As could be expected from a design geek, I spend a ridiculous amount of time every week trawling the net for fantastic products, people, and stories to include either in my various columns or indeed right here on my blog. Even when I’m trying extremely hard to concentrate on something else and not get sucked
Interior Accessories
Keep Calm And Carry On
So, I’ve spent quite a bit of time recently on some new websites that I wasn’t really aware of so long ago. The first website is Pinterest, which is a kind of social catalogue or virtual pinboard that allows you to post collections of things you love, and “follow” collections created by people who have
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Uncategorized
The future of the future
I was in London yesterday and whilst there I had the pleasure of meeting up with Tim and Hettie of Seymourpowell. Tim gave me this little book which features a collection of thoughts by Richard Seymour. The book is entitled ‘The future of the future‘ and I was reading it last night just before I
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Wallcoverings
Hand-drawn wallpaper by Fine Little Day
These fabulous wallpapers are available from Photowall and have been designed by an 9-year boy called Otto. Otto is the son of Elisabeth Dunker, an independent cross-disciplined designer/artist an author of the popular blog Fine Little Day. After several years of blogging for a growing audience (75 000 visitors a month today) the concept around
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Furniture
Modular Storage Solution by Kam Kam
Designed by KamKam, a design group located in Seoul, Korea, An Furniture is a modular storage unit that has been meticulously designed using the ‘Silver Ratio’. This mathematical constant is the same ratio used in the standard paper formats of A3, A4 , A5 etc and is considered by many artists, architects and designers to
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Flooring
Stamp Rugs by Rug Maker
Rug Maker’s exclusive new rug collection is handmade in the Kathmandu valley in Nepal from 100 percent New Zealand wool. Embossed with the Queen’s head, these regal rugs come in 10 vibrant colour choices and have scalloped edges allowing them to really capture the majestic essence of Machin’s Royal Mail stamps. Rug Maker has officially
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Flooring
Wood-effect ceramic tiles
There was a time when we were forced to choose between wood flooring or ceramic tiles – a difficult choice given the advantages and benefits offered by both. However, there have been a number of advances in the tile industry over recent years that have ushered in new choices that allow us to combine those
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Wallcoverings
Beautiful wallpapers from Holden Decor
For most of you who read my blog regularly it may have become apparent to you that I have a slight obsession with wallpaper. Of all things in interior decoration there is nothing that excites me quite as much as wallpaper. No longer is it just a purely functional wallcovering in dull and muted colours.
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Flooring
Parquet Rug by Ora Ito
I got up this morning logged onto Facebook and one of the very first things I saw was an update from MocoLoco, one of my favourite design-related websites, about a new collection of playful rugs that French design star Ora Ito has designed for Stepevi. The Parquet rug was presented by Stepevi for the first
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Trend
Knitted Room Wallpaper by Surface View
In a recent post about the trend towards knitting in interiors I featured some great furniture, flooring and lighting. Since that post I have come across quite a few more knitted homewares like the hand-crafted wool rugs and poufs by Gandia Blasco and this amazing wallpaper by Surface View, which takes the knitting