Colour psychology expert & consultant Karen Haller gives advice & tips on successfully using magnolia in interiors, including what colours go with magnolia
Furniture
NewspaperWood by Meike Meijer & Vij5
Emergent materials and their associated technologies are continuing to change the way that architects and designers work and the way that users engage with products. In recent years we have seen technology exerting a massive influence on the material advances we make, but at the same time new priorities have started to make an impact
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Interior Accessories
Get Together with Brabantia’s new product range
Just before I moved house, I was contacted by the guys over at Brabantia Life about their new Get Together range of casual dining products. I must admit I was quite surprised to hear this from Brabantia, a company I had so long associated with kitchen bins, and I wasn’t really sure what to expect.
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Interior Accessories
Lisa Bengtsson’s canine creations
To be perfectly honest, I can’t even remember how I stumbled across the work of Swedish designer Lisa Bengtsson, but I’m really happy that I did. My wallpaper obsession is, by now, no secret to those of you who have become regular readers of my blog and I’m sure you’ll be able to see immediately
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Kitchen
Freestanding Kitchens by Culshaw Bell
Having lived in many small apartments and flats in my time, I know all too well how hard it can be to keep small dwellings tidy and free from clutter. In 2003, I was living in a tiny little chambre de bonne in Rue De Lille in Paris’ elegant 7th Arrondissement. Situated just a stones
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Furniture
Furniture by Lucy Turner
Lucy Turner is a furniture and surface designer based in Penryn in Cornwall. She creates bespoke contemporary furniture by rejuvenating reclaimed iconic and vintage pieces using the latest technology and materials. From cut-outs to engraving and modern forms of marquetry, Lucy’s designs embrace bold colours and patterns and breathe new life into unwanted furniture
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Interior Accessories
Adorable owl cushions from Red Lilly
I spotted these adorable owl cushions the other day after gaining a new follower on Twitter. Red Lilly is an online gift & interiors boutique specialising in home accessories and when I headed over to the site to check it out I came across these lovely little cushions.
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Flooring
Flooring & wallcoverings by Anthony Hughes
Anthony Hughes is a young surface designer and trend forecaster who has recently graduated from Huddersfield University with a BA Hons in Surface Design for Interiors & Fashion. He was selected to exhibit at New Designers this year and his work was shown at Part I. Whilst I was unable to go see Anthony’s work
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Wallcoverings
Couture embroidered wallpapers by Claire Coles
Claire Coles produces the most beautiful wallpaper I think I have ever seen. I came across her work a few months ago but I just haven’t had the time to blog about it until now…shame on me! Claire’s couture wallpapers are more than just wallcoverings though. They transform walls into individual works of art. She
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Furniture
Solid wood furniture by Denis Milovanov
Denis Milovanov is a designer who uses dead or damaged trees to carve sculptural furniture pieces. The trees can be up to 250-300 years old and would not normally be used by furniture makers in traditional furniture making processes.
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Wallcoverings
Stoneground wallpaper by Trove
Trove is a design house started by Randall Buck and Jee Levin featuring modern photographic wallcoverings. Located in New York City, the multimedia design firm has developed an innovative new wallpaper made from stone. The paper is named Stoneground and is made from a combination of mineral powder (calcium carbonate) and non-toxic resin (PE). The
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Contemporary British furniture by James UK
James UK is an award-winning contemporary British furniture brand supplying unique, high-end, design-led furniture to trade, retail and the general public. All products are handmade in the UK by a network of expert manufacturers who combine traditional techniques with modern technology.
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Beautifully crafted furniture by Edward Teasdale
Edward Teasdale is an artist, woodworker and furniture maker based in Cumbria, where he produces beautifully crafted furniture from found wood. He appeared on the UK Crafts scene in the 1980s at a time when creative salvage, recycling, and wider environmental issues were having a strong influence on design theory and practice. Using found wood
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Kitchen
Playground kitchen by Elmar Cucine
Kitchen’s don’t come much cooler than this! The Playground collection was designed by Roberto and Ludovica Palomba for Italian kitchen brand Elmar Cucine. Presented for the first time at Milan Design Week this year, Playground is a modular kitchen, which allows planning freedom and customisation for domestic spaces, whilst at the same time bringing a
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Books
The Design Encyclopedia
The Design Encyclopedia is a one-stop guide to the design industry, providing insights into the framework of design from 1870 to 2004.
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Kitchen
Brizo Vuelo Kitchen Tap
I just spotted this gorgeous tap by Brizo over on Trendir and I couldn’t resist sharing it. Not only does it look ridiculously sleek and sophisticated but check out the gorgeous little vase addition. How cute is that?
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Colour
Colour Psychology: Using Grey in Interiors
Applied colour psychology expert and colour consultant Karen Haller gives advice and tips for creating grey interiors
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Wallcoverings
Paper Tiles wallpaper by Louise Body
In May 2011, wallpaper and fabric designer Louise Body launched a striking new wallpaper collection entitled ‘Paper Tiles’ featuring digitally printed Victorian tile patterns combined with her own illustrations and designs. The seven decorative tile designs were inspired by Louise’s commission to design the restroom foyer area at Decorex last year for which she experimented
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Interview: Ning Li CEO of Made.com
So it’s Monday and the start of another week. I hope you are all well rested after the weekend. I have a great post for you to kick-start the week, one which I have been seriously excited about all weekend. For anyone who is not aware of Made.com I seriously recommend that you read on
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Window Treatments
Creatively Different blinds by Fiona Flame
If, like me, you have become an avid follower of @FionaFlame aka Fiona Davies of Flame Interiors you will have heard about the Top Secret Project she has been working on for the past few months. Some of us even wrongly assumed that the Top Secret Project was in fact the not-so-secret bump that she
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Furniture
Vintage industrial furniture & lighting from Bubbledrum
Last week I had a lovely email from Caroline over at Bubbledrum introducing me to her lovely site. It is not an exaggeration to say that I was in awe of all the lovely products that they stock and I just couldn’t understand how I had never come across this fabulous little shop before. Owned
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Furniture
Benjamin Hubert’s latest designs
British industrial designer Benjamin Hubert recently launched his 2011 collection of furniture and lighting. Benjamin studied Industrial Design and Technology at Loughborough University and graduated in 2006. He went on to open his own studio in London in 2007 where he works on a diverse range of projects across the furniture and lighting sectors. He
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Furniture
Interview: Sean Sutcliffe explains Benchmark’s innovative approach
For the latest edition of INSIDE, the monthly newsletter produced by WAN Interiors, I was lucky enough to interview Sean Sutcliffe, the co-founder of British furniture manufacturer Benchmark. Here is the interview. Thirty years ago, the modern British furniture scene was dominated by small designer makers and lacked any real retail presence. Sean Sutcliffe, co-founder
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Colour
Interview: Lars Contzen’s Colour Courage
I first discovered Lars Contzen back in December 2008 when I interviewed him for Designer magazine. You can read that interview here and find out all about how he uses colour, pattern and form in his surface designs. Anyway, earlier this year I noticed that he was again involved in some very exciting new projects,