Showing posts from September, 2010

HBL Colour Analysis: Vintage Pastels

WGSN product shot, Pasadena Rose Bowl Flea Market A key colour palette at the US vintage markets this year were Vintage Pastels, an array of greyed-out tones seen across the country. Light pink, gree…

HBL Tradeshows: Rocio Moreno at Decorex, London

The striking luminous colour of Spanish designer Rocio Moreno's tie-dye hangings stood out vividly on her stand at Decorex in London this week. The collection of hangings and silk brocades are pr…

HBL Think Tank: 12th Venice Architectural Biennale

Hylozoic Ground: Philip Beesley Architect Inc. at the Canadian Pavilio n To balance the widespread sense of delicacy and minimalism at this year's Venice Biennale, there was also an emerging tren…

HBL Retail News: Paperchase Online Store

Paperchase , the UK contemporary stationery and card retailer, has relaunched its website with a new transactional online store. The new store allows customers to browse categories including occasion…

A Violet Maison

A rcade This year's Maison & Objet was a colourful one, but tints of purple stood out as the colour of the season. We saw violet coloured ceramics, textiles and glassware and hues ranged fro…

Drop by Paul Cocksedge at LDF

One of the more attention-grabbing exhibits during this year's London Design Festival is Drop, a giant, magnetic brass coin by British designer Paul Cocksedge. Drop will be on display for the dur…

Displaced artists transform Guangzhou’s Xiaozhou village

Left: Jiang Ping; right: Zi Yun Tang  Xiaozhou, a small village in the Haizhu district of Guangzhou, southern China, is the seemingly unlikely setting for a community of innovative artists, who adop…

The new embroidery

Following the resurgence of knitting and crochet over the past few years, cross stitch is the latest arts and crafts practice to be modernised. WGSN-homebuildlife will publish its full analysis of t…

Front for Höganäs Keramik

Swedish design trio Front have collaborated with Swedish ceramic company Höganäs Keramik to create a utilitarian ceramic collection inspired by Höganäs's extensive back catalogue of vintage desig…

Patriotism at Autumn Fair 2010

Left: Penny Kennedy; right: Landon Tyler With 500,000 products on view from 1500 exhibitors, Autumn Fair is one of the most important gift and homewares tradeshows of the season. Trends spotted at th…

Ferm Living at Maison & Objet

Earlier this week the WGSN Interiors team visited this year's second instalment of the Parisian design show Maison et Objet to seek out the latest in inspirational homeware design. As well as be…
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