Beautiful = Water Pressure Lighting

This chandelier collection is downright gorgeous!  Crystals arranged in abstract and literal formations with themes of water.  Unique and well done works of art.  I can see these in gallery-esque settings and over-the-top opulent interiors.  See their online catalog for more, HERE.  Where would you hang one?  Does this make you want to DIY with fishing line and beads?

Introducing LIT!

Our KBIS introduction of the Light Integrated Trim (LIT) program was a smash hit!  I was filmed twice explaining the options, to another blogging team and for the TV show: I Hate My Kitchen as seen on the DIY network.  (on air in a couple of months!) Additionally, LIT was featured among the Top 20 Finds from the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show.  Check us out HERE.

To summarize, LIT is a modular system of snapping components that combines LED light strips and decorative metal trim.  Limitless install opportunities for the designer: cornice molding, back splash, baseboard molding, under cabinet, stair railing, etc.  We built a kitchen vignette for the show, which incorporated many of the options.  It is even dim-able with our SecuRemote app!  The options are overwhelming!

Our design and engineering group is excited to introduce this unique new product.  Based on your feedback we might expand the line.  So give us your constructive comments and questions.  We want the LIT system to work for you!

Creative Hardware Use

Here are some fascinating pieces from Don Pezzano, an Australian fashion designer and bricoleur. I always like to see what people do with decorative hardware. I've followed Don's blog for a while: www.urbandon.blogspot.com, and he has a new website: www.urbandon.com. These are more fashion design than home furnishings, but I admire his creativity and re-use of materials.

Architectural Hardware Designs Revealed

The above door hardware designs are new from the Keeler Design Studio. We worked and reworked the designs to contain the most pleasing shapes and textures. Both were created in a 3D computer environment, which aided in visualizing the end result.

The Riverside door collection contains a maximum amount of texture and is affectionately called, "Flintstone" by one of our engineers. The Valora door collection is a sleek, stainless substrate design we hope will satisfy our modern leaning customers.

Stay tuned for the other two designs . . .

More pictures, I'm sure, will follow.

Jewelry Design - Jacqueline Roberge

I ran across the jewelry designs of Jacqueline Roberge. The combination of materials, craft, and composition are delightful. Please see more of her work HERE.

Keys!

Nobody loves keys like the Belwith Design staff! This drawing caught my eye since I've drawn a few keys, myself. It is by Georgina Fineman (http://cargocollective.com/1984foryou) a surface pattern designer featured on the blog Print & Pattern, which always has an amazing array of 2-D designs, with a lot of retro and modernist looks. Scrolling through them makes my eyes burn, but it's worth checking out: http://printpattern.blogspot.com/

Trend: LED

LEDs are everywhere! It seems that they are popping up in many different applications, as seen in the photos. (and in these two a space theme!) For more home applications see http://www.trendir.com/.

Fashioning Technology

Here is an interesting site dedicated to technology forward fashion . . . or is it fashion forward technology?

In any case, there are a lot of interesting ideas. I'm not sure how they will come out in our hardware, but we'll just have to dream it up!

http://www.fashioningtech.com/