Howkapow!!!

Howkapow is a colourful online shop featuring unique work from new and independent designers. Opened in December 2010 by young husband-and-wife team, Rog and Cat How, it supports and promotes emerging designers with a stand-out, smile-inducing style. And I'm slightly obsessed. This shop is fantastic.

from Black White Yellow

South of the Border

1 Dolores Del Rio by Slim Aarons, Photographers Gallery 2 I Need a Vacation Floppy Hat by Kate Spade, Lord & Taylor, $71.253 Embroidered Tunic by Haute Hippie, My Theresa, $235.00 4 With a Twist Orange Slice Straw Handbag, Kate Spade, $245.00 5 Grey Suede Horse Print Purse, Topshop, $20.00 6 notNeutral Season Hurricane, Design Public, set of 2 $28.00 7Granada Pitcher, Crate & Barrel, $22.95 8 Bernardaud "Louvre" Chip & Dip, Bloomingdale's, $111.00 9 Acapulco Needlepoint Pillow, Jonathan Adler, $98.00 10 Classic Margarita Glass, Crate & Barrel, $4.95 11 Mexico, The Land of Charm, Art.com, 12.5" x 18" $17.99 12 Rag Rug Placemat, Anthropologie, $8.00 13 Pom Pom Flower, ban.dō, $15.00 14 Caprice Espadrilles by Bettye Muller, Zappos Couture, $148.00

from KELLY MARKET by kelly@kellymarket.com

Color Spotting - Peas, Carrots & Corn

tim walker’s vivienne westwood.

when i was a kid growing up, everything in our house was green, orange and yellow. i liked to call it ‘peas, carrots & corn’ – just like the little vegetable nibblets you’d find in a frozen tv dinner on a friday night, when you’re parents would leave you home with the babysitter. i’m seeing a lot of it all over again – major flashback time! so here you go…this week, i spy ‘peas, carrots & corn’.

chele mckee.

sarah yates photography, via design milk; potted store green grass house numbers; David Trubridge seed system pendant lamps via california home & design; farrow & ball; lisa stickley londondoris tote; Vintage Pop Mod Yellow Orange Glass Set, viajunkculture.

one very rad green velvet sofa, via gotasalviento.

palmer weiss interior design.

rhys chair from anthropologie; orange alarm clock from crate & barrel; cb2 paint palette pillow; button stash from red pepper quilts;jonathan adler morrow settee; artist hong lei’s photograph, via mint; and remy canary pillow from crate & barrel.

the design cubicle.

bread bin, via bostad; ferm living’s knitted cushions – just like little corn nibblets; and jonathan adler’s happy pillow.

from sfgirlbybay

Iris Apfel's Over-the-Top Apartment

Iris Apfel, ageless bon vivant and co-founder of textile house Old World Weavers, deservedly receives the royal treatment in the June issue of Architectural Digest.  The nearly nonagenarian, who once wore a priest cassock just for the hell of it, takes ADreaders into her luxe and layered New York City apartment.

 The walls in Apfel's living room are 18th-century bleached-oak boiserie.

 The bombé chest is 18th-century Venetian.

 

 In the library, a Louis XVI daybed covered in an Old World Weavers fabric.

 Stacks of art and fashion books flank the entry's Italian console.

 A Maison Jansen table styled with a vintage throw.

 A painting picked up in a Florence antiques shop 60 years ago.

 An Old World Weavers cut velvet covers Louis XVI–style chairs.

 

 Apfel in a spare room surrounded by racks of her magnificent wardrobe.

Photography by Roger Davies.

from If The Lamp Shade Fits by Raina

Typographic Home Decor

After seeing all the great font content coming up today, I was inspired to add a few typographic touches to my own home. The best thing about type in print is that it is incredibly versatile — be it small or large scale, blocks of text, single words or single letters, it all looks great in the right context. The same goes for type design in home decor, which explains why there are almost as many great font-related design objects as there are typefaces. With that mind, I rounded up some of my favorite pieces of furniture and home accessories that incorporate type in some way. Since every typeface has a different personality, it follows that not all typographic home decor would have the same feel. So I separated the items into three different styles. Enjoy!

Image above: 1. Lucky Number Knob, $8; 2. Garvey Chair, $998; 3. Oak Alphabet Drawers, $4,305; 4. Ordinal Dresser, $998; 5. Numbered Edition Placemats, $55; 6. John Derian Ampersand Plate, $44; 7. French Laundry Letter Pillows, $28–$32

1. Jonathan Adler Letter Pillow, $98; 2. Felt Coasters, $28; 3. Conversation Piece Pillows, $60; 4. Marquee Alphabet Light, $178; 5. Alphabet Coasters, $28 each; 6. Letters Fabric by Gunnar Anderson, $112/yard.

