Check-In At the Office…

Taoyuanju by Vector Architects…color laminated glass and vertical gardens…breathing space…

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Natural Production…

…enter Barcelona designer,Victor Castanera, and The Areniscos project.  Victor visualizes an alternate production and creation model within the parameters of our natural habitat where he explores how nature can move us to create a sensorial, sustainable and experiential process.  The vision inculcates the possibility of growing a small industry that permits the simple creation of a series of products taking advantage and leveraging nature in its simplest forms, without damaging it in the process. No machines, no contamination, only a small amount of resources are needed to create the product. This industry will not only highlight the product but also the process and philosophy of natural production…just pure beauty.

If I Had a Hammer…

…Cartier “Juste Un Clou” bracelet reissue…made for designing women, yes?

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Cheers…

Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Florale by master flower artist, Makoto Azuma…let’s open the bubbly and raise our glasses…

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Pencil Sharpener…

Karoto carrot sharpener by Avichai Tadmor for Monkey Business…can also be used on courgettes or cucumbers…

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Woody…

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Jack Gems…

…unexpected ‘bling’ …introducing a new luxury tech accessory for smart phones and tablets...Jack Gems by Objets d’ Envy.  Fun!

Which color will you choose?

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Setting the Stage…

…Happy day…I’m very excited to introduce, Alex, from the D Pages Blog.  D Pages is a design magazine made by designers for anyone interested in design. They are devoted to sharing all things cool and beautiful and D Blog is their outlet for sharing design news and tidbits between their monthly magazine publications. Check them out, you’ll be glad you did…and, now, Alex…

A “>video peek at how the show decorated with a million flowers came together.

D PAGES blog is very happy to fill in today for Cabbagerose while she is on holiday. In brainstorming for a post to contribute, I stumbled upon these gorgeous shots from Raf Simons’ Dior couture show and thought they might be a perfect share. So without further ado…

From his childhood home in Normandy where he helped his mother create her English gardens, to his country retreat at Milly-la-Foret where he designed and worked in his own gardens, Christian Dior was known for his passion for flowers. He not only avidly cultivated them in his gardens, they wound their way into the prints, wovens and embroideries of his collections. The icon of couture was also known for his highly structured, architectural approach to clothing – so it seems only fitting that Raf Simons‘ vision for the backdrop of his first Dior Haute Couture show combine these two loves of its founder. Over the course of 4 days, teams of people meticulously covered every wall from floor to ceiling with peonies, goldenrod, dahlias, carnations, delphiniums and roses, transforming the space and transporting the show’s attendees into a lush Alice in Wonderland-like world. Bravo Raf, not only for a fabulous Fall/Winter 2012 clothing collection, but also for envisioning such a magical space in which to present it! Unless otherwise specified, all images courtesy of dior.com

Studio Farg & Blanche…

…smitten with the creative work coming out of this design studio based in Stockholm, Sweden…

sky scrape

shelf bridge

re-cover chairs red

rhubarb lamps

tapis de compagnie carpet

coat

re-cover chair black

fedrik farg & emma marga blanche

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Shiro Studio…

…”Making the invisible tangible” is the guiding principle of London based design practice, Shiro Studio.  Research across many disciplines feed the studio’s ethos…anatomy, aeronautics, meteorology, botany, sculpture and digital fabrication.

“Shiro means ‘white’ in Japanese, but here it implies a philosophical translation where white is perceived as the purest creative approach. Shiro is the infinitesimal fraction of time before an idea is represented on a blank piece of white paper. It is here, in this tension between inception and the beginning of the design process, that the purity and integrity of creativity is found.”

…organic landscape meant to ‘read like a book’…unfolding chapter by chapter…enzo ferrari house exhibition in modena, italy…

…enzo ferrari museum in modena, italy….

…private residence in rome, italy…cannot wait to see this project upon completion…a beauty.

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Pure…

…and beautiful design…

“untitled collaboration work” Design-Jay and glass artist Yoowan, Yang

Nivis by Shiro Studio

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Color: Neon

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Ain’t That America…

I love this…Duplex by none other than Frank Gehry for Brad Pitt’s foundation, Make It Right down in New Orleans.  “Little pink houses, for you and me…”

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Lenny Kravitz: Rock Star Designer

Oh, Lenny Kravitz, you are more than a Hollywood triple threat…musician, actor, interior designer, and fashion designer…not to mention heart throb.  Lenny began his New York City-based interior design company in 2003, but now he wants to expand Kravitz Design into an empire including furniture, bedding and clothing lines.  “The plan is to make it a lifestyle brand, (that is) my dream for this company. In the same way you would see Ralph Lauren or Giorgio Armani.”  Lenny, I’ll be inviting you into my home…

…gorgeous interiors…

…furniture designer…mademoiselle chairs for kartell…

…three dimensional tiles…

…wallpaper for Flavor Paper…

…shoes for Tom’s…

…music for you and for me…

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Over the Rainbow…

…Ecole Maternelle Pajol, Paris by Palatre & Leclere Architectes…bright and cheery for memory and mental agility.

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