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October, 2006

Tuesday October 31st, 2006

guest blog by Grace Bonney 2

Andyland

Andyland is another great site for affordable art, their collection is even a bit bigger than wonderwall. My personal favorites, of course, are the illustration collages of various Stockholm motifs. But I also love the butterfly woman, so delicate!

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Salad and Ljungbergs

Saldo is a Swedish textile company run by textile design couple Stefan and Madlein Fallgren. They recently started working with Ljungbergs textiles, so there should be more exciting news from this collaboration within the coming year.

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paper by Grace Bonney 2

ella studio

lisa at ella studio sent over her beautiful card line. much like the bittersweet lettepress collection we discussed last week, she has a line of well, bleep-worthy cards that say things i can’t print here. she also had a really beautiful line of pin-up and “unmentionables” cards that i really dug. click here to see…

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places i’ve never been

jennifer at jhill design just sent over a link to her beautiful, beautiful work. a graphic designer based in boston, jennifer just launched a brand new line of papergoods called ‘places i’ve never been’. the collection includes a wall calendar, desk calendar, a series of cards and some beautiful fine art prints. jennifer has a…

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artwork by Grace Bonney 3

apgar printing machine

i’ve always loved the simply beauty of chairs- their lines are so clean and so familiar. while clicking through etsy the other day i came across apgar printing machine‘s chair linograph and thought it was too interesting to pass up. designed by jonathan apgar of long beach, ca, this chair linograph is available right here…

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wonderwall

.wonderwall. is a Swedish company, selling affordable art online, hoping to change the look of Swedish homes, one wall at a time. They offer a wide selection of artist’s work, both photography and illustrations, each piece is numbered and signed.

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Ljungbergs textiles

.Ljungbergs Textiler., is a great place to shop for textiles in Sweden. Located about 20 minutes outside of Gothenburg, it’s a perfect weekend day trip. Ljungbergs has one of the best collections of fabrics in the country. And they are always working with some of Sweden’s most well known and current textile artists. In 2004…

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halloj

: : halloj ….following in the footsteps of two fabulous Swedish designer women, Frida and Karin is yes, another Swede. However, I am a Swede gone American. Living in Boston for five years, currently working in the city as an Industrial Designer. My own blog, red.house, is where I dream about the perfect home [a…

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lena corwin

lena corwin has always been queen of patterns to me and i think she’s really on to something with her printed wooden blocks. she tested out a new piece in her home and it was too cute to pass up. i’m hoping if all goes well maybe she’ll start selling pieces like this on found…

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student design by Grace Bonney 1

eindhoven at reluct

every year i wish i had gone to this show, but thankfully reluct has some gorgeous photos from the grad show at eindhoven. click here for a fantastic slideshow of designs showcased this year at the design academy eindhoven. enjoy!

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new guest blog: anna of red.house!

thanks so much to the wonderful karin eriksson for her fantastic work on the guest blog these past two weeks. she had some really beautiful finds and i hope you’ll all continue to read her blog now that she’s back “home”. as we say goodbye to karin, it’s my pleasure to welcome a relatively new…

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Friday October 27th, 2006

guest blog by Grace Bonney 2

Adieu

My time on the guest blog is over. Thank you Grace and all readers for having me! I hope I’ve given you some food for thought and inspiration. If you want to get to know me more, please come visit my blog. I shall leave you with a heart from Dada’s Diamonds “That’s Amore” collection…

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Maxine update

Many of you really liked Maxine Sutton’s work, and I asked her whether she sell to anywhere in the US? She doesn’t yet, but she’s working on it. In the meantime, contact her directly through her website.

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3 years and counting

ac and i are off to the mohonk mountain house for our three year anniversary. we’ll return on monday evening so i’ll be back blogging on tuesday. stay tuned tuesday for a brand new guest blogger and on wednesday, november first: the next crop of designers at the d*s shop! so, if you want to…

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pare umbrellas

the lovely satoko of pare umbrellas just sent over her new designs for the rainy season. i’ve been rocking my pare umbrella for a few months now and i can’t tell you how many people stop me while i’m out and ask where it. these new designs are far too cute to pass up. beautiful…

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bears

speaking of bears, my new painting by marci washington arrived today! it came from marci’s show at the beholder gallery, which is chock-full of great marci paintings. i love how haunting her works are- this one was a bit more chipper than the others, which is always welcome in my home (even ac liked it)….

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warymeyers

i love this room by warymeyers that lena posted earlier this week. doesn’t it make you just want to curl up with a good book and a cup of hot chocolate? i love love love that bear print. if anyone knows who made it i’d love to know…

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anthropologie

i need to lay off the anthropologie for a while (i know, i know) but these were too cute to pass up. i love the knitted accessories (tapers, votives) and the gorgeous drop pendant ($298). if those aren’t your taste they have colorful needlepoint pillows, a great stripey chair (damn the pricetag on that one!),…

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furniture by Grace Bonney 3

design by us

ralph at design by us sent over a link to their studio’s gorgeous work in copenhagen. i was completely smitten with this vanity cabinet but there is plenty to look at here. follow this link for plenty of great design from denmark [thanks, ralph!]

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