Hasta La Ideas

Just when I was about to say… STOP THE TRIANGLES!!! … Swedish design store Asplund brings their new collection rugs and I LOVE them. Of course it does help when styling and photography is so nicely doen 🙂 

Talking about photography …  in a couple of hourse I will be sharing a new designer visit with you and I guarantee you you will be very happy when seeing the new dose of inspiration from the Netherlands… so stay tuned and come back!

It is about time I am doing this post … why, you perhaps think … well since I came back from NY this lady is on my mind .. I love her designs enormously and she is such a sweet person. 'Who' is she? Well her name is Jean Lee and she half of the Ladies & Gentleman design studio based in San Francisco. 

WHile walking at the NYIGF my eyes suddenly caught these beautiful round copper lights hanging in a small corner. Like a magnet I was drawn to them … only after a while of observing them I noticed the lady standing next to them and when she introduced herself I was like … oh wow, how wonderful to meet you and  'yes' of course this must be a new design from Ladies&Gentleman! 

And soon after I discovered the new 'perimeter trays', which I am hoping to find underneath the Christmas tree this year 🙂 …

{The image above and below were taken by Kelly Ishikawa for Anthology magazine issue no. 8 …great article, perhaps you can still get a copy somewhere.} 

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a bit about Ladies & Gentleman: 

'Driven by a love for all things simple, clever, and/or designed, Ladies & Gentlemen was founded by Jean Lee (the Lady) & Dylan Davis(the Gentlemen) in 2010. With a mix of resourcefulness and nostalgia, the studio builds objects considering yesterday's values reinterpreted for current times.'

I'm loving all their designs, but my favs are the aura lights, the perimeter trays and the vintage spoons … and one more .. Homestead … enjoy shopping!

..Ladies & Gentleman

{ Book: Belgian designers and their interiors by Diane Hendrikx and Muriel Verbist}

When Hadewijch Ceulemans from Luster Publisher emailed me with a question whether I was interested learning more about thsi book I responded imedeatly.. yes of course the cover already is so inviting … I am honest with you I haven't seen the actual book myself yet but from the images and pdf I can only say that this must be a must-have for every interior design lover.     ……MORE

"The book comprises fifteen interior reports that were compiled in the designers’ own homes. The photographs show the houses and apartments as they really are, honestly and without any styling, ranging from a Brussels loft to a converted farmhouse in the countryside. Some of the designers maintain a strict separation between work and private life, and see their home as a quiet place where they can retreat with their family. Others live and work in the same place; in that case, the photographs include the designer’s studio and illustrate how they use their work space."

The book is available right here.

All images are by Diane Hendrikx

..Luster Publisher

Let's do one more quick start today to start this week… these beautiful hopper boxes inspired by the traditional Japanese Wappa bowls by design duo Florian Kallus and Sebastian Schneider aka kasch kasch from Köln in Germany… who wouldn't want to have storage containers like these… I know I would!

..kasch kasch

Skitsch: is an Italian design innovative company working with established and emerging designers from arounf the globe. 

Skitsch Forward was their motto in Milan 2012 and the name of their new collection. Including the coffee table, Paradise by Stefan Schöning. A white ceramic tray, standing on a white slender metal support.

And the very cool illustrations by Victor Hachmang and Willford Barrington

..Skitsch

———————————– All images above are by Lisette Scheers.