Insp.

Some images I've collected recently. And a very inspiring dress from Bianca Spender (wedding bells a rining!). Images from all over the place, including old favourite hangs- Rummey Bears, Camilla Engman and Point of Difference.

heart strings...

I love having free time: I get to do all those mini projects that I haven't had time for. Like this simple little doiley/bunting creation. LOVE the love hearts doilies... I will be revisiting the store I got them from and will buy in bulk. Think of the wonderful doiley possibilities...

Poke Acupuncture LA

Poke in Hollywood is not your regular acupuncture clinic. Looking more like a library/lounge room than a sterile space to get some needle therapy, the owner Russell Brown says of his space:

"I think most of us feel better when we’re cozied up in our living rooms than in a cold medical office and I want that for my patients when they come here... To that end, I have created this office for my patients, to relax in, to let go of their day, and to be transported into another world where they might be nourished not just by alternative healthcare, but an alternative environment to receive that care."









As he says the website:
"The jig is up: I am not asian. Neither is my clinic. To model my office as a faux-asian zen “spa” seems a tad inauthentic: to cram my space with Buddhist trinkets, Ganesha statues and bamboo, I believe is not only insulting to “real” Asians, but is as completely bizarre as me wearing a silken kimono to the supermarket."

Pokes' refreshing website is here

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William St, Paddington
November 2010

Chill Out Zone II

Below are some of my process photos of the work of my second year interior styling students. Their brief was to style the student 'chill out' zone on campus. There was a range of reponses, across many different looks... one group even went to the trouble of laying timber flooring (they were cursing me for the suggestion when they were snapping the multiple panels into place, but it was worth it for the impact it created). See more of the work here.
Great work all 'round.

l.i.f.e.

Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi
November 2010

Stella's cottage in the garden

American Vogue have visited Stella Macartney's country estate. A place to keep her horses, a place for her children to frolic, a place to drink tea in the garden. It's so very lovely (and so very English) and photographer Bruce Weber has beautifully captured the estates' secret garden feeling. See here for the story and more images

Booked

London design studio Raw Edges, rejigging the concept of a book case.
Via Sight Unseen

The Underbelly Project NYC

The Underbelly Project is an illegal street art exhibition happening now, which snakes its way underneath the streets of New York, starting in an abandoned subway station. However, the exact location of the works remain undisclosed and only a handful of people have seen the work of the 103 artists involved.

Jasper Rees from The New York Times writes:

“The show’s curators, street artists themselves, unveiled the project for a single night, leading this reporter on a two-and-a-half hour tour. Determined to protect their secrecy, they offered the tour on condition that no details that might help identify the site be published, not even a description of the equipment they used to get in and out. And since they were (and remain) seriously concerned about the threat of prosecution, they agreed only to the use of street-artist pseudonyms.”

So... is it really an exhibition if the public don't have access, if there is no exhibition attendees?
Rees talks to 2 of the artists and says:

In recent years as the vogue for street art has led to “anything that could possibly appreciate in value being ripped off the street by those looking to cash in,” the old sense of adventure and punk-rock energy has faded. The change isn’t all bad, he said: the runaway market for stars like Banksy has had a nice trickle-down effect for artists like him. But he said he feels strongly that something fundamental has been lost. PAC and Workhorse saw the Underbelly Project as a way to recapture that feeling and evade the whims of the marketplace. Workhorse called it “an eternal show without a crowd.”

The New York Times

Chill Out Zone

My interior styling students have been busy for the past 3 weeks, pulling together looks for the campus' student 'chill out area'. Last week, groups set up and shot their concepts. Some lovely furniture choices, some great installation work and some well thought out concepts.









There will be more photo's next week. Well done everyone!