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On Vacation - Greetings from the Beach 16 Aug 2013 | 10:17 pm
Despite the look of things, I have not fallen off the far side of the earth. But I have been on an extended and much needed vacation in Grand Cayman, hence the slow posts and this super short greeting...
Lindsten Form - The Multipurpose 'Level' Table 19 Jul 2013 | 02:28 am
I'm sure I've mentioned it by now, but in case I didn't - I'm moving to London! It won't be for quite a few weeks, but nonetheless, I've found myself quite overcome with excitement as I mentally deco...
Toyin Odutola Portraits - Stripped Bare + Stunning 13 Jul 2013 | 02:03 am
With an obvious talent for rendering the human forn on paper, Toyin Odutola astounds on two levels - for her dexterity and attention to detail, and for the way her layered strokes present a bare, sine...
VSCO GRID - Au Courant Joins the Minimalist Space 9 Jul 2013 | 09:38 pm
This fast-paced world doesn't really need another online portal to further zombify mankind as we huddle over our phones/tablets/computers, gorging ourselves on digital ephemera whilst life does its th...
Mansur Gavriel - The Summer Staple Leather Tote 1 Jul 2013 | 10:32 pm
With a simple design that's sure to endure in your rotation past August, Mansur Gavriel's vegetable tanned totes are of the sort that can literally be carried every and anywhere you go this summer. T...
The French Cuisse - Delectable Food Porn 19 Jun 2013 | 10:54 pm
For me to really get excited about a dish, it needs to look good and it should make me fantasize about how delectable every morsel will taste as I sample one bit after another. Perhaps it's a shallow ...
Reflections - Thoughts on Father's Day 15 Jun 2013 | 06:47 pm
Being the result of a single-parent home where my mum was - and is still seen as - an otherworldly, superhuman lady inĀ possessionĀ of a boundless ability to love and care for everyone, Father's day did...
From Au Courant - The Mini Clutch in Leather 15 Jun 2013 | 02:26 am
When I first designed these Mini Clutch purses for the Au Courant shop, I made a handful of pieces with metal rivets on the reverse, but always wanted to add a clutch or two with bonded, flat flaps...
Streamlined Summer Look - Christophe Lemaire 12 Jun 2013 | 07:19 pm
Oftentimes, a designer's collection is euphemistically called 'wearable' in place of the more damning terms like 'plain' or 'catalog style,' but in the case of Christophe Lemaire, I mean it in the mos...
Yvonne Kone - As Shot by Line Thit Klein 10 Jun 2013 | 08:36 pm
I'm not sure how their partnership works - maybe they hatch ideas for posts over brunch and a bellini - but the imagery created by Line Thit Klein of the wares designed by her confidant, Yvonne Kone, ...