ferm LIVING - AW12

'ferm LIVING is a Danish company that aims at designing and manufacturing interior products with a graphic touch. The product range consists of wallpaper, WallStickers, textiles, kitchen items, a large KIDS collection and much more great stuff to come…

Do you feel the rain?

“some people feel the rain. others just get wet.” bob marley
written late 2011 in jacinto street, davao city
from juan day.

Have a nice weekend! L

WorldFlexHome - Danish sustainable housing in Shanghai

Danish worldFLEXhome develops, manufactures and sells "green" homes  at 0-energy. The architect-designed homes have a modern design and are based on modular constructions. The first prototype will be used for a sustainable housing in the Chinese city Wuxi (East of Shanghai), where the Danish test house will be placed in a large development-project with a total of 45,000 m2.
The homes will be the first prefabricated housing system, that meets the class 1- demands in the international environment-building-standard, Active House and fulfils the Danish 2020-requirements which implies co-opting energy consumption through integrated solar cells.
The project started 2 years ago at the Danish Institute of Technology Projektet Institut, lead by center Director Anders Thomsen, and was developed in collaboration with more than 20 Danish partners – like Velux, Isover, Junckers, Cembrit, HTH og Jeldwen.
”We have solved the modular capability by using a module of steel as basic structural element (equivalent to a 20 or 40 feet container), because of the stability and flexibility in this wellknown construction. The building system can be used for construction of detached and semidetached dwelling, townhouses, rowhouses and not least storey housing”, says architect and partner Mads Møller from Arcgency.
”The chinese municipality in Wuxi has provided 2 exhibition sites for our disposal for five years, that will be our commercial take-off both in Wuxi, and also other places in China”, tells Anders Bach-Sørensen, who is shareholder, together with Jan Sørensen, in worldFLEXhome.

Sources: missdesignsays.tumblr.com + worldflexhome.com
Photos: Jens Lindhe

Twig Hutchinson - UK Interior Stylist

I really love the work of Twig Hutchinson. Twig is one of the UK’s leading interior stylists and is known for her beautiful, delicate and classic style. Here some pictures from her website.
After a BA in History of Art & Architecture and a year of various works, Twig Hutchinson began working as a freelance stylist, winning soon the Crown Paint Interior Stylist of the Year ‘One to Watch’ Award.
Over the past 10 years her work has been published in lots of magazines and the number of her commercial clients has grown. She lives in London with her husband and two children.

Moodboard 16 / Ortensia

Furniture: Claybourne Sofa from Layla Grayce / Bookcase CAMILLE, Maison du Monde/ Wormley Style Wingback Chairs in Yellow Naugahyde, USA 1970'S /
Objects: Drawing 'Capsule series No. 9' from TwoElm Studio / LSA Malika Vase from Occa-Home / Globe Table Lamp from Tracy Glover/ Maison Guedin Luxury Scented Candle - Jasmin from Occa-Home /
Pillows: Velvet Cushions from Oliver Bonas / Doxie Silhouette Pillow /  Lava Splash Feather Filled Pillow / Exotique Imports Bright Red Pillow/
 

Sweet Paul magazine - fall 2012

Dip & Dry

Sweet Paul magazine is based on Paul Lowes wildly successful blog Sweet Paul, which ranked 22nd in the London Times Top 50 Best Design Blogs. Pauls motto is chasing the sweet things in life and the magazine sure lives up to that. It will be filled with easy and elegant recipes, fun and stylish crafts, entertaining ideas, shopping tips, up and coming crafters and so much more. The photos in this post come from my preferred articles in the last issue - Sweet Paul magazine fall 2012 

Diy skyline

Manhattan design shopping guide

Honey-toasted chèvre with tapenade

Felt mushrooms

Charlie's first birthday

 

MINGUS, by Cecilie Manz for Lightyears

Breaking news from Danish Lightyears - the new lamp MINGUS designed by Cecilie Manz. The idea with Mingus has been to create a simple, technologically uncomplicated pendant that shields modern low-energy light bulbs, provides good lighting and can be used for many purposes.

 

Inspiring words

 

 

Have a nice weekend!

