I’ll be in Paris in early September to put up a Skinny laMinx stand at Maison et Objet. I’m a little daunted, but super excited, and I like to think that Ilse Crawford might also be feeling a touch of nerves about Maison, where she’s to be feted as Designer of the Year. Our shared feelings about Maison (well, my speculation …
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Best Things: Ilse Crawford at Maison
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Best Things: Octopian
Super obscure and hyper intriguing, the Octopian is a limited edition special project magazine created and designed by J3 Productions. To date, two issues of the Octopian have been published, and the analogue versions have both been very generously sent my way by editor in chief, Jonathan Lo (who you may already know from here) “The Octopian …
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Best Things: A day at Vitra
While I was in Amsterdam recently, I took a rather indulgent day off, flying to Basel for the day in order to get to the Vitra Design Museum where a massive retrospective of Alexander Girard’s work is currently underway. The Vitra campus is basically one big photo opportunity, as it’s dotted with buildings by Tadao Ando …
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Best Things: Alexander Girard
The first time I came across the work of Alexander Girard was in a vintage shop in New York City, where I opened a vintage Herman Miller fabric book and felt my heart drop out of my chest. I saw there the simplest designs in colours and weaves of such quality, and they made me realise …
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Best Things: Samuel Zeller
A learned something new last year, when we replaced a couple of windows in a small enclosed balcony with that pleated/lined/fluted glass I’ve always loved. It’s called ‘reeded’ glass, and I love looking through it at the tree outside, because of the way it breaks up shapes and colours. Photographer Samuel Zeller has been photographing the winter …
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Best Things: Yan Ruilin
I’m in love with these adorable wooden critters by Taiwan based wood artist Yan Ruilin.
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Making Friday: Printing at Warren Editions
Attentive readers of this blog may recall that during 2015, I spent four Saturdays at Warren Editions print studio, learning all about CMYK lino printing. I loved the workshop, so was super excited when Zhané Warren started opening the studio on Monday nights to alumni of the courses she’s run. I signed up for three months, …
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Best Things: Julian Watts Studio
Once again, the ‘explore’ feature on Instagram has thrown up an exciting discovery for me. Please meet the most beautiful hand-carved objects by Julian Watts – a woodcarver from San Francisco. I feel as if my Oddjects have found some family members.
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Best Things: Ray Komai
Instagram and Pinterest are wonderful sources of treasures, best enjoyed when I go beyond a simple ‘like’ or ‘pin it’, and take the time to explore a little. This morning, thanks to @modernform on Instagram, I spotted this intriguing image of a design by Ray Komai – a name I’d never heard before. Some Googling told me that Ray …
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