Travel treasures: Wood carving in Verona, Italy

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Gudy

I have found this shop with amazing wood sculptures at my last to trip to Verona some days ago. Sandra Lungo is behind these artworks, you can see more of her work here.

And I have to add a couple of pics more of one of my favorite piazzas of Italy: Piazza dell Erbe (meaning herbs square).You find among its buildings facing the square many with maintained façade frescoes, the ancient town hall, the Baroque Palazzo Maffei decorated by statues of Greek gods, a fountain …it is a small irregular square but really very beautiful.

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Black and white from Elle Interiör

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Gudy

I see it more and more: B&W is back, you have it in Fashion and in Interior (see my post from the Milano trade show), it is just an ever green… The images below are from Elle Interiör. Styling Lo Bjurulf,  Foto Stellan Herner.


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Eclectic look by Atlanta Homes and Lifestyle

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Gudy

Sorry, I have been traveling just so much and had not much extra time for blogging. It took me this week to Belgium and I will visit tomorrow for a couple of days Valencia; Spain.

But here goes a lovely pic from a retail space called Champions of CHANGE featured in the Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles mag. It seems they offer everything you might need for an eclectic life!!



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Feeling great

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Gudy

What a fantastic year! Traveling the globe, learning, loving, planning, blogging (thanks for being there!), creating, sharing … today is my Birthday and that´s how I feel:)


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Channels.

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Gudy

The Channels story begins with Samuel Chan’s love of woodworking as a schoolboy. Born in Hong Kong and educated in Britain, in 1995 Samuel set up his own company – Channels. – with a studio-showroom in Southwest London and a workshop in Shropshire so that he could keep the entire design-make-sell process in-house. His intention from the beginning was to establish Channels as a furniture company known for clean, contemporary design and excellent craftsmanship. I love the modern and classical brief with still quite an eclectic result. That folding screen is outstanding!


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Sapologie: Fashion Congo

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Gudy

Being Sapologue means know how to dress and be elegant. Sapologie is therefore the superlative and seriously taken dress tradition at the Kongo photographed by Francesco Giusti. I was sitting in a café having a yummy berry tart when I found this article in a photo magazine. It immediately got me. Aren´t we used to see very different images from that part of Africa? I loved to see a piece of their culture in a different way. Why not being glamorous in that part of the world? Any mayor fashion designer could go over there and get some inspiration. And I would love to see the female collection :)


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Llamas´ Valley is out again

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Gudy

My favorite e-magazine Llamas´Valley born in Lithuania “about perfect places and imperfect people” is out again. Have a sneak peak and then just flip through their pages. Lovely as usual, such great content and very well styled and edited pictures.

And here goes the latest edition. ENJOY!


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The World of Muriel Brandolini

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Gudy

I ordered Muriel´s book “The World of Muriel Brandolini” many month ago through Amazon but somehow it got lost and it was a nice surprise when it finally arrived the other day. It took me again like 1 month to flip through its pages being the whole April in Italy and I am glad I found finally the time it needed. Wow.  Muriel, I would say is this kind of designer not afraid of anything, she has an incredible source of imagination and obviously a strong will of putting the unexpected together. She say about herself: “I have a difficult time defining my style. My designs are unconventional, they have been called eclectic, flamboyant, bohemian, and hippy chic.”

Honestly, there are some corners in some of her projects I really do like but the overall look many times, is just a little too much for me. But I do admire her signature! I took many pics of the book to show you but found afterwards a video on YouTube where she presents her book too, so we will do a little mix.

What do you think about her style?

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Valéria Nascimento Ceramics

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Gudy

This is a short film showing Valeria Nascimento‘s exhibition & part of the installation, including the set up of the show at Woolff Gallery, London October 2011.


I have been posting already in February and can´t tell you how beautiful I find her work! The other day it came to my mind, I should do a blog only about ceramics. True passion!

So, what do you think about a ceramics blog?

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Interior Styling tips of how to use Copper in your colour scheme

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Gudy

Copper has been huge now for a while. If you don´t know how to integrate this trend, why not just adding some copper accent pieces? It offers sometimes a more appealing colour than the “cold” and mundane steel and can give a total unexpected and quite eclectic look. If you don´t want to go for furniture, why not trying with some accessories such as the candleholder, lighting or even that stylish cutlery from Anthropologie?  See some examples below:

Jaime Hayon for Bisazza Bagno.

Fat spot by Tom Dixon.

Jake Curtis for House and Garden.

Anthropologie.

Tamasine Osher.

Candelabro by Diana Vernaza Gonzenbach and Jorge de la Cruz

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