yesterday amy merrick and i hopped in a bright red zipcar and jetted across town looking for craft supplies to style a photoshoot for house beautiful magazine (click here for a sneak peek of the shoot). after visiting michael’s in queens and ikea, we headed to our ultimate destination: the new saipua in red hook….
i’m a huge fan of the charles and ray eames, so i was happy to see some of their classic designs on trays from vitra at the lollipop shop. i just love this green and black style- click here to check out the full collection online. and over at the d*s guest blog today amy…
We Are The Friction is a book of shortfiction and illustrations, coordinated by Jez Burrows and Lizzy Stewart. The concept involved 24 international writers and illustrators being allocated into pairs, and each then produced new work inspired by the work of their partner. Illustrators include Jon Klassen, Nigel Peake, Nous Vous and Verity Keniger. There…
I love children’s books! When feeling uninspired there are few things better than flipping through a colouful, happy and silly piece of literature. Oliver Jeffers books account for quite a bit of my collection, his stories are ridiculously cute and the illustrations are so detailed and lovely. ‘The Incredible Book Eating Boy’ is about Henry…
I first came across illustrator Stuart White through Narrative, a Glasgow based collective of illustrators and artists (including Stuart), who collaborate and make handmade limited edition products. His folio is filled with wonderful illustrations, the kind that make you giggle aloud. He also dreamed up my favourite alice in wonderland ‘drink me’ mug, perfect for…
I’m going level with you, I’m a huge nerd for Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. Only last year I took a pilgrimage to see the real Orchard House lived in by the Alcott family. Okay so it wasn’t technically a pilgrimage, seeing as I was in Concord, Ma on other business but let me…
illustration of various forks types by Julia Rothman For my second, past and present column, I thought we would take a look at the fork. I’ve included a few tips on simple collecting and care of silver as well as a little “fork etiquette section” (and there’s even a little bonus section at the very…
today’s city guide is devoted to a vibrant south american city that i have been dying to visit for years: buenos aires. thankfully blogger/designer/stylist manvi drona-hidalgo was kind enough to share her favorite spots with us today- so i can live vicariously through her recent travels. our d*s fall/winter intern rabeika messina will be reporting…
today’s biz ladies post comes from clair holt, who recently shared a great guide to calculating your rate with us. in this post, clair will be sharing her expert tips for preparing presentations and proposals- something we all have to do at some point or another. if you’re like me and could always use a…
sometimes the combination of beautiful furniture and photography just knocks me over. these pieces from german designer valentin löllmann, created from bits of old “forgotten” furniture, are so lovely i can’t resist them. i love the lighting in the photos- everything is so moody and gorgeous. i’d love to have that sofa on a sunny…
good morning! i wanted to start off today with a little eye-candy from designer judy ross. she debuted her new fall collection at the ny gift fair and had some beautiful new pillows to show. i love the cloud-like style on the top right, and the uzbek-inspired style on the left, below. judy’s colors are…
Mysterious Letters is one of the loveliest projects I have ever stumbled upon. In April 2009 Lenka Clayton & Michael Crowe sent a personal, handwritten letter to all 467 households in the small Irish village of Cushendall. ‘We hoped these unsolicited letters would prompt neighbourly discussion, spreading across the town, promoting community curiosity. The art…
hi guys! this is amy azzarito from past & present! in order to give anne, plenty of time for macaroons and walks along the seine, i’m going to helping to lighten her sneak peek load a bit. and, i’m so excited for my first sneak peek to be of the super-artistic converted church home of…
kelly moseley isn’t our first sneak peek-er to ditch new york to head to austin, texas for the “bigger life.” after twenty years in greenwich village, it was time for the family (now with two young children) to start a new life. in new york kelly had honed the art of buying undervalued properties and…
it’s not everyday that you get to see a space that makes you feel “like your are inside of a boat,” but it’s a concept that jewelry designer anna sheffield developed with todd fenton (architect) and clayton haske (carpenter) – definitely a different feel than the designers roots in new mexico, but i absolutely love…
whenever i see an email in my inbox from someone at uxus design, i get excited. we’ve run their gorgeous design work before (an incredible dutch canal house and their super-cool mcvillage) and today i’m thrilled to add a new piece of uxus design: la finca. la finca is a private home in mallorca spain…
[this post is the seventh in a series of guest posts we'll be sharing from our summer correspondent in copenhagen, brittany watson] Hi folks, After 6 weeks of often little sleep, constant travels, and definitely lots of printing we showed our digital textile prints at the final exhibition of the Danish Institute of Study Abroad…
my name is amy borrell and I spend my days working as a freelance illustrator and designer in melbourne, australia. I have two little blogs, all the mountains where I post the wonderful things I stumble across online and tummy-ache, silly bits and pieces from my days. I’m so excited to be sharing some of…
good morning! i’m thrilled to kick off the week with a great new line from designers jennifer hill of jhill design and kelly smith of etcetera goods. jen and kelly collaborated to create a beautiful line of pillows made from reclaimed felt originally intended for the under-collar lining of tailor suit jackets (hence their company…
Design*Sponge founder Grace Bonney was featured in the August 15th, 2009 issue of The Guardian UK, as part of the article “Bloggers are the authors of their own destiny“. Click here for the full article.
