Alluring Lighting

Fabulous Fabbian Luminaires

Vicky Pendant

Italian lighting manufacturer Fabbian is a feast for the eyes and a flutter for the soul.

Fabbian is recognized throughout the world for their innovative use of shape and form, carefully selected materials, stylish, contemporary design, and elegance.  Each piece in the Fabbian collection is created by a group of the world's most recognized and awarded designers and renowned artisans.  This clearly shows.

If I was in marketing and had to create a slogan for Fabbian, it would read "Purveyors of innovation in light."

Luminous Glass Tile Wall

Luminous Glass Tile Wall Detail

Wall Light

Wall Light Installation

Riccio

Translucent Pendant

Translucent Ash Wood Pendant by Leva Kaleja

Statement Lighting

Guaranteed Conversation Maker

Vesicle by Nicole Runde

Vesicle was inspired by " the infinite tangle of passageways that exist on a cellular level within the human body." Vesicle is both luminescent and sculptural.  It's an eye-catching piece that will spark conversation. 


Learn more about Nicole Runde designs here.

Wall Tattoos

Bye-bye Vintage Wall Templates

Hello, wall tattoos.  I call them reinvented wall stencils.  And they are gorgeous.  


These fabulous creations are excellent design tools to makeover a room at a fraction of the price.  They range from elegant to fun.  Use them in the living room, dining room, children's room, a hall, etc.  If you don't like it, remove and install another one.  The biggest issue you may have is selecting one from the myriad of pattern offerings.

Here are a couple of websites to jump-start your research:  www.dezignwithaz.com and  www.walltat.com.

Artist Gaze - Jeff Owen

From Scrap to Marvel

Jack and Jill

I saw Jeff Owen's sculptures two and half years ago.  The ones I saw were modern kinetic theater.  I vowed to put his work on our collector's list.  Then an odd thing happened.  Owen's contact information went MIA.   


Owen's business card resurfaced yesterday... in a pocket of one of my husband's dress pants. He could not remember why he had it.  Today, I remembered. It all flooded back to me upon thorough exam of the card.  A couple of years ago, I stopped and awed at the enormous, calderesque, tightrope act styled mobiles on display.  I chatted with Jeff Owen on his creations, took his card, and gave it to my husband to carry since I traveled light that day - wearing a smoking red dress with no pockets and no purse.  That was the mistake.  I gave the card to the man to hold.  


It's hard not to like an artist who describes his technique as "brute force."  He forms his creations at-the-moment.  Owen's sculptures are also green.  He recycles scrap metal and forges it into 3D wonders.   


Owen is a versatile artist.  He paints too.  See more of his work here.   

Balancing Act

 

Garden Angel 

Horizons

Struggle III

Chief

Tao Bell

Oversize Load 

(Will look great in an a loft.)

Crossroads

Pool Cleaning Made Easy and Green

Solar-Breeze Pool Cleaner

Solar-Breeze's pool cleaner is a sun powered robot that skims the pool to remove leaves, debris, organic material, pollens, dust and even suntan oils from the surface of your pool before they sink to the bottom.  That is smart and green!


Learn more about Solar-Breeze here.

Illustrious Glass Tile

Solistone Folia Glass Tile (Silver Maple shown)

Glass tile is gorgeous.  It delivers impact.  Solistone's Folia collection is Wow factor tile and comes in several exciting colors.

Silver Maple

Juniper 

Tamarind  

Golden Willow

Lights, Action, Shower!

Cristina Sandwich Shower

To bathe in cascading, fluctuating light is luxurious.  This exhilarating shower system is made by Cristina Rubinetterie.  The shower head is ultra thin, a mere 4 mm thick. See more high end designs by Cristina here. 

Affordable Modern Tea Time

Modern Teapot by Dansk ($50)

I came across this high-styled teapot accidentally, of course.  Since I posted a more expensive option yesterday, I thought to balance it with an economical find.  Well done, Dansk!

Tea Makes Art

Modern Teapot

Sorapot  by Joey Roth ($200-$300)

Modern Metal Lounge

Lounge Chair by Heron Parigi

Simple Home Theater

Basement Home Theater Room

This is a budget friendly home theater renovation.  The main construction items are the 2 storage areas flanking the projection screen.  One is a closet; the other is shelving for equipment.  Add paint, recessed lighting, and carpet.  Done.

If implementing recessed lighting is an issue, do track lighting.

Rockin' Rocker

Revisioned Grandma's Rocker  

Bayekou Rocking Chaise by Moroso $1,704

Outdoor Chic Furniture

Creative Designers + Native Artisans + New Materials

More irresistable M'afrique designs from Moroso

 

Sunny Chair $1,866

Sunny Stool $1,704

See more Moroso designs here.

Lighting that Defies Description

Wall Piercings by Flo

Flo engineered these green, way out-of-the-box thought lighting fixtures.  For all the naysayers that believe green cannot be beautiful, rethink.

Close-up Detail

Create a pattern.

Change color of light.

Artist Gaze - James Aarons

Art by Design

Dots and Spots

Ever thought about changing the design of your art?  Perhaps, you wanted to switch or re-weight the colors.  How about make it bigger? 

James Aarons' Dots and Spots art offers that flexiblity.  In fact, Aarons' invites you to become the co-creator of the finished design.

Each dot and spot is indepdently hung.  None of them are connected.  You choose how many dots and spots you want and the colors.  You create the design. Aarons just produces the materials.

The dots and spots are small to large circles that he engineered for easy hanging.  I saw his art at the 2010 Palo Alto Clay and Glass Festival.  It was big, graphic, and beautiful. 

I had not planned to stop at his booth, but my legs followed my eyes.  I stood in front of his work mesmerized, while attepting to figure out the hanging mechanism.  All of his circles were flat to the wall.  There were no visible protruding wall hanging apparatuses of any kind.  Aarons saw my admiration. He didn't walk over to talk to me until I left and came back in the space of 60 seconds.  Hey, I was intrigued. He asked if I needed help.  I said, "Sure.  How do you hang them?"  He said, "It's very simple.  Let me show you."  He took one of the dots off the wall and turned it over.  It was sheer genius.  The entire dot had a concealed rim.  Thus, the dot was hangable no matter how you turned it.  Talk about flexibility...

If you want to make your design larger, get more dots and spots.  If you need specific colors, request them.  If you need unusual sizes, he can customize that too. 

What you create is only limited by your imagination.

Dots and Spots Design Idea

At the festival, he was selling a similar Dots and Spots design to the one above for $500.

Here are installed examples of his art.