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  • An expression of creativity

    An expression of creativity

    8th February 2010 | 2 comments | 2 people like this


    Every Wednesday afternoon in Adelaide my mother with several other women go to Crystal’s house to work on their beading projects. Crystal, a designer of ornate jewelry, hosts these afternoons not as social occasions, but as a way for women to make a commitment to their creativity within a busy lifestyle. “It’s a way for women to stop putting themselves last on their to do list,” she says. “Women are...

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  • Scented candles are the new flowers

    Scented candles are the new flowers

    27th January 2010 | 0 comments | 1 person likes this


    Flowers are there at all the most important moments in life – weddings, births, deaths – and CALMING PARK, a company whose candles are made in Grasse, France, believes there’s only one comparable modern day object, the scented candle.
    To founder Olivier Rohrbach, scented candles embody the same symbolism and provide the equivalent desire we have from flowers – for them to act as our calm and still companions as we...

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  • Pictures of the latest interior design project by Masaru Ito

    Pictures of the latest interior design project by Masaru Ito

    15th June 2009 | 1 comments | 1 person likes this

    The & ROLLS retail store in Daikanyama, Tokyo was designed in the image of one word: neo minimalism.

    This concept shop for the company that distributes general goods - mainly belts - oozes contemporary simplicity. Age-old materials like plaster, mortar, tin, steel and glass are combined with renovated antique furniture to give the space a new and nostalgic feel.

    As designer Masaru Ito says, “While we are in the unprecedented...

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