Alain Delorme: Totems

19Sep10

IN 2009 and 2010, French photographer Alain Delorme spent time in China for two artist residencies. Enraptured by the visual (and physical!) aspect of local workers transporting gravity defying heaps of product on 2 or 3 wheel bicycles, Delorme set out to document the beauty of what he was seeing. An amazing combination of huge [...]

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New Book Recommendation: “At Home with Wedgwood”

17Jun09

Another new book I’ve added to our inspiration library/reference book selection is the newAt Home with Wedgwood: the Art of the Table by Tricia Foley. A few months ago we tested out china pattern desing for one of our hospitality projects. Although it took an enormous amount of work just to get our ideas together, [...]

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Tags: books, china, decorating, home, house, images, inspiration, placesettings, porcelain, wedgwood

Bloomingdale’s for home accessories

17Mar09

Bloomingdale’s is a great resource for all types of decorative items. If you need to do some last minute retail shopping for a project, Bloomingdale’s is great as they seem to always be having sales (especially on home items). I also find their china selection to be top-notch (sorry Macy’s you’ve been dethroned). The images [...]

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Tags: accessories, Bloomingdales, china, home