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Album di Famiglia

Posted 12/12/2010 December 2010

Buoyed by the success of their contemporary childrenswear collection, Italian label Album di Famiglia has now extended their range to include womenswear and menswear.

Designer Monica Rusconi's predilection for minimalist shapes, a muted colour palette and the softest, highest quality fabrics, creates a distinctly sophisticated collection for all the family, whilst simultaneously exhibiting impeccable eco credentials with its clever use of recycled cottons.

Buoyed by the success of their contemporary childrenswear collection, Italian label Album di Famiglia has now extended their range to include womenswear and menswear.

Homeware

Posted 17/12/2010 December 2010

Couverture home has become synonymous with original, desirable and unexpected products. Chosen for a purity of line and an understated design aesthetic, much of the collection is reminiscent of classic Scandinavian furniture and homeware from the fifties and sixties, and yet all pieces are contemporary, often created by new designers.

Whether it be hand painted porcelain from Astier de Villatte, individually crocheted rugs from British label Teeny Tini or painstakingly embroidered heart shaped cushions from South Africa, hand crafted details are intrinsic to the beauty of these pieces. Traditional techniques are often re-worked and re-interpreted so that traditional French canework used in the children’s furniture of La Maison de Lena for example, combined with an innovative design ethos, results in a uniquely modern look.

An environmentally friendly consciousness is demonstrated in the exquisite children’s plates from Smiling Planet, made from recycled plastic and with the use of non-toxic inks, whilst elsewhere in store there are softest Danish throws woven from biodynamic merino wool or cute ape shaped hangers from Sweden made entirely from forest waste with a non-toxic organic tint.

Lucky Boy Sunday

Posted 12/12/2010 December 2010

Lucky Boy Sunday is a brand of modern luxury knitted art toys and soft furnishings for the home, inspired by an artistic take on the world of children. The brand’s Danish designers, Camilla Koerschen and Camilla Ebdrup, are highly creative textile designers with backgrounds in fashion and art, who founded their studio in 2007.

Their work magically straddles the worlds of adults and children, the everyday and the unusual, bringing a poetic, artistic sensibility to both the living room and the nursery. Their iconic dolls, cushions, baby blankets, rattles and play houses harmoniously bring together the worlds of fashion and art in a way that speaks to both adults and children.

All Lucky Boy Sunday’s designs are manufactured in Bolivia, where alpaca have been bred for their precious wool for centuries. All items are knitted in cooperatives working under the fair trade principle, using only the highest grade wool, which is as valuable and as soft as cashmere. Their designs are made to both withstand the rigours of child’s play and look stunning in an adult’s environment.

Quality and function, originality and familiarity, poetry and playfulness are all in harmony in the work of this exceptional brand. Lucky Boy Sunday’s heirloom-quality designs have graced the cover of Milk magazine in France and are sold in design shops and the hippest children’s concept stores from Paris to Barcelona, Tokyo to Sydney, who are charmed by Camilla and Camilla’s unique, artistic take on the world.

Minä Perhonen

Posted 12/12/2010 December 2010

Akira Minagawa graduated from the famous Bunka Fashion College in Japan and worked as a pattern cutter before setting up his own label, Minä Perhonen in 1995. The name originates from Finnish, Minagawa being heavily influenced by the lifestyle and culture of that country, and translates as “I Butterfly”, his aim being “to make many beautiful designs like those of butterflies wings.” Minä Perhonen collections are built on the principles of durable design, the clothes do not change radically each season but rather evolve, with fabrics re-used and elements re-worked.

Photographer: Taro Hirano
Art director: Daijiro Ohara
ⓒminä perhonen 2011-12 A/W

Oeuf

Posted 12/12/2010 December 2010

Oeuf evokes the image of simple, clean and intuitive design. But there’s so much more…

Before the economic meltdown plaguing the world today, before green and eco friendly were the new buzz words and hottest trend, there was Oeuf. From the beginning, Oeuf has believed in designing products that offer real value to consumers without ever compromising on quality, of the highest order, offering their clients furniture that is not only high quality but also multifunctional: a crib turns into a toddler bed, prolonging its usefulness far beyond the infant years; to always being mindful of its impact on the environment and the communities it serves. This is Oeuf.

This is also Oeuf: Sophie Demenge and Michael Ryan. A French/American husband and wife team that is steadfast and relentless in its goal to keep Oeuf true to its mission. From inception, Sophie and Michael were motivated by a desire to reduce unnecessary purchases and offer solutions to parents that made sense with the demands of a modern lifestyle. From an alpaca mitten to its Classic Crib, every inch of Oeuf’s design is thoughtful and focused on three key principals: quality, practicality and function – all packaged in beautiful design. It’s about a few essential, high quality and multifunctional, pieces that resonate with today’s cash strapped consumers. And Oeuf operated this way, long before being smart about money and the environment became a survival strategy.

It all started with the birth of their first child in 2002. As part of a new generation of design-conscious and environmentally aware parents they had to consider a cross-section of factors as they endeavoured to clarify the modern nursery. Rather than producing a multitude of products, they decided to streamline the accommodations of their new lifestyle into a few essential pieces. Oeuf’s mission has become to make those essentials practical and stylish, without compromising quality and safety - their top priority.

Sarah's silks

Posted 21/07/2011 July 2011

Sarah’s Silks offers quality playsilks, toys and dress-ups for boys and girls that ignite the imagination, and capture the magical soul that lives in young children.

Smiling Planet

Posted 02/06/2011 June 2011

Smiling planet makes art-inspired lifestyle products for all ages that are earth-friendly and safe, with a line that includes plates, bowls, placemats, books, apparel, and more. smiling planet founder olivia haviland combines her 150-year family history of making fine porcelain with her husband and founder freddy deane’s whimsical art and stories. together, their products and designs respect the environment, and their designs make the earth safe and make people smile – because smiles are good for the planet, too.

all smiling planet products are manufactured in the USA with safe, sustainable, recycled, and/or organic materials. the company’s whimsical artwork reflects their earth-friendly ethos with a message of peace, diversity, and respect for the environment.

Suki Cheema

Posted 07/01/2011 January 2011

After graduating from Central St Martins in London, Suki Cheema's travels to Southeast Asia and Australia the following year served not only to reinforce his love of foreign climes but provided a wealth of inspiration for his burgeoning textile career. Subsequent stints at fashion stalwarts Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren and finally Diane von Furstenberg instilled Suki with the confidence to finally branch out on his own.

Returning to London, his eponymous Suki Cheema home and accessories collection was launched in 2010. Each collection is themed around a destination with cushions, rugs, throws and bags featuring hand silk-screened prints based on images from his trips. "I grew up playing with fabrics in my parents' clothing factory. I had an artistic streak as a child, and later on I studied fine arts. Instead of using canvases, I painted on fabrics."