Sketchbook update!

I have just uploaded some photos of watercolours on my Tumblr sketchbook.

Care to take a look?

Ladybirdsketches.tumblr.com

Architects and their homes

Dove vivono gli Architetti - Where architects live
Salone del Mobile 2014

On my way out of the Salone del Mobile I managed to fit in a gem of a show. My Interior Designer friends had decided to wait for the coach at a café, so I was able to take a quick look round the pavillion dedicated to Bathrooms. Within it there was an exhibition which I had seen advertised all over Milan. The exhibition, curated by Francesca Molteni, was dedicated to eight great architects of our time and their homes. Eight stands for eight architects: Shigeru Ban, Massimiliano Fuksas, Zaha Hadid, Marcio Kogan, Mario Bellini, David Chipperfield, Bijoy Jain/Studio Mumbai, Daniel Libeskind. Withing each space a different experience made of shapes, sounds and a video, showing each architect being interviewed and telling the story of his or her houses and homes.

Bath time

During my trip to the Design Week we visited an exhibition of Italian products called 100% BE Original Design organised by Elle Decor Italia.

The exhibition took place against the backdrop of the Palazzo Reale, in the Duomo district of Milan.

I was struck by the beauty of the products by Italian ceramic company Flaminia.

Don't you think these three designs would make any bathroom a very elegant place?

Monoroll by Japanese design company Nendo



Monoroll in 'ardesia' (slate-grey)

Rocchetto by Italian Architect Alessandro Mendini.



Rocchetto in all five versions

Boll by Italian Architect Paola Navona

Boll in white and deco'

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Flaminia at the Salone del Mobile

Flaminia at the Fuori Salone

Be Original

All photos by Little Lou Design

Pretty earings..


...for a pretty friend.

Amethist and Swarovsky earings by Little Lou

It's not just about jeans - Non solo jeans

This year, at the Salone del Mobile, Diesel Living was launched.
The Italian fashion brand joined forces with three other Italian brands: Scavolini to create a range of kitchens, Foscarini for Lighting and Moroso for Furniture.

At the fair the various designs were both combined and displayed separately to show living spaces and objects with a signiture industrial Diesel style.



The main stand for Diesel also showed a range of china ware produced in colaboration with Seletti, which will be officially launched this Autumn.

Diesel with Seletti

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Diesel Living Kitchens with Scavolini

Diesel Living Lighting with Foscarini

Diesel Living Furniture with Moroso


All photos in this post were taken by me.