In an interesting mash-up, French brand LAQ has teamed up with Darcel creator Craig Redman on a capsule furniture collection, centered around his by now popular Darcel character.

“The meeting of the founders of LAQ, Raphaël and Pascal, with Craig Redman, gave birth to a Darcel shown in 3D, a product of the encounter of contemporary culture and ancient techniques. Made of resin, wood and painted metal, mother-of-pearl and eggshell, this high definition version of Darcel, coming from a psychedelic universe, hip and disillusioned, also offers hidden storage in its eye, like the secretive stately furniture of the seventeenth century. A radical confrontation of periods, styles and ideas!”

The outcome of the collection are two stools and a sculpture, all three being showcased soon at colette in Paris. The Parisian concept store will also sell them.

Take a further look after the jump.

Moroso and Diesel continue their cooperation on Diesel Interior Products. The latest installment of the collaboration is the “Chubby Chic” Collection that we present to you today.

“designed by moroso for diesel, the ‘chubby chic’ furniture series juxtaposes ample forms and soft fabrics with the clean lines of leather and linen belting. the works were on exhibition at diesel’s ‘relics from the next future’ home collection event and international furniture show during milan design week 2011.

including an armchair, standing ‘poufs’ usable as stools or ottomans, and an oversized floor seat, ‘chubby chic’ composes part of diesel’s ’successful living’ line, designed to unite fashion, design, and functionality. each piece layers at least two colours of fabrics, in shades of gray, blue, khaki, or distressed patterns; and while the works on exhibition featured brown leather belts, moroso has also designed editions with coloured fabric cinctures.”

Take a detailed look at the new furniture series after the jump.

For the second time Eastpak gets together with design studio Quinze & Milan. At the upcoming Salone del Mobile the two will showcase the new range of furniture and bags that they created in collaboration with one another.

The Quinze & Milan Club Sofa 01 and Primary Pouf 02 get the Eastpak remix and are enhanced with a series of pockets, allowing you to store anything from a book and DVDs to your iPad right in your couch. The primary material of use in this second collaboration is washed denim, next to some other material options. Matching bags have been created by Eastpak for this collaborative project.

Photos by Zeb Daemen.

Take a detailed look at the new collection by Eastpak and Quinze & Milan after the jump.

This Sunday, December 12, 2010 Civilist celebrates one year of retail success in Berlin’s Mitte. As part of the festivities, they are launching a line of custom fit tees (blank and pocket) as well as German made merino and pure wool beanies. Be sure to stop by Civilist (storeguide) this Sunday if you’re in town.

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Perhaps unexpected (though also, oddly expected given the breadth of Tron tie-ins), this chair was designed by Dror Benshetrit, an NYC-based fellow, and produced by Italian firm Cappellini. The chair is made of impregnated fiberglass and polyester resin. With its angular layers, the Special Production Walt Disney Signature TRON Armchairs invite you to “sit off the grid.”

Not surprisingly, Benshetrit’s design is debuting today at Art Basel Miami. The chairs will come in a variety of paint jobs.

Check out all the color options here.

As part of their Fall/Winter 2010 Collection, A Bathing Ape once again worked on the iconic Side Chair. Previously Bape gave it the camo treatment. This season the newly launched partnership with Sanrio is placed on the chair. The Sanrio Characters, along with Baby Milo are featured on the back of the chair, while the front is just red. Look out for a release later this season.

Another look of the chair follows after the jump.

We have reported about the work of artist/sculptor Ryan McElhinney before. Here we take a look at one of his latest creations – the toy lamp.

“Ryan McElhinney turns trash into unique treasure. The Toy Lamp is made of unwanted toys which are bonded together and then coated in a high gloss polyurethane lacquer.” Via DY.

The lamp is a great alternative to the Philippe Starck gun lamp.

Here’s a little something for around the house. “Sit down for a while and chat with Mr. TTT, a totally amazing 34-inch colorfully-squircled fiberglass furniture-friend, and one of the magical Wish Come True characters from Miami art collective FriendsWithYou.” Now available through Kid Robot.

Bape has announced their on-going collaboration with Sanrio a while ago. Now they have announced the Sanrio Baby Milo Store, a pop-up space that will be open in Kyoto and Tokyo for each 2 weeks. For the occasion they present a plethora of collaborative items, combining Sanrio characters with Baby Milo. The line-up includes sneakers, watches, bags, t-shirts, denim and more.

Check out the complete collaborative range after the jump.

mastermind Japan has gotten together with Building Carre to produce a small capsule collection of furniture. The line consists of a carpet and a series of tables. The tables feature a subtle silver mastermind Japan logo plate. Look out for a release soon.

More images of the mastermind Japan x Building Carre Furniture Collection follow after the jump.