With the ever expanding halls at Maison et Objet it can be hard to know where to start. My top tip and I do it every time I go, is to head to the inspirations section in the front of ...Read More

Maison et Objet SS12

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

Here are designs that appreciate iron and steel in its raw state. They've been allowed and encouraged to rust and corrode, the natural state of decay seen as something beautiful as opposed to being a sign of a fault, fatigue ...Read More

Rust

10 images I shot at Maison et Objet in Paris First theres a look at the three trend and inspiration areas. Haute Tension by Elizabeth Leriche Displayed designs that stimulate the senses. "Design is blowing hot and cold, modulating between heavy and light ...Read More

Ten – Maison et Objet

Mixing old pieces with new technology here are a few examples of the way designers have updated traditional pieces in a non traditional way. Shown at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2010 Paul Smith has taken a series of wood frame chairs and ...Read More

Reinvention

There is always something fascinating about the use of geometric construction in design. The extrapolation of a simple pattern into a more complex one tweaks the senses into looking more closely, trying to understand where the pattern begins and ends. ...Read More

Geometry

    Artists and designers have been fascinated by invertebrates for a millennium - or two or three or more... If you think of how the ancient Egyptians revered the humble dung beetle, maybe the start of our recognising beauty in something that ...Read More

Beetles & Bugs

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