Saturday, April 21, 2007
Just some chairs
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| Good Eye | Helfand Architecture |
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| Jonathan Adler | Jonathan Adler |
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| Jonn Coolidge | Jonn Coolidge |
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| S.R. Gambrel | Judith Miller |
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| Channel 4 | Cowtan & Tout |
Labels: chairs
Love it!
Look what I found playing on Stumble Upon. Furnid is a Danish design company that produces this amazing table. LOVE IT! Can't read a word on the site but LOVE IT!
Images from FurnidLabels: favourites
Retro revisited
Another retro book find. I found this one in a Salvation Army thrift shop. Home Decorating Using Light, edited by Harry Butler. Marshall Cavendish, 1972. Forgive the graininess of the photos. The images are 35 years old after all. But the rooms though retro are fresh and just as inspiring today.
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Labels: retro
Friday, April 20, 2007
More hallway art
Here are some more inspirational photos of art displayed in hallways for your viewing pleasure.
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| Shamir Shah | Wheeler Kearns |
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| The Apartment | Edward I. Mills |
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| Callas Shortridge | New York Magazine |
Labels: art
Front Studio
Rigorous design standards blended with a sense of humour. Front Studio's principles Yen Ha and Michi Yanageshita pursue a combination of art and architecture. Intensive exploration of their clients' needs and site constraints is balanced by their obsessive pursuit of Lunch. The girls and I swapped flickr contacts a few weeks ago. I'm impressed by their design talent and their intensive pursuit of the answer to "what's for lunch?"
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Images from Front Studio
Labels: architect
Libby Langdon
Libby Langdon - interior designer, TV presenter and commentator, actress, style guru and entertainer extraordinaire. Her website is a lifestyle inspiration file. An amazingly full life and inspirational ideas.
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Images from Libby Langdon
Labels: interior designer
Thursday, April 19, 2007
The Panton S chair obsession continues...
Sadly, I still have not made a purchase of (at least) one of these. So instead I post photos of this stunning chair which only serve to whet my appetite even further. Oh well.
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| Andrea Martiradonna | Tim Clinch |
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| S.R. Gambrel | White Webb |
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| S.R. Gambrel | the apartment |
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| Dwell | Dwell |
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| 4 Homes | Helen Fickling |
Labels: chairs
Stripes
Stripes are a fun graphic way to address walls, and can make a room look longer or taller. They can be a pain to paint (I can vouch for that) but there are many wallpapers out there now that can save you some of the grief. They look great anywhere, as seen here, in bedrooms, dining rooms, hallways, living rooms....
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| Target Living | Living Etc. |
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| Easy Living Magazine | Easy Living Magazine |
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| Harlequin | Charles Allem |
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| Zoom Home | Ditte Isager |
Labels: wallpaper
Reader's home
Reader Allie sent these cool photos of her home to share. It's bright breezy and fun with lots of great ideas. Check out more on her flickr site. For all the high end rooms we post it's the readers' homes I like the best.Thanks Allie!
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Labels: reader's home
Fuse Lighting
Mark Cutler is a good friend of this blog and has his own great blog. One of his links is to Fuse Lighting who custom made this fabulous chandelier to his design.
I thought I'd share some more of their amazing lighting. Semi precious stones and capiz shell are some of their materials. Love that looooooong shell chandelier!
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Images from Fuse Lighting
Labels: lighting
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Surfing Cowboys
Surfing Cowboys is a store in Venice, California that specializes in mid century furnishings, rare cultural icons and even vintage surfboards. They have so many fantastic items listed on their site, I just had to post some of my favourites.
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| Danish Lounge Chair by Selig | Danish Rosewood Chair |
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| Nana Ditzel Chair | Hollywood Regency Chair |
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| Coffee Table c.1950 by Ico Parisi or Carlo D Carli | Milo Baughman Couch c.1970's |
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| Vintage Fireplace | Marwal Hula Head |
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| 51 1950's Pinup Cards | Vintage Heinkel Tourist Scooter Poster |
Labels: furniture, midcentury
Tony Ingrao
Tony Ingrao is a designer based in New York and has an incredible range of style - from classic to modern. He is known to have a Versace-like flair for drama and luxury. He has a passion for antiques and opened an exclusive high-end art and antiques gallery in Manhatten. I love his bold use of colour, pattern and artwork.
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Labels: interior designer
Martin Raffone
A touch of wit and buckets full of great space planning, attention to detail and a great eye for mixing styles, Martin Raffone designs interiors that are comfortable, livable and stylish.Great ideas here for dividing space and providing privacy. Hospital tracks and curtains have never looked so good. And that loftbed!
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Images from Martin Raffone
Labels: interior designer
Upside down winter
Most of our readers live in the northern hemisphere where spring is sprung (except if you're Kim and shovelling slush in Canada). Here downunder the weather is slowly turning chilly. Time for us to think of fireplaces. Look at these beautiful pieces of art. Funky and functional from Focus a French company founded in the 60s by Dominique Imbert.
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All images from Focus
P.S. Even if you're from up north now is a great time to think about installing that fab fireplace for next year!
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Sixty Hotel
Studio 63 is an architecture and design firm located in Florence, Italy that was started in 1998 by Piero Angelo Orecchioni and Massimo Dei. They designed the Sixty Hotel in Riccione, Italy and it is a modern, minimal masterpiece. I would LOVE to stay here.
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Labels: hotel
Diana Viñoly
Diana Viñoly is a brilliant New York designer. Her portfolio had me totally drooling all over my laptop. I am in awe of anyone who is bold enough to display huge artwork and she does over and over and over again. She had so many gorgeous photos of rooms designed in her eclectic style that I had a hard time decided which to use in this post.
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Labels: interior designer
Collett-Zarzycki
London based Collett-Zarzycki successfully combines architecture, interior design, interior decorating and landscape design. It is this multidisciplinary approach that has created this amazing portfolio. Their environments mix the traditional and the contemporary. Andrej Zarzycki and Anthony Collet have a 25 strong team whose work spans from Zarzycki's native Africa to France and London. Beautiful, classic, diverse, contemporary. Their work shows an understanding of their client's needs and the sense of location.
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Images from Collett-Zarzycki
Labels: architect, interior designer