A fascinating retrospective of  the Czech toy Designer Libuše Niklová who designed ground breaking flexible toys from the 50’s to the 1980’s. [...]

Just check out those curves-that’s no Ford Mondeo!
Visited Les Arts Décoratifs last night to see the exhibition L’art de l’auto mobile. [...]

Those of you who have been paying attention to this blog over the last year will recall my penchant for this show and may remember the pixel stretching carpet by Richard Hutten that I posted 12 months ago. [...]

One of my favourite visual experiences this year in Paris was the Now Design à Vivre show back in January. [...]

Souplex was a Belgian brand of motor cycles that existed between 1939 and 1945. This was their marque. Quite beautiful. [...]

Was at The Braderie de Lille at the weekend dernier. Apart from thousands of people indulging in Moules et Frites, Merguez sausages and in my particular case, Steak Tartare, [...]

Picked up this amazing pop-up book when visiting Iceland in Nov 2008. It comes with a purchase of Ryka Vodka which is made in Reykjavík and it [...]

The French are a funny lot. Curmudgeonly and apathetic are two phrases that come to mind quite often, but when it comes to designing beautiful [...]

Eventually bowed to pressure from my better half to throw out the spent espresso coffee capsules! Thankfully not before recording their beauty for posterity though..