Category Archives: Design, designers and online finds

Candice Olson book

Posted on January 2, 2010 | Leave a comment

Candice Olson on Design: Inspiration and Ideas for Your Home

In an earlier post I wrote about the lovely Candice Olson and her TV show Divine Design. She has published a book in which she shares design secrets and some of her best projects. Her fresh and easy approach to design and decorating show that with a bit of imagination, flair and patience, anyone can create their dream home. Her book features several dramatic before and after photographs of make-overs. Sidebars show easy to use tips and references to materials and products.

Buy the book in my webshop here.

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Minimalist interior with design master pieces, for free?

Posted on December 16, 2009 | Leave a comment

In February I posted about our friends rakin’ in design for free for their new home. They buy, mark up, sell with a profit and buy more design until at one point they have earned back their investment and can decorate their home with top-notch master pieces by the likes of Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier.. for free! Well, the furniture that is. They still had to splash out for the bathroom and kitchen, but with all the money saved on furniture they could afford a bit more on those, and it shows. They are hosting a house-warming party this Saturday, and I can’t wait to ogle all that design. For those of you not on the guest list; here’s a sneak preview. 

Cassina Le Corbusier LC2 chairs

 

Kitchen designed by owners, built by Miele. Appliances Gagenau, faucet Zazzeri Soqquadro

 

MR90 Barcelona chair by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Louis XVI mirror

 

Bathroom designed by owners, built by Waterproof Bathrooms. Teak wall mounted cabinets by Rifra. Faucets Zazzeri Soqquadro

 

Photography courtesy of Rogier Bos. You can check more of his work here 

Got inspired? Here a few tips for books about some of the designers featured in this home and about minimalist interiors. 

Mies van der Rohe: Stuttgart, Barcelona and Brno: furniture and architecture. By Alexander V. Vegesack, Matthias Kries, Vitra Design Museum Staff

 

Inside MNM: Minimalist Interiors. By Jaume Nasple, Kyoko Asakura

 

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Smoke detectors… a decorating afficionado’s nightmare

Posted on November 12, 2009 | 2 comments

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!

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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.

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Cheeming Boey, styrofoam cup artist

Posted on November 8, 2009 | Leave a comment

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. 

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Copyright 2009 Boey

 

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Copyright 2009 Boey

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