Edra's Sofas

 

Edra was founded in 1987 in Tuscany - Italy - and derives its name from the Greek word ‘exedra’, meaning a meeting place for philosophical discussion. Manual intervention is part of the process for every Edra product, which means one-of-a-kind results combined with serial production. Edra pieces are ‘finished by hand’ because artisanal know-how and attention to detail are what ensure the highest possible quality.

In the photos, some of my fav sofas by Edra:
01 : Flap by Francesco Binfaré
02 : Aster Papposus by Fernando and Humberto Campana
03 : Cipria by Fernando and Humberto Campana
04 : Chantilly by Inga Sempè

 

Evil Robot Designs - Bespoke Lamps



Alien Nation and three Bespoke lamps

Bespoke Lamps - by Evil Robot Designs - are made assembling toys to create stunning and stilish lamps with a striking high gloss finish. The lamps - each one dedicated to a theme - were presented in the 2012 Clerkenwell Design Week.



Heavy Metal

Evil Robot Designs was created by UK-based artists EViL ED and Dan Robotic, "whose aim is to blur the lines between geek and cool. Taking elements from film, comic art and popular culture they endeavour to bring these secret loves into the modern home.
The business started out in 2011 after the duo were thrown in at the deep end when one of their toy lamps made from Hot Wheels cars was auctioned for charity by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. Elle Decoration then asked them to feature in an article on artists who upcycle. Evil Robot Designs flourished and orders flooded in from as far afield as New York and Beijing.
They now produce a wide variety of different products, from solid walnut comic-inspired coffee tables to B-movie wallpaper. All their work is designed in house and where possible all materials are sourced locally to create a truly British brand to be proud of." The design duo can also create personalised pieces on demand.

When Worlds Collide

Autumn Shopwindows in Florence

 

 

 

 

 

1 - 2 - 3- 4 : Louis Vuitton's windows in piazza Strozzi. All window installations have been produced by Louis Vuitton in collaboration with the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Have a look at her work, she's fantastica.

5 : LuisaViaRoma's window.

6 : Piazza Duomo a Firenze, 2 september 2012.

 

Other Instagram Images

 

Originals:

Spectacular transparent swimmingpools

Equis House by S. Barclay - J. P. Crousse

Equis House by S. Barclay - J. P. Crousse

Equis House is a seasonal residence in Cañete (Peru) projected by Architects S. Barclay - J. P. Crousse in 2003.
"The project seeks to create the necessary intimacy to live in the desert and to 'domesticate' it without denying or betraying its characteristics. We started by conceiving a pure solid which would appear to have always been there. During the design process, we "excavated" this theoretical solid, removing matter bit-by-bit, just as archaeologists would remove sand to discover the pre-Columbian ruins in this region. The resulting exterior spaces merge with interior spaces in a continuous fluid space within an enclosure that pushes the ambiguity between interior and exterior spaces to its limits."

La Purificadora by Ricardo and Victor Legorreta

 

La Purificadora, by renowned Mexican architect Ricardo and Victor Legorreta, located in the historic centre of Puebla, is the new incarnation of a late 19th-century factory long used to purify water for the production of ice.

The building’s tradition of purity is still the guiding leitmotif at the simple and minimalist yet modern and edgy style.



OFTB - Elsternwick

OFTB - Elsternwick

OFTB - Middlepark

I end with the photos of two private houses designed by OFTB (Out of the blue) architects, a team of landscape architects based in Melbourne, Australia.

Autumn Shopping

It's raining and temperatures are 27° during the day, I'm happy. I'm a winter type so every year in Italy, I welcome autumn! And now I can really begin to think to autumn, everything starts again and I can finally make my cakes in the freetime (it's to hot here to warm the kitchen in summer). Last weekend, I went shopping and these are my finds: H&M origami swan necklace and faux leather olive bag (I personalized it with a DKR) + grey sneakers (soldes). I ended up with some shimmering clotheshangers from ZaraHome. Everyone needs a little sparkle. I'm satisfied.

 

Lemons

I shot some still-life of lemons today and it reminded me one of my favourite quote: If life hands you lemons make a gin and tonic. Now I'm going to get a bottle of gin (I'm not alcoholic, don't worry;-). Happy week-end, I'll be back on Monday!