Market Estate Project

Yesterday, I paid a little visit to The Market Estate Project and had a glimpse of  life on a delapetated 60's North London housing estate. The old estate will being bulldozed next week to make way for a more modern project, so 20 vacant flats were transformed into exhibition spaces for installation art by different artist. Each flat had a certain theme. On flat that stood out was the Yellow Room where every single item in the installation was painted in bright yellow. Complete with half a knitting project on the chair. Quite creepy and voyeuristic, feeling like you are intruding in somebody's space.

 

View through the lace curtain

Shattered glass Estate view

Hallway between flats

 

Liani from Make:Good at their Memory Swap Shop on the estate. Every visitor were invited to particitpate and share a memory of the estate on their beautifully illustrated wall.

Vintage alarm clocks on Etsy

I just love old gadgets. Some of them make me laugh. Some of them are just so damn cool. Some of them brings back good old memories. These days, we just can't keep up with all the new tech out there, but I've found some gems on Etsy.

 

Slim wooden alarm clock by Funtretro  

 

Vintage Panasonic lavender and light blue alarm clock radio by Vintageworks  

 

Spartus alarm clock lamp by claireferrante

Before the Big Day special offer.

 

The lovely Georgia at UK wedding blog Before the Big Day has organised a special offer on all items in my Etsy shop. Just mention Before the Big Day in your checkout notes and you will be refunded 20% of the price into your paypal account. Hope all of you take advantage of this wonderful offer and thanks again Georgia for mentioning my work on you beautiful blog. 

Orimato dolls by Cochae

Just stumbled upon these amazing Orimato dolls by the Japanese artist Cochae on Upon a Fold's website. Each set comes with 10 sheets that creates 2 sets of 5 family dolls. How fun to fold your own dolls. Also check out Cochae's online portfolio for some very inspiring graphic origami projects.

Rainy days

With all the rain in London yesterday, everybody was looking for a brolly in town. Flooded streets and wet, frizzy hair = chaos. With these lovely finds, hopefully things will look up.

1. Umbrella skirt by Cecilia Felli
2. Hand printed teal/blue Bird brolly fabric by Sarah Waterhouse
3. Out of the rain print by Amy Blackwell
4. Cameo tiny frame umbrella by Lulu Guinness
5. Tuxedo ankle boot in turquoise by Vivienne Westwood and Melissa shoes
6. Canvas rain coat by Marc by Marc Jacobs at Net-a-Porter

nice 'tache

1.Mustachio necklace by Neawear at Supermarket.

2. Beards are sexy tote bag by The Bold Banana. 

3. Moustache glasses by Kimay. 

4. The Gentleman's Tee by Forward Collective. 

5. Bearded Boys pins by Hollandsworth. 

6. Mr. Mustachio hunts for Lollipops print by Pennywishes 

Supermarket find: Tetrad flat shelving

The ultimate 80s video game (remember those old game cartridges?). The Tetrad Shelving units by Brave Space at Supermarket, uses the Tetris-inspired shapes to create modular shelving for your home or office. Love the colours and shapes of this unit. It will almost be a shame to fill it with books!

Trend: lace

Lately, I've noticed that all the high street shops have embraced the new lace trend for Spring. So I had a little investigation and found a lot of inspirational architecture and fashion.

1. Lace fence: Demakersvan (Dutch Design House)

2. Kimchi + Blue lace top: Urban Outfitters

3 + 4. Elena Manferdini laser cut architecture installation and Fashion

5. Lace wallpaper: Lene Toni Kjeld

6. Shady lace parasol: Chris Kabel

Kartell Componibili round storage

Growing up in Cape Town in the eighties, my parents had these Kartell Componibili round storage units in our living room. My younger sister and I used to play with our Barbie dolls in them and we created houses for our dolls inside with mini furniture. Everytime I see these in a hip furniture store, I only have fond memories of my childhood.

