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Monmouth Glass
Photo of The Esplanade (Dunedin) by Simon Wilson, Photo of French Kitchen (Auckland) by Darryl WardAppreciating these hand-blown glass babes from Auckland's Monmouth Studios today, on their own or in...
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Good Morning! Long Weekend Pick n Mix for you...
Happy long weekend, design buns. Keep the peace xWhat is it about tiny little bowls that grab me by the heart with their tiny little bowl hands and say Pleeeease own me! Put your earrings in me! Put...
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Ones to Watch - NZ design studio Kindly and NZ's Honest Coffee Company
Match made in 'do good work with good people' heaven - Wellington design studio Kindly and their clean, clever identity for the Honest Coffee Company.Here's a little about each - Kindly is an...
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NZ Design Quickies
A few new NZ design goodies this week...My faves at the small batch-brewed Soda Co Six Barrel Soda have a brand new bevvie out today - Sugar Free Cucumber and Mint. There's no sweetener of any kind...
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Pick n Mix time, you guys!
Like we always do at this time.... more of the best in international design to add to your good-taste plate.Photography by Tom BlachfordCan you even? I can't. This is Fonda, a Mexican joint in...
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Tauranga's recent @Kinfolkmag Gathering - (dreaming of a long Sunday lunch...
By now I'm sure you've heard about Kinfolk (magazine) Gatherings - held twice a year, in locations right around the world. Each one is a collaboration by local creatives, who put together a shared...
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Kinfolk Gathering Wellington (parental advisory: very sexy food images) -
Last Sunday (a week after the Tauranga event), Wellington had its very first Kinfolk Gathering. The theme throughout all the NZ gatherings was Beneath the Surface, but in Wellington it was up to food...
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Line - a new collection from Douglas and Bec
mmmmm, hand-blown blush glassIt's been a weeeeeeeeee while since NZ's Douglas and Bec have given us new goodies, but it's always always worth the wait (besides, they've been busy fitting out the new...
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Friday Pick n Mix yo
Happy weekend to you, and you and you. (And especially you. You're actually my favourite.)Best Name Award goes to young Melbourne studio Dowel Jones (designers Adam Lynch and Dale Hardiman) of...
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Here's what happens when you consider the design of every detail (product and...
I was excited enough to show you this new brand purely on the quality of the packaging... but then I learned more about the product itself, and also found out the creator is actually a New Zealander,...
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Inside Out goodies
Good news for your design and interior-loving eyeballs, the new issue of Inside Out is out. And as per, lucky me and you have sneaky peeks... (There is waaaay more in this issue than I'm sharing below...
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Here we go... A Day in the Life of - Amy Tonkin, designer at @citta_design
Photography by the amazing Swift & ClickThe time we spent with Amy Tonkin was so lovely. Amy has this awesome refreshing energy about her - creative (obvi, she's a homeware and textile designer at...
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To the power of 8 - new from NZ design collective @resident_nz
Mesh Space pendant by Flynn Talbot Torchon pendant lights by Nat Cheshire/Cheshire ArchitectsV Wall Light by Resident StudioOud Lamp in Black - by Nat CheshireThe original brass Oud Lamp (with polished...
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CURRENTLY - What Shelley Ferguson, editor of @yhandgnz has been up to and in...
I didn't think I could like Shelley Ferguson (editor of NZ's Your Home & Garden) any more, and then she tells me she likes 90's hiphop too? You are my spirit animal, Shell. Working full-time and...
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Dine/Design - Me and You cafe, Tauranga
When young couple Kate and Joel Byrne were designing their new cafe Me and You (Tauranga), they took their cues from the first piece Kate bought for the space - a massive old antique printing cabinet...
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Backflips! It's another Friday Pick n Mix for you...
Leave it to Arro Home to make all the things you neeeeeed. These are goodies from their brand new collection, Patchwork Jungle. Looove these colour-block sketchbooks from Magma - especially the green...
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Weekend noms to make at home, from the recent NZ Kinfolk gatherings...
It's a rainy old weekend here which means an excuse to wear your favourite cosy pants, watch 5 seasons of a TV series and try some delicious noms. Like a couple of the desserts from the recent NZ...
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A look inside the latest issue of @homestylenz -
A good-looking new edish of Homestyle magazine is on shelves now and as per, I have some little perves for you...Photography by Evie Mackay This is the London-home of a New Zealander Anna Fraser. Um......
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New furniture from NZ designer Tim Webber A-N-D a short film:
We haven't heard from NZ designer Tim Webber from a wee while, because he's been busy working on new work, and getting ready to move into a hot new space... Guys, watch this perfect little Studio...
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CRUMB - a good-looking coffee joint, but more than that: An inspiring story...
Sometimes, you think you're just going to post some pretty photographs of a fresh-looking new spot, and then you talk to the owner and get all kinds of inspired by their story... ~Hugo Baird is only...
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