Interior design inspiration for the modern home
I decided that I absolutely had to do a blog post on this when one of my very favourite Tweeps, Igor Josif tweeted a link to the blog 23qm Stil featuring the stunning artwork by Swedish freelance art director Therese Sennerholt. Her work mostly centres around advertising, editorial, graphic design and corporate identity, but she
I don’t know about you guys but I spent the whole day yesterday sat in front of the telly watching the Royal Wedding on BBC World. As I am currently in Poland and the Poles weren’t lucky enough to be given a day off I ended up watching on my own, but I was kept
Favourite Things is a pendant lamp produced by Stockholm-based design company Chen Karlsson. The playful nature of the lamp gives it a dual purpose: not only does it provide illumination in a room but it also acts as a tiny gallery in which the owner can display their most treasured possessions. The bulbous, transparent, plastic
For the latest edition of INSIDE, the monthly newsletter produced by WAN Interiors, I interviewed Samuel Wilkinson about his Plumen 001 award-winning designer lightbulb for Hulger. The annual Brit Insurance Design Awards hosted by London’s Design Museum is widely considered to be “the Oscars of the design world.” The competition showcases the most innovative and
Claire Leina is a young independent Brazilian textile designer based in Marseille in the south of France. After graduating with a degree in graphic design in 2007, she pursued her passion for textile design and began her career with the Soieries Modernes as assistant to Creative Director Benoit-Pierre Emery, working with him on several projects
Theย Dcube Group of Companies is based in Vancouver/Burnaby, BC, Canada and is overseen by Mehran Mansouri. From its main business of high-end hotel architectural millwork, the company has expanded into the development of furniture and last year presented the Mansouri Collection 2010.ย The idea behind the Mansouri Collection 2010 was a desire to be
Appartements Privรฉs is a new range of furniture produced by French company Elitis. Featuring beaten leather with big, glossy, metallic crocodile scales, scratched wood and savannah fur, the collection pays homage to the animal world. Designed by Philippe Delzers and incorporating bronze sculpted handles and glass cabochons, bronze bases made to look like wood or
These fun and affordable cardboard animal heads are a great way to invest in animal trophies in a sustainable cruelty-free way
I did a post on the vintage chairs by Kelly Swallow a few weeks ago, which you can read here. I was so impressed by her beautiful patchwork chairs and the way in which each one of her creations takes an old chair that is full of history and breathes new life into using the
Last Tuesday I received an email from Cancer Research UKย asking for my support in their latest campaign. This email immediately struck a chord with me as I have been personally affected by cancer and I know first-hand what this destructive disease can do to the people who are unfortunate enough to fall victim to it
The next few years will see the familiar incandescent light bulb disappear from our homes, offices, workplaces, leisure venues etc as regulation sounds the death knell for this once ubiquitous light source replacing it with more energy-efficient, eco-friendly light bulbs. I am currently looking into the consequences of this regulation for interior design
In my continuing search for ever more beautiful wallpapers, this collection by Abigail Edwards has to be one of my all-time favourites. Abigail began her career studying fine art at Wimbledon School of Art in London and the รcole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, but it was whilst completing internships at art galleries in New York
Today I came across this absolutely beautiful furniture by designer Kelly Swallow. All of her chairs are individually sourced vintage pieces, so each one has its own unique charm and personality. Kelly uses an exciting collection of fabrics ranging from vintage to designer includingย the likes of Kenzo, Zoffany, Liberty, Andrew Martin, Designers Guild, Osborne
Now, I was innocently stumbling around the net today, as you do, on the look out for interesting and unique things to post on my blog when I ended up on a website called Filthy Home. Don’t ask me how I got here, but I want to make it quite clear from the outset that
A few weeks ago I interviewed Leatrice Eiseman, colour expert and executive director of the Pantone Colour Institute, for INSIDE, the monthly newsletter produced by WAN Interiors. I asked her all about her prediction for colour of the year 2011,ย her advice on how best to use this new hue and how she goes about
In recent months, I have come across quite a few innovative interiors products inspired by the great outdoors. This got me thinking that there are some really interesting ways to liven up your living room and bring the garden inside the house. So I’ve decided to do a quick round-up of my favourite products that
I came across this some time ago and it has been sat in my ‘to blog’ folder ever since. As you all must know by now I am completely obsessed with wallpaper. Not so much your bog standard wallpaper though, it has to have something unique and unusual about it. However, I also love other
Designed by graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister for Dutch design collective Droog, the Darwin Chair is covered in 200 different sheets of paper, each in different patterns and colours. When the top sheet gets dirty or worn the user can simply tear it off revealing the layer below. Where each sheet is removed the perforation eventually
I have recently had the pleasure of getting to know Renata of Muslavi Gallery, the sole UK distributor of the furniture and homewares designed and produced by the Polish company Laskowscy Design. I blogged about their products some time ago and I now have the good fortune to be the proud owner of my very
I can’t quite remember where it was that I first came across these gorgeous little clocks by Amy Levinson, probably Twitter, but I fell in love with them the minute I saw them. I’m just waiting for one of my friends to have a birthday so I can bestow this unique gift upon them the
As I’ve divulged many times before here, I’m very keen to have creative kids and I think it’s extremely important for parents to nurture their kid’s creativity as they grow up. For me, the home should be somewhere where kids can experiment and unleash their creative tendencies without having to worry what effect it will
Helen Amy Murray is a London-based designer who caters for the luxury market with her bespoke textile service. Her unique process involves carving sculptural relief within textiles such as leather, suede, wool felt, 100% silk and high-tech non-woven materials. For the most part, Helen’s work is focused on interior applications, predominantly upholstery and ranges from
I’ve been meaning to write a post about the proliferation of birds in interiors for some time now. And today I have finally got round to it. I was going to make the post quite broad and include fabrics, decoration and soft furnishings butย when I started collecting images I realised that there were more
In ancient Roman mythology, Vulcan, the son of Jupiter and Juno, was the god of beneficial and hindering fire. So it is not difficult to see where this glorious stove concept got its name. Arthur Senant is the French industrial designer behind this cleverly designed, space-saving stove that is ideal for small living spaces. Not