stop and smell the roses

british fashion designer paul smith brings his talents to mahram's digital project.  "hand tinted rose" is a large scale digital wall print inspired by vintage postcards.  so very pretty.  the advertisement was spotted on the back of august's interior design magazine.

somewhere over the rainbow

american furniture company dune features a rainbow palette of products in their advertising for surface magazine.  the very cool company does not mass produce their products and works closely with emerging and established designers.

fancy huh

moooi, you are sooo coool.  loving your paper doll style advertising featuring some of your coolest pieces including work by marcel wanders, jamie hayon and studio job.

you got spark

design textile company kvadrat's current advertising features upholstered forms in a variety of bold colors and shapes.  it has a 1980s memphis feel to it which is very trendy right now.  the company has worked with a variety of big name designers including patricia urquiola, tord boontje and olafur eliasson.

how sick is this?

minneapolis based furniture company blu dot doesn't beat around the bush.  they feature the felt upholstered dodu bed along with the statement "getting the flu sucks.  make it suck less." in their current print advertising.  just telling it like it is.  i dig it.  

flos

lighting company flos features the chasen s pendant lamp designed by the notorious patricia urquiola in their current advertising.  the amount of light the lamp gives off can be altered by mechanically moving the slats which also changes its shape.  available in black or white.

free his mind

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jesse furniture company has roots in milan and a store in chicago.  the company is based on a "total living" concept and categorizes their products by day and night.  above is some of their current advertising.

land of the free

textile company maharam's current print advertising features a digital project called "along banks of rivers high"by the brooklyn based artist brian alfred.  the piece can be installed as wallpaper but is meant to be seen as a piece of art.  i saw the piece in person at neocon and it was absolutely gorgeous, a mix of vivid greens in a geometric pattern inspired by the lay of the land.

what time is it

talk about a blast from the past!  swatch watch has pushed their way back into the limelight.  i'm feeling a bit nostalgic about this as i have fond memories of my very first swatch watch with its minty green band which was stolen by a fellow 3rd grader.  above is a photo i snapped of an inside cover ad from july's coilhouse magazine for swatch watch's colour codes collection.  swatch has been pushing the campaign hard and put out a challenge to some of the top fashion and design magazines out there including wallpaper, nylon, i-D and v magazine (photo from the spread shown above).  facebook fans were then asked to vote on their favorite campaign.  and the winner is...yoho magazine.  you can get your own colour code watch for $50.

the grass is really greener

kartell's new advertising campaign follows the green outdoorsy advertising trend.  the ad features products in pinky orange, orange red and kartell red colorways that are set up in a collage to form the letter k.  i'm digging it.

catch you on the flipside

here is a little advertising from moroso featuring my beautiful backside by design duo doshi levien.  the cozy kitschy seating uses both wool and silk fabrics to create an ironic mix of texture and is available in a variety of sizes and colors.  not often is such emphasis put on the design aesthetic of the backside of a couch and doshi levien manages to give the same attention to detail to the front side creating a very dynamic piece. the designers create a seamless mix of cultural influences in their work, combining nipa doshi's indian inspiration and jonathan levien's european industrial background.  the seating is inspired by a painting of a princess surrounded by pebble shaped cushions in her palace seen here.  love it!

shop til ya drop

 

abc carpet & home has the cutest advertising right now.  and you can get some of the goods for bargain prices during their summer sale going on right now.  included are the louis ghost chair and stone stool both by kartell, as well as tom dixon's mirror ball pendants.  happy summer shopping!

hello walls

dedon, an outdoor luxury furnishing company, has recently launched their "coming home" campaign.  the campaign was shot by fashion photographer bruce weber who used a wide variety of models and animals for the shoot.  the advertising is fresh, young and hip, as is the company who just celebrated their 20th anniversary.  the photography from the shoot has also been made into a book which you can purchase on the dedon website and while you are there be sure to check out the blogazine.  pictured above is my favorite piece from dedon, a room divider called "green" by jean marie massaud.

chopped and screwed

the italian home decor brand seletti has some new collage style advertising that i am really digging.  check out their products from furniture to tableware here. 

the next movement

roche bobois features a trendy "lived in" look in their current advertising for the verdana sofa by designer philippe bouix.  

orange you glad

i spy neon!  check out the neon orange door handles in the background of this set for the tom dixon by george smith, a british upholstery line.  via twentieth

you're my obsession

i have a confession. i know why you can't find any wedges by cynthia vincent for target in the milwaukee area. i bought them all. the designer collaboration shoes have been selling like hotcakes and have become so difficult to find that they are currently selling on ebay for more than twice what they originally sold at target for. fashion bloggers have been going nuts over the target launch which seemed to cause a bigger storm than expected. get it while its hot!

we ride

i can't believe its taken me this long to comment

on my latest obsession: the nissan cube.

i have test driven one of the cult status vehicles

with its asymetrical back window and interior design package.

nissan has gone all out with the advertising

and i'm real surprised i don't see more of the cube.

above is the cube in a cube...of ice, that is.

tattoo artist henry hate branded the ice cube

with a traditional japanese design.

via we heart

imma be rich baby

o wow!

which epos visa card are you?

i am loving this pink liquid plastic one by studio von birken in nyc.

check out the epos website to see all one hundred designer cards.

how sick and wonderful is their advertising?

hello turkey toe

check out this photography work by khuong nguyen

featuring my favorite chair of all time,

panton chair by verner panton.