Inspiration Profile - Niki, My Scandinavian Home

Here we are at the end of a short week and I am finishing off with a Inspiration Profile all the way from Malmo, Sweden. Meet Niki, the editor behind My Scandinavian Home. Enjoy and have a great Easter all.NikiName:NikiWhat do you do: I am the editor behind the daily interior design blog My Scandinavian HomeWhere do you live: Malmö, Sweden (I’m originally from London)What are you working on: I look for a daily dose of fabulous Scandinavian home tours to share with my readers on My Scandinavian Home. Niki's very own Scandinavian HomeWho/what...

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Kinfolk Magazine

Cover photo by Parker FitzgeraldHave you come across Kinfolk magazine yet? It is a beautifully designed quarterly publication from Portland, Oregon. Kinfolk celebrates all things about small gatherings and on simple ways to spend time together - whether it is over food, travelling or other meaningful activities. It is hard not to be inspired by the great photography and is a lovely reminder to enjoy the simplicity of being with family and friends. These images come from the latest issue.Photo by Clement PascalPhoto by Leo PatronePhoto...

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Home of Karen Walker

The latest Inside out magazine has a great spread on New Zealand fashion designer, Karen Walker's home in Auckland. Effortlessly cool and contemporary.Photographs by Emma Bass via Homelif...

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Inspiration Profile - Kirsten Matthew

It's the end of another busy week and we have a great Inspiration Profile for you today. Say hello to Kirsten Matthew, editor of Urbis magazine. She'll be a busy lady this weekend with the Urbis Designday so I hope all you Auckland readers are checking it out and for the rest of us in New Zealand, we can read the new issue out this weekend. Enjoy!Kirsten MatthewUrbis magazine Issue 73 - out this weekendName: Kirsten MatthewWhat do you do: I’ve been a writer and editor for 15 years and the editor of Urbis for six months.Where do...

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Ilse Crawford Speaks

Ilse Crawford is one of my favourite interior designers - and here are two great videos where she talks about two past projects and what she believes makes great interior design.Crawford makes a great statement about places being more like a home, on a more domestic and 'human' scale - her examples of the office environment and how the spaces could be better utilised for interaction and working comfort is an excellent reference. I agree that it is the human use of the space that informs the practical side of the design.She talks again about the human quality in the next video - about how the power of interiors can enhance...

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Sliding Door Over Book Shelf

By John Dwyer ArchitectsI like how this door opens and closes over the bookcase. Clever.Photograph via John Dwye...

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Chair 170

This is my chair of the moment - the Chair 170 by Takahashi Asako for Feelgood Designs. Need I say more?Photographs via Feelgood Design...

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Moby Celebrates L.A. Architecture

I am off on a overseas trip at the end of May and on my way to Europe, I am stopping in Los Angeles for 5 days. It looks like I need to check out the Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A. while I am there. Remember Moby? Not only is he a DJ and musician, he is also an architecture blogger (who would have thought?). Here he riffs about L.A. architecture.(Psst, I think this guy does it better - check out this video from last year where Ice Cube talks about the Eames).Video via Getty Trus...

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Colour on Doors

Here's a peek image from a job that I worked on last year - a fully refurbished traditional villa. The clients and I worked on a pared back scheme while highlighting certain traditional details. We used muted colours, rich rugs and crystal chandeliers throughout the main living areas.I'm looking forward to next Friday as we will have an Inspiration Profile from Urbis magazine editor, Kirsten Matthew. Til then, have a great weekend all.Photograph by Charlotte Mint...

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Inside Out Magazine's Alternate Covers

I know how essential a good magazine cover needs to be to catch the eye of possible reader and to entice them to pick it up. So imagine being given the responsibility to choose the cover?! It must be damn hard at times.The latest Inside Out magazine is out now and the images above were the four options for this edition - which one would you have chosen? Now go and find out which one made it...Photographs by Armelle Habib via Homelif...

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On the Desktop This Week

Almond trees by Laure JolietOak peg rail from Father RabbitSimple bedroom from Est magazine.Brad Pitt interiors shopping at the Nobilis Paris showroom - wonder what he was looking fo...

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Paris Fashion Week - Creative Runways

Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2013Chanel Fall/Winter 2013Paris hosted their Fashion Week recently and I just love checking out the creative fashion runways  - Chanel and Louis Vuitton were standouts this year.LV's catwalk was decked out like a five star hotel lobby with models walking in and out through the doors - you can see the famous LV cases and bags and hints of the rooms each time the doors were opened. Meanwhile Chanel's modern catwalk was overtaken by a giant globe, which highlighted the brand's locations around the world....

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