Bookmobile

14/Dec



Image: theshophouse on etsy


Sure, an ipad or Kindle is awfully handy, but you can’t do this with them! Created by artist, Lisa Occhipinti, each bookmobile is designed as a sculptural object to emanate bliss.

Interestingly, Occhipinti’s is set to release her first book, The Repurposed Library, in April 2011. The publisher says it will feature 33 projects that breathe new life into orphaned books and flea market finds – but aren’t they missing the ironically obvious?!

From $US 68; available from theshophouse on Etsy.
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Moleskine Mini Planner Stop-Motion

08/Dec

MINI PLANNERS from Moleskine ® on Vimeo.

Things have been a little crazy around these parts. The usual December madness of catch-ups, cocktails and cheer is in overdrive and things have never been busier (or more exciting) on the work front.


So, I thought the perfect tonic would be one part part frivolous and two parts brilliance. Created by Dutch visual artist, Rogier Wieland, this stop-motion for Moleskine Mini Planners might just be more sensational than the product itself….if that’s at all possible when it comes to anything Moleskine related!

The Design Files Calendar

28/Nov


I’m finding myself wishing away these last days of 2010, just so I can put my 2011 Design Files Neighbourhood Calendar to use!


Illustrated by some of Australia’s finest illustrators, it features twelve of the loveliest neighbourhoods from Melbourne and beyond. And if that wasn’t enough, it doesn’t get much sunnier and joyful than the special orange fluro ink that’s been used throughout and powder-coated yellow wire binding.

Yes sirree – this is twelve months of perfection!

Au $30, available online from Lamington Drive.

The Happy Town Menagerie from Lorena Siminovich

22/Nov





Images: The Curiosity Shoppe

As soon as I clapped eyes on the happy little chappies – and chapettes – of the Happy Town Menagerie, my heart began to sing!


Bright. Uplifting. Joyful. Each hand-turned piece is made from reclaimed wood and finished with orange oil by artist/illustrator/designer Lorena Siminovich.

Oh, happy day!

From US $140; available online from The Curiosity Shoppe.

Interior Textiles from Sixhands

19/Oct






Images: Cool Hunting

I’ve got to give a big high five to Sixhands!

This Australian studio blends fashion with interiors for a free-spirited range of printed textiles, wallpapers, and most recently an interior collection that includes rugs, cushions, lampshades and canvases. And if their bold designs aren’t enough to send you to seventh heaven, Sixhands only uses the latest technologies and environmental sounds production processes.

Yup, you’ve got to hand it to Sixhands - they‘ve got it nailed!

Same, Same but Different

05/Oct

You say wrapper. I say rapper. Who knew they would both be such a delight?! Start hump day right with two delicious tastes that are same, same but different:

Wrappers Delight
Curated by graphic design studio, Hyperkit, Wrappers Delight is an exhibition of orange fruit wrappers that have been collected over the last eight years. Unique. Charming. Juicy!




Images: Abitare

Rapper’s Delight.
Go on…you know you want to! Try and resist busting out some of your best moves to The Sugarhill Gang’s 1979 classic, Rapper’s Delight.
Video: YouTube

‘Homemade is Best’ by Ikea

03/Oct






Images: Forsman & Bodenfors

Who would have thought that the publisher of one of the most visually inventive baking cookbooks, would be none other than Ikea?! ?!

Styled by Evelina Bratell and photographed by Carl Kleiner, Homemade is Best features pristine arrangements that focus on ingredients rather than the finished cake or biscuit. Inspired by high fashion and Japanese minimalism, the resulting images are an abstract, almost geometric…er, visual feast!

A stack more images from Homemade is Best can be found here.

Homemade is Best is free in the kitchen section of select Ikea stores in Sweden. (Boo hoo!)

American Fashion Designers at Home

28/Sep

Oscar de la Renta’s home in Kent, Connecticut.

Ralph Lauren’s ranch.

Johnson Hartig’s home in Los Angeles.

Tory Burch’s home in Manhattan.

Jenni Kayne’s home in Beverly Hills.


Francisco Costa’s Murray Hill Manhattan home.

Donna Karen’s home.


Milan this week.
London last week.

It’s hard to escape the fact we’re in the middle of Spring/Summer 2011 runway season. For fashion escapism of a different kind, take a gander at some of the pages from the recently released book, American Fashion Designers at Home.

Presenting over 100 homes owned by the the likes of Ralph Lauren, Betsy Johnson and Oscar de la Renta, it is the ultimate voyeuristic journey.

Images: Locoav

Blacklist Studio Prints

27/Sep




Image: Blacklist Studio

Blagh. We’re all terribly under the weather in our household.

Thankfully, these prints by Sydney-based, Blacklist Studio are brightening my day. Entirely inspired ‘by a crazy little thing called love’, they make me one very happy lady – especially the Tiny Dancer set!

From US $40; available online at Blacklist Studio’s Etsy Shop.

‘Framed’ at London Design Festival

21/Sep



Images: Moco Loco

The London Design Festival is currently making it’s mark with a focus on simplicity and the hand crafted touch.

One of my fave installations is Framed, a collaboration between designer Stuart Haygarth and framing company John Jones of London. Found along a marble staircase in the V&A Museum, this piece uses 31 types of frames in a variety of colours, sizes and styles totalling over 600 metres in length.

Haygarth calls it ‘akin to 3D graffiti’. Whatever it is I can’t help but stop and stair…sorry…stare!

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