Design Debate

Day beds are definitely a thing at the moment. And why not, elegant and sleek they have that air of importance and can't be botheredness. In particular I am liking the Crescent Lounge by New York studio Vonnegut/Kraft . Named after the founding designers, Katrina Vonnegut and Brian Kraft. They are dedicated to maintaining a balance between contemporary technological manufacturing and a tradition of hand-made craftsmanship. I really like their choice of materials, the light bleached ash with rich forest green wool and clay pink. Or the walnut frame supporting a 70's brown cushion and grey bed. The first one I spotted though was the dark ash wood with fluffy wool over at A Merry Mishap .  I like the balance and calm contained within this piece of furniture, the integrity of the materials and the choice of textiles. You can see more of their varied pieces here .

        The work of Daily Overview and Benjamin Grant is well known across the internet, his Instagram has half a million followers. There is now a book entitled 'Overview' and springs from the idea that seeing the world from above helps to give us a unique and perhaps necessary perspective of us and our landscape. Astronauts get to see the Earth in its amazing beauty, perceive the patterns of nature - and the devastating marks we have left on the natural environment. Now we get to gaze in awe too.  For me it is the pattern that I am drawn to. Some locations are easy to fathom, while others confuse. The photographs could be an artist's palette, a child's play-mat or maybe something quite extraterrestrial.  Overwhelming in their scale, I think we are able to appreciate these landscapes due to Grant's clever cropping and framing of the images. Allowing us to stand back and perceive our world from a completel...

What a perfect hide-away space! The 'Hemmelig Room' ('secret room' in Norwegian), was a commission for a guest room and library in upstate New York. The designers were Studio Padron and they created this cosy dark box which houses a bed, a desk and a chair. The walls are horizontal beams of oak from the surounding forest cleverly stacked allowing for plenty of book nooks. Wherever you are in this cabin you are in easy reach of a good read! I really like the rich dark shape beautifully framed by the fallen snow. The trees behind like endpapers in a story book.  Originally found at Freshome .