Design Debate

I just love this space! So cleverly done, this little 59 meter square apartment actually feels light, spacious and interesting. The black and white colour palette helps to hold these connecting spaces together which really work rather well. A spiral staircase links a mezzanine floor and a giant skylight provides access to rooftop views.  The kitchen is well laid out and I love the piled logs and wood burner making this little loft cosy in the darker Scandinavian Winters.  The old beams add character and line to the monochrome story. A happy space to live a life on many levels. See more at Freshome .   

The work of Fred Ingrams really appeals to me, especially his landscapes. They are bold, graphic compositions, alive with colour, but still unmistakably rooted in a real place. Ingrams studied at Camberwell and St Martin's before spending ten years painting above the Coach & Horses pub in Soho. Alongside his art he built a successful career as a graphic designer and art director, working for publications including Vogue, Tatler and House & Garden. In 1998 he moved to Norfolk, where the strange, expansive landscape of the Fens became a major focus of his work. I can see why. The Fens are such an unusual part of England, a vast man-made landscape of drained farmland, straight ditches and waterways beneath enormous skies. Ingrams takes those strong horizontal lines and makes them almost abstract, then disrupts them with wonderful, sometimes unexpected colour. He has painted the same places again and again, some...

I have been collecting some really beautiful ceramics recently on Pinterest . From delicate lace-like textures to hearty hold-in-your-hand comforting mugs - ceramics has captured my heart. Here are a few of my favourites: Shannon Garson Porcelain Shannon's work  combines illustration and pattern with some really refreshing colour palettes. You can see how her home of Australia influences her and I love her pieces.  Charlotte Jones Ceramics Available from  Rocke and Nutter , Charlotte works and lives in our lovely Cornwall and her beautiful pots evoke the coastal landscape that surrounds us here.  Brit McDaniel of  Paper & Clay studio   The lovely work of Brit has been well blogged, but this piece in particular I love. It feels like a landscape from a Jane Austen novel to me.  Ceramics by Handmade Studio TN I love this cheese board! Cheese is wonderful as it is but presented on this ceramic board would bring the hum...

It never ceases to amaze me what strange wildlife we have on this planet. So much undiscovered or unnoticed. Photographer Steve Axford captures the amazing Australian fungi that exists sometimes as close as his backyard.  The colours and vibrance of these mushrooms is immense. Such stunning patterns you can't fail to inspired and impressed. Even as I was preparing last nights meal I was studying the Chestnut mushrooms as I sliced them and just thought wow. These fungi are on another level! You can see more of Axford's work here at This is Colossal.

Today I came across the work of Tel Aviv artist Hagar Cygler at Jealous Curator . I love needlepoint and especially when it has a modern twist. It has always been a personal way for a woman to express herself and show her skill, but I like how modern interpretations can become more like illustration, scribblings and drawings.  Cygler has a series on families that I love. She layers photographs of the members (hers, friends, found) and traces the lines with her stitching. The result is a confusion, a muddle, a huddle or a hug - all things a family can be. But also beautiful and intertwined and connected.  Her other work consists of embroidery and photography and she also has an Etsy shop where you can purchase her pause-worthy creations.