What makes me happy today!

Hokkaido Gardens Show.

Sound Garden by Invisible Designs Lab.  (Don't forget to crank up the volume!)

Hokkaido Gardens Show: Jardin du son, réalisé par Invisible Designs Lab 

Abandoned and so Beautiful!

Found on English Russia, photos by Ilya Varmalov

This is an abandoned railway station in Abkhazia, former Russian territory. It has remained  untouched since the collapse of the USSR – the railway connection of Abkhazia and Russia stopped and the railway station was left out of demand so nature could take over the left-overs of Soviet architecture.

The Bubble!

I don't know. It might be too intricately conceptual to inspire me.

IDS13

 

Attended Trade Day at the IDS. It was Lola's first immersion in the world of Design Shows at age 18 months an our little trio had a very good time.

This year what caught my eye, besides the sexy Italian kitchens of Scavolini and the light fixtures by Fontana Arte, was the booth of landscape designers and architects firm Earth Inc. Three very friendly men with a clear vision, not to mention the fact that they love France and The International Garden Festival in Chaumont ...

New Year's Resolutions

Be bold + decisive!

Rethink Pink...

On my wall of inspiration:

Design by Piet Oudolf

Céline- Collection: Fall 2012

Villa Planchart. Caracas, Venezuela, 1956. Designed by Gio Ponti.

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2003 by Oscar Niemeyer
© Sylvain Deleu

Andrew Putter: still lifes - photographs

A couple of weeks ago, Marco and I enjoyed a wonderful weekend in Montreal and Ottawa.  

In Ottawa, we visited one of the current exhibits at the National Gallery, 'Flora and Fauna: 400 Years of Artists Inspired by Nature'. I was not blown away by the whole exhibit but it was well worth it as I discovered the work of South African photographer, Andrew Putter with his series Hottentots Holland: Flora Capensis

Hottentots Holland: Flora Capensis 1, 2008

 

Getting Concrete

More Piet Oudolf's: The Boon Family Garden

Piet Oudolf's idealized nature

Backyard inspiration

On my wall of inspiration