1. Letter Garland, $12.95; 2. Wary Meyers Le French Dresser, no price listed; 3. Alphabet Ceramic Plates, $33.50; 4. Artwork by Tauba Auerbach, no price listed; 5. John Derian for Target Tray, $12.99; 6. Jessica Hische Letterpress Print, $40; 7. Initial Pillows, $58

from Design*Sponge

Themis Mobile

Themis Mobile...I want one for my "future" nursery.

from {BLACK. WHITE. YELLOW.} by Jessica

AphroChic: New Collection

I love AphroChic and I’m sure all of the blogs will be buzzing this week with announcements of their latest collection — because it’s positively awesome on a stick! There are pillows, you can select from fun new wallpapers, and you can buy tabletop linens and big bonus: shower curtains! Check this stuff out. Oh yeah!

Congrats to Jeanine Hays, creator and founder, for launching such a beautiful line for this season – great work! I love seeing where you will go with this and what you’ll roll out next, and I’m so proud to see your collection growing and doing so well.

Maria Dahlgren Breakfast in Bed Tray

Why don't I already own this Maria Dahlgren designed serving tray?  I get so excited every time I see it.

from {BLACK. WHITE. YELLOW.} 

Inspiration from Pee Wee's Playhouse

Distressed Metallic Squares Bronze Pillow by Dwell Studio, $48

Polka-Dot Coasters by Kate Spade, $20 and Checker Knob from Anthropologie, $6

 

Martini Side Table by West Elm, $129

 

Map Wall Light by PBteen, $149

 

Inanimate Silly Face Stickers from Fred Flare, $9

 

Switchback Rug by CB2, $299

 

Tripod Floor Lamp with Drum Shade from target.com, $100

 

Mrs. Godfrey Chair by Jonathan Adler, starting at $1495

 

Pendelton x Worksman Bike from Urban Outfitters, $750

When we found out Pee Wee was coming to the Broadway stage, we screamed as if someone had just said the word of the day! Now the whole Playhouse gang is back in a splashy, larger-than-life production - and the wonderfully inventive set is making us want to add a speck of Pee Wee’s zany brilliance to our homes.

from Apartment Therapy Main

Brooklyn Pillows

 

I definitely want the Brooklyn Pillow!  I'd make one myself but I just don't have the time.

Look What Arrived Today....

These arrived today...and I freaking LOVE them.  Thanks to Kelli from Vintage Soup...and thanks to Brit for finding them and so selflessly not buying them for herself...

from {BLACK. WHITE. YELLOW.} by Jessica

Trendspotting: Brutalism

As an architectural movement, Brutalism (from the French term for “raw concrete”) busted out in the  1950s and 60s with blocky, imposing structures by Le Corbusier, Paul Rudolph, and later I.M. Pei.  That’s Rudolph’s famed Milam Residence near Jacksonville, Florida, in the top image.  The style earned as many detractors as fans, but its off-kilter, repeating geometries and rough textures feel like a perfect antidote to the clean Danish modern, exotic ethnic and frilly French-y lines we’ve seen so much of lately.

Perhaps the most famous Brutalist furniture designer is the late Paul Evans, who successfully married artisanal craftsmanship and mass appeal by teaming up with Directional for his famed Cityscape Collection. Shiny woods and metals in a Tetris-like layout characterized the line but Evans also favored a more intricate, if no less brutal, aesthetic throughout his career.  Each individual block on the cabinet below has a different, hard-edged (and kinda freaky!) ornamentation.  These pieces have been blowing up the auction market for years and inspired renewed interest in the work of sculptor duo C. Jeré, designer Marcello Fantoni and others.  The items I’ve spotted — and can afford — reveal both sides of the Brutalist coin: Blocky Chic (top) and Metallic Freak (below).  I love ‘em all … et tu, Brute?

[image above, clockwise from top left: Knightsbridge console price upon request, PS Stuga rug $299, Perspective mirror $149, SHILF shelving unit $1394, Chelsea square table lamp $336, Dedale sconce $19.99, Liberation wallpaper, price upon request]

[image below, clockwise from top left: Hammered silver-tone door handle $14.51, Abstract table lamp $399, Bronze washer bowl $99, Dressmaker's lamp shade $88, Starbust mirror $199, Palmae bookends $49.95, Jere rain drops sculpture $1650, Palecek orbit table $492.80]

from Design*Sponge by Nick Olsen

Rainbows Everywhere

loving all the rainbow i see everywhere these days

1. a river runs blue dress 2. prime time clock 3. splotches artwork 4. pantone mugs

5. scales notebook 6. rainbow quilt 7. chopstick set 8. candy bags

9. french connection dress 10. rainbow tape 11. coaster set 12. nut bowls

13. measuring bowls 14. necklace 15. latte bowls 16. umbrella

17. iphone case 18. fireworks rug 19. egg dish 20. grosgrain ribbon pillow

21. cheese tray 22. onward weekender bag 23. tie dye bowls 24. color wheel knob

from i suwannee by i suwannee