Available at Bombero 

Folksy Sampler, Christmas 2009

I got a really nice surprise when I returned from my holiday. My Eero Aarnio Ponies tea towel design was featured on the middle page of the Folksy Sampler for Christmas 2009 and a copy of the newspaper was on my doorstep when I arrived. The layout of the newspaper is below. My design on the inside page can be used as wrapping paper for Christmas pressies. Really cute! Head over to Folksy for some designer goodies.

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These decorative wallstickers made me smile today. Ferm Living's clever use of this product caught my eye and I absolutely love old, tiny cars.

Colour of the day - canary yellow

When I came across this beautiful vintage enamelware pitcher on Etsy, I decided that the colour of the day has to be canary yellow! Hope this brightens your day.

Yellow enamel pitcher from The Best Things

 

"Madame and Monsieur" print by AshleyG 

 

Serving set from The Best Things

 a- 003DL (spike) by Adriaan Hugo for Dokter and Misses

Desert Rose Locker by Egg Designs

Kreep Planter by Joe Paine for Dokter and Misses

I'm back!

Back in the freezing cold snow of England after a very sunny and beautiful holiday in South Africa visiting my family. Here is some pics from around my home in the snow. Stay warm...

 

  

Bon Voyage

So... I'm off to Cape Town to spend some time with my family for 3 weeks. Back again on 30 December. Hope you have a great Christmas! The illustration below is by Jaco Haasbroek and is called "Cape Town loves you". Captures the city perfectly.

moka express tea towel - new colour!

moka express - cherry red

 

 

Chrismas market this Friday!

Hey Londoners,

I will have a stall at All I Want for Xmas at the Truman Brewery in Brick Lane, London on Friday 27 November. The market will run from 12 pm -6 pm. Do come and say hello, it looks like the space will be stocked with loads of designer goodies.

Follow the link for more info:
http://www.trumanbrewery.com/files/rooms/2765/OTB_NEWSLETTER_LINK.html

See you there!

Luzelle

Colour of the day - Vermillion

Phantasy Landscape 1970 by Verner Panton. Part of the Summer of love - Art of the pshychedelic era exhibition at Tate Liverpool 2005.

 

 

Wall hanging cuckoo clock by Decoylab

 

"Party for one" digital print by Ashley G

 

 Face and Heart poster by illustrator Ryan Feerer at Citizen Scholar Editions.

 New design from Mengsel!!! Eero Aarnio pony tea towel in vermillion now available in my etsy,  folksy, bouf and supermarket shops

wooden bookmarks by Elsita

I've been watching designer and illustrator Elsa Mora's Elsita shop on Etsy for a while now. I'm totally fascinated by her intricate papercuts and can't imagine the amount of work that goes into creating these pieces, not to mention the precise craftsmanship. These laser cut wooden bookmarks are the perfect gift for bookworms.

Colour of the day - cornflower BLUE

Let's start a new game: colour of the day!

"City plates - collection 5" by notNeutral

"Italian blue car photographic print" by Helena Carrington 

 

"Eames Vitra Elephant"

"London wallpaper, Toile Collection" by Timorous Beasties

"Birds on a wire pillowcase" by Ryan Green

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"ctrl alt del  cushion covers by DiffractionFiber"

These super fun felt cushion covers by Chicago-based DiffractionFiber made me smile this morning. Made from eco felt (100% recycled plastic bottles), they bring out my inner geek.

NEW tea towel designs available from mengsel

                                                                     

These lovelies are available to purchase in my etsy and folksy shops now. New designs include moka express, roosters, owl, cactus and robots. All of my designs are screen printed by hand onto 100 % cotton, using water based inks. No toxic chemicals used. They are safe to wash in the machine at a temperature that is below 40 degrees. Not only safe for the precious tea towels, but also better for the environment. Washing by hand would be best though...

Hope you like them and please don't hesitate to contact me if you are interested in different colours!