Category: Art
Write out x
If approaching September means anything it means stocking up on stationary. Which underlines the enigma…why do we need to buy it every September? There’s the normal losses down the back of the sofa, chewed by the children, eaten by the dog. But the real reason is usually simply the lack of quality and that stationary belongs to the class of products blighted by the modern disease of built in obsolescence. They just want you to buy it again. So why not think outside the pencil box?
Tools to Liveby is a dreamy online shop that has done the hardwork upfront, sourcing beautiful stationary products from around the world that have stood the test of time.
The emphasis is on quality and the joy is in the detail, from products like these – brass pencil protectors from Germany.
To memorable packaging.
(All pics Tools to Liveby)
It puts the quality back into quantity.
Laters, Kate x
Going Global x
A vintage globe: So many joys hidden in plain view.
A delight as an object..
Alight as a light..
A map of many travels..
(All pics Pinterest)
A desk light to dream by.
It’s nothing if not honest.
Laters, Kate x
Pure Moss x
‘Picture a summer night when it goes silvery-blue from the light of the moon’ Is how Kate Moss describes the inspiration behind the wallpaper for her bathroom.
Based on silver-tinted anemones symbolising luck in Greek mythology and interspersed with shards of solar radiance, the wallpaper is the creative result of a collaboration between Moss and De Gournay, the bespoke wallpaper house.
(All pics Architectural Digest)
The hall is now proudly adorned with the daybreak version. ‘I like the feeling of when the sun is just coming up at a festival and you have that glowy light.’ It’s all pale pastels and bright, in your face neons.
A match made in heaven.
Laters, Kate x
Great Granby x
How do I love Granby? Let me count the ways..
I love it because it’s a creative company that has grown out of a community-led re-building of a neighbourhood in Liverpool.
I admire it because it’s products are made by many hands.
I adore it because it invites chance and improvisation as a friend.
So every product, and every product of a product, is different.
(All pics Granby)
What’s not to love?
Laters, Kate x
For Katerina x
We’re back on English soil, but more of that later – because I was chatting to a friend yesterday trying badly to describe these shelves – part of the new collaboration between Ikea and Hay.
There’s an air of lust permeating from them that suggests a potential design classic: Perfect for a kids bedroom, ideal for an office, there’s an intriguing play between focal point and curated clutter.
And at a mere £12?? Why not have 3….The only fly in the ointment is waiting till October when they actually hit the shops.
Damn.
Laters, Kate x
For spoils x
With Jennie Kwon jewellery there is a lightness of touch like a kiss from an angel.
Her choice of colours add to a sense of feminine playfulness: There’s no pressure to conform to symmetry.
(All pics Jennie Kwon)
One to remember.
Laters, Kate x
Light up x
Northern Lighting, an international company based in Oslo, describe themselves as a creative force led by original ideas, in a place where traditional design seems like a thing of the past. Interesting.
Certainly each light is different and beguiling..
(All pics Northern Lighting)
This has to be the perfect corridor light. It just wants to sit on a long, thin piece of foxed glass. Heaven.
Laters, Kate x
The Simple Things x
Escapism confined to the mists of time, summed up in the romanticism of a gypsy caravan.
Away from the knowledge of leaky roofs, bumpy rides and social exclusion, it’s the pastime equivalent of the tiny house movement.
On my dream list is the wish to spend some serious time in one – Just. To. See
Laters, Kate x
Old tricks x
We should be in Greece now where one thing that is fundamentally different from the UK (apart from sun, sea, beach, food, music..life) is the bathrooms and in particular shower/trays walls which are made on site, in one piece away from any notions of hinges, doors and glass and their battle with limescale.
A similar effect can be made using Tadelakt – or Moroccan plaster, now making it’s presence felt over here.
The joy is it’s versatility – waterproof, flexible, able to create curves or lines it’s totally usable.
This is about embracing forms beyond and one for the mental storage box.
Laters, Kate x
Maison Bentley Style 