retail design > quote

The person who recognizes that this is a fast-moving industry. The one who want to progress an be a leader, not a follower’ (Vittorio Radice, p.204, new retail design).

onion dog

was aproached by a lady who could not take eyes off skirt, it had a dog on it! now i understand, this is one of those little gems of a website, www.oniondog.com

vitra > chair office

vitra >Soft Pad Group EA 217, EA 216 Charles & Ray Eames, 1969

This chair has such beauty, it works in the way design should to me, looks g8, feels g8 & works! all the things a design , should ! it looked amazing in white!



http://www.vitra.com/products/office/executive_office_chairs/217_21

beautiful money

i think that money is very beautful , along witht he fact that will handle it, everyone sees it know its, it is a reminder of our heritage in the case of england with the queen always watching us, contiually watching us.




[robert deodaat emile oxenaar, beautful money, deisng boom weblog]

crunched up seating

crunk chairs by charlie davidson:

like the concept of having chairs looking like there formed by there own use, also very organic in form and look, like hte inside of a mushroom or cabbage.



[design boom weblog]

textile recycling

have come up with a good concept for my dual fuction, of the olsen project
with the idea of a clothing store which targets the middle market,

i have gone with the idea of creating a new label within the company,
red label <> for textile recycling

this new label will target the middle market with design to suit them, whilst also having a personal specialised market which customer can bring in there favourite pair of jeans & have them made in to dazling skirt or visa versa.

http://www.emmeline4re.co.uk/index.html

letter to Stella McCartney boutique

Stella McCartney Boutique,
30 Bruton Street,
W1J 6LG

... "However I was so impressed and astounded at the detail, by the way the building reflects the company’s philosophies. For example, the way it conservers the environment by generating its own electricity. An insight I owe to a member of your staff who took a moment of her time, to explaining the magic behind the fabric of this building.

The issues which your building confronts has made a big impact on me, as a designer I feel that establishments should work to be more than just a façade. At present I see your store, being an attractive example of achieving a leading approach to the outlook of retail. " ...

Quotes

'I've never done anything by halve," Mademoiselle Channel

'Terrified... mortified... petrified... stupefied... by you.' Nash > a beautiful mind

'atmopshere is m style'
J turner

"We are all worms. But I do believe that I am a glow-worm." Winston Churchill

'There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.' Oscar Levant.

eva jiricna

i do not know how to describe it but i have an thing about staircases, the beauty in how they connect two differnt planes of height together, spiral stair case have always inspired me, weather in black and white print or in touch. today heard of an architect eva jiricna, the knightsbridge flat conversion is, utter beauty of breathlessness & especilly the joan & david shoes new bond street.
i believe that every detail is imporant no matter what
'it is the little things in life, which make the big differnces' and to be able to make even the most overlooked normads of anything have that spark, is good, fantabulos design.

chair possibilites

most amazing chair idea ever! really challenges the use / reuse / possibilites

http://www.pandachute.com/videos/amazing_folding_chair