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.

better late than never

maison martin margiela has designed the interior of a wine country hotel in bordeaux, france.  les sources de caudalie features 49 rooms and 9 suites.  margiela does an amazing job of mixing pieces from a variety of decades including the heller marilyn bocca lip sofa by studio 65 along with vintage mirrors and claw foot tubs.  and to top it all off, margiela's own signature trompe l'oeil surfaces.

grape drink

loving the colors of the vogue italia fall forecast issue.  absolutely gorgeous natural green accented with a rich grape.  great color inspiration for an upcoming project!

monochromatic madness

oooo i love unexpected things in monochrome.  i spotted this bike on the south side of milwaukee and was schooled by friends on facebook that it is a hauntingly beautiful ghost bike.  the blue boat by the very cool french artist xavier veilhan was auctioned off in monte carlo.  and last, nike's macaroon line of shoes in ripe raspberry.  delicious.

born free

here is a little color and pattern inspiration from this month's fader magazine.  artist mia looks amazing in a pink lace top against a natural green background.  check out the website featuring her new cd, maya.  i also love this marc by marc jacobs color loop sweater.  i would kill for one but can't find it in this color anywhere.  

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.

do or die

i almost thought neon was dead.  

thank god for vivienne westwood and brazilian design group neon.  at the spring/summer 2011 fashion show westwood's models were made up with bright eyeshadows and neon presented a collection of head to toe neon pieces.  neon colors are still in full force but with a bit less fluorescence.  pastel neon is the new hotness.

via highsnobette

show your stripes

fashion designer jean paul gaultier dressed this room for elle decor in london. i love the stretched fabric over furniture pieces and have been seeing this a lot. via trendland

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!

sunglasses at night

i want a pair of twist glasses!

the hot pair of shades, by james van vossel,

are shown on mocoloco bloggers

during milan design week.

via mocoloco

sweet thing

sweet sugar!

candy wallet

by maison martin margiela

via mocoloco

ok its my turn

missoni opens its first store in los angeles.

very cool textural facade!

via abitare

can i get a

the very cool scenography graphic for viktor & rolf's

autumn/winter 2010 show "glamour factory" was created by studio job.

via designboom

sheer genius

here is a new board by yours truly

featuring the see through trend.

its a super hot trend in fashion for spring 2010 and

has been running over into lots of architectural &

product designs.

i'm kinda busy

check out this super cool headpiece worn by

lady gaga in her latest video for "telephone"

with beyonce. the piece was made by the one

and only fred butler who makes the most

amazing accessories. check fred out here

throw it in the bag

supermarket sarah has a new shop!

patternity features some of the

coolest patterns i've seen yet.

shop til you drop here

walking that walk

marc by marc jacobs jewelry collaboration with maripol,

a designer straight outta the eighties.

gimme one of each please.

come to africa

another trend board for 2010 by megan m gordon!

african themes are abundant in fashion and home.

love the bright colors and the play on traditional patterns.

read all about it

so here is some display work i did for
urban outfitters using neon orange duct tape.
i passed these photos on to blogger jacquix of
"i love sticky tape"
and she wrote up the nicest post!
she's so cool.
check out her blog here.

love at first sight

love, love, love this pink and coral acrylic

jagged edge necklace from h&m.

just a little something i treated myself to

over the weekend.

i spy corals as spring's hottest color.