Pantone Color of the Year 2014: 18-3224 Radiant Orchid

Since 2000, the Pantone Color Institute has been designating a Color of the Year to express in color what is taking place in the global zeitgeist. A color that will resonate around the

WishList 2 : Sable and Silver

01: American Vintage devore fleece asymmetrical zip jacket (on sale!) | 02: Art Print 'Favourite Typeface | 03: Wrenz Speakers by Gavio on Yanko Design | 04: Kuel H10 stylus for touchscreen by Spigen SGP | 05: Alessi's Fierzo Desk Organizer on A + R Store |  06: Yoga Bag by Stella McCartney for Adidas.

A house in Humlebæk, Danmark

Seen on Femina magazine, the renovated (originally 1929) brick house of jewelry designer Marie von Lotzbeck and photographer Jacob Kirk, with their daughter Esther and their dog Balder.
Where? By Humlebaek in Nordsjælland - the beautiful Oresund coast at north of Copenhagen.

See all the photos here.

Lady Desidia - Illustration

Lady Desidia is a Spanish illustrator whose whimsical fairy work you can appreciate in her blog and in her online shop (the artprint above is in my wishlist). Her talent brought her to the collaboration with Chispum that translated her beautiful illustrations in the Dream collection of wall stickers.

Today's Levitation - Natsumi Hayashi

Today's Levitation is the fantastic project that Natsumi Hayashi published on her blog 'yowayowa camera woman diary' untill 2011. yowayowa is a Japanese term meaning "weak" or "feeble."
Natsumi photographs mainly levitating self-portraits (and cats not levitating).
She lives in Tokyo with two cats.

Since I'm yowayowa, it's really heavy to carry SLR cameras around.

I started taking photographs for my “levitating self-portrait” series in fall 2010, and began to post them as a diary titled “Today’s Levitation” on my website since January 2011. The “Today’s Levitation” shots capture myself sailing down city sidewalks, hovering over a train platform, gliding in a restaurant and suspended over a deserted field.
I do not use computer graphics such as by digitally inserting myself into the photos. Instead, I simply ask someone to press the shutter release button. The most difficult part is perfectly timing my jump and the shutter’s release. To get one photograph, I sometimes take more than 200 shots.
I’m trying to express ... read on

BRÅKIG by ArtRebels for Ikea

Other new products (if the yesterday ones weren't enough) will join Ikea range from next february. Brakig is the new capsule collection curated by ArtRebels: furnitures, tableware, boxes and fabrics, characterized by pastel colors and geometric patterns.
'When ArtRebels was approached by IKEA last year with the intention of getting inspired, founder and CEO Carla Cammilla Hjort jumped on the opportunity to

Ikea January Inspiration and news

From Livet Hemma, some nice diy and decoration ideas: 01 New bedlinen for the new year - 02 Diy colored Bergsbo wardrobe - 3 Play with Ivar and Gladjande to make a new cupboard

We have to wait february for these two new products: 4 Botkirka shelves  5 Fjallberget office chair (I already talked about it here)

Rörstrandsgatan 36, Stockolm

I'm in love with this beautiful 120 sqm appartment in Stockholm, don't you? The interiors were stylished by Fantastic Frank and you can see it all here.

Etsy | January Wish List

I updated my Etsy 'Items I Love' List. How many beautiful things out there! Check it here.

Lomography x Zenit - New Petzval Art Lens

News from Lomography: the Lomography x Zenit New Petzval Art Lens is a stunning reinvention of the legendary Petzval Lens, which was first conceived of in Vienna, Austria, in 1840.

It is compatible with all Canon EF and Nikon F

Black and Pink for the BathRoom

From pale pink to brass + from deep black to transparent glass. Lovely palette for this bathroom from Swedish design company Ballingslöv. Furniture serie Bright + HV1EB vented mixer designed by Arne Jacobsen for Vola in 1960. (note: the minimal hanging towel rack). Styling by Anna Wedin and Asa Dyberg

White Tulips on my table

Some sneak peeks inside my home. I got these beautiful white tulips for my birthday (some day ago). They make me think that days are getting longer. I love Winter - it's my cosy season - but this year I'm looking forward to more daylight (only a little).
PS: Illustrations on the wall are from Gaelle Boissonnard and Lola Duval.

Coffeeklatch: a coffee at Nicolas Schuybroek's

Coffeeklatch - a casual social gathering for coffee and conversation (after the FreeDictionary) - is the project that Magali Elali and Bart Kiggen pursue with a lot of passion and share on the Coffeeklatch website.

Interviewing Belgian creatives in their homes/nests and sharing breakfast with them, Magali and Bart offer the readers a special close-up, a personal, intimate way to get to know them. 

Here, some beautiful photos of Nicolas Schuybroek's home, see more and read the interview here.

Check out their 2nd project, the online magazine All Items Loaded featuring interesting people, places and stuff.

Italian wool felt for Libratone

"Prato, the second largest city in Tuscany, Italy, is where centuries-old craft skills have successfully merged with modern industrial growth. Prato began to specialize in wool processing in the 12th century, and has grown to become Europe’s most important textiles and fashion centre."
Libratone - Copenhagen-based design audio company - has recently chosen to work with the wool produced by the manifacturer Lanificio Bigagli S.p.A. - established in 1973

Flaneur Society, Guide to Getting Lost

The Guide to Getting Lost is a pocket sized book which defines the concept of the Flaneur. Using the language of

To DO in the weekend: Tiny Trees

Tiny Trees: to have window boxes that last all the rest of winter, follow step by step this post by Erin Boyle on the Gardenista. I'm going out to look for cypress, Have a nice weekend! L+L

Artists' studios in Saint-Ouen - Freaks

The first WishList of the Year

Inspired by Benedichte's Ultimate List (I totally agree with quite all of the points but I'm not sure about the point 9), I could add (...to start!!): 01: Kishu Binchotan Charcoals, I would try their Zen purifying properties | 02: Eames disco chair by Okay Art, how wonderful is it? I would look as a GURU of design if I could sit on it My office would look totally different with it. I disperately need it. | 03: American Vintage Pull, winter sales have begun! | 04: Vermeil Silver Pave Goodnight Moon Bangle - JewelMint, beautiful! my finger need it.

Montecatini - winter

Holidays pics

I'm back in Florence. Yesterday, I woke up in Montecatini with a wonderful smell of coffee. It was the last day of Christmas decorations in the street (we enjoy decorations until the 6th of jan, you too?). Today I feel like it's the real first day of the year.

ps: breakfast at Cafè Juè Living, Montecatini.

Gold Wintersweet

Welcome to 2014! How was your beginning? Mine was very hygge. We stayed in town with good friends, our dogs and cats (all together, right), good food and drinks. Now I need to reprogram myself (maybe next week). I want to start the year with these beautiful flowers, hoping they bring joy and luck to all of you!

Blurrrrrrrrrring

Have you ever smelled wintersweet flowers? Their official name is Chimonanthus praecox (you can find interesting information here and here). Anywhere, they've bloomed right now in my garden, they always