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may florals
Petals left and right… a May shower perhaps?
Via 
Via The Barkitect
Ceramic Hibiscus via Simply Add Style
Murano Glass Muralight Flower Chandelier
Via SevenDaysofStyle
when nature and science are harmonious and complimentary…
BE LINEN MOVIE 2 from Benoit MILLOT on Vimeo.
A beautifully made documentary about explorations in the use and manipulation of flax fiber… pushing natural limits through technology. Two thumbs up!
a prefab + assembly + teamwork masterpiece!
The Fablab house by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC): the 2010 Solar Decathlon’s People’s Choice Awardee generates 3x more energy than it consumes.
Watch the making:
MakingOf_FabLabHouse_LongVersion from ON i ON comunicación on Vimeo.
now a part of trendwatching’s network!
Very happy to have been invited to join Trendwatching’s Happy Spotters network, a group of business and marketing-savvy individuals from all over the world who help trendwatching.com spot samples of trends on a local/regional level. It’s an honor to be part of one of my favorite trend resource sites.
a chair is a chair is a… bag?
A Korean designer crosses fashion with furniture = the Bachag Chair. Joongho Choi designed this fresh wood and aluminum chair for Boheumg Furniture as part of the 2010 iDEALGRAPHY project.
“It was designed to express structures, usability and looks of bags and to provide comfort and unity when it is sit as if one is wearing bags.”
Photo credit: Design Milk.
Check out Joongho Choi’s site here.
prada ss2012
A new edgy take on 50s “sweetness”, or a restrained feminine aggressiveness, by Miuccia Prada for Spring/Summer 2012… gotta watch out for these fashion trend leaders!
Photo credit: Style.com
organic zaha
No one does organic like Zaha Hadid… Her Mobile Art Pavillion from 2007 (commissioned by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel) is still as fresh and relevant today as it was then.
Photo credit: Dezeen Magazine
Restrained but playful optimism of NY Fashion Week SS2012
Thoroughly enjoying the color stories emerging from the NY Fashion Week runways ♥♥♥ … with orange being the pucker color of choice for nearly every single designer.
Tracy Reese via Style.com
Nicole Miller
Complete seasonal color reports available upon request.
Influencers
I enjoyed this. It’s an interesting documentary on how pop culture ideas latch onto the pubic consciousness and become trends. A bit local (NY-specific slant) but, in an increasingly global culture, still very relevant.
spring 2012 fashion trendbits preview + confirmations
NY Fashion Week is already upon us! Rounding up a few preliminary spottings:
DECONSTRUCTED SUIT
Helmut Lang
Rag & Bone
United Bamboo
Monique Lhuillier
Peter Som
Graeme Armour
PATCHWORK
Duro Olowu
Rag & Bone
ASYMMETRICAL DRAPING
Helmut Lang
Doo.ri
Costello Tagliapetri
And some more confirmations (pat self on back):
ORANGE ORANGE ORANGE! Although the movement now is towards more burnt shades…
BCBG MaxAzria
Jill Stuart
Peter Som
Lyn Devon
FRENCH BLUE
Richard Chai Love
Rag & Bone
TRIBAL REMIX
BCBG Max Azria
Alexander Wang
All images from Style.com.
The complete SS2012 trend roundup (pdf) may be purchased upon request.
