Model Liandra sports a rainbow of colors in Michelle Du Xuan’s stunning beauty images shot for Fashion Gone Rogue’s latest exclusive photoshoot. Read more…
Eden’s Garden by Michelle Du Xuan
Dominic Davies Food Photography
I have loved Heston Blumenthal’s scientific approach to food for quite some time, and his presentation is also hard to fault. I found that Dominic Davies is behind the beautiful, floaty photographs of his food.
Beautiful Envelopes
These recycled envelopes were letter-pressed for a wedding in South Carolina by a letterpress studio called Sideshow Press, run by three women.
Blue D1653 by Royal Delft
This lovely new collection from Royal Delft combines the classical trade of the Master Painters with the power of modern Dutch design. Read more…
Vintage flower seed packets
Absolutely lovely vintage packaging for flower seeds from the 1800’s. Read more…
Marie Mills
I am a big fan of the work of artist Marie Mills. Read more…
Durham Celebrates Festival of Colour
A spectacular sound and light show lit up the city of Durham as 35 British and international artists took part in the UK’s largest light festival.
Christopher Russell: Scratched photographs
Christopher Russell hand etches and scratches the surface of his photographs to create intricate drawings and patterns. Read more…
‘The Paper Garden’ by Molly Peacock
This beautifully designed book, which features thirty-five full colour illustrations, is at once a biography of an extraordinary eighteenth-century woman and a fascinating mediation on late-life creativity.
Paris Road Journal by Natalie Ratkovski
Check out this unbelievable road journal by Natalie Ratkovski.
Paper Craft
Here’s just one of the fascinating creations to be found on The Art Of Papercuts blog.
Everything featured on the blog is cut by hand. Amazing detail, and such patience with a scalpel blade!!
Via The Art of Papercuts.
Bruce Munro: Forest Of Light
A fabulous new project of Bruce Munro, exhibited in the States. Read on for a description of the project direct from the Designboom blog:
Sand by Yukihiro Kaneuchi
These vases made of sand are shaped according to the principles of an old Japanese game.
Playing with Paper – Wedding Invitation
Some very sweet laser-cut wedding invitations here, I love pop-ups, and as far as they go this is quite a simple one – but it’s very cute and fitting of an outdoorsy wedding.
Alyona B & Nicole Volfova by Zhang Jingna for SingaporeBrides August 2011
Conscious that we’re designing a new website and promotional literature for Bath based ‘Flowers By Passion’ – specialist florists for society weddings – I’m impressed by this essay of wedding photography where the flowers are a prominent feature within all of the images.
X-ray flowers
Artist Hugh Turvey shows flowers as they have never been seen before. Read more…
Paper Eyelashes
These paper eyelashes were inspired by the art of Chinese paper cutting and are quite something!
Via: Swiss Miss
Biophilia
Bjork’s Biophilia cover art
Paris Fashion Week S/S 2012 Invitations: Menswear
To follow on from the kaleidoscopic of the Milan S/S 2012 Invitations, here’s the same for Paris
In order below are close-ups of each:
Read more…
B is for Brighton
Illustrator, Bradley Jay, created this botanical letter B for the Brighton Graduate Show 2011.
Via Bradley Jay
Attraction/Aversion Jewellery Collection
Kerry Howley’s delicate jewellery looks ethereal and beautiful until one is confronted with the fact that it’s actually delicately woven from human hair.
Via: Fashionista
La Maison Champs-Elysées by Maison Martin Margiela
Very ‘Margeliaeqsue’, all white, sterile, drapes, trompe-l’oeil wallpapers and custom furniture, the hotel ‘Maison Champs-Elysées’ commissioned Maison Martin Margiela to redesign, redecorate and reconcieve the hotel.
Solange by Daniel Gurton for Vs. Magazine July 2011
Flower Child – These lovely shots by photographer Daniel Gurton feature model Chic’s Solange for Vs. Magazine online. Read more…
Rebecca Wilson: Finest Paperware
Scottish ceramicist Rebecca Wilson presents her latest project ‘Finest Paperware’ at the Flow Gallery in London.
Couture Embroidered Wallpapers
Claire Coles bespoke couture wallpapers transform walls into individual works of art.
Embroidered Penguin Classics Book Covers
Artist Jillian Tamaki has been commissioned by Penguin to produce 3 embroidered book covers for their ‘Threads’ series of Classics.
BP Portrait Award 2011 – Holly
Yesterday I went to a private viewing of ‘Glamour of the Gods – Hollywood Portraits’, in the National Portrait Gallery.
Bookplates
A few rather lovely bookplate examples.
Via Flickr
Bruce Munro – Water-Towers at Salisbury Cathedral
Bruce Munro‘s ‘Water-Towers’ will officially open on January 14th, 2011 at Salisbury Cathedral.
Letterpress Wedding Stationery
I’ve spotted another lovely bit of wedding stationery, using some really gorgeous letterpressing.
Some great use of a splash of colour combined with a really crisp bit of type sets the tone for an American summer wedding.
Via Kate Holgate.
Zoe Bradley – Paper Artist
Another paper blog…! Zoe Bradley is a fab Fashion Artist – working in paper she creates Window Installations, Show Pieces, Editorials and Advertising.
Matthew Schlian
These works by Matthew Schlian caught my eye. It’s fascinating to see how artists can work with paper.
Via: Matthew Schlian
Dalston Rose by House of Hackney
London brand House of Hackney have created a range of floral wallpapers and fabrics that turn black at the edges.
Dear Photograph
Take a picture of a picture from the past in the present. That’s the idea behind this tumblr, which invites people to submit photos from their past, re-photographed in the same place. Some are mawkish, some are really quite sweet.
Via Quipsologies
Peony Love
Pantone named Silver Peony one of the top ten colors for Spring 2011 fashion.
It’s a delicate pinkish silver color that would look lovely on walls as well as waists.This direct from the Pink Flower Love blog.
I Wonder – Marian Bantjes
Here are some lovely behind the scenes images of the making-of process of Marian Bantjes’ book I Wonder.
It’s a book I have on my desk, which I use when I need to clear my head – the intense patterns and illustrations are, as Marian describes, “a feast for visual gluttons”.
You can read more about the making of this lovely book here.
Via Marian Bantjes.
Wedding Invitations
Another attractive set of wedding stationery – it’s unusual to see bright red as a wedding theme/colour – but I think here the use of red as a nod toward a retro-postal theme is really striking!
Via Snippet&Ink.
Georges Fouquet
Art Nouveau artist Mucha designed this store for the Parisian jeweler Georges Fouquet in 1900.
Hanging In There
Lots of lovely and cute rustic ways to display flowers.
Via: Pink Flower Love
Giles Revell | Flora
From his project ‘Flora’ these images represent a visual catalogue of Giles’s habitual collecting of organic material, I think they’re just beautiful.
Kenzo Invite S/S 09
A very beautiful invitation for Kenzo’s S/S 09 show….