Inspiration from Interiors, Art, Architecture & Design
I had the pleasure of attending the Tom DIxon event at the V&A Museum on Friday. Tom presented his new book 'Dixonary' which is the first major monograph on his career. It was brilliant to hear Tom talk about the start of his 30 year career in 'design', the many and varied inspirations for his work and exploration of materials and processes that lead to some of the most iconic british designs.
Read MoreThe installation 'Liquid Marble' designed by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur shown during the Milan Design Week 2013. It focuses on the way in which marble, water and light have always come together as an ideal combination. I also love the images of the piece in production, a beautiful piece of work.
Read MoreI have to share the new track Get Lucky soon to be released on the forthcoming album Random Access Memories from French electronic DJ duo. The pair are styled by Hedi Slimane of Saint Laurent.
Read MoreDanish designer Nina Tolstrup of Mama Studio has created a full furniture collection using left over fabrics from fashion designer Marc Jacobs studio. The project was exhibited during Salone Del Milan 2013.
Read MoreFor the second year, COS is celebrating Salone del Mobile, Europe’s largest furniture design fair with a pop-up concept store created by French design duo Bonsoir Paris. Bonsoir Paris is a creative duo founded in early 2010 by Rémy Clémente and Morgan Maccari.
Read MoreIt's great to see interesting and new design installations especially considering the only material used in the space, the 'hero' of the project is the humble ceramic tile. Especially good when the space is so local...I'm going to get on down and see it for myself, it's a brilliant optical illusion in 3D form.
Read MoreAnother fantastic Patrick Roger store designed by Parisian architects X-TU. I have previously featured a Patrick Roger store store located in Brussels with amazing lighting you can see more here. An extraordinary sculptural interior composed of caverns of cut and angled metal pipes. I love the reuse of an ordinary material in a new and extraordinary way. Inspiring images & interior.
Read MoreA dark & gold mirrored interior, Le Cloche is located in St. Germain-des-Prés, Paris. Christophe Mura entrusted his first restaurant design to José Levy. Carte blanche.
For a neighbourhood bistro in Paris, José Lévy created a bubbling cauldron of liquid gold, grounded with raw beams and dark purple orbs of light.
Read MoreBrand new song and video to share today, just saw it and it's well worth a look graphically. Written and composed by Vanessa Paradis and Benjamin Biolay. Directed by M/M (Paris), animated by Dan Elhadad.
Published by Bliss/Bambi Rose. © 2013 Barclay/Universal Music France.
Read MoreThe Terrazzo Project (TP) is a joint undertaking initiated in 2011 by Lausanne-based Canadian industrial designers Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard and Philippe-Albert Lefebvre. Born from a common interest in working with uncommon materials, TP investigates ways to use terrazzo for furniture and object design.
Read MoreChloé has just-opened a 5,000-square-foot flagship on the Rue Saint-Honoré and it's all about the brand’s new 'attitude'. Designed by one of my favourite monochromatic designers Joseph Dirand, bringing back wonderful classics and adding textural finishes like velvet furniture - see more here - a modern classic with a twist. Dirand has designed for Alexander Wang, Rick Owens, Hotel Habita Monterrey in Mexico - inspired by images of Jacques Tati's Playtime. The soft, elegant interior with blush-tinted walls, Ataija stone door frames and limestone floors. Here Dirand references include the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and vintage tables by Maria Pergay. With a 3D plaster motif that recalls a pattern used by Chloe in the past.
Read MoreToday's post brings you two of my favourite things, linear lighting & geometry. Combined in an amazing installation by London based practice United Visual Artists, you can clearly see they have talent. 'creating work that lies at the intersections of sculpture, architecture, live performance and installation.' Brilliant. I have previously posted about their work here.
Read MoreIt's no secret that I'm a fan of Aesop's approach to design & have previously posted about their design collaboration with Ciguë & collaboration with lighting designers .PSLAB.
Their approach to store design gives each an individual personality, unlike a usual roll-out which is largely about adapting the brand of store to a new location. With Aesop the store is as unique as the location. You may have noticed that larger chains are also taking up this approach, notably trying to individualise their stores. However, I think Aesop is one of the first, certainly to do it so well.
Read MorePartly just because I like Jasper Morrisons work, Iconic British designer & partly because I like the idea of a sculpture out fo everyday things that transforms them into more than the sum of their parts. The images are from an idea seen in Japser Morrisons studio for 2012 design week as seen in Apartmento. Still life composed of tape. Pure enjoyment of colour and shape.
Read MoreCaesarstone collaborated with acclaimed Japanese design studio Nendo who created an exclusive installation with the company’s surface materials. IDS 2013’s (Toronto) International Guest of Honour, Oki Sato, founder and chief designer of Nendo, created 'Stone Garden', an installation of ‘table-like’ surfaces clustered together to form a seemingly floating landscape.
Read MoreThere has been alot of talk in design circles around the recall of a pre-industrial era, when industrial manufacturing, mass production and artificial materials were not available. Less for reasons of wanting to revisit an age for the sake of revival, but more of an appreciation for what caftsmanship had to offer & potentially what we can regain, learn and combine in a new way.
Read MoreI think the first image of this project is my favourite, like Yayoi Kusama's infinity mirror, only more dark and space-like. Having worked on multi-unit residential projects, it's quite something to set apart your project (brand) and to do it in such a stunning and well crafted way. What a beautifully simple idea, the best ones usually are. I must add that I think Melbourne would have to be the home of this project as it has something of a reputation for design of darker interiors - I don't make a habitat of saying this about residential projects or commercial buildings, but - love it.
Read MoreSculptural & beautifully crafted, the design of the alvisilkchair designed by Åsa Kärner of Alvi design combines environmental criteria in it's design from the outset. The back and seat created using silk thread strung through the frame, sitting somewhere between art & design, read more about Åsa's inspiration for the design.
Read More“You Can Find Inspiration in Everything: *And If You Can’t, Look Again”
