Tag Archives: Designers Call
Weekly Wrap Up: Chambray, Tropical Colors, & Heath Ceramics Open Studios
Monday’s History Lesson: Chambray Wednesday’s Design Meets Fashion: Tropical Colors Friday’s Destination: Heath Ceramics Open Studios
Destination: Heath Ceramics Open Studios
Heath Ceramics, the iconic mid-century pottery design studio, is having their annual open studio event in the Sausalito, San Francisco & Los Angeles showrooms May 10-12. The schedule will include factory tours, flower bouquets, food trucks, tile glazing and more. While you’re there, check out the gorgeous new Camellia setting by Alabama Chanin. For more [...]
Design Meets Fashion: Tropical Colors
Now that April showers are behind us, it’s time to really break out some color! Though I tend to a minimalist palette, it’s tropical spaces such as this that inspire me to add some brights to my décor and closet, adding a fun and cheerful vibe. (Images via The Berry & French Frosting.)
History Lesson: Chambray
Chambray always seems to hide out in the shadows of denim, except for the few months out of the year when we’re into beachy and nautical-inspired fashions. But we love it- for its softness, color, and high thread count. Legend has it that French weaver Jean-Baptiste Cambray first created chambray sometime in the early 14th [...]
Weekly Wrap Up: 45 Chair, Checkerboards, and a Giant Clothespin
Monday’s History Lesson: 45 Chair, Finn Juhl Wednesday’s Design Meets Fashion: Checkerboards Friday’s Destination: Giant Clothespin Sculpture, Belgium
Destination: Giant Clothespin Sculpture, Belgium
Isn’t this fabulous? This giant clothespin sculpture was created for the 2010 Festival of the Five Seasons in Chaudfontaine Park in Belgium. It flawlessly appears to be holding onto a dirt mound underneath- the illusion is beautiful. It was designed by Turkish artist Mehmet Ali Uysal, a professor of art at the Middle East Technical University. [...]
History Lesson: 45 Chair, Finn Juhl
Finn Juhl (1912 – 1989) was a Danish architect, interior designer and industrial designer. He is best known for his furniture design, and was a pioneer in the creation of Danish Modern Design in the 1940s. In 1945, Juhl designed the 45 Chair, which was one of the first to break the current tradition for [...]
Weekly Wrap Up: Bin Pulls & Grethe Wittrock
Monday’s History Lesson: Bin Pulls Friday’s Destination: Grethe Wittrock Studio, Copenhagen
Destination: Grethe Wittrock Studio, Copenhagen
Grethe Wittrock is an award-winning Danish textile designer living and working in Copenhagen, Denmark. She uses ancient techniques of weaving, knotting and braiding to create extraordinary pieces of textile art using silk, gold and paper yarn. All of her work is hand-woven- a meditative process and incredibly repetitive. So beautiful! (Images via Grethe Wittrock)
History Lesson: Bin Pulls
Adding new hardware to your cabinets is a great way to give a room a quick facelift. Whatever your style, there are knobs and pulls in all shapes and colors to choose from. Bin pulls, also called cup pulls, are a type of drawer pull that looks like an upside cup or half-moon shape, enclosed [...]
