September 2011
9 posts
Our pick of the London Design Festival | The... →
Misguided's September soundtrack...Strange Mercy...
Jill Flower, Origin 2011
LUMINAIRE BÉRGERE CHAIR by Lee Broom
Part of the 2008 Rough Diamond collection, this original antique Bérgere chair was found in a flea market in the North of Paris, and brought back to London. Featuring limited edition pieces, Rough Diamond was a spectacular revival of distressed vintage furniture. Adorned by dramatic turquoise neon illumination, this unrestored armchair delivers an electric visual display, with a sympathetic nod...
Tent Loves...
Tent Loves is a series of three beautiful installations, commissioned by Tent London. The installations will be produced by designers and curators each working in different materials. The series will consist a collection of stunning hand-blown pieces by Gillespie Glass; the unusual ‘skin collection’ of hand-stitched soft leather lamps and furniture by Studio Pepe Heykoop; and a selection...
FADI YAZIGI: Che, Angel, It's me, Donkey
To coincide with Frieze Art Fair this October, the Mosaic Rooms will host a striking exhibition from celebrated Syrian artist Fadi Yazigi. One of the most important artistic voices in the Arab world today, Yazigi has exhibited extensively throughout the Middle East, Europe and the United States, but this is the first time his work has been displayed in the UK.
This solo show includes recent...
London Design Festival
Misguided Artists
An exhibition that explores the notion of the artist as an outsider, celebrating the voyeur, the rebel, the outcast, the marginalised, showcasing art belonging to counter-cultural tradition. Tonight, Homerton High Street in Hackney…
August 2011
33 posts
Fata Morgana TJ one by Marcel Wanders, 2010
‘In the disturbed mind of the fearless textile jockey, tweeds, pied de poules, embroideries, weaves, knots and knits together create an endless deep textile hallucination’.
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Press release from Fritz Hansen
FAVN (‘embrace’ in Danish) is the result of an experimental dialogue between Fritz Hansen & Jaime Hayon. It presents an honest interpretation of Fritz Hansen’s design values.
“FAVN is an evolution of Fritz Hansen’s design language that brings together the qualities of Spanish and Danish design”. Says Jaime Hayón.
“FAVN is picking up from the long tradition of Arne Jacobsen...
Marsotto Edizioni UK launch
Works in marble by Alberto Meda, Claesson Koivisto Rune, Konstantin Grcic, James Irvine, Joel Berg, Jasper Morrison, Maddalena Casadei, Naoto Fukasawa, Ross Lovegrove and Thomas Sandell
21 – 25th September 2011
twentytwentyone showroom
18c River Street
London EC1R 1XN
Jean Prouvé by G-Star RAW for Vitra...a range of...
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Press Release from the Conran Shop:
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New and exclusive to The Conran Shop, the Prouvé RAW Special Edition limited collection of 9 Jean Prouvé furniture classics reinterpreted by international denim brand, G-Star available to buy for a limited 12 month period from October 2011-2012 . Set to be future collectors items, each product is distinctly stamped with a G-Star Raw emblem and has...
Soirée Privée: Conrad Shawcross & Adriana Varejão...
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Belleville rendez-vous
Milan's Giogia Borneto portrait photography ♥
The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.
ITALO CALVINO, The Literature Machine
The Middle East: where the old meets the new
This breathtaking refurbished apartment by Pitsou Kedem is located in Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv. Designed by Israeli architects, the building combines the Old World with modernity, taking inspiration from history, and injecting contemporary architecture and interior design to this dramatic space, as it sits above the harbour, surveying the Mediterranean. With its magnificent vaulted stone...
Nicholas Kirkwood in collaboration with 80s artist...
On display at the Nicholas Kirkwood store on Mount Street, they’re a must-have for the floordrobe.
The wonderfully sculptural shapes and use of materials is just as impressive as the art they display. The shoes are a frame, exhibiting a painting and each have an individual character, that commands an emotional depth. They tell a story as all art does, and we think they are simply fabulous....
Captured by Juergen Teller, Helena Bonham Carter...
from i-D magazine in February 2011
…fresh talent from days one and two of Graduate... →
Read The secret of Ménilmontant by Shirley Hottier...
Helmut Lang at Harvey Nics
This is why we love Maison Martin Margiela ♥
New Conran Classics at the Conran Shop
New Collection at Eco Boutique by Calum Macdiarmid
Incredible Vivienne Westwood silk and latex dress...
Oh Kavka
More from Asia Gwis at
So true...
Blue Surge by Rebecca Gilman
Directed by Ché Walker and produced by Mark Cartwright, now showing at the Finborough Theatre ****
Love's a losing game x
Queen Valerie x
Iconic ceiling light made in the orb design for...
July 2011
96 posts
Love these glass and steel tea lanterns from Niki...
Mathieu Challières
Artisan, Mathieu Challières is one of our favourite boutique lighting designers. We loved his gorgeous Volière lamps, with their aviary inspired copper-wire frame, but we especially love for its raw, industrial chic quality, the wrought-iron Philibert pendant lights are part of the Parisian ateliers latest collection.
And tomorrow we're off for some retail therapy to...
Deserted City: sublime images that capture a...
purple DIARY - DAVID LYNCH'S SILENCIO CLUB OPENING... →
Truly, madly, deeply in love ♥
Designer of the Week...Poul Kjærholm of Denmark