Tuesday January 3rd, 2012
Knit FLOR
I need to find a place for this awesome knit-inspired FLOR tile. Perfect for a laundry room or a play room rug?
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Friday October 28th, 2011
The Nest Learning Thermostat
The idea is simple. No more programming, no more constantly changing the temperature all while conserving energy and saving money. The thermostat is designed to teach itself in a week to keep you comfortable and save energy. The design is built to reflect the surface it sits upon to help blend into the wall, but it’s a cute little guy even if it didn’t. Of course, the CEO & Founder, Tony Fadell also went to the University of Michigan school of engineering, so my boyfriend (& I) loves this even more. Go Blue! Go Nest.
Photos from nest.com - visit the site to reserve your unit.
Tuesday October 4th, 2011
Alphabetical Gifting
I think it’d be great to use these letterpress alphabet tags at Bespoke Press to “letter code” your gifts this holiday season. Let’s take it a step further and make everyone open in alphabetical order. Looks like I’m going last in my family, shoot.
Bespoke Press Letterpress Tags
Friday September 16th, 2011
Gorgeous Animal Masks
I nearly jumped out of my chair when I came across these outstanding leather animal masks today at Sundries and Plunder. If you haven’t caught on yet, I have a thing for animal things. With less than a month to go for Halloween costume planning, this couldn’t have come at a better time and would be a long-lasting go-to investment, but to be honest, I would want one just to hang on the wall in my office. How great would it be to have a few of this in your kid’s room for play time? The real question is how do you decide which one to get.
photos from Sundries and Plunder on Etsy.
Friday September 2nd, 2011
Tabletop Trays
A few years ago I told my mom (Doreen, aka Dory) I wanted to collect trays. For me it’s a mix of pretty modern and a little danish vintage. I have a think for teak and sexy woodgrain, but wouldn’t it be great to have a huge cabinet full of wonderful trays to move around your house and for serving and entertaining? I think so. What’s your tray type?
Brasilia Tray | Jonathan Adler
Lacquer Wood Trays | West Elm
Stockholm Tray | Ikea
Vintage Tray | Etsy
Scroll White Tray | CB2
Gryfino Tray | Crate & Barrel
Thursday September 1st, 2011
Chair Affair: CH445 Wing Chair
As some of you already know, I have an obsession with furniture design, and more specifically chairs. If I could have a house with a room or two full of beautiful chairs that I could move in and out and around my house, I would. Today’s chair affair is the CH445 Wing Chair by Hans J. Wegner from 1960. I love Danish design. I love this chair. I also love aviation and the contrast of very linear and angular shapes against a beautiful textile. I would feel ready to “take off” at any moment in this beauty. Enough said.
Photo from deanishdesignstore.com
Monday July 19th, 2010
Design Womb has launched! Now Open on Etsy.
Design Womb was born awhile ago when I almost changed my website to an official “studio name.” Though I still haven’t fully committed to that big change at the moment, I will be updating this blog to reflect my new project and studio undertakings.
Now, onto the official big news! I have launched a DESIGN WOMB shop on Etsy! While the shop will eventually carry a lot more in the near future and throughout 2010, it launches with a unique collection of sophisticated, modern and unique digital wedding invitation kits. You can purchase a digital file for the invite only or the full package with a response card and save the date included. This sprang from my personal feelings that there seems to be a lack of simplistic upscale design in the wedding stationary world, especially when it comes to doing it on a budget. Most brides can not afford to pay someone to design something from scratch and print it, so these truly capture that custom feeling without the giant custom made price tag. You can read more about how it works at the shop.
Be sure to watch Design Womb on Etsy! I am working hard at expanding this throughout the year. Paper goods, design related collateral and more customizable and printable digital templates will be posted on Etsy. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me in the meantime.
Wednesday April 28th, 2010
Featured Client: Taryn Bickley
Taryn Bickley is a Chicago based freelance stylist, shopper and writer. She needed something that reflected her personality, but remained simple and sophisticated to showcase her portfolio of work. The results were a simple brand, website and stationary collateral that I designed to help market and grow her freelance business. You can view my work for Taryn here. Taryn is playful and whimsical with a modern twist. You can view her styling and writing work at TarynBickley.com and follow her more recent endeavor at her new blog Sage & Style. Need to find the perfect set of glasses or trying to find that perfect tray for the party you are throwing next week? TB is the go-to-girl for those types of questions and her new blog helps out. Thats not all! Taryn is currently working with me on a styling for a new branding project for Chic by Design, a new spin on upscale and smart gifting. She is styling the shoot and working closely with photographer, Cybelle Codish.
Thursday April 22nd, 2010
Just the right cup.
My morning ritual goes a little something like this. After my coffee beans have been ground and the pot is brewing, I grab my Think Thin breakfast bar while I wait. Soon after, the golden moment comes. I have to pick which coffee mug/cup I will use today. I have a set of Pantone mugs, so every day is a different color. Sometimes I base it on my mood, others on the type of day that color evokes. Now, if I could have these mugs for my afternoon tea to put in the mix, I would have a whole new layer of decisions to make. These cheery porcelain mugs are hand-decaled byAustralian artist Samantha Robinson. Sure, maybe all this thought is a little too much for some of you in the mornings, but you can’t go wrong and won’t even have to think if you have these new beauties to pick from.
