Monthly Archives January 31, 2013

There is something truly beautiful and mysterious about old photographs. For me, they are an endless source of inspiration and intrigue. Needless to say, I've fallen in love with these dream-like images of Japan from 1886, documented by...

Mimi Jung is a Brooklyn-based jewellery designer and style curator who runs a blog/ online shop/ design studio Brook&Lyn. She recently applied her sharp eye and impeccable taste to weaving a series of wall hangings for which she uses silk,...

I’m generally a believer in less is more, but this warehouse conversion by ése Studio Architects of Athens, is teaching me a thing or two. This part office, part apartment space is a texture and pattern mash-up party and everyone’s...

It's certainly not every day that I come across a multi residential tower that makes me squeal with excitmenet. And by "not every day" I mean - hardly ever. Particularly when we are taking about our beloved country permanently stained by...

Bicycle Taxidermy is an ongoing project by London-based designer, Regan Appleton, who preserves hipster cyclists' retired handlebars. I must admit, at first I thought these looked a bit like trophies for sick drivers who'd run over...

Sydney-based artist Natasha Frisch creates elegant and meticulous paper sculptures that challenge our perception of the built environment. Many of her works posses a chameleon-like quality, effortlessly camouflaging themselves into their...

You are looking at the Mandala No.1 by South African lighting company Willowlamp. This massive illuminated light sculpture was inspired by Islamic patterns, extruded to create a three-dimensional form with complex interlocking...

P & T concept store is a brand new retail space in Berlin dedicated to those mad about the aromatic leaves and stationery. In case you failed to pick up on it, am absolutely positively head over heals in Extreme Love with this stunning...

Hôtel Paradis in Paris is a boutique hotel in the capital's 10th arrondissement, recently transformed by French designer Dorothée Meilichzon. Ms Meilichzon successfully combined vintage, mid-century and modern elements to create a rich...