Bowls

For years I've collected bowls by artisans in a small way, in particular raku fired ones. I love the beauty of their purity of form, and the subtle complexity of the glazes. The bowls shown here are by the Swedish artist Karin Eriksson, who also has a great design blog. Lovely work. I'd love to add one of her bowls to my collection some day...

Steven Heller

Designer extraordinaire Steven Heller has a new website, featuring his many books as well as his newspaper, magazine and other work. Beautiful work over a distinguished career, but most importantly his real love of design and illustration really shines through. That's From Victorian to Digital, one of his (literally) hundreds of books on design, shown here on the left.