Smellingly good
Great type face, lovely amber glass vessel, delicious Wild Ginger scent - the limited edition Ashley & Co. for Superette candle is a goodie. Ordered.
View ArticlePeachy Keen on these leather and brass goodies
I'm super keen on all the peachy natural-leather goodies from NZ designer MyDeerFox.
View ArticleFive (current) Faves
• Yes please to a proper modern Danish candlestick - the Nocto in soft pink. By Normann Copenhagen and available online from Nordic Fusion.••Welcome to my earlobes, little leather earrings. From...
View ArticleGIRL YOU BE KILLIN' EM - Janine & The Mixtape and Watercolours
Lorde's not the only antipodean songbird you should be paying attention to. Chelsea and Janine (first name basis as if I know them): I've been listening to these two NZ babes all afternoon, and just...
View ArticleRenee Boyd Ceramics
True or false? NZ ceramicist Renee Boyd makes awesome vases? True! Go to the head of the class!
View ArticleIn the pages of Homestyle..
Yes, interior design penpals, there's a new issue of Homestyle on shelves now and it made me go: wowowowowowow. These two images are from my favourite pages in this issue - but there's plenny more...
View ArticleThe details aren't details. They're the D E S I G N. I Love Ugly's interior...
The details aren't the details. They are the design. It's a quote made famous first by Charles Eames, then Steve Jobs and maybe now by Valentin Ozich, the Creative Director of NZ-born, world-class...
View ArticlePick n' Mix time - grab yo' bulk-bin bags...
Dear Stationery Boutique, please accept this small hand-written notelet as a token of appreciation for your small hand-written notelets. The Vilfred desk is relevant to my interests.Ok, all you other...
View ArticleHappy Sunday - it's time for Fancy SPACES
Sunday sleep-ins.This is the creative space of Little Canoe. (Great name). I want to spend a weekend here making paper garlands and macrame wall hangings.Love the leather draw-pulls and a butler sink,...
View ArticleNZ's Unknown Collective
Unknown Collective is a new concept in New Zealand fashion retail - it's a style store that carries only New Zealand brands, and only from the least-known, emerging New Zealand designers. 22 year old...
View ArticleThe inimitable Simon James
NZ designer Simon James recently released a lower-back version of his Navigate sofa. Slicker than your average.
View ArticleLeeAnn Yeah!
LeeAnn Yare just launched her own range of bedding (and some new cage lights too) over at her store, Collected. You can pre-order for April delivery, and instead of having to buy a whole set of one...
View ArticleNew hand-printed honeys:
You'll remember Wellington-based NZ designer and illustrator Sally Shand (of Ragdoll Illustrations) because we followed her around for a day over here. Well, she's just added some superrrr cute new...
View ArticlePick n Mix time! A ziplock bag full of designy treatses...
Suck on these bon-bons...I was re-re-re-perusing my copy of Frankie SPACES and came upon the home of awesomely creative Londoner Lizzie Evans. She's the the founder and director of SMUG, a playful...
View ArticleA N D: 2 nice (and sort-of-matching) New Zealand-designed things
Vetyver & Bergamont luxury soap (and fragrance) - a new line from NZ fashion designer Ingrid StarnesPetalhead Botanic - a new, all-natural and organic beauty brand from Muriwai beach, New Zealand
View ArticleWin! Journal & Notebook Sets
NZ illustrator Angela Keoghan now has a sweet little line of stationery - including these (unlined, we love unlined) journals and notepads. And I have 5 sets to giveaway! Just fill in your name and...
View ArticleFancy SPACES
Yes to striped bedding, double doors with a brass handle, wooden crates with thick white-paint stripes, and THAT FLOOR LAMP.That white wire chair! My new fave.PS: Cute teeny wooden shelf (ledge?).More...
View ArticleAnother NZ brand that just GETS IT, y'know? The newest cafe on the Coffee...
Photography by Michael ValliHand-painted signage by Sure Shot.Supreme (literally and figuratively) stationery, created by Supreme's in-house designer, Al KeatingThe Melbourne-ising of downtown Auckland...
View ArticleThe new Matt Nash bags are just so damn good. (AND you can win one!...
D r e a m duffel... I think I'm gunna be sick (in a good way)Every. detail. Yes, I know that's alooooot of pictures. But these bags are alooooooot of cool. And alot of quality. And alot of handmade....
View ArticleFive Faves
•Simple and solid-brass pen, from Minimalux (and a leather sleeve for it to go in, ooooh yes).••Soap on a Rope is B - A - C - K! Almond Soap on a Rope from everyday needs.•••Be Brave vintage tin...
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