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.

up all night

check out the brand new aka chair by jean marie massaud for skitsch.  the chair has solid oak legs connected to a plexiglass seat and is available in a variety of colors.  skitsch works with both emerging and established designers to bring you considered contemporary design for your home via catalogue, web and 2 stores located in milan and london.  they believe "we are where we live."  true dat.

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.

bend it

the pli chair by maurice marty for roche bobois comes in a lovely shade of pink glass.

sonic boom

partners & spade has the one of the coolest inspiration photo blogs around.  the marketing and branding company who also produces films, books, apparel and conceptual products has done work with some of the brightest and best including target and lighting company roll & hill.  based in manhattan, the front of their studio serves as an art gallery.  sounds like the best job ever.

diamonds are forever

and crystals are for couches.  furniture company edra's diamond collection features some of their best pieces encrusted with swarovski crystals.  above are the flap sofa (a personal favorite), damier chaise lounge and on the rocks by francesco binfare.  last, but certainly not least, is the sushi chair by fernando and humberto campana.  so glamorous!    

pixel by pixel

spanish designer cristian zuzunaga collaborated with wallpaper* magazine and bed manufacturer hastens to create this bed for wallpaper*'s "handmade" edition, available now.  zuzunaga loves pixels and has made his mark on a variety of products including ligne roset's togo sofa in shanghai fabric and a couch for christophe delcourt.  love it!

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.

rose colored glasses

rose colored lens print

nova scotia print

ketch pillow

stikit tape dispenser

cb2 has just launched their fall 2010 catalog.  as always, the magazine features beautiful sets in modern loft spaces which you can see here.  featured above are some of my favorite new products.  i love the color fade in the rose colored lens print is by brooklyn based artist katherine duclos.  and i am a little bit obsessed with the art of caning right now as seen on the ketch pillow.  the caning craft is definitely having a revival right now and i see it being used in unconventional ways as a huge trend for home right now.

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!

spin the wheel

the colored glass "xxx tables" by johanna grawunder were featured in t magazine, the new york times style magazine, last month.  grawunder has worked on a variety of projects including furniture for b&b italia, lighting for flos and mirrors for boffi.

rainbow bright

the voila accent tables by max piva for bonaldo will brighten up any room.  the colorful tables are made of heat bent acrylic and can also be ordered in painted sheet metal.

prickly pear

moroso's current webpage features "tumbleweed" artwork by francesco simeti and andrea sala.  i spy cactus and succulents as a huge home trend.  stay tuned for an upcoming cactus trend board from this girl.

oh yeah

oh wow.  and they aren't  kidding.  ohwow is a more than appropriate name for the creative collective who's goal is to connect artists and their proposed ideas with a community of others who have the experience and resources to execute the given project.  ohwow hosts a variety of events across the world with roots at ohwow in miami and the ohwow book club in new york.  i am loving the book club's turquoise and metallic wallpaper and shelving inspired by navajo patterns.  both very cool venues are designed by architect rafael decardenas of architecture at large.
via the cool hunter and ohwow.

we can see you

the "wood" LED table lamp by fredrik mattson for zero, a scandinavian lighting company, reminds me of pacman.  very fun.  via dailytonic