Hella Jongerius' work at jongeriuslab.com.

Hella Jongerius: Contemporary Archetypes

Premiere at the Museum of Arts and Design
May 16, 2009 at 2:00pm
Contemporary Archtypes Video
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

Produced and Directed by Amie Knox
Executive Producers: Jill A. Wiltse and H. Kirk Brown III
Edited by Chad Herschberger

Hella Jongerius: Contemporary Archetypes New York Premiere at the Museum of Arts and Design May 16th 2009

Hella Jongerius: Contemporary Archetypes from Design Onscreen on Vimeo.

Hella Jongerius Book

Book
Hella Jongerius – the first book on a young, highly talented designer with a burgeoning career and rave reviews in the international press. Curators describe Jongerius as ‘a unique talent who has no rivals’ (MoMA design curator Paola Antonelli); and ‘one of the most significant designers in the world today’ (Aaron Betsky, head of the Netherlands Architecture Institute).

A book that captures the ‘next wave’ of product design, introducing a leading figure in the new generation of designers of the 21st century.