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An incomplete Manifesto for Growth, Bruce Mau Design 1985-2007

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There is no place for terrible cubicle-style furniture in a home workspace… The right desk in the right quiet corner makes anything possible. Here are a few work spaces I have been dreaming about recently.

{1} Styled by Rodrick Hipskind {2} The workshed of Roald Dahl

{3} Styled by Louise Svensson {4} Essay table by Danish designer [...]

Buttons

I like it when buttons, these objects that can be extremely functional and completely decorative at the same time, turn up in unexpected places.

{1} Vintage button collage by Multistory {2} Button tableware by Greener Grass Design {3} Studio Ditte wallpaper {4} Wooden buttons from photographer Ditte Isager {5} Beatrix sofa by Swedish designer, Anna Kraitz.

Black Magic

Lite-Brites, Hungarian folk painting and chalkboards… Black backgrounds for colour can be amazing and distinctly non-somber.

{1} Gypsy-style furniture by Bokja Design {2} Penguin book covers by the wonderful Klaus Happiniemi

{3} Still-life photography by Kari Herer, available for purchase through her Etsy shop {4} Avalanche by Dutch artist Maurice Scheltens

{5} Ceramics by Ineke Hans {6} Chalk mural, [...]

Dream Weaver

Usually I think of wicker purely in terms of being the enemy of leotards, but every now and then a great woven object comes along and makes me reconsider. Here are some examples.

{1} Sculpture by Sophie Ryder {2} Traditional Finnish market basket revisited by designer Harri Koskinen

{3} Campana Brothers, from their Transplastic Series {4} Strandkörb, [...]

Exposé de science

Cours de science, laboratoire de biologie, bescher et éprouvettes envahissent les murs,le mobilier et les arts de la table.

{1} Living Etc. {2} Elle Decor {3} Toril Johanessen via Magpie & Whiskeyjack {4} et {5}Maissa Toulet {6} Drip Infuser by Luis Calcedo

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