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Homeware from Homebase
Excited to see a suite of new design - and the opening of a new studio - from NZ's Homebase Collections...Leanne Culy, designer, outside the new showroom. Don't you just want to go visit? Yeah you do -...
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Sometimes I leave, and I wanna go back there...
I'm not scared to tell anyone that Workroom/Douglas + Bec are my very favourite NZ designers. So when I see an email from Bec telling me their new Douglas + Bec store at BLOC is finally open, I have to...
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New Sidekick
I snuck in to Timothy John's photoshoot at the Wayne Tait studio... because the Sidekick stool is about to about to be launched in a few new colourways (there's even a black on black), and with a new...
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Show & Tell: Holly Howe, NZ Jewellery Designer
The Holly Howe aesthetic is not for a shrinking violet. And Holly's herself is no pansy, singlehandledly creating and running a jewellery brand which is now stocked in boutiques around New Zealand and...
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Life needs more of this
New Zealand-born, Australia-based Serenah takes photos of her dog buddies, Ralph and Simon... (and other people's pets too.) Have a lookee at her website, and she also posts lots of other photos on...
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Video: NZ homeware designers talk inspiration
I could tell you all about the new Londontown collection from Citta, or you could watch the designers (Imogen, Emma, Amy and Carina) themselves tell you all about it - the 5 mini-collections or...
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More spaces we wish we lived in...
Magazine rack - 5 gold starsWider-than-normal striped cushions, 5 gold stars Sloped ceiling in that lovely light wood - 5 glittery smiley face stickersGreat blog, great blogger's blogging space.Bet...
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Pick and Mix of lovely, lovely stuff
Lovely things that caught my eyeballs...I love the deceptive simplicity of both of these lighting ideas (top Hanging Lamp, and under it, Luminaire) from young Amsterdam-based designer Joren Naerebout....
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Blush Leather & Gold does things to me.
I'm all about the blush leather, gold notions and interesting angles in the MYDEERFOX range. Handmade by Auckland-based designer Lisa Li, and on sale at Ruby stores.
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Fancy Spaces - miss me?
Artist Kirra Jaison's home, from INSIDEOUT magazine. Love those rugs!The person who lives here is cooler than me. This bedroom is like a bottle of cold sparkling Antipodes for my weary soul. viaFave...
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Show & Tell: Tait
Gordon and Suzie Tait in the Tait showroom. Gordon Tait left school at 16 and went straight into the sheetmetal trade. He loved the work so much that after hours, he'd dabble in furniture making. When...
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Sidekick Collection (and... trust a designer to have great shoes)
Sidekick Stool & Side TableThe all-black is delish.Timothy John's new Sidekick collection is finally ready to order... so, order I did! I chose the white stool... EEEEEEEP CAN'T WAIT FOR IT TO...
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I like your style, (NZ textile designer) Flora Waycott
NZ textile designer Flora Waycott is producing these brushstrokey cute cosmetic, coin and pencil purses and I don't know about you, but I'm a fan. (From Iko Iko, who consistency have great new stuff.)
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Time for a nibble on some international design!
Untie your hiking boots and tuck into my design scroggin. Ahahaha, I love that word! Scroggin.Yummy brand for a boutique Pie shop in Texas. viaKaki side tables by Kenyon Yeh. Yeh! (as in yay. bad...
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Karen Walker at Home
Grabbed my copy of INSIDEOUT (March edish) to see they paid a visit to the home of NZ fashion empress Karen Walker. Thought you might like a nosey...what do you think?(Photos by NZ photographer Emma...
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WIN! Design Day Double Passes
Every year on my design calendar (Ohhhhkay, you got me, just in my diary) I put a big highlighter circle around URBIS Design Day. It's the day you and your friends get driven around Auckland,...
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Signals - a new range of cushions
Natalie from LetLiv has just launched Signals - LetLiv's own range of cushions.My favourites are the Flag cushion (in yellow and blush) and the Stripe cushion in candyfloss. I ordered them both a few...
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Tim Webber design
Tim Webber has a new website! It's a slow news day.Ahaha no but really - these new Tim Webber product shots are excellent and I wanted to share them with you. Ps: There's room at my place for you,...
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Sunday Spaces
Bet whoever lives here makes a mean chutney.viaGreat little space (um... except for that rug). viaLet's escape for a weekend to this place (look at the view)viaSort-of ugly odd little vintage chair,...
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Interview with Neal from Present & Correct
Present & Correct have been one of my favouritefavourite brands for a few years now. Neal and Mark (Mark's from NZ!) are curators of the coolest stationery - including genuine vintage office...
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