Endlessly surfing the web and gazing at flat screened images has got nothing on seeing things up close and personal, with trade shows being a great way of seeing lots of products and companies under one roof. This week's May Design Series at Excel was an amalgamation of different events - KBB (kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms), Arc... Continue Reading →
Garden Inspiration for Summer 2013 at the Heatons Open garden day
The combination of being able to nosey round Other People's Houses, take in some inspiration from real garden spaces, get advice from enthusiastic home gardeners and eat cake at virtually every stop was fairly hard to resist so Mr M found himself dragged along to the Heaton's Open Garden day yesterday, though I think he... Continue Reading →
Moregeous Blog Diary: Little Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, May 2013
Have thoroughly enjoyed my Sunday today - why can't ALL Sundays be like this? First I had a lie in, then chocolate tiffin for breakfast, then we popped over to the Little Northern Contemporary Craft Fair in Cheadle Hulme, one of the @GNCCF satellite events prior to the biggie in Autumn. My passion for the immense... Continue Reading →
Interior Design Trend: Using lace pattern in design and interiors
As in fashion, so to the home - again! This time all things lacy for 2013 and a trend which has been on stylists' radars for some time now had definitely found it's way into the gift and homeware world as I saw on Monday at Pulse London 2013: on cards, lighting, cushions, jewellery and... Continue Reading →
The typography trend in design continues at Pulse 2013
The trend for the written word in design and interiors was very much apparent at PULSE 2013, but with a not so subtle variation - it was all quite in-yer-face with a definite move away from Keep Calm and Eat etc.... As typified by Soddit and Blimey above, many young designers had opted for typographic... Continue Reading →
PULSE 2013: A homeware trend for neon lights and brights
Are you ready for a POP of neon brights in your home and giftware for 2013 & 14, 'cause that's what's coming!Spotted at Pulse 2013, here are my favourite products which captured the trend for eye-wateringly bright splashes of colour. They do say interior design follows fashion and as the 80's have definitely been on... Continue Reading →
Moregeous Blog Diary: PULSE 2013 A very design focused gift show
I had a great time at PULSE 2013 yesterday, how could I fail to when surrounded by stand after stand of creative, design led gifts and homeware?! Each time I visit a trade or design show certain themes stand out, sometimes ones which have been slowly growing over a couple of years and sometimes new... Continue Reading →
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