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pink + grid = awesome, because: Jamie Kay
Grid pattern and blush pink = two of my current favourite things. These super-soft, reversible throws by NZ designer Jamie Kay are relevant to my interests.
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New Petrel shelving from Jamie McLellan
Yesssssss! Yeeeeeessssssss. New Petrel shelving (fave name of the year, I'm calling it as early as Feb) by NZ designer Jamie McLellan. New colourways and sizes coming real soon too...
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A look at Brian & Leanne Culy's beachfront bach - via @Urbismagazine
This kitchen is awesome! Love that pantry with old rope pulls and that geometric leadlight window.Leeann and Brian's holiday kitchen also has a decent espresso machine, because - priorities. Fave bites...
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Fancy SPACES
Good morning, good morning to yooouu...I agree - all is well here. (Politely ignoring the ballsack art.) Steal this idea: drawers at the end of the bed.What is this? I love it!Bleached babe. (Special...
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A few NZ design QUICKIES...
A little selection of NZ design quickies for you...Strong and simple and goddamn handsome, it's like the Joe Manganiello of chairs (If Joe was wearing a sharp suit and architect's glasses). New RD...
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new Mac stool by NZ's Kada
New from NZ's Kada furniture, the Mac stool. Handmade by NZ craftsman Nigel Cotterill, I think these would make cool boardroom chairs. The recessed paint detail comes in a range of colours. (I'll take...
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Gobble Gobble, it's Pick n Mix time
Goodies for mah goodies...When I'm next in Paris (ummmmm you know, whenever that is), I'll stay in the boutique design hotel, Hotel Henriette, with the cutest contemporary-meets-vintage rooms and a...
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Citta AW15 collection (including a new furniture and lighting line by David...
Citta launches their Winter15 collection online today, and it's got the goods, people. I shall be ordering many items. Every collection, Citta's design team use a city as a jump-off, and Deco Deco was...
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Fancy SPACES!
Sunday sleep-ins....Indoor trees is the new potted plants.Love that super textured rug, the indoor tree, and always love an oversized print with lots of negative space. Also, a white vintage display...
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Our House - Stacey Pyne/Dusty store, Mount Maunganui
One of most loved, most inspirational houses I've ever had the pleasure of visiting is the home of the Pyne family. One of the original farmhouses of Mount Maunganui, it's been renovated, extended out...
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Our House (Part II) - Stacey Pyne, Mount Maunganui - and her Dusty vintage store
Continued from yesterday's post (see here if you missed it) - we're still looking around the home of Stacey Pyne. It's taken her many years, but she's now finished collecting treasures to decorate her...
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Pick n Mix, design buddies:
Design gets me hot.Australian textile brand Kate and Kate are doing all kinds of YES with their newest collection Quiet Geometry, and a special collabo with stylist Marsha Golemac.Made By Rain duvet...
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Fancy Spaces
Kick the kid out, I'm coming to stay...White painted floorboards and a flower taped to the wall...Kitchen fantasies (and these are the sort of floorboards I want at home)Silence and simplicity - time...
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TWO - Creative Couple Sonya Nagels and Toby Morris
Photographer, jeweller and maker Sonya Nagels and designer and illustrator Toby Morris agreed to be my first Two - sharing the lives and work of creative couples. I've long been a fan of these two...
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•• WIN •• Double Passes to @urbismagazine Design Day
URBIS magazine DesignDay is back-back-again, happening Saturday March 21st... and I have double passes to giveaway!DesignDay is a 9-stop tour (with free transport) of some of Auckland's best design...
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Happy Friday Pick n Mix
Cutlery at the ready, hungry design mouths!Australia's The Rug Collection is not silly, because it's collaborated with a bunch of up-and-coming (or, already arrived) designers to create a new Art...
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@insideoutmag woke up like this... (new issue peeks):
That sawn stump works well here to make the whole bathroom a little less clinical and more laid back.Yellow pompom cushion for the win! This home is as laid-back as it is sophisticated, a lot like...
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A Day in the Life of... Alice Lines, @Homestylenz Editor -
All photography by Swift & ClickThis inspiring babe is Alice Lines - and she might be the editor of the all-killer-no-filler Homestyle magazine (and a seriously good designer and stylist in her own...
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Doing very good things - NZ designers Garage Project
The FishSmith - a cleaner, modern take on classic NZ fish n' chipsBrand and packaging for Al Brown's Best Ugly BagelsDesign of Al Brown's book, DEPOT - the story of the legendary NZ chef's celebrated...
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Dine / Design - Dear Jervois
Dear Jervois plays up the contrast between vintage, industrial and contemporary to beautiful effectOne of my fave bits - this light-box steals the show for me.Lightbox centrefold (heart eyes)Soft and...
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