Designer's Diary: Unna of The Forest Cantina
Unna Burch lives with her husband and two littlies in Wellington, where she grows her own organic veges, keeps five beehives and has heritage breed hens. A make-up artist originally, Unna now shares...
View ArticleHenrietta Harris
New work from New Zealand's Henrietta Harris. Love the addition of the gold leaf / confetti.
View ArticleNew from Tim Webber
Making my panties fly off this week: This amazing copper mirror - a new addition to the Press mirror range by NZ designer Tim Webber.
View ArticleAlllllll Good (and sparkling)
Can I just take a moment to appreciate the work that NZ brand All Good are doing? Thanks. The small Auckland business started out bringing the very first fairtrade fruit to New Zealand - fairtrade...
View Article@Iloveugly does homeware
NZ menswear brand I Love Ugly continues their move outside fashion, now with their first piece of homeware - the I Love Ugly floor rug. N I C E. If you took Pharrell rug shopping (I'd like to take...
View ArticleNew Products (for Milan 2014) from NZ's Resident
Pick Up Sticks Chair by Simon JamesJamie McLellan's Fibre Light in Bottle (and Funnel, above with chair)Architect Nat Cheshire is one of NZ's finest. This is his Parison pendant.Tangerine Stool by...
View ArticleFancy Spaces - my favourite interiors this week
L O V E the rug. Actually, love everything about this room. This is maybe the best vintage kitchen ever. Those awkwardly slanting cabinets are so cute, the grid effect on the tiles is accidentally...
View ArticleMagnapix
My fridge was in need of a little graphic update, so I was stoked to be asked to try out Magnapix. Like you'll probably guess from the name, Magnapix turns your favourite pics into little...
View ArticleFairytale vintage lodge in the woods, to modern container home high on a...
This beautiful home and event venue - Old Forest School - is in my neighbourhood here in the Bay of Plenty. Tucked away in a wooded valley, it's a fairytale vintage wedding venue with an historic...
View ArticleW I N... Tickets to Semi Permanent!
Semi-Permanent returns to Auckland for 2014 on the 2nd and 3rd of May. Wooooooo!You know what Semi-Permanent is, right? It's a two-day symposium with talks by 12 inspirational people from the creative...
View ArticleHappy Friday Design Pick n Mix
A bag of treatsies, just for you.Awesome new Wary Meyers candles.Love these knitted diaper covers (and other goodies) by BabyDegenWhen I grow up, I'll have one of these so-so-beautiful plaster pendant...
View ArticleThese are the Golden Days
My Golden Days print is now available in A3 size, and you can get it either framed or unframed. The gold foil is printed on a 320gsm (nice and thick) bright white, textured stock - all lovely and...
View ArticleFancy SPACES
We're always looking for just the right mid-century sideboard for our place. It's gotta have at least one lockable part, with working key, like the one in this picture. The 8 year old girl in me still...
View ArticleFlux espresso bar and boutique
My neighbourhood continues to increase the awesome with the re-opening of Flux boutique and espresso bar. Emma Walsh has been operating Flux for a few years now, in a couple of different locations....
View ArticleC U R R E N T L Y - with NZ designers George & Willy
George: I went to India and Sri Lanka in Feb with my mate Dave, which was fun. Will: Spent January exploring Nepal for the first time. Can’t wait to go back. Some of our photos are hereGeorge: Eating...
View ArticleTimothy John x Paper Plane - good good looking new stuff
By now, I'm sure you know that NZ designer Timothy John and his interior design wifey Krista Plews started their own design store, Paper Plane. It's a fave. But what you may not know is that Tim (note...
View ArticleBeautiful from the inside out - new Auckland boutique The Tonic Room's brand...
Images via Gather & Hunt It's been a bumper couple of weeks on the NZ design scene, and one of the pieces of work making me as proud as ever to be an Aotearoan (let's pretend that's a word) is the...
View ArticleA M A Z I N G NZ homes in the latest issue of @Urbismagazine
The latest issue of URBIS is out on shelves now, and it's a special Renovation issue. Five amazing reno'd homes, with a sneak peek for you below. Wear a bib!I literally have trouble breathing when I...
View ArticleNew from Tim Webber...
My couch just got a boner.New cushions from Tim Webber - and you can buy them on his online store.
View ArticleNZ gone AU - two NZ design brands just opened in Australia
I spy awesome spindleback chairs, cute paper autumn leaves and a copper bowl that my salads wish they were served in.Two New Zealand design brands have crossed the Tasman this month, opening their...
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