design casa de luxo

Happy, happy, happy to see our Paris London map print in Grazia this month (click here for the coral version and there for more beautiful designs).

The Apple Papple poster on a sideboard...Proof that good designs (even if they are meant to be for children) do not have to be confined to a child's bedroom. Why?! Because it would be a shaaaamme!
Tomorrow, I'm going to the haircoiffeur to look like this Danish bomb and then I will treat myself with these gorgeous Swedish boots and then you can start calling me Karin a la scandi.
Have a great weekend! xoxo

PS:
My brother's reaction when I showed him the photo of the D.B. (Danish bomb):
Francois: "c'est qui ce canon?"
Moi: "...Helena Christensen"
Francois: "Wow, elle defonce la photo!"
Moi: "erm..oui...ca va..."

Le poster Apple Papple sur un meuble...C'est bien a preuve que les beaux designs (qui sont a la base pour des enfants) ne doivent pas etre confiner a la chambre des enfants. Pourquoi?! Parce ceque ce serait dommaaggee! Demain, je vais chez le haircoiffeur pour ressembler a cette bombe danoise et ensuite je m'offrirais une jolie paires de bottines suedoises et ensuite vous pourrez m'appeler Karin a la scandi.
Je vous souhaite un bon weekend! xoxo

Last month, I mentioned these two gorgeous posters...well they've arrived! The only thing is that I didn't foresee so many pre-orders so now we've only have 5 Meow posters left in stock until next year and a few more of the Feathers poster which is actually looking even better in real than on the photo so it will also end up in my home! It's a great one for teens as it look a bit more grown-up.
Since I got two of her prints and saw how great they look in my bedroom, I have been developing a massive crush for black and white prints. I have not decided yet where I will hang them all but it's likely to be in the kitchen where the Meow poster is (but then I'm moving away from my dream kitchen) or in the lounge, either on the floor or on the wall once we've done the lounge next Spring...

Le mois dernier, j'ai mentionne ces deux posters canons...et bien ils sont arrives! Le seul truc c'est que je n'avais pas prevu que nous recevrions autant de pre-commandes et que maintenant nous n'avons plus que 5 Meow posters en stock jusqu'a l'annee prochaine et un peu plus du poster Feather qui est en fait, beaucoup mieux en vrai qu'en photo et du coup, celui-ci aussi va finir a la maison! Je trouve que c'est un chouette poster pour des ados.

Depuis que j'ai recu deux de ses illustrations, et que j'ai vu a quel point elles avaient l'air cool dans ma chambre, j'ai un peu developpe, comme qui dirait, un gros coup de coeur sur les illustrations en noir & blanc. Je n'ai pas encore decide si je vais toutes les mettre dans la cuisine ou le poster Meow est (parce que du coup, je m'eloigne de ma cuisine de reve) ou dans le salon par terre ou au mur, une fois que nous aurons refait la piece au Printemps prochain....

Talking of my love for fonts and typography yesterday, the email I got last night from Therese sending me images of her third Limited Edition collection, couldn't have come at a better time...
Therese Senneholt is an Award-Winning Sweden freelance Art Director who designs limited edition (and amazing!) graphic prints with quotations and sayings she heard or made up herself. Most of her quotes are positive and strike a chord (of course I have the 'Things are getting worse please send more chocolate" print at home). I first spotted her work on Lotta's blog and had butterflies in my belly which from past experience is usually a good sign.
Therese draws inspiration from people like Phoebe Philo, Tom Ford and Basquiat and photographers like Peter Lindbergh, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott from VOGUE.
The result is a striking, minimalist edgy collection of black and white prints that look simply amazing.

I haven't been very active on the Blog side this week but the shop has been so busy with the sale of these on top of everything else that I'm totally dead. We sold 5 of these gorgeous lights this month, along with 10 of this beautiful Ball chair, and god knows how many prints and angel babygros...blablabla
So here is one last post before the weekend because I have been waiting for this book to arrive for a long time and I'm SO NOT disappointed by its content!!
I'm sure (creative as you are) you all know who Rob Ryan is but if you don't, you must check out his wonderful blog or even better, pay a visit this Sunday to his fabulous shop on Columbia Road (if you've never been to Columbia Road, gosh you must, you must, you must!!). Rob Ryan's intricate paper cuts often reveals whimsical stories and poetic expressions, creating a universe that is delicate in both form and theme.
I've always been a fan of Mr Rob's talent, patience and skills and this new book called "You can still do a lot with a small brain" is a great celebration of his work, imaginative paper cuts ad screen prints. The book has been published to accompany Rob Ryan's exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park that sadly ended last February but if you've missed the exhibition and loves his work, then you will love this book. I have taken a few pics of the inside to show you what it looks like but it has many wonderful examples of his screen prints and paper cuts.

