Up-cycled Chair

‘Nomades Collection’ Tire-E chair in cherry wood and reclaimed car tires from young Canadian design duo Haniyeh Khosravi Fard and Farhad Shabani of F.H Design- $1300.00 Available here

tie dye or not tie dye....

"Designer Shabd Simon-Alexander creates limited edition collections based on simple shapes with attention to fabric combinations and compositions".(Shabd website)

Shabd is from brooklyn in NY, and uses simple clothing design, with complex tie dye patterns. She states that ecological and social sustainability are important aspects of her design process.  Check out more of her work and buy items from her recent collection here....

Powerline print

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeah another powerline post... its funny, i always used to associate electricity lines with the Castle and Bonnydoon, (and if that makes no sense to you whatsoever, you obviously weren't living in Australia in 1997)...its been interesting that since having this little blog and posting things that have caught my eye I've been drawn to industrial prints of powerlines!!

Anyway, here is a print from the girl who runs Delightfully tacky which is a super cool blog... she's Alaskan and has done a massive tour through the states in her Winnebago nicknamed "Brave".... definately check it out, she has cute clothes and has had some incredible adventures, ALL ON HER OWN!! I don't think I could have done that, I get too lonely in the car I need company in the form of my Sammy :)

My bedroom... (I WISH!)

If this was mine, I would never ever leave!!!

The view...the windows... the fireplace and wall... although the ugly curtains would have to go....

Taken from desire to inspire blog

Proenza Schouler Paper Bag Bag!!

So in love, you can see it actually has the serated edges of a paper bag!!
Apparently a very cheap paper bag retailing for US$615 on their site
*Ahem* christmas present maybe?

Amy Tamblyn: Handmade wearable art

Amy Tamblyn works with gold, silver, steel and other found objects to create unique and beuatiful wearable art. Her studio can be found in Surry Hill, in Sydney and you can contact her directly to buy her pieces.  She was featured recently by seminal fashion magazine RUSSH as an up-and-coming designer to keep an eye out for... As you can see Amy's work speaks for itself! 

Sister Big Stuff Earrings

Elanor Rigby Earrings

Rug with industrial print

I found this rug on the NY Times site
Its the outline of an electrical transformer that hold up power lines.  I guess it would match the Think Contemporary upcycled cabinet with the powerlines vinyl print...

The rug was designed (no joke) by a man called Randy Twaddle (like Russell Brand said to FiFi Box what would your porn star name be? lol).

Twaddle was "drawn to the unintended elegance of the transformers and the lyrical quality of the power lines.”And I agree with him, the industrial nature of this rug, and the vinyl print from the Think Contemporary cabinet are beautiful in their industrialism, the lines are almost abstract when viewed in this graphic print on the rug...

The idea reminds me of that scene in Ameican Beauty where the freaky kid films the plastic bag against the brick wall... In some ways it is sad that that something like thiscan be considered beautiful, but then this is outweighed by the gritty urban scene where the bag floating in the wind becomes mesmerising....

Debra Cronin Designs- Vogue Living July/August 2010

Vogue Living ran a spread on Debra Cronin in its July/August 2010 issue.  She has restored an old terrace in Wollahra so that it is 'Alice In Wonderland meets The Addam's Family'.... Its pretty unsual I think in that all the walls in a number of rooms have been stripped back, rather than leaving one as a feature and painting the others.  It should be noted however, while it looks like it is the lower rooms that have been done like this, the upstairs bedrooms are white and have a more contemporary feel. I especially love how the chandelier does NOT sparkle in pictures of this room, although it might be a different story at night.  I loooooove the mirrored medicine cabinets in the bathroom, I've never seen anything like it before, however the room itself does look a bit gloomy.... I guess I like the look of these rooms, but it might be a bit much living in them all the time!!

The wine rack is AMAZING. I love the colour...  Debra uses her house as an underground dining experience as well, called 'Bite Club', which, along with pocket bars that are popping up all over the city, seems to be the trendy dining/wining thing to do in Sydney over the last couple of years....But Bite club actually has the chef to back it up, as he also works at Pier at Rose Bay...