Design blog featuring arts, crafts, fashion and culture
Design fuers Heim or ‘Design for Home’ is a small but mighty design studio run by Maike Timmermann in Munich.
Maike describes the products as ‘a blend of quality, originality and durability’. Inspiration comes from ‘numerous borrowings from abroad and the nostalgic past’.
Maike’s training in architecture is evident in the simple lines,[.....]
Texturz a California based silver company run by Dan Violette which ticks all the boxes for me. I love the rich use of colour, the painstaking attention to detail in pieces so small, and (appropriately) the texture. All of his pieces are hand crafted, one of a kind pieces which are customisable on request. As[.....]
The Aviary are a company who specialise in upcycling overlooked items into beautiful brooches, books, accessories and more. Recurring materials include sheet music, newspapers, maps and (my particular favourite) illustrations from old children’s books. These products are truly beautiful so I’ll just let the images speak for themselves shall I?
Brooch boxes:
Pair of hand-bound journals:
1950’s sledge[.....]
Jennifer Surine is the talented artist behind Michigan based jewellery company Bend the Fish. I was first attracted to this shop by the simplistic but perfectly formed jewellery she makes (especially beautiful the hidden secret rings pictured above) and was further charmed by the story behind how Bend the Fish got it’s name:
When my husband[.....]
It’s always nice to feature an artist with talent and today we have one with more talents than you can count on one hand.
The artist in question is Lisa Ashcroft whose many talents include painting, sculpture, jewellery design, mural creation, community project work, theatre mask making, tattoo design, printmaking, drawing and more. Lisa’s style makes[.....]
After only recently discovering what it was when writing about Plushteam’s Steampunk Challenge I seem to have developed a bit of a soft sport for all things steampunk.
Featured here is stylishly rugged steampunk jewellery from Courtney from Hardwear Designs who after many years in the culinary industry now pours her heart and soul into these[.....]
I love handmade stuff, I love miniature stuff and I’m a big kid at heart so it is therefore my great pleasure to introduce Two Penny Lane who craft children-inspired miniature jewellery. Many of the items are made from dolls house accessories and make unassuming references to popular children’s stories such as Alice in Wonderland,[.....]
This is the time of year that brings lots of uninvited and often unwelcome guests into your home. I’m talking about the spider that constructs a home in the corner, the wasp looking for a nesting spot, the beetle walking across the floor feeling right at home, not to mention the mosquitoes that come for[.....]
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