I'm going to send one to Mila's Godmother who LOVES Rob Ryan so she can find it when she is back from her camping weekend...
I wish you a wonderful weekend. Bises

I'm not the only 'maman' to love the Friends of Violet poster....Look at Nael's bedroom (7 years old)....These photos were taken by Barbara Berrada, designer and photographer

Barbara B. has published a book a Butterfly in your house which looks like a wonderful collection of all the homes she has visited...I recommend you visit her blog, it has some cool shots of kids bedrooms

Elodie and I started developing a crush on Camilla Engman and Elisabeth Dunker's work when they collaborated together on this beautiful Friends of Violet poster. Now we are having a massive 'coup de coeur' for Elisabeth's new design: the Apple Papple poster.
If you don't know (I didn't) what an Apple Papple is, it is a cross-breed between an apple and a pear.
I can't really pinpoint if this is the lovely, smiley face of this apple that is so appealing or its feel-good yellow and brown hues but as soon as I saw it, I knew I just had to have it at home so now it's on B&F
Are you being won over by the Apple too :-)

The print will be available for dispatch around 20/06/2010

Last year, I did a little housetour of Nina's gorgeous loft in London East end. Do you remember?
Well the good news is that we will more of her beautiful, creative home soon as Nina's home will be in the next book by Paumes (out this Summer). I can't wait to see the shots that Hisashi Tokuyoshi has taken. I'm sure it's going to be stunning and very inspiring!
In the meantime, here is a glance at the new ByGraziela goodies...
I love, love , love the ByGraziela 'you-can't-miss-me' bed linen for cots and single beds. They are loud (but we like that for kids), retro, colourful and to put it in a half-German way... uber cute. In fact, I'm pretty sure a lot of colours from the bed linen would work perfectly in Mila's bedroom and if is anything like the TRAIN bed linen set, the NEW 123 bed linen is going to be a hit....Nina and her mum, designer Graziela Preiser have also launched a cot bumper. I had one for Mila when she was a baby and they are a godsend...Not only it stops your baby to want to put her head through the bars like mine did but it also stops all her favourite toys and the infamous dummy to fall on the floor!

And finally the ByGraziela nighties and PJs are back in production..Yippee!
While I'm at it....the ABC poster will be back in stock around 11th....I think we have quite a big amount on back order but we will get enough to fulfill all the back orders and more so no panic.

I have to admit that the photoshoot with Paumes last Saturday gave me the ultimate boost needed to finish Mila's bedroom... After spending several weekends painting her walls and floorboards, my motivation to do more DIY was running low but hey....no matter how talented Hisashi Tokuyoshi is in seeing beauty in the most mundane things, I thought my masking tape around the ceiling wouldn't quite cut it!

Like Sophie, I used these adorable Bird Clothes Pegs to display Mila's "masterpieces". I had the idea since I saw how one of our US customers used the bird pegs to display her wedding seating plan!

The more I look at these pictures, the more I'm pleased with how the soft and deep hues of greys used on a single wall and the shelves work beautifully against the rest of the room painted in white.
The room displays Mila's favourite toys and gifts which all have a little story to them like the yellow Apple we got from our last trip in Hong-Kong when we both went to explore Stanley market while Steve was working or the DREAM sign she broke, hide at the bottom of her basket under all her Doudous, which eventually I found months later and glued back, her latest present from me: the Doudou Superstar cushion, the vintage globe purchased at Columbia market, little gifts from Elodie and Lily she cherishes and Liberty cushions I made for her + one I brought back from my last trip to Paris.
I got the old Mickey on E-bay for my retro toys collection but lately everything I buy seems to end up in her space...The day after I bought a big rubber duck for my studio from the Paul Smith shop in Borough market, Steve found her sitting in the bathroom counting all her coins to see if she had enough to buy it from me. Her dad gave her £10, I 'sold' it to her at a loss but I ended up with a very happy little girl :-)
In the end, without too much pink, her room looks like a proper little girl room with cool pieces of design like the Norm 06 pendant light mixed with retro collectables robots and is so far, my favourite room in the house but if you are after more ideas on how to decorate a little girl's bedroom in pink and grey you may want to read this.