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Beards of Wellington
You know me, I love a good personal photo project. Wellington photographer Michael Valli normally shoots interiors and architecture, but - inspired by a series of Rembrandt's self-portraits (and having...
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New Newness: These leather camera bags by NZ brand The Brothers
Styling by PROCESS, photography Stephen TilleySmall NZ brand The Brothers make leather bags and accessories with the idea they'll be passed from generation to generation. Each style is given the name...
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Perfect Bound: NZ designer launches simple, stunning notebooks made from...
I know my journals, oh yes. You could say I'm an unlined notebook specialist. (and an expert in black inky pens). So I was super excited to get an email from Wellington-based designer Rina Ogura...
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Fancy S-P-A-C-E-S!!
That window though! As much as a big open-plan, huge-kitchen-island, servery-to-the-deck kitchen would be amazing, I secretly think I'd prefer a humble little space like this.External internal doors....
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A Day In The Life...
All photography by Swift & Click for Fancy NZ Design Blogendemicworld's Elliot Alexander is up at sparrows to bike to the ferry, and not home again 'till you-need-a-headlamp-to-chop-wood hour. In...
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NZ Well Groomed Fox are B. A. C. K. with these very handsome lights...
Love the light stone colourOMG you guys, you have no idea how long I've been waiting for these imaggeeeeeessssss! They're the newest product from NZ's Well Groomed Fox, whose first few products scored...
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A modernist table designed in NZ in the 60's... relaunched today by the...
This super cool cuboctahedron is the first product from Homebase Collections' newly-launched sub-brand, Culy & Co. It's called Geo Baby, but this baby's actually around 50 years old. The table was...
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Ben Crawford does Stockholm...
Husqvarna sent Ben Crawford (author, photographer and winner of the inaugural The Block NZ) to Huskvarna, Sweden (yip, a city after which the chainsaw was named) - to help celebrate their 325th...
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The Most High: BRILLIANT work from NZ's Inhouse...
Sexy as hell wordmark and super minimalist packaging for NZ wine brand Akitu (meaning 'the most high')The origin of the grapes - in the shadow of NZ's stunning Southern Alps - became a large-scale...
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One to watch: NZ (in NYC) filmmaker Tom Gould:
I was going to share the video for David Dallas'Runnin' with you months ago, but forgot to. Then today, I watched this brilliant short film SKIN (below), and worked out the same guy created both. That...
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Newstyle Homestyle…
NZ's Homestyle magazine went and got itself a whole new look - including a verrrry nice indeed new website. Simplified, refined, still super cool.This issue, the Homestyle team put together interior...
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New from NZ's Designtree...
Tim and Rebecca's newest product, the Acorn light. Yes please, I want many.The Frankie pendant (which can extend lengthways for longer spaces) and Chamfer stool.The Frankie pendant comes with black or...
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Win a one year subscription to INSIDEOUT
YUSS. We used to have to wait two whole months for each issue of InsideOut... now it's delivering full fat bottled goodness monthly. A N D.... I have a one year (12 issues) subscription to give away -...
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For your afternoon delight… a few Fancy SPACES
Fave bits: the huge photographic print (ocean) leaning against the wall, concrete planters, those white painted floorboards, AND THOSE WINDOWS THOUGH.I have a feeling I've posted this before (it's a...
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Dialog - a capsule collection of NZ furniture
I mentioned the other day this capsule collection initiated by Backhouse. They've collaborated with some of NZ's best furniture and lighting designers on a bunch of new products - collectively called...
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Citta Design - Summer '14
NZ's Citta Design is taking us to the city of Hanoi with their summer'14 collection - A Midsummer Daydream - online (here) now.
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Nathan Goldsworthy's Tio chair gets reissued (and damn, gurl must be using...
Damn, gurl... you haven't aged a day - are you using Olay? Fancy's very first blog post ever - back in 2009 - was about Nathan Goldsworthy's Tio Chair (hollah at me, Cooper Black). Well my old pal has...
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(Pick of the) NZ BEST Design Awards 2014 - Interiors
NZ's Best Award finalists were announced this week! Here are just some of my faves (aside from spaces I've already shared before) from the Spatial category...yes, there's a caravan - with a giant...
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(Pick of the) Best NZ Design Awards - Graphic & Identity:
Hello to YOU and you and YOU, design finalists. (Like for the Spatial category, I only chose a few of my faves - and design I haven't already shared before - you can see all the finalists on the Best...
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Yay, Friday! And Yay, a Pick n Mix! -
Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my honey... (that's you I'm referring to you)It seems everyone's doing a mirror. But no-one does a mirror like Australia's Jardan does a mirror. (Love you Jardan, blowing...
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