by Kim Colwell | Color, Designing From Nature, Fabulous Steals, Uncategorized
STEALS – FUN BUDGET FRIENDLY FINDS Steals for conscious consumers who want pops of color in their space can look no further than Greg Gallego, owner of Makye77, bowls. Greg’s bowls are a perfect catch all for small items that live in an industrial or urban...
by Kim Colwell | Color, Designing From Nature, feng shui, Interior Design Tips, Psychology In Design, Splurge, Tips & Tricks, Trend Alert, Uncategorized, Unique Furniture, Whimsical Design
AVANT-GARDE FURNITURE – WHERE NATURE & ART UNITE Cutting edge designers, Patrik Fredrikson and Ian Stallard of Fredrikson Stallard take my breath away. Taking the geometrical art form of a rock and turning it into a functional piece of furniture with the pop...
by Kim Colwell | Designing From Nature, feng shui, Green Design, Interior Design Tips, Psychology In Design, Shambhalla Institute, Trend Alert, Uncategorized, Urban Furniture, Whimsical Design
GREEN DESIGN – FUNCTIONAL ART Greg Klessen is an environmentally conscientious furniture designer. Sourcing only locally sustainable wood from the banks of the Nooksack River, he handcrafts tables inspired by the waterways of the Pacific North. What I love about...
by Kim Colwell | Designing From Nature, Shambhalla Institute, Splurge, Trend Alert, Uncategorized, Unique Furniture, Urban Furniture, Whimsical Design
WOOD CASTING FURNITURE with ALUMINUM + TREE LOGS = FABULOUS! Wood casting takes my breath away. Nature’s raw beauty is reinterpreted in a sublimely modern way. The beautiful furniture shown was created by Tel Aviv based product designer Hilla Shamia who creates...
by Kim Colwell | Designing From Nature, Psychology In Design, Splurge, Uncategorized, Unique Furniture, Whimsical Design
SPLURGE Splurge on Gaetano Pesce’s pond table – it has always been one of my favorites – it was designed in 2012 as a series of 7 and uses ridid polyurethane foam, PVC, opoxy resin, and soft urethane resin to capture it’s effect. DESIGN...
by Kim Colwell | Designing From Nature, Green Design, Uncategorized, Whimsical Design
DESIGNING FROM NATURE Designing from nature in mind makes the concept more dynamic and profound for me. Whether it be the gorgeous way that nature creates or the feeling that you get from being around it, stones, leaves, flowers, trees, water, metals and all the...
