Sweet dreams are made of these... new from NZ furniture designers Douglas and...
First - a few months ago - came the Douglas and Bec dressing table, inspired by designer Bec Dowie's own Queen Anne dressing table, a loved, life-long possession. Then, that deceptively simple,...
View ArticleSpring Collective
This makes me happy. Honest, simple, beautiful products... given honest, simple, beautiful branding and packaging. Spring Collective is a boutique range of skincare, using organic, nutrient-rich...
View ArticleAll Black Everything
I'm really into B L A C K furniture and homeware at the moment and I want you to share my new love, not in a sister-wives way, just in a besties kinda way.// 1 Me so wanty. Thermo jug in carbon, from...
View ArticleLove Nest - a NZ mother and daughter craft combo
Helen & Leah are a mum and daughter who share a love of making and all things interior design. They've turned their lounges into workrooms and are making a fast-growing range of cushions, banners,...
View ArticleNew NZ home design book, Green Modern (and The Block's Alex & Corban's VERY...
That bank of windows though...Outdoor bath!This hilltop honey is The Block's Alex & Corban Walls' first home-build project, a container house at Muriwai beach. (I featured more photos from it...
View ArticleInside Out Sneak Peek
styling by Marsha Golemac, photography by Brooke Holm for Inside Out magazineThe owners of this amazing home (both graphic designers, hardly a surprise aye guys) describe themselves as being halfway...
View ArticlePICK n MIX Time!
Sweet little somethings just for you... I think I'm going to buy one of these lucky little horseshoes from indie husband-and-wife designers Cast + Crew. (Vintage horseshoes, restored and powder-coated...
View ArticleThe HOMESTYLE of one of my favourite designers...
Photography by Gaelle Le Boulicaut for HomestyleOne of my all-time fave designers, Caroline Gomez, took one of my all-time fave magazines, Homestyle, on a tour of her awesome home. It's the lightest,...
View ArticleInside I Love Ugly's Mt Eden studio...
Images from Highsnobiety with generous permission - more photos and info to be found there tooHighsnobiety visited I Love Ugly's Auckland city design studio…. and it's every bit as flawless and...
View ArticlePenny Sage Pop-Up / Marta Buda Textile Design
NZ fashion label Penny Sage have opened their first pop-up (on the second floor of Flotsam & Jetsam on Ponsonby Road). They'll be there until December, using the sunlight-soaked, minty-floorboards...
View ArticleBarkers Flagship in historic building
Barkers couldn't have picked a better spot for their new (huge) flagship store - No. 1 High Street - the same street that Ray Barker opened his first store in 1972, but also in one of Auckland city's...
View ArticleWin! Iconic danish design - Kubus candleholder in copper or black...
A little something from the Kubus collection (from Denmark design house By Lassen) has always been on my wishlist.... it was designed by renowned Danish architect Mogens Lassen in 1962, originally from...
View ArticleFancy Spaces
Room to breathe…(PS: amber apothecary-jar vases are always a fave)How sweet is this house? You should see the rest of it, too...Yes to black floors and black staircases.French doors indoors are my life...
View Article100 icons in 100 days by NZ illustrator Becca O'Shea
NZ illustrator Becca O'Shea (she's also on Instagram, here) is creating an icon every day for 100 days as part of the 2014 100 Days project - one creative thing. every day. x 100. You can see some of...
View ArticleGood looking, good-tasting Loretta
Loretta identity by Dick & Jane.love those rough concrete walls hinting at the building's history, and that leather banquette seating...these photos for HOME magazine (with thanks), by Paul...
View Article≈ WIN ≈ a ticket to Semi-Permanent Wellington - the speaker line-up is...
Designer person, you're about to have your BEST DAY EVAH. Semi-Permanent is back in Wellington on Nov 5+6, and the speaker line-up is ridiculous. Who's gunna billet me so I can come down for it?OK,...
View ArticleNew brass babes from lighting designer Joska Easterbrook
NZ designer Joska Easterbrook has a new Joska & Sons range. Following on from his sophomore copper collection, it's all brass-accented and all made to order. Yes, we like that. That brass bracketed...
View ArticleAward-winning NZ Modern Barn
This very very sexy black barn just won the Supreme Award and People's Choice at the 2014 Architectural Designers New Zealand Awards. Designed by Tane Cox of Red Architecture.Photography by Larnie...
View ArticleFancy SPACES…
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happyyyyy when skies are grey. Raining here today - perfect Sunday weather for staying under the covers and mooching around the interwebs looking at...
View ArticleNew wood newness from NDC
New Zealand makers NDC have some new newness online, and I'm a fan of their Scandi little Pivotante stool. It swivels (so you can lift your feet up and go weeeee) and is available in custom heights....
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