Friday Fancy Spaces
I don't know who's responsible for choosing the homes they feature in Inside Out, but I hope they had their hair freshly blow-waved, because they're totally getting a headshot taken for the Employee of...
View ArticleEye Lollies in INSIDE OUT
The July/August (can't we have it monthly?) of INSIDE OUT has all sorts of tasty bits, as per.Love the Melbourne home of Lisa and Mark Poulier of Poulier & Poulier design studio. Styling by Heather...
View ArticleVideo - NZ designer Phil Cuttance creates a Segment Shade
Thankyou, Monsieur (he's not french) Cuttance for sending me your video.Watch and see how the new Segment Shade - by NZ designer Phil Cuttance for Resident - is made.
View ArticleMatt Smith's been busy
NZ designer Matt Smith (of Common Goods) is a busy guy. He just finished the design & built of an off-licence cellar door for Garage Project - a Wellington craft beer brewery... hi there, white...
View ArticleWeek's-end Pick n Mix
Have a good weekend, lovers...I'm a big fan of danish design brand Lucky Boy Sunday. These images are from their new collection and lookbook. On my Christmas list: that geometric Bobby blanket.Unsucky...
View ArticleLazy Sunday SPACES - dreamminnnnnnn...
Woody woodness from Fine Little DayThis kid's room makes me want to be a 7 year old boy called Oliver.That rocking chair! That coffee table!It definitely doesn't have to be new or expensive to be...
View ArticleDesigner Chocolate
Every bar of New Zealand's new Polka Chocolate is wrapped in one of their ever-changing design papers, printed in limited edition runs. The flavours are an ongoing experimentation - at the moment, they...
View ArticleRekindle
LOVE these little houses, made from parts of homes that were destroyed in the Christchurch earthquake I've been meaning to blog about Rekindle for ever. Rekindle is a little design company that's doing...
View ArticlePhotos that moved me
I'd love one of these big (as in, A1) prints from NZ photographer Lucy Gauntlett in my home.A little reminder that our road is leading somewhere. The way is long, with hills giving in to plains, scary...
View ArticleEzibuy Home
Did you guys know that Ezibuy do homeware these days? No, neither did I!They've got furniture, room decor, bedding (including an exclusive Trelise Cooper homeware collection)...Because it is SO COOOOLD...
View ArticleAssorted goodies! Another Fancy Pick n Mix
Weekends are for doggy walks, big breakfasts and lots and lots o' design.The extremely beautiful Kinfolk magazine now has a new, extremely beautiful digital platform. It's $40 for an annual...
View ArticleThe loveliest Sunday S P A C E S
Well, someone has great taste in sofas and chairs. And in rugs and in ceilings.The desk of super-talented designer Caroline Gomez.Oh, hai, come on in! I'm just sitting here nibbling on some artisan...
View ArticleGeorge & Willy - honest, hard-working guys; honest, hard-working products...
George Wilkins and William McCallum are two uni buds who moved home after graduating, and decided to go into business together making honest, hard-working goods. Their products - under the name George...
View ArticlePegboard Perfect
My love has come along...White Pegboard sideboard ($705) and bedside tables ($592 each) from NZ's Homebase Collections.
View ArticlePaper Plane takes flight
Paper Plane has taken flight!Booooooo! Boo! Lame journalism-style pun!Let's try that again, shall we.I'm a little excited, because this is the best thing to happen to my town - Mount Maunganui - in...
View ArticleMoveable Art
Cute idea! Re-arrangeable magnetic wall art, and super-cute geometric boxes (PS: I love castors), all made by clever NZ mum Brooke Adams.See more designs and order here.(Discovered on the Collected by...
View ArticleNew Zealand's own Spindle Back (sounds like a spider, actually a babe'n chair...
This one relates to yesterday's post about new design store Paper Plane... but I reeeeeeeeeeally felt it deserved its own separate post. We've (well I've, and maybe you've) spent years oohing at Danish...
View ArticleWaiheke Island in San Francisco
Hello, fellow patriot! We may not have possession of the America's Cup, but we're still representing over in San Francisco, where the 2013 Cup is being hosted. A few of our best foodie types have...
View ArticleThreaded Magazine
Edition 14 of New Zealand's graphic design magazine - Threaded - is off the printer and ready to get on your eyeballs.The theme for this issue is the New Pyramid Scheme... combining the contemporary...
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