I just spied this over at HD Inspirations Blog and felt the need to on share the cleverness: Real crystal decanters used as pendant lighting at the Conquine Bar in London.
Just goes to show pretty much anything can be made into an awesome light fitting!
While the worlds powers that be twiddle their thumbs and play the blame game in at the the United Nations Climate Change Conference currently happening in Copenhagen, the bear is melting.
Over the corse of a week, the Ice bear in Copenhagen’s Nytorv square will melt leaving a bronzed skeleton and a pool of water.
The Ice bear is the work of sculptor Mark Coreth stands at 1.8 metres tall – the same size as the average thickness of the floating sea ice in the Arctic ocean.
Quite a genius way to get the message across I think!
In other news – this Saturday here in Melbourne town is the Walk against Warming.
If you are in Melbourne town, come join me, the fella & tens of thousands of others at 12pm to wander from the Stare Library down Swanston Street to the Princess Bridge where we will make a human sign and send our message to the polies that we want action on Climate Change.
That is all!
Today is my big sisters birthday and to celebrate the occasion- I got me my favorite annual design book!
How sweet am I?!!!
Not just any book you see, its the Andrew Martin Interior Design review -featuring 460 pages of eye popping interior design deliciousness and inspiration.
Referred to around the global traps as ‘the Oscars for the design industry’. I wont dispute.
Its only available in my town for a very short time- once a year, in limited numbers and only from one supplier – I gotta get my hands on it & quick sticks!
and my hands upon I did!
Measuring at nearly 5cm or 2 inches thick -its a no go/too hard for scanning to share the goodness…but rather than totally withholding the oodles of eye candy within, I have taken a couple of crappy snaps to share the love and that will have to do your curiosity until I get around to looking up the websites of the designers featured and showing you some goodies that way.
You were warned in advance – so no petty tut tutting at the quality of following pictures!!
And still in keeping with the horsey theme…
Tomorrow is my super cute, but not so cute tanties niece’s 4th birthday! Her present is a plum tree.
for real!
She has more than enough toys to play with or not, so fella and I decided to encourage her nature spirit by giving her her very own tree to nurture and look after!
Stay tuned to see how that turns out!
Oh,and happy birthday to you Min!
I’ve dropped the blog ball of late. um, sorry about that! The real world has had my attention some what -saving the world from hideous curtains here, upholstery mishaps over there. busy, busy days!?! Oh and the glamour of it all!!!
So anyway, here I am again! And this just happens to be post be number 100 for Designalogue blog! It took a while, but eventually I got here!
I was hoping my 100th post would be a well-researched, full eye candied post….I wont build your hopes for that! Just some eye candy today and a bit of an obsession confession.
The obsession is simple really, glassed garage doors and Barton Myers architects. The two combined together -well magic is made!!
See:
Clever architects Barton Myers designed this steel framed house using glass garage type doors along one entire side of the house which of course allow the entire space to be opened up. Aah, imagine all that fresh mountain air pouring through!
I love it, so lets look at is some more from the inside – though from teeny tiny pictures as that’s all I could get my hands on. Squint, you will see better!
The extra genius and fabulousness of this house is its been designed and built with the surroundings in mind. As its in an area prone to wild fires, the house has a reflecting pond on its roof which as well as a fire repellent, also assists in keeping the house cool. All the glass windows have fire shutters, so if a fire comes calling, the house is shut up tight and looks like no one is home.
This sort of forward thinking architecture would have saved many lives if it was implemented in my home town of Melbourne during the recent tragic bush fires. more on that here.
Here is another picture of another house designed in the same vein, again by Barton Myers.
Just more eye candy that I swoon over!
Ok, just some more random eye candy I found along the same lines. Personally, i think it works pretty much anywhere!
via Desire to Inspire
Via Design Sponge
Via home & Design
via Canadian Architect
So this doesnt have the doors of my obsession, but for its overall fabulousness I will overlook that! and move in anyway!
via Richard Powers
Images via Richard Powers, Barton Myers, Bustler, Flikr, Home & Design, Canadian Architect,
Personally, I cant think of a single thing better than a crystal horse chandelier in a castle.
Ha! seems Stella McCartney cant either.
But she has access to more castles than I do. And lets face it, the castles she can get her hands on in the English countryside are quite different (read um, real) than I can here in Australia! Infact the only one I can even think of here is Kryal Castle. (I suggest you click on the link so you can understand more of why this is always referred to with a bit of a smirk and extra glint in the eye!)
Anyway back to Stella’s and my shazam jinx moment (um, ok. Its all hers… I’m just on the bandwagon for effect! stay with me people…) Way back in the olden days of 2004, Stella created this horse chandy sculpture titled ‘Lucky Spot’ using lots of Swarovski crystals for a temporary exhibit for a fashiony thingy DOO at Belsay Hall! The outcry was immense (um, I’m going for effect!) so its back and galloping the great hall once again.
