Stars and compote

I was there!

Yes, I had the great honor and opportunity to enter the closed circle and indulge in hours of feverish wanderings in the labyrinth of dreams located in the Parc des Expositions Villepinte ... I had my baptism of Monday Maison et Objet.

I was fine to stay only a few hours, I came out feet compote and a head full of stars ...
Forgive me if I do not immediately book a summary of my rapture and my intuitions about the future interior design trends and imminent (indeed it will take me probably a little while for this mass of images and discovery decanted as it should), my walks in the halls and the aisles were too much for my strength, today, I dream only blankets, pillows, soft music and lying down (mostly).

What I obviously found an excuse to put my whole mood of the day under the sign of comfort.

jeu de coussins

set of cushions

Besides candles, I have another passion indestructible: the cushions, and basically anything that falls within the soft, downy of, of cotton.

Although being only very slightly amateur nap, I'm ready to make an exception if I can expand on the cushion Pillow Play created by Ana Mir for Nanimarquina . Modelled on the indestructible polystyrene microsphere, it is obviously an absolute malleability.

And since this is Nanimarquina, it is obviously a bonus beautifully pierced with a thin colored piping to treat the elegance even in situations of acute laziness.

Euclide es-tu là?

Euclid are you there?

The microbead is also the (good) fortune of the Belgian brand Sit On It , which accepts the concept from all angles ... (poufs giants, it's them): pyramidal , cubic , and even elliptical , it would not surprise me not one of their designers is a licensed amateur geometry in space ...

longer it, plus it's good

But I confess remain and cause even more intrigued to wander at my ease with the creation of strange and penetrating Antidiva . The sofa bed-sofa-chair armless Kaa Micama is unclassifiable and incalculable, to the point that I also myself some difficulty in grasping the principle (hence my inclination to try any disinterested for I you). This is a coil pads connected by a zipper, and whirling around a central island. Totally flexible, it doubles and doubles into countless variations all arranged one over the other to celebrate Morpheus and his henchmen.

Any takers (wealthy) ... on my side, I am going to give my little feet a well deserved rest.

Deep purple

Having always had a fondness for all variations of the chromatic scale between violet and lilac, I tend to rejoice in the awareness of current fashion for these colors too often denigrated ... sometimes with a touch of nostalgia for the days when these penetrating tones were still confidential, even when I had the illusion of being among the happy few holding the innate good sense of taste and elegance :)
Have you noticed that after clothing, purple invades the entire sectors with some way related to the ornament - I choose that word deliberately a little precious is vague enough to affect a plethora of areas -? This is so true in fact that even the potato vitelotte purplish blue that shines not necessarily its flavor is increasingly present even in supermarkets - cf. the radius of chips most of the signs.

produit de la pêche aux bonnes idées violettes

fishery product with good ideas violets

Now I feel like a kid in a toy store, the tendency would allow me to offer almost to my apartment a total look under the sign of purple.
In the kitchen and tableware, the young brand Fools dinette is to the page and offers a full range of accessories and kitchen textiles where the purple is in the spotlight ... not to mention the inventiveness with which she revisits plates and dishes where a frolicking menagerie of silhouettes very clean lines that accomplish an original table, both mismatched and elegant. I'd love to combine these different reasons for a meal on the theme of exoticism or plant! And ... to involve transparent purple calyxes of the latest collection ... Cristal d'Arques this range neobaroque this behemoth of glass also allows me to revise my judgment on the character a bit hackneyed of Cristal d'Arques j ... 'had a memory of kitsch prégnant twisting commercials of my childhood, mea culpa.
Even the toilets open to the nobility purple. The manufacturer Vipp declines recently its models. Also a very pleasant coloring of step cans features a range of derivative products has emerged. I find the range violet particularly successful with almost fluorescent colors that will brighten up an important piece for the home and our reputation.

In a less accessory, I notice that purple may invest more substantial dimensions, chairs, ottomans and sofas for example. Belgian designers to Sit on It are very creative in this field with several ranges of microbeads cushions that are miles away from the horrible puff pear decades past - this is a personal experience, but I still remember the inheritance of a black ottoman pear whose seams were cracking around and released a spurt of microbeads that spread throughout the apartment. It was fun after all, but much less sympathetic in terms of household, years later, I still find in the vacuum cleaner. Since then I've designed a holy hatred of this kind of pouf. Sit on it with the problem of the fountain of pearls arises less, the seams were reduced to a trickle. Perfectly adaptable to the shape of the body, these cushions are in order for all occasions, and of course, Sit on It had the good idea of ​​the decline in a pretty mauve color purple.
At Nanimarquina also, purple is in the spotlight. I've said all the good that I thought of this great Spanish designer and his approach resolutely ethical and fair, bis repetitas therefore, as not merely make beautiful carpets, Nanimarquina also designs accessories irresistible, like the cushions parallelepiped Zoom or poufs Tomato in the evocative shape. If they come in many colors, I melt naturally to models purple mats, which I think give real depth together with an invitation to pleasure of life.

The list could, and it is not that she does not get longer. But as fans of other colors to worry, I'm not exclusive, other colors will come.

Feet in the carpet

Nani Marquina ou la douceur de vivre

Nani Marquina or the sweet life

Generally, the carpet does inspire me much. Real factories hair and dust, crumbs in nurseries - you noticed that the more we yearn and shake, the more they seem to abound in delightful surprises? - They are also the preferred containers of all kinds of liquids, preferably sticky ...
They find little favor with me over at their ornamental effect, more like the inevitable moment that kitsch object of essential decorative ... But the Spanish designer Nani Marquina confronts me with through all these a priori. The first shock for the skeptic that I am: for the first time, these rugs me the effect of an unusual aesthetic grace. Beautiful or sublime, they embody in themselves the good taste and softness that we aspire to - I imagine - all. Second shock: beyond this success, I discovered the commitment of Nani Marquina and society against child labor and its regular participation in cooperative programs regulated that is often translated by the term "sustainable development" . If inventions are numerous and all the more refined than the others, the investment is in turn radically citizen. Nanimarquina creations are handmade, including India and Pakistan, thus encouraging local economic activity and promoting de facto techniques and skills deemed - I'm not too fond of the carpet, I am aware Weaver's legacy and reputation in a certain region of the world in this field.
I enjoyed the series almost three-dimensional Little Field of Flowers, colors that can recall the four seasons, especially with its charming grounds sewn shaped leaves and flowers. A very original creation I also liked that a carpet made from recycled bicycle tire ... An original approach!
Will I be on the road to reconciliation with the rest of us? Anyway, I already found a brand to watch and admire, hoping that new collections are in the pipeline.