Home Sweet Home, Sweet Paumes

Home is a really important place to me. I always flick through magazines with envy when I see amazing houses photoshoot, hoping that one day I will have a house of my own, hoping that one day they will come to my home :) (ok let's get working...) One fine day of November 2010, a very special team of people came into my place in London for a book publication in Japan. The Editions Paumes just released the "Girls Fashion Style London" book this Spring, featuring creative girls' interiors, favourite outfits and accessories.

That is a really nice, girlie and inspiring treasure book, I felt it would be nice to share the few pages about me. I have no idea what it says as it is in Japanese but it looks wonderful :)

Thank you Helena, Hisashi, and Coco from Editions Paumes, for your wizard touch in my little room, and for this amazing present !

Milan Design for Textile Futures invasion :)

We could just about escape from our stand in Ventura Lambrate but we didn't want to miss the stunning work selection the students from MA textile Futures (Central Saint Martins College London) showcased this week in the Lambrate area.


The course (we ourselves graduated from in 2008) is celebrating this year its 10 years.
10 years of challenging perception of textiles and surfaces we live with in our material world.

Go Textile Futures !

Ventura Lambrate collective location
Via Massimiano 6, 20134, Milan
General Opening Hours: Tuesday April 12 – Sunday April 17, 10:00 – 20:00



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The Fragility of Time

Ignacio Canales Aracil collaborates with parks to collect the flowers used in these sculptures. They represent the spririt of the garden where the plants are from. He says: "The flowers are held together without any structure or glue, they stand and stick together as the straw in a hat after being dried and pressed all at once. The roughness of the process which requires lots of physical effort contrast with the delicacy and fragility of the finished sculpture. Although its fragile it is made to last, as some ancient collections of dried pressed flowers are dated 500 years ago. " Ignacio Canales Aracil uses varnish to conserve the sculptures.

From: The Fragility of Time




From: The Fragility of Time 2




www.canalesaracil.com

Air or paper vase?

Torafu Architects designed a yellow and blue paper container that comes as a flat disc. By pulling up the sides, the vase turns into the preferred shape . It changes colour when viewed from different angles.

This is a paper bowl that enfolds air. You can freely change its shape by molding it into a dish, a small bowl or a vase according to the intended usage. The thin and lightweight paper gives strength and resistance to the bowl and allows it to be folded compactly when not in use.

This intriguing bowl will catch your eye as the colors on each side of the paper create a different impression every time you look at it. Caution: Keep away from water, dampness or moisture!’ Manufactured by Kami no Kousakujo.

Source Materia.nl