Clever things make me happy!
pics via Bloomacious & The Cool Hunter
In the current issue of Australian shelter mag Inside Out, there is photographic proof of what I have long suspected is true. The Truman show is real, and yes, I am the star of it.
Can you pick it up where you are in the world?!!! Do you get reception?
Anyway, the photographic proof of which I speak is a house that has long been in MY head: the location – Byron Bay Hinterland (soooo beautiful there), the of view of rolling hills I desire to stare out at, just the whole sensibility of the joint being a well thought out sustainable build and I even dig the frisky red rabbit keeping an eye on things!
If it turns out the Truman/Camilla show isn’t a happening (ah, doubt that!), then the architect and current* home owner Sharon Fraser and I are kindred spirits cause I love it so.
The bunny is on the lookout for me!
Are sunken lounges making a come back?
Yeah, those are views I could look at.
Not such a bad scene to wake up to
Now this, is very cool indeed.
If you are wanting the TV to be the focus of the room its just like magic-now you see it… but suddenly there is more to life and you don’t want the tele to be the focus of all – so whoosh and kaboom and now you don’t!
If that doesn’t quite explain to your liking, then try this instead: Using a mechanical rope and pulley system, the painting moves up or down to cover the TV screen or not. The concept is way impressive anyway – but then in this case its a painting of fish – well, that just rocks my world people!
This rocks my world
Obviously for those who know me once I move in there will be many many more cushions (Yes, this yet another admission of ‘interior’ addictions I have) undoubtedly more colour and general stuff -you know a nick-nak or two!!! But I am confident it will still do it all justice!
And so how about a round of applause for my first scan job here at Designalogue!!!
Oh thank you, thank you! Now if I can only work out how to capture an image in a site using Flash……. (you people seem to do so, but I no can!)
Photographs by Richard Powers
*current – consider this marching orders! I’m moving in – oh but don’t freak out or anything i will be nice about it all!!
After some serious moments I need me some more pretty to look at.
I spied this fabulousness over at Simply Grove and new it was an image I would be happy to look at over and over. Ahh.
Last year I did just a day course of basket weaving with my lovely mumma, we both came away with a small curl-less than a palm size of wool and dried grass…nothing on these gorgeousies! Makes me appreciate the workmanship in each one that much more.
Looking at it again – its either a HUGE wall, or a tiny chaise!?!
PPPhewy it is HOT. Crazy hot.
We are experiencing a heat wave here in Melbourne town and its nasty.
I’m talking 43 degrees Celsius (109 Fahrenheit) -bloody HOT! a due to last for dayzzzzzzzzzzzz still.
Its just uncivilised.
So today I am pretending that my office is right through those curtains there. When the mood strikes I can just take a few steps and then flop into the pool….
Aaahh, I feel my blood cooling down already…..
Office for word and image
The reality is not so, but it doesnt hurt to dream!
This afternoon I have a client meeting in a very hot home that currently has no window furnishings so just has hot hot sun beaming in. The only thing to look forward to here is that its quite a drive out to site, and my lovely car has fabulous air con – so the ride will be sweet.
Hmm, maybe I can have the meeting IN the car?
I’m serious too. Hmm, bit hard measuring things though…
Aahh Im melting…….
And good luck checking me outta there….
I spied this over at Dales’ HDI Blog and felt the need to on-share as it makes me sigh with a heart warming AHH. I love it. I love it. I just love it. I want to jump on that bed and wrap myself in the rainbow blanket before my eyes.
Hmm. Too much?
This bed of yum is one of Missoni’s ‘designer’ hotels set to open in both Edinburgh or Kuwait later in the year and also explains the Missoni product all over it!
I’m checking me in, but think I will head Edinburgh way, as Kuwait is still a little close to the action for my comfort!
You know, I’ve been pondering a lately: I wonder what it means that I am a girl who is pretty much dressed head to toe in black day after day -HATES wearing colour, but have decorated my own home with a HEAP of colour? Really, is there a psychological issue here?
Oh mother Oprah, show me the way…
Maybe she could do an ‘expose’ on people who need colour?
Just saying, thats all.
Oh and another thing I feel the need to on-share. In case you lot over in other parts of the blogosphere world think I’m all crazy with the spelling – fear not, here in Australia – we spell colour with the U in it.
We also drive on the other side of the road to you and supposedly our water goes down the drain clockwise to your anti-clockwise.
Don’t judge, diversity is a GOOD thing people!
Oh other non country specific spelling mistakes are just part of the quaint gal I am!!
Oh, I want to go to these parties.
Seriously, how could you NOT have a fabulous time surrounded by all of this fabulousness and hard-core gorgeousness?
Event Styling done by Athony Todd – An Aussie done good in NYC. (oh I DO love those stories!) more of his work here including some fabulous interior yummies!