Fav new shop ...

Goodhood Store - Shoreditch.

Don't you love when you get lost and then find something amazing. Wondering around shoreditch fell across this new shop. Check out the new Goodhood interior shop. Goodhood , who are known for their fantastic range of clothing are now branching out to the interior market. Bit annoyed they've done my idea for a shop concept but a great collection of goodies.

Cool shop design

Concrete trend - bad for the planet but I have a solution.

As we all can see concrete is everywhere.From kitchen tops, bathrooms and interiors. Problem !?! concrete it is very bad for the environment. Surely we have learned by now that we need to improve our affect on this earth - our carbon footprint, I have a solution for you to ethically follow this trend. 

I don't normally go for fake products but a 'eco' way to follow this trend would be these fantastic award winning wallpapers by NLXL.

NLXL was founded in the Netherlands in november 2010 by Rick and Esther Vintage. The company focusses on premium quality wallpaper. NLXL is known for the Scrapwood Wallpaper collection, brainchild of designer Piet Hein Eek and NLXL founder Rick Vintage. This collection won the Editor’s award at ICFF New York in 2011 and can be found in the permanent collection of Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Recently the company introduced the “Brooklyn Tins” wallpaper collection for Paris based concept store “Merci” and “Concrete Wallpaper” by Piet Boon®. The latest collection is “Remixed. Wallpaper by Arthur Slenk”. In august 2013 two more collection will follow. The collections are available at more than 2500 resellers worldwide.

website  ;http://www.nlxl.com/

Art meets sculpture

I came across Celia's Beautiful work when she took part in artists in residents which took part in the Fritz Hansen London store. Such attention to detail. her unique use of wire really makes her sculptures come alive.     

"I use wire to create sculptures. Each sculpture that I make is a three-dimensional drawing with the wires representing a quality of line. Birds are my main inspiration; capturing their movement and character is my primary concern. I find that wire has a spontaneity that can give my sculptures a feeling of life and energy."

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http://celia-smith.co.uk/

Move over Scandinavia the Eastern trent has arrived...

This flawlessly executed selection of interiors may seem mysteriously miscellaneous. The minimal collection of living, dining, bedroom and the odd office space, is clearly influenced by competing continental styles, such as Art Deco, Rococo, Versace and Renaissance, but they have more than one fundamental element in common. Obvious is the precision with which each of these interiors has been constructed, the perfect balance achieved within, and the harmony exuded by the individual spaces. Review of the interrelated concepts of precision and the even interchangeable: balance and harmony, reveals a clue as to their origin. The design philosophy central to all of these images is intrinsically linked to the culture that produced them. They are of course, Chinese.