Quickies - A few new NZ design goodies...
Sweet sport duffle from Ruby.New Zealander (gone Melbourne) Anna Ross continues to grow her Kester Black brand… the label has just launched these yummo body soaps.My Deer Fox keeping on keeping on...
View ArticleDesign Diary - Rachel and Jared of Swift & Click
If you're a reggalah reader of Fancy, you'll probably recognise Swift & Click as the photographers who shoot my Day In The Life series - following around some of my favourite New Zealand designers...
View ArticleA peek inside new NZ interiors bookywook, Rooms To Love, and an interview...
Last week, I was sent an advance copy of the new Rooms to Love - the second NZ interiors book by our favourite besties, LeeAnn Yare and Larnie Nicolson. Ummmm... I did very little work that day.Rather...
View ArticleCopper Hanger, get in my house.
NZ fashion designer Melissa Brooks has just released a new copper pipe version of her I'll Hang It Here clothes rack. From $499 for the standing rack, and $200 for the new hanging rack.I'll Hang It...
View ArticleDon't Tell New York...
Don't Tell New York is a new New Zealand-based lifestyle accessories brand for men, created by Matt, Adam and Hamish - three NZ friends who are passionate about design and fashion and for whom the...
View Article~ WIN ~ Martina Organics skincare set worth over $200
I am super excited to give one of you this complete set of Martina Organics skincare, valued at $240. (I first blogged about this lovely little NZ brand over here - have a read.) The packaging is...
View ArticleCURRENTLY - what designers YS Collective have been up to lately...
Young NZ designers Dan, Sam and James continue to sharpen their collective eye and grow their skills, with the launch of their new practice, a client-focused design consultancy called Think &...
View ArticleThis blankie was designed for kids… but I want one
This blankie by New Zealand's Noah & Bowie was designed for kiddlies, but I want one. It's round (circle wins everything), it's got bears holding hands on it, it's reversible (white with black...
View ArticleBold as... brass stools from IMO and new Coffee Supreme cafe, Dispensary
The fresh-daily Baker stool by NZ furniture designers IMO is available in 524 different colourways (that's a slight exaggeration - but there's loads) and is now also available with brass hardware...
View ArticleAn interview with Hardhat design - talking splitting time between NZ & NYC,...
I'm not a secret squirrel about the fact that Jenny Miles and Nik Clifford of Hardhat are two of my favourite designers (you can see their work on Fancy here, here and here). But did you know they're...
View ArticleINSIDEOUT Goodness
Styling Jason Grant, Photography Lauren BamfordInside the November issue of Inside Out... You know that lovely Bondi Wash stuff? Well the woman behind that brand has a B E A U T Y-full home - there's a...
View ArticleFancy SPACES
Hallways deserve a little love too...Sometimes, no theme at all is the best theme there is. Steal neighbourhood flowers for beside your bed, and leave a thank you note.Guest room best room!(Also, plain...
View ArticleBlakChaos opens in Ponsonby and the interior design is ON. POINT.
I spy: plinths in copper, and marble with copper feet, and wooden floorboards painted gloss white, contrasted with thick black graphic clothing racks that extend right up to the ceiling.See that...
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 ArticleCartographic art prints by new NZ brand Here + There
Cousins Ryan Davies and Gemma Bridges come from a design-loving family - from artists to architects to designers, it’s in their blood. They also love our country. They love its shape and they love that...
View ArticlePick n Mix time!
Happy Friday, lovelypants!LEIF shop gets it right errrrrrrtime. These tea bowls are handmade by Ben Fiess. I'd use one for my dericious morning moosli.I'ma let you finish, but Elisabeth Dunker of Fine...
View ArticleFancy SPACES
Love the idea of a kitchen island also being the dining table. And a vintage kilim rug in the kitchen, to add a homespun feel.You can't go wrong with white and grey. PS: Love that mirror on the ledge....
View ArticleWIN! $150 to spend at new NZ homeware store, XO Home
Four of my faves from XO Home After working in the homeware and interior design industries for years, Sarah Berkett decided to create her own online homeware store, XO Home. Sarah has picked everything...
View ArticleA boutique candlemaker in Wanaka - George & Edi
Some of the George & Edi classics range (yum, grapefruit and mint!)new solid perfumes for delicious-smelling wrists and necksLiving overseas for 18 years (London/Melbourne), Sarah Agnew decided to...
View ArticleAUT students mentored by NZ designer Bec Dowie (Douglas and Bec) - check out...
Core'd vessels by Joshua BradleyLast year, leading NZ designer Bec Dowie (Douglas and Bec) mentored a group of students in their final year of Industrial Design at AUT. The result of their working...
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