Which Color Are You?

A year go I bet blue, Royal Blue, would be the color for 2010. I couldn't use it more, advised it more, wear it more than I did. Actually it's one of my very favorite colors in the rainbow. I feel very good and creative around it.

This year I'm totally inspired and amazed by green. Green like the trees leaves. It's a powerful hue. It brings joy, health (and wealth, as they say it's the color of the money) and a sense of freshness.

Again, I think it's a must with touches of gold, maybe black and white patterns if you're more minimalist or if you want to bring it down to earth, brown could be a good option too.

What about you? Have you chosen the color for this Spring?

If you think this shade of green is too much, you can always add a few details and the freshness, health and wealth will be there.

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World Map Multitasking.

For some time, years actually, I've been occasionally looking for a World Map. I found a few but none of them were love at first sight, which is always the key to purchase anything I want and wish for.

The reason for such wait is that I want it to be both informative and very stylish. I can tell you, it hasn't been an easy task.

This first one is almost the one, and it's displayed the way I want mine to be.

I like the simplicity of this one, but that's it.

A classic with a touch of pink. Cute!

Love this one, though it's not informative enough.

Cool, but too artistic.

And this one, like the very first one, is very close to what I want. Now I just need to find it big and flat.

Have you ever found yourself in this position? You know what you want, you have it with all details in your head, but there's no way you can find it. So, you wait.

Belle Époque Inspiration.

Black & white floor, wooden wall panels and bright colors always make me wonder how inspiring the Belle Époque must have been. Hopes were up, everything was about to reborn and news aspirations were been discovered.

In regards to interiors, the design became simpler and the use of brass and marble were an important feature to make the spaces elegant and alive.

How stylish is this armchair? Shinny leather is always a nice touch, specially with stone on the background.

Do you think we are about to start a new Belle Époque?

Other Belle Époque spaces
* New Minimalism Is The Balance Between Simplicity And Richness
* Vidago Place
* Dragonfly By Mood

Photos via Fashion Served

Color It Happy.

Some people like it monochromatic but I love it colorful. A house with color is always happier. It's daring. Energetic. Communicative with an elaborate language.

The key to choose the right ones? It's simple: Just make sure you chose the same hue.

Photos via Marie Claire Maison

The Accordion Cabinet.

Elisa Strozyk in colaboration with artist Sebastian Neeb designed one of the most interesting cabinets this year, the Accordion Cabinet. What a nice collection piece, isn't it?

I can see it right in front of a very wide dark wall painted in deep green, like bottle green. (Wallpaper wouldn't work. The cabinet would be totally lost.) Above it a big black and white photograph maybe surrounded by a wooden frame matching one of the the cabinet's wooden shades. The idea that a B&W picture should be in a black or white frame can be challenged, don't you think?

Made out of mixed wood and wooden textile.

A Déjà Vu Tea Set.

Somewhere between art and design you'll find Déjà Vu, a tea set by Luzia Vogt. I'm totally intrigued by it, both aesthetically as well as functionally - how would my senses react to such forms?

Can you imagine how fun a tea party would be around Déjà Vu?

"On the inside all the cups are glazed entirely, on the outside some and partially. Porcelain, 2004"

Forget Me Not by Coco.

Spring has arrived and I'm swapping wool & cashmere scarves by cotton & silk ones. Flowers are blooming, the sun is shinning and we want to wear accordingly.

Coco, the French Designer and Graphic Artist owns the label Forget Me Not, which has the most elegant scarves for this season. Shine yourself.

This scarf on a black top and jacket on a Friday office day is just the right accessory to welcome the weekend, isn't it?

Suitcase Chair To Style That Space.

The perfect chair to style that space you have no idea how to deal with in the bedroom, living room or even the hall which is always very challenging (and important) space to make special and welcoming.

Now, image it with a white (maybe silky) textured wallpaper on the background. Wouldn't it make such nice touch to your space?

Chair made from a recycled suitcase by green designer Katie Thompson. She has many more for sale.

Everything Yellow.

Lately I find myself liking everything yellow.

Black & White outfits, Black & White rooms and Black and White accessories is definitely my favorite personal color combination yet there's always a touch in a bright and bold color. And for this season I've chosen yellow.

Here's a few inspirational yellow details. Have a bright week.

Photos Credit
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"Heart For Japan".

I'm sure we all think everyday about Japan and I'm sure we all want to help anyway we can. For the last days it's amazing the amount of designers, artists and other creatives who have given a bit of themselves for such cause.

Delphine Perrot touched me in a different way the others didn't. Just scroll down and read her story and motivations.

MARCH 2011
'I reacted very quickly to this event as I was in the Pacific and we got a red alert early in the morning.
When I got back home, I came up with the idea and drew this sign spontaneously.

Then I started to spread it to friends via internet and crossed my fingers this universal sign for love and support for Japan would find its way. It was like putting a bottle in the sea.

A big thank you to Claire Boyles, who played a key role by putting me in touch with Darren Leighfield.
I am very happy to have offered my picture to this emergency situation'.
(Delphine Perrot, 11.03.2011)

If you have a blog or a website, keep spreading the word.
Thank You.