Postcard From Cape Town

Karin Miller

Spotted the wonderful pattern-filled work of South African artist, Karin Miller on the cover of Good Taste magazine this week. Equal parts whimsical humor and vivid human and social commentary, she describes her work as “a visual play between beauty and tragedy, rhythm and interruption – searching for a sense of order in the overwhelming chaos of life."

Seen and Liked On A Monday

Ellsworth Kelly exhibition at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark;
And some spaces I am loving in the latest issue of Livingetc;
Stunning black and white fashion from tumblr (apologies the link I had for this no longer seems to be working so don't know source).

Marilyn Stevens

Beautiful form and function by Marilyn Stevens.

Cape Town

Clifton this morning! Now if I could just bottle that blue...

Wall & Deco

Phenomenal wallpaper from Wall and Deco's Life 2012 Collection.

Shauna Richardson

Stumbled across the amazing work of Shauna Richardson this week.   Shauna does "crochetdermy" ie she sculpts and crochets incredibly detailed life size animals.   I love her photographs of the animals out at night in an urban landscape.

Affordable Fab Fashion

Great looks from the upcoming Marni for H&M collection.

Seen and Liked On A Monday

Fragile strips of timber woven together in nest-like webs by Brisbane artist Jason Fitzgerald; and some fabulous interiors via Vogue Living.

Madrid Home

Loving this quirky eclectic rock n roll apartment in Mardrid featured in Elle Decor Espana.

Daniele Papuli

Magical creations in paper by Italian Daniele Papuli. A wonderful celebration of shape and texture.

Japanese Fabric

Beautiful simplicity in Amy Katoh's Mottainai exhibition at the Fukagawa bansho gallery.   Amy explains: "The concept of mottainai underlies Japanese life, in the past and also today - use anything carefully, reuse it, or don't use it all, save it, it is too good to use. This respect for the intrinsic value of things or people or situations or events reflects the Japanese use of all materials. Frugal, resourceful, ingenious, nothing is thrown away, everything is used, and used sparingly.  There is nothing whose spirit is not honored."

Happy Valentines Day

"In Dreams and in Love there are no impossibilities" - Janos Arany

Seen and Liked On A Monday

Great shot of a souk with piles of fabric and lovely cavernous ceilings via John Robshaw;
Loving the sunshine yellow and fab antler chandelier - and you can't go wrong with an dark pink over dyed patchwork rug via Trendey;
Elle Interior Sweden's choice of fabric of the year by Marimekko's Astrid Sylwan

Happy Weekend

Linsey Levendall

Love these murals by South African creative Linsey Levendall of design duo Bison.  Images via Design Indaba.

Fishs Eddy @ Liberty

NYCs fab Fishs Eddy has just crossed the pond and opened up in Liberty's of London.  No closer to LA unfortunately. Pics from Liberty's facebook page.

Patchwork Beauty

I pinned these two pictures the other day within minutes of each other and was struck by the similar colors and patchwork beauty in both.  Artwork by Melinda Tidwell and Korean hand stitched wrapping cloth at Sri.

Street Lights

I took this picture of a fab streetlight installation at LACMA last week.

New Artist: Brooke Fischer

The store is blooming with new work by Brooke Fischer.   I love Brooke's work and we have carried her art in the past but I think these are my all time favorites!   We are celebrating with an Open House on Saturday Feb 11 from 5:00-8:00PM so if you are the area, come on by for a drink and chat!

Seen and Liked On A Monday

A turquoise and pink escape in the Maldives via Vogue Living;
Fabulous salt sculptural tablescape by Ken and Julia Yonetani via Vogue Living;
An important note captured by photographer Brie Williams;
Beautiful light-filled living room via House to Home