A lot of water is required to maintain a lush green garden, so what can we do to conserve water but maintain a verdant garden?
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Portapivot : Door Hardware for Pivoting Doors
I’ve been dying to write a post about this for months now, and today is the day. I am so happy to be able to feature the iF Award-winning Belgian design company, Portapivot, on the blog with their amazing pivot hinges. Portapivot is actually a spin off B2B company aimed specifically at interior professions. The
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Review : Avvolta Kettle & Toaster by De’Longhi
Happy New Year lovely readers! Can I still say that this far into January? Have you all had a good start to the year and made your resolutions? I’m not one for making new year’s resolutions anymore. Every time I make them I usually find that I don’t really stick to them and the weight of
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Interior Trends 2016 : Mixed Metals
The trend for metallics in interiors was pretty hard to miss in 2015, but it was undeniable that copper stole the show. It took a while for it to filter down to the highstreet but once it had there was no stopping it. Towards the end of the year brass started to make a bid
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The Little Loafers Kid’s Collection from Loaf
One thing I promised myself I wouldn’t do after having a baby is suddenly start blogging about home stuff for kids and babies. However, that was back when I thought that being a mother was simply another role in your life and it needn’t affect your work or your hobbies (or your blog). However, now
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Designer Playhouses for Kids from Lullabuy
Happy Monday everyone! For today’s post I want to introduce you guys to some really cool designer playhouses for kids. I stumbled across these as I was looking for dolls houses for Matylda. I had no idea that something quite so cool was on the market for children and I have to say that it
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The Value of Design
The Value of Design from Design Council on Vimeo. The Design Council has been working with the Arts & Humanities Research Council to measure the value that design thinking brings to small businesses. What it found is that design thinking does so much more than just make products look nicer or work better, it improves
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#PinItForwardUK with Pinterest
I’ve been using Pinterest for as long as I can remember so I was pretty shocked to find out recently that it is only officially launching in the UK this month. Don’t get me wrong, I think a UK launch is well overdue and when I was asked to get involved with the campaign I
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Designing With the Evernote Smart Notebook by Moleskine
I don’t normally blog about this kind of thing but as soon as I saw it I knew this could be an absolutely great resource for the designers amongst you. Moleskine has teamed up with Evernote to introduce a Smart Notebook. You can fill this Moleskine book with ideas and sketches, then let the Evernote
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Happy New Year!!
I know this post is a bit late, but I can’t believe it is 2013 already!! Where did the time go? It feels like only yesterday that we were breaking up for Christmas and now we’re already back at work. I hope you all had a fantastically festive few weeks with friends and family and
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What is Design Thinking?
A group of four young Taiwanese designers have set out on a mission to make a documentary exploring the concept of Design Thinking. The documentary will feature a variety of advocates of design thinking and aims to examine the expanding influence that the concept has on the way we live and interact with the world.
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Design Matters: Doing Better with Less
Firstly, I would like to apologise for the lack of blog posts over the past two weeks. Ordinarily I like to post at least three times a week but recently I have been so busy with work that the blog is having to take a back seat. I’m hoping that things will calm down again
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Is creative Britain in reverse?
Organised by The Design and Technology Association and Seymourpowell and supported by The James Dyson Foundation, The Design Museum and The Design Council, the panel discussion ‘Is creative Britain in reverse? ‘ took place on the 12th July in London. Deyan Sudjic, Ellen MacArthur, Ajaz Ahmed, Dick Powell and other leading figures discussed the threatened
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Look Above! | Appreciating the architecture above our high streets
Last week, I received a direct Twitter message from design consultant Paolo Feroleto of Four Design informing me of a fantastic new initiative he is running called Look Above! and asking if I would like to get involved. Basically, the initiative is a call to action for us all to take a moment or two to
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Books
The Design Encyclopedia
The Design Encyclopedia is a one-stop guide to the design industry, providing insights into the framework of design from 1870 to 2004.
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Charity begins at home
Last Tuesday I received an email from Cancer Research UK asking for my support in their latest campaign. This email immediately struck a chord with me as I have been personally affected by cancer and I know first-hand what this destructive disease can do to the people who are unfortunate enough to fall victim to it
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For Japan With Love
As Japan struggles to come to terms with the destruction and devastation that has been left in the wake of the earth quake and Tsunami, my heart goes out to all those currently fighting to overcome this immense human tragedy. In order to show my respect for all those who have been affected I will
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Follow me on bloglovin’
I have just registered my blog on Bloglovin’ so anybody who wants to follow me can now do so. Instead of checking my blog to see if I have posted anything new, Bloglovin’ will always inform you when there is a new post. Just click on the image above to go straight to my Bloglovin’
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5 Daily Essentials…
Earlier today I received a Twitter @Mention alerting me to the fact that I had been tagged by Carole King from Dear Designer’s Blog. Thanks Carole! In her blog post she had listed her 5 daily essentials and had then named 5 people who she would then like to reveal their 5 daily essentials. And
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The future of the future
I was in London yesterday and whilst there I had the pleasure of meeting up with Tim and Hettie of Seymourpowell. Tim gave me this little book which features a collection of thoughts by Richard Seymour. The book is entitled ‘The future of the future‘ and I was reading it last night just before I
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Dieter Rams: 10 Principles for Good Design
Dieter Rams, head of design at Braun, the German consumer electronics manufacturer, is one of the most influential industrial designers of the late 20th century. Below are his 10 principles for good design: Good design is innovative. Good design makes a product useful. Good design is aesthetic. Good design makes a product understandable. Good design
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Pantone notebooks
I have to admit to a guilty secret here…I am a secret stationery geek! Ever since I was young I have absolutely adored stationery and there was no better time for me than the first week back at school after the summer holidays. Going shopping to buy all those new notepads and pens was one
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Designer Magazine April issue
The April 2010 issue of Designer magazine is now on sale. I’m very pleased to see that an item from my regular Notebook column made the front cover. The Mons Lavabo is a child-friendly wash basin conceived by Spanish designer Romualdo Faura to promote safe and hygienic behaviour. The wash basin focuses not only on
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Luxury camping
And here it is! A tent I wouldn’t mind going camping in! Although according to the designers, Enthoven Associates from Antwerp in Belgium, the Opera mobile holiday home is neither a tent, a caravan, nor a motor home. The Opera allows you the freedom and mobility of camping , but with the luxury of