Day Birger Mikkelsen

Beautiful images of the Fall 2011 

Day Birger Mikkelsen Catalogue

from

Ditte Isager

I have been feeling very Black and White recently
but this palette is exquisite

In other news......

Fall 2011 is bringing big changes to the HJD household

All exciting stuff

I will keep you posted

Iris Velghe

So we made it through 

IRENE

without any casualties here

My heart goes out to all of those without power

or with water damage or flooding

Beautiful images by

Iris Velghe

found via

BLOOM

The eye of the storm

During the week, as I am sure you heard, we had a minor Earthquake here in NYC

I was on the 9th floor of a building in midtown 

and apparently the lights were swinging

I was in a lightbox approving color lab dips

and didn't notice a thing.

Many people evacuated our building

For 20 mins we decided what to do 

should we leave the office and try to get home

as maybe transit would be an issue if an aftershock came 

In the end we stayed where we were and there was really no disruption.

Now as we sit and wait for Irene to arrive 

I have to say it is all a little surreal!

I am not accustomed to natural disasters

Ireland has a lot of rain but no hurricanes or earthquakes.

This evening I went to the supermarket on the way home

and it was pretty crazy, 

empty shelves, crowds of people

It actually made me more anxious.

I am staying informed but trying not to plug in to the hype too much

Praying for a safe weekend for all

see you on the other side

x

Miranda Brooks

These outdoor spaces by
Miranda Brooks
are blowing me away

The focus is on greenery,
symmetry,

shapes and textures

and very few blooms

looks so fresh and modern

I love the drawings too

Roman and Williams

I have been hearing so much about The ACE Hotel

and have yet to get there

....it's on my to do list

When Abigail Ahern of ATELIER Abigail Ahern

mentioned the designers 

Roman and Williams

 the other day on her blog

It needed some further investigation

Which led me to this video on  

The Scout

Roman & Williams from The Scout on Vimeo.

definitely worth the watch

"It's a shame to only have dreams at night, you should have opportunities during the day"

says Stephen Alesch

What they create are timeless interiors

drawing on influences from Classical Architecture,

Asia, India and all with a heavy emphasis on texture

I love when they talk in the video about texture and how important it is to them, 

how the Arts have such a heavy focus on visual stimulus and how how limiting that seems to them.

Their interiors also have a touch of whimsy and humour so nothing feels really precious
but like somewhere you could really live
eat
work
create
which is what a modern home should be 

You can also read 

this blog post on Rose Callahan's blog

about her studio visit to Roman and Williams.

Julia Hetta addition

I know I just posted Julia Hetta photographs 

but I just had to post these too

They are the images that brought me to her 

published in 

acnepaper

and I cannot tell you how much I love them

julia hetta

Swedish Photographer

Julia Hetta