An interesting art installation with a motion activated mural. It changes when you move !
Curated Content
Modern Meets Industrial In This Bedroom
An interesting bedroom renovation project where modern meets industrial and produces a harmonious result.
The exposed wood and brick are not just a delight for the eyes but must surely stimulate the nose with their fragrance.
Honey And Lavender Ice Cream
Creative Inspiration
Perfumers have long enjoyed taking inspiration from the world of food when creating a new fragrance with ice cream, and vanilla in particular, being a favourite source. The entire ‘gourmand’ trend was inspired by the popularity of vanilla.
It is nice seeing chefs taking inspiration from the world of perfumery when creating a new ice cream.
Here is an article with a recipe for a Honey & Lavender Ice Cream
Kidswear Clothing Subscription Box
Trend Alert
The retail industry has seen the emergence of ‘subscription’ models over the past years. Here are just a few examples:
- chocolate
- movies
- books
- razor blades
- beauty products
- perfumes
Hence it was probably a question of time when the same business model was going to be tried in fashion.
“Kidpik” is a kidswear clothing company that offers a subscription box exclusively for girls age four to 14-years-old. It was launched in February 2016 as a delivered fashion box that styles your child from head-to-toe.
It is a curated collection of fashion delivered seasonally which included free shipping and returns in combination with fee styling but without membership fees. It is like a season present for your kids.
Fragrant Wood Accents Uplift Black & White Scandinavian Apartment
Inspiring Designs
A link to an article about a lovely apartment in the center of Gothenburg (Sweden), which showcases an inspiring design and a playful layout.
Beginning in the hallway, a black and white colour scheme with wood accents make the dwelling feel airy and inviting. The kitchen provides a soft and rustic ambiance, with a generously-sized wood dining table as the focal point of this room.
The beautiful exposed wooden beams will naturally fragrance this apartment with wonderfully rich wood accents.
Click here to read more about the apartment
Home And Beauty Apps
New Technologies
Here are two interesting new apps that apply to home decoration, beauty products and perfumery.
Do you need help or inspiration to furnish your apartment or re-design your house ? Homeeapp.com is an interior design app that helps you to style your home:
Beauty apps are transforming the way we can try on make-up and what we buy.
Modiface.com is a new app to try out:
Mountain Poetic
Landscape Architecture
Here is an article about ‘mountain poetic’, a landmark landscape architecture project for the rice fields in yixing, lianhua dang, china.
The town’s government wanted to build characteristic structures for their cultivated fields that can also double as duck sheds.
Click to read more about Mountain Poetic
A Link Between Dry Climate And Wrinkles ?
Skin Care
It has been known now for a while that keeping your skin hydrated, will keep it healthier, wrinkle-free and more radiant.
Here is a link to an article where scientists have shown a link between a ‘dry climate’ and the ‘formation of wrinkles’.
Click here to read about the influence of the climate on your skin !
Fictional Flora Flood
A New Form Of Art ?
Here are two links to articles that show Catherine Nelson’s art of fictional photography created from real imagery.
In her work she digitally pieces together real photographs to blur the line between fiction and reality.
Click to see the Fictional Flora
Click To See The Fictional Worlds
Suspended Floral Canopy From The Ceiling
Inverted Landscape.
The London-based artist Rebecca Louise Law, has created an inverted landscape. More than 150,000 permanently preserved flowers have been suspended from the ceiling above the ‘beauty garden’.
The beauty garden is a retail space dedicated to well-being products.
In her canopy she uses dehydrated blooms from rose, hydrangea, protea, gypsophila, statice and rodanthe species as sculptural mediums.
