Style and Substance; the best of Elle Decor by Margaret Russel
Homevoyeurs.com is proud to present the opening of the homevoyeurs.com webshop!
As an added service to my loyal audience I have added a webshop feature where you can get inspired while shopping for wonderful books and DVD’s.
The kind folk at Amazon have allowed me access to their archives and stock. This means I can now offer you books on interior design, styling, homes, gardens, DIY, architecture and because you all want to live in their homes; the DVD’s of Desperate Housewives!
Browse 1000’s of books about country living, urban trends, tips for small apartments, gardens, vintage styles, glamorous decors, famous architects, trends, DIY and home improvement and much much more.
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The Private World of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge
Categories: See how others live
Picture this… a home decorated with eye for every single detail. A master plan with meticulous planning, preparation, devouring decorating magazines, mood boards, trips to the back country for that one off table; every nook, niche, tile and cranny is thought over to create a wonderful overall picture. Ornamented or freshly panelled ceilings, a robust, modern designers lamp or a marvelous and dramatic chandelier to top it all off…And a grey plastic smoke detector…. because you don’t want to die in flames…
Why, but seriously, why do those things always have to be so hanous, so ugly, so, so pratical!
Enter, the Chick-a-dee!
Chick-a-dee courtesy of Louise van der Veld
Designed by Dutch design student Louise van der Veld, it is the winning design in a design competition organised by the Dutch Association for Fire Prevention. Currently it is under production, so unfortunately not for sale yet. But Dutch design shop Thinking of Holland will gladly put you on a list to notify you when they will go on sale. Retail price is approximately 50 dollars/40 euros.
My name is on there, and I want it it white. But it comes in pink and grey too.
Categories: Design, designers and online finds · General living and fun stuff · design
Tagged: chick-a-dee rookmelder, chick-a-dee smoke detector, Dutch Design, Louise van der Veld, smoke detectors, te koop
Orange County California based illustrator Cheeming Boey, re-invented the styrofoam cup, or at least its use as blank canvas for his distinct black and white illustrations. This proves to be a lucrative niche as his cups sell for up to $220 a piece.
Copyright 2009 Boey
Copyright 2009 Boey
Categories: Design, designers and online finds · design
Tagged: Cheeming Boey, Illustrators, Stryrofoam cups art
On a recent browse trip to somethinbeautiful.blogspot I stumbled across the amazing work of Georgia Russell. This Scottish artist (1974) uses a scalpel instead of a paint brush,and books, old photographs, postcards and other paper objects instead of canvas. With her unique and meticulous (and as it appears time-consuming) technique, she transforms the paper in stunning 3D objects.
Autant en emporte le vent
Her agents website describes her work as follows:
Russell slashes, cuts and dissects printed matter, which she then manipulates and re-constructs into extravagant, ornamental, sculptural paper-works. The decorative qualities and inherent potential of her found ephemera are fully exploited as she transforms books, music scores, prints, newspapers, maps or photographs – sometimes with flamboyant colour and wild cutting, or with discreet play on the subject or title of her printed matter. Her works hover between object and image.
She was born in 1974 in Elgin, Scotland, and studied Fine art at Aberdeen University and the Royal College of Art. Various prestigious museums acquired her work including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Memoire 2001-2002
Categories: Design, designers and online finds · design
Tagged: design, Georgia Russel, origami, Paper art, scalpel art
