The new Louis Vuitton store on New Bond Street , London

by Heidi




The new Louis Vuitton store opened this week on New Bond Street. It might come second in size to its Paris flagship, but it's definitely second to none what comes to visual merchandising. Louis Vuitton never fails in his creative displays.

Every few days a new egg is hatched revealing a new shoe, watch or accessory. How fabulous is that!




I love this floor to ceiling display of vintage luggages




"Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they'll just have to learn how to be children longer."
-Andy Warhol-



(via: Cool Hunter , Louis Vuitton)

Inside "Modern Family" Homes

by Heidi

This half an hour mocumentary/sitcom is one of my favorite comedy shows on TV along with "Better of Ted", "Arrested Development" and "30 Rock". What I love about this show, is that every single character is hilarious and interesting.

I could not be any happier that tonight is the premier of Modern Family’s second season

The Los Angeles Home section recently featured photos and a sneak peak inside the “ever-evolving family homes” of this Emmy winning Show.

Richard Berg, production designer for the show, told the LA Times that “There are three multigenerational, multicultural families. You need to be able to tell whose house you are in at a glance.”

Jay and Gloria’s home




You can see Jay in the modern sophisticated style. He seems like the type who does not like cluttering his home with lot of things, but when he sees something he likes, the price tag is not an issue. The bright accent colors and animal prints represent Gloria's South American personality.

Mitchell and Cameron's home




The living Space is definitely very them, but the nursery is what best represents this couples whimsical side. This couple is my favorite on the show, and that nursery mural cracks me up every time!

Claire and Phil's home




This home is the most conservative home out of the tree. There is color and there is texture, but it is all very classic and traditional.



”That was hardly porn; it was a topless woman on a tractor. You know what they call that in Europe? A cereal commercial.” — Phil (episode 12)

Photo Credit: ABC
source joanna estroff

Bio-oh! bioethanol fireplace by Puur Vuur

The Bio-oh! fireplace can be installed virtually anywhere in your home, since it does not require a chimney. This modern design features wide but narrow burners (measuring 50 to 90cm) hidden within a stone setting. With up to 20 hours of burn time and low consumption (just 0.5 liters per hour), the Bio-oh! bioethanol fireplace is an urban essential.










For more details visit Puur Vuur.

Urban Kitchen Design by Schiffini

I am a huge fan of Italian Schiffini Kitchens. Today, Kitchen is a part of entertainment scene, a room that people gather more often (or at least as often) than in living room, and I think it should be designed keeping that in mind.
I love the artful incorporation of Italian elegance with practical elements, the chic yet workable surfaces. There is plenty of room for food preparation, and for guests to gather around it.






I really love this one with the horizontal fireplace and oversize, red funky fish art hanging from the ceiling.












and I am such a fan of mixing traditional and modern



Post by Heidi

A Bar concept

A Bar concept that CoLab's Heidi just finished designing.

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Bar back wall by 3form - 3D woven wall material

Alice in Babyland

Transforming a dreary basement into the Tokyo Baby Cafe entailed a series of visual illusions...

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I love this project by a Tokyo based design firm Nendo

My personal two favorite spaces to design are retail spaces and children's playrooms. I so agree with this space, that kids rooms don't always have to be designed with baby pastel colors or bright hues. I love the sophistication of this space.

What makes this design so brilliant is the fact that the space used to be a windowless gray concrete basement, basically a dungeon. Then Nendo took on the task and converted such a space into a private playroom for children and with such creativity. This speaks volumes about principal Oki Sato's imagination.

The cafe is designed to be enjoyed by two very different sizes of users, 'parents' and 'small children',who see the world through different eyes,so the interior plays on this difference in scale.



I love how the cafe's 'absolutely huge' and 'absolutely tiny' furnishings take advantage of these two perspectives, the adult's and the child's.
A nursing sofa becomes a playroom when blown up on a massive scale, and a diaper changing table when shrunk to minuscule proportions.



Big windows pair with small ones, and big light bulbs with small ones. The floorboards vary in size, and the undersides of tables, where parents eyes don't reach, hide pictures. While parents sit at the tables, kids crawling underneath discover stickers depicting both baby and grown-up animals.

There's no sunlight, of course, but faux windows in varying sizes are scattered across two walls. Mirror fills some of the frames. Others surround internally lit cubbies, which add depth while doubling as a place to stash toys and other curiosities.







Post by Heidi

Source: Interior Design Magazine & Nendo website
Photography by Jimmy Cohrssen