Louis Vuitton’s Objets Nomades at Design Miami 2012.What could one expect from a partnership between luxury French fashion house Louis Vuitton and a bunch of blue chip designers? Nothing other than the ultimate killer combination of extreme love variety! Launched at the recent Design Miami,...
Flat Life by Finn Magee.Flat Life is a series of products by young designer Finn Magee consisting of a light, a clock and a speaker. These two-dimensional posters were designed to perform like fully functional three-dimensional...
NOW! LE OFF // Paris Design Week 2012.So did you guys think I was all done with my Paris report? Well, you see, I'm only just getting started. Today I'm going to tell you about my time at Paris Design Week (10th-16th Sept 2012). One of the more interesting places we visited...
MAISON&OBJET Highlights, September 2012 // Part 02.As promised, I'm back with with Part 2 of the highlights from my recent visit to MAISON&OBJET in Paris. Today's post is a small collection of my favourite moments related to products, home-wares, accessories, sets, styling, other bits and...
Design Free Thursday // Lionel Ritchie.I have a confession to make - I love Lionel Ritchie. As cheesy at it might be, his music makes me super happy. With so many chart topping hits and that awesome head of hair, Lionel Ritchie has become a bit of a symbol of cultural kitsch....
Very Visual Vases // Design Trend.I remember a time when all vases used to look the same. Or pretty similar at least. You could almost predict their shape. Round or cylindrical - straight up and down, tapered at the top, or maybe flaring out, possibly faceted if the...
Saturday in Design // Melbourne, 2012.It was that time of year again when those vague “I’ll drop into the showroom sometime” promises finally come to fruition and designers gorge on concerning doses of baked goods, cheese, wine and champagne while perusing a range of...
Mirror Mirror On The Wall.Lately I've been noticing interesting mirrors around this World Wide Web of ours. Seems to me that mirror design is going though a bit of a renaissance. I decided to do a little roundup of some of the most interesting examples I've seen...
All That Glitters…There's been a lot of talk about gold and brass all over the internet and design magazines in the last little while. This is hardly a new trend - brass made a huge come back some time ago in the world of architecture, interiors, fashion...