This is really about the different levels of skin tone colours I've spotted from a pink through to softer brown tones; they've been used as an accent colour or as a block. Pink is usually associated with a girls bedroom ...Read More

Pink Tones

Marquetry has had a make over. Bold contemporary graphics have taken over from traditional classical forms to resurrect a craft that was in danger of disappearing. Laser cutting may have replaced the hand carved, but it still takes skilled craftsmen ...Read More

Marquetry

"Colours are generated from the passage of light through an atmosphere that carries different degrees of dullness" -  Aristotle apparently This post has nothing to do with post holiday blues and the dullness of those long dark winter days - no really. This is an ...Read More

Blue

                      There have been so many images of the over sized cast iron dinner service and the stained glass windows I thought I'd post some images of the porcelain dinner service also shown here. The Last Supper is truly a remarkable achievement. The production of ...Read More

Studio Job – The Gospel According to Job

Adapting old designs with a playful use of colour or mixing up vintage pieces with a contrast in style and colour. We're being a little more creative with what we've got and seeing value in old pieces that with a ...Read More

Vintage Colour

Designers are really going for a bold use of colour, particularly in this year's fashion colours: blue and purple. Above: I love Inke Hans Flow Chair in this fabulous shade of blue. I'm also coveting a McQ jersey top in the same shade but ...Read More

Colour Blocking

Looking at pixelated colour, printing techniques allowing highly complex surface pattern design.   Cristian Zuzunaga’s sofa , such a beautiful design his work is inspired by architecture and the urban enviroment. For more of his designs heres a link http://www.cristianzuzunaga.com/  Left: Ayme Fitzgerald  - Wildside ...Read More

New Colour Technology.

It's safe to say we’re fed up of drab beige and neutral living; could colour be the antidote to our current malais? We’ve had a shift in perspective, looking at what we already have and adapting to our environment. We’re looking at ways to ...Read More

Bright Colour