Leigh Bagley creates some of most fun and vibrant geometric prints I’ve seen. The Edinburgh-based artist has a keen eye when it comes to color choices that he uses in his limited edition prints and greeting cards. The repetitive patterns and hues that he implements make my modern art-loving heart really happy.
We’re hardly slaves to the trends, but when a look as fun as fluoro comes along, it’s hard to resist. Neon fashions bring to mind armfuls of brightly-colored jelly bracelets à la Madonna and her legions of Material Girls from the ’80s, but back then, when it came to decor, mauve was having a moment. Not so right now. For this week’s CMYLK, we chose a dozen neon + bright pieces we’d be happy to have at home.
Clockwise from top left: Hot Pink Thonet Chair, Robinson Wall Clock, Kontextür Neon + Squared Shower Ring, Tom Binns Dot Dash Earrings, Seletti Versailles Fluo I*Mug, Fluoro Sync & Charge Cables, Innit Acapulco Chair, Sagaform Mirror Tealight Holders , Marks Silicone 2012 Diary, VÄNNERNA DRAGKEDJA Duvet Set, La Tete au Cube Fluo Salt & Pepper, Eva Solo Ice Tea Maker
London-based Minimalux has a collection of products made of copper, silver, brass, and glass. Designer Mark Holmes, who also co-founded Established & Sons, has an eye for creating beautifully shaped objects that also serve a purpose. The items are simple, yet they are offered in premium materials making each one a minimal and sleek work of art. We pretty much want everything.
Is it possible to forecast the next hot color trends? Pimkie Color Forecast thinks so; it shows you in real time what people are wearing in Europe’s fashion capitals.
New York City native and textile designer Thomas Paul is in this week’s Friday Five hot seat. A former neckwear and scarf designer for Bill Blass, Calvin Klein, and DKNY, he went off on his own — in an entirely new direction: the home. You can definitely see the neckwear inspiration in his designs, which range from bedding to pillows to rugs and our favorite: the Luddite collection. P.S. he still does scarves, too!
This week’s Design Milk Dairy roundup features our favorite geometric shape: the triangle. And where better to have a triangle than on your iPhone. Here are some of our favorite triangle-covered iPhone cases over on Society6.
Working alongside Eugeni Quitllet, Philippe Starck has recently designed Home/Gym/Office for Alias’s fitness collection. The HGO collection is composed of a gym mat, barbell, jump rope, multipurpose hook, and rack. The gym mat is constructed of leather and polyurethane foam with non-slip rubber used in the lower portion.
Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg, AKA Nervous System, are back with a new project that makes me want to say, in my best Monty Python impression, “and now for something completely different.” Leave it to Nervous System to completely re-imagine the jigsaw puzzle and marry it to their nature-meets-science method. The whole process is fascinating – keep reading…
Nasia Burnet is a textile and interior designer from Amsterdam that designed Flower Explosion. Inspired by mass production, the unique fabric is made of 100% wool and is completely modular. Each cut flower shape is designed to connect with another identical shape, creating a repeating pattern that’s adaptable to your needs.
You already know how much I love Grove’s quality handmade-in-Portland products. I’ve had one of their engraved bamboo cases and now I have my hands on one of their new felt iPad sleeves. Oh happy day! This thing is all about the details; Charles Eames would be proud.
