just like the stationery show, icff coverage will be continuing here all week, but i wanted to wrap up show coverage for the day with ten more of my favorites from icff. stay tuned tomorrow for more show coverage (and a new biz ladies post next)! the furniture society of america booth felt a bit…
national stationery show coverage will continue throughout the week, but i wanted to add 5 more stand-outs booths today, starting with linda + harriet, who debuted a gorgeous new calendar (the bottom half of which detaches to become a post card) and greeting cards this year. i always love liz’s work but her new calendar…
this year the lighting at icff was really strong- and with a heavy accent on organic glass forms. some of my favorites are above and below- i hope you’ll enjoy. stay tuned for more from the stationery show, icff and a biz ladies post at 2:30 today. john pomp‘s booth blew my mind. john really…
this year’s icff showcased some really beautiful woodworking- something i find myself increasingly interested in. some of my favorites in this theme were shimna, scott braun and larimore. each designer approached the material differently, but with an equally beautiful result. first up is shimna, and designer aaron huston’s beautiful furniture. i loved the way aaron…
for me, this year’s stationery show was mostly about strong, consistent designers churning out more strong work. i think the recession prevented too many new designers from showing, so i found myself going back to my designers i was already familiar with to see their beautiful new work. the smaller show size meant i got…
good morning! i’m shattering personal records left and right this week- because yesterday i managed to walk the stationery show and surtex in one day (and still have time to talk to everyone!). the show was smaller this year but for some reason it still took from 9am to 6pm because there was still plenty…
This is a project I’ve been thinking about doing for ages. So it was time to kick start my DIY heart and get it done. I’m hoping it will be the first of many 3-D cracker installations. I used a gluten-free saltine cracker recipe that I found online eons ago (sorry, I don’t remember where)…
Good Tuesday morning everyone. I am so happy to be here this week! A big hug & high five to Grace for inviting me to do some showing & telling. I bet like me, you are all excited to read about what her keen eyes have spotted at this year’s ICFF and Stationary/Surtex shows. In…
good style must run in their family. after rinne allen’s sneak peek that was a huge hit (see it here if you missed it), we now have a mega peek into her sister lucy’s place. lucy and her husband jim moved back to her hometown of athens, georgia in 2006 after some time in charleston,…
i couldn’t end the day without mentioning one more great designer that is part of the european design scene: one of my current favorites, jaime hayon for baccarat. jaime has such a wonderful whimsical sense about his work and i’ll never forget stumbling upon his work at the milan show in 2007. it was like…
before i wrap up icff coverage today (and make room for a beautiful sneak peek), i wanted to end our UK celebration today with my favorite designer from the show. this will be her second year running and rightfully so- miranda meilleur is a phenomenal designer. based in wales, designer and silversmith miranda meilleur has…
textiles are my favorite part of any show, so i was happy to see so many beautiful fabric ideas in the british section (note: this section is dedicated to designers working in the uk, not necessarily from there) of icff this year. my instant favorite in the textile design category would be chae young kim….
to put it simply- contemporary british designers do wallpaper really, really well. these designers were the bulk of the reason i spent 2 hours in this 3 row section alone. catherine hammerton, tracy kendall and clarissa hulse are so good at what they do. (so was lizzie allen but unfortunately they weren’t keen on people…
alright, first things first- i loved so many of the hanging pendants i saw in the british design section. i also loved their wallpapers (more on that later), but i wanted to kick things off with these incredible pieces by chun wei liao and daisuke hiraiwa. based in the uk, both designers experimented with creating…
whew. to say that i’m already ready for the weekend would be a massive understatement. i managed to get ICFF done in one day (that’s gotta be some sort of record for me) but then spent all day and night editing through over 1200 pictures to find the best pictures of the best products. this…
the design season madness kicks into full gear tomorrow so i’m heading out today to get myself ready for 5 full days of design show after design show. tune in on monday for icff coverage, followed by the stationery show and surtex- it’s going to be a packed week! until then, i wanted to add…
this week’s under $100 column doesn’t really have a theme- other than to celebrate cute products that won’t break the bank. because everyone needs a little treat now and then. [image above, clockwise from top left: paper hand votive $8 at abitare (call to order), winesap bottle opener $24, charming jewelry by tord boontje $27,…
i absolutely adore getting a peek at well-designed weddings so i was thrilled to hear from alissa and ryan at shop horne about their recent nuptials. after seeing their incredible sneak peek (which is, to this day, one of my top three favorites) i was curious to see what sort of beautiful decorations they would…
Wisteria is a flowering woody vine. It has large, grape-like clusters of blooms that hang rather languidly from gnarly branches that snaggle up anything they can climb. Perhaps you have seen it… Climbing up the south-facing wall of your century-old stone home perhaps? Trailing across the trellis in your secret garden? A smattering atop the…
I have admitted some of my obsessions here before, and here’s another: Carrot Cake. Like the perfect chocolate cake, I am always in pursuit of the perfect carrot cake. Equally as important as the crumb, though, is the frosting. I often use one recipe for the cake and another for the frosting, mixing and matching…
