The Andes House

Chilean design studio The Andes House creates 'original beauty' by mixing traditional materials and artisanal techniques with a strong contemporary design sensibility.

Flowers & Little Shapes

Flowers found here, Geometrics found here (London-based illustrator/installation artist Lydia Shirreff)

PIPEWORK BY NICK FRASER

New Pipework coat racks by London product designer Nick Fraser.  The powder-coated copper pipes are saturated in fresh pastel shades referencing the Memphis design group.  The palette cleverly juxtaposes the industrial appearance of exposed pipes.  Love them.  Find more of Nick's work here, Nick Fraser Design.

CLEVER LAMP

Wowsers!  What an idea, so beautifully executed & photographed.  Very clever DIY lamp by Weekday Carnival.

DANIEL EMMA

Offbeat, functional, geometric, tactile, simple... Beautiful desk objects by Daniel Emma.  They exhibited at 100% Design in London a couple of months ago & the pieces are very covetable in the flesh.

KAREN WALKER

Selection from Karen Walker's American Girl collection, A/W 12.  I've added colour slices to show proportions/palettes & how well the brights are balanced with neutrals & rich navies.  Yes please!

COPPER POP

I've been picking up that copper is pretty hot right now.  Not sure what I think, I suppose it can either look awful or amazing.  Above are examples of the latter.


{1. Copper Shades, Tom Dixon; 2. Cushion, Selfridges; 3. The Great Gatsby, Penguin; 4. Teapot, Bijzonder Mooi; 5. Grid Vase Cylindrical, Jaime Hayon via here; 6. C2 Copper Wall Mirror, The Andes House; 7. Copper Bistro Chair, Anthropologie}

COLOUR

Colour.  Paris apartment of set designer Jean-Christophe Aumas {UK Elle Decor, Dec 2009}, Painting by Luci Everett via here, Behind the Scenes at Tsumori Chisato for Peut Etre magazine also via here}

AUTUMN WARDROBE, accessories

As the weather gets more chilly, I feel a wardrobe update should be on the cards.  Well, it's fun to imagine.  The most exciting thing is that COS now sells online here.

Bumblebee necklace, Alex Monroe

Yellow zip purse, Rock pendant necklace & Geometric scarf, COS

Shoes, Hobbs 

Sequin Collar, ASOS

Earrings, Mociun

Leather Collar, Gemma Lister

Weekend Bag, Pieces

DESIGNERS GUILD, KIDS

Screen-printed textiles, Designers Guild.  Prints for children can be tacky & commercial; these make me happy.  

FRIDA

Bougainvillea in the hair?  Little hand earrings?  Frida Kahlo.

MILLENEUFCENTQUATREVIGNTQUATRE...

Digitally printed silk carves by Milleneufcentquatrevigntquatre

SIGNE VILSTRUP

Work by Danish fashion photographer Signe Vilstrup

LAURA CARLIN

British illustrator Laura Carlin has turned her deft hands to ceramics.  She's just added these to her blog and I believe will be holding a sale towards the end of the year.  I think I've been good enough to deserve at least three bowls.

MAGAZYN

Practical, crafted, timeless & beautiful.  All products by MAGAZYN.  Shop online or find them in Belgium.

COLLAR

JUNYA WATANABE as far as I can tell.  Found here.

KIRATH GHUNDOO

Wallpaper by Kirath Ghundoo.  She exhibited at 100% Design in September & I can vouch that not only is the work more beautiful close up, but she is also a very good egg.

DAZZLE CAMOUFLAGE

Dazzle camouflage was used in both World Wars as a confusion tactic against enemy rangefinders.  The striking patterns made it difficult to determine the speed, heading, size & type of ship.  British marine painter Norman Wilkinson invented the concept & tested his pattern designs on little model ships viewed through a periscope in his studio.  Can I please have one of the little model ships?

ANTHROPOLOGIE

Heirloom vegetable ceramic pots, Anthropologie

MINA PERHONEN

Beautiful textiles as usual from Mina Perhonen AW 11/12

SMALL PEOPLE

Paintings by Mia Christopher, a multi-disciplinary artist based in San Francisco

JOSEF FRANK

Beautiful, wild 1940s textiles by Josef Frank. 

STUDIO FLUDD

Eye-poppers of colour in wooden magnet form, by Italian design collective Studio Fludd

PARTY ANIMALS

Uh yes please.  Party Animals by Jenny from Hank & Hunt.  She also provides a DIY tutorial over at The Sweetest Occasion where she's a regular contributor.

PALETTE

The first in a series on colour combinations to get my pigment-brain back on track

1. Lomography Diana   2. Confetti System   3. Rifle Paper Co. Calendar   4. Illustration by Sinead Evans

CAMILLA ENGMAN

Collages by Camilla Engman

OLD DELHI STREET SNACKS

Always unexpected, delicious, cheap AND exciting to hunt down, Old Delhi street food was one of my favourite things about the city.  Cardamom biscuits {3} cooked on a hot griddle strapped to a little cart, spicy potato Bedmi {4} served with semolina Nagori for breakfast, and heavenly whipped milk froth topped with nutty sweet crumbly stuff called Daulat Ki Chaat {1}.  I have Pamela Timms and her blog Eat and Dust to thank for my greedy good times around Delhi.

1. Daulat Ki Chaat   2. Ram Ladoo   3. Nan Khatai   4. Bedmi Aloo (plus Halwa Nagori)

Shakarkandi:  Winter street food king

GOOD STUFF

1. Jonathan Adler vase   2. Monkey watercolour   3. Anthropologie mug   

4. Toby Winteringham furniture   5. Uniform Wares watch   6. Laura Carlin vase   

7. Plenty by Yottam Ottolenghi   8. The music of Raphael Saadiq   9. Hylton Nel ceramics