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Golden Globes outfits 2012

Golden Globes outfit review

Normally an interiors blogger, this time of year Jenny over at MyFavouriteAndMyBest gives the moodboards a rest to bring readers succinct and snarky outfit reviews for the big US award dos. I rarely agree with her favourite outfits, but she’s usually spot on about the worst ones. I cheered when I mentally described one as […]

Designer mantelpieces

Admittedly this is an exhibition we have all missed – finishing last November – but I still enjoyed seeing the images from The Mantelpiece exhibition, which took place at the Bath school of Art & Design. Kerry Curtis, Head of Fashion, Textiles, and Three Dimensional Design at the school, curated the show asking 24 designers, […]

North Korean child

North Korean houses

Wallpapered ceilings. Frilly fan cosies. Group photos on a grand scale. Come with us as we explore rarely seen images of domestic interior decor from the world’s most secretive state. My curiosity was prompted by this story, in The Mirror, about the North Korean embassy, housed in a suburban semi in Gunnersbury Avenue, north London. […]

MoFo Eames

Great little bit of film, found via DoorSixteen, of Ice Cube talking about his love of LA architecture and Charles and Ray Eames in particular. He studied architectural drawing for a year you know.   While we’re at it, did you see this news story, about Snoop Dogg putting out a shout out to meet […]

My Friend’s blog

My friend and ex-colleague Cathy is another interiors / architecture / other stuff journo who moved from London to Copenhagen a few years ago. She’s just started her own lovely blog Designs On Denmark, the focus of which is design, architecture, food, fashion and culture – all Danish, and so all rather lovely. Her suggestions […]