lemon.decor

2011-12-06T04:27:00.001-08:00

recycle office in rotterdam, the netherlands. please go here to read more.

2011-11-29T22:24:00.000-08:00

a study of worn-out frying pans by christoper jonassen (kinda looks like the moon)

2011-11-29T04:23:00.000-08:00

heike mutter + ulrich genth: tiger and turtle - magic mountain

"introduced to the public on 13 november 2011, 'tiger & turle - magic mountain' by hamburg-based
duo heike mutter / ulrich genth is a large walkable outdoor sculpture on the heinrich hildebrand höhn
in duisburg, germany. resting on the highest point of the undulating park, the rollercoaster-like
structure allows visitors to walk along its elevated lanes with views of the western ruhr."

"pulling from the rolling nature of the landscape, the three-dimensional sculpture features

a one meter-wide flight of stairs that curves and rises in expressive gestures. much like an actual
rollercoaster, the winding path eventually bends in on itself into a complete - but unwalkable - loop.
the piece required extensive engineering and was developed in collaboration with german architect
arnold walz. LED-lights have been incorporated into the handrails to illuminate the sculpture at night."

quoted from designboom.

2011-10-12T22:50:00.000-07:00

came across a post via miss moss this morning about 2 flats in Cape Town CBD designed by architects Wolf & Wolf. love seeing local projects like these.

"we designed a new penthouse loft apartment in the historic Fruit Growers Building in Cape Town. we explored the concept of re-fabrication, using as much of the existing timber on site and re-working it. the result is our take on what a “Cape Town” style loft apartment is. House Wellington 7C is a compact version of 7B. here we explore the idea of compact urban living. the total area is 50m²"

house wellington 7B:

house wellington 7C:

2011-09-05T07:49:00.000-07:00

stone slate sculptures by stephen kettle

2011-08-28T22:19:00.000-07:00

DIY herringbone wooden table. seen here.

2011-08-24T23:20:00.000-07:00

givenchy haute couture autumn/winter 2011

2011-08-24T05:05:00.000-07:00

love this painting seen on the vamoose

2011-08-22T00:01:00.000-07:00

beautiful calm ocean image seen here.

2011-08-21T23:33:00.001-07:00

black houses

featured houses seen here, here, here, here, here and here.

2011-08-18T23:26:00.000-07:00

interesting furniture piece by de intuitiefabriek. be sure to go to their website as they have a moving image of how this table works. reminds me of those chinese puzzle boxes.

2011-08-15T05:48:00.000-07:00

house of armin blasbichler: i like the idea behind this. the very playful door has pantone references of all the colours armin and his family see in the nature surrounding them and their home. go here to view more.

2011-08-04T00:44:00.000-07:00

new york bus-top garden. seen here.

2011-08-03T06:55:00.000-07:00

would you eat here? restaurant above the chang jiang river, china. link.

2011-07-18T00:20:00.000-07:00

from japanese brand truck furniture

2011-07-11T23:24:00.000-07:00

beautiful table tennis set. seen at nonclickable.

2011-07-10T23:31:00.000-07:00

aerial shots by german photographer stephan zirwes

2011-07-04T07:22:00.000-07:00

vitra - "this is basically an homage to jean prouvé"

2011-06-22T23:29:00.000-07:00

south african photographer mark lanning. his work is available at lemondecor.

2011-06-20T23:03:00.000-07:00

this is one of the most direct and successful campaigns i've seen in a long while.

the almost extinct calendar is designed by the chase for the bbc wildlife fund.

an endangered animal is displayed for every day of the year.

2011-06-19T22:43:00.000-07:00

classic photo by ken gerhard

2011-06-19T22:38:00.000-07:00

dearphotograph.com

2011-06-06T06:22:00.000-07:00

it's ridiculous how beautiful the smithy is. go here to read more about it. seen on missmoss by charmaine.

2011-06-01T23:20:00.001-07:00

graham de lacy is a photographer based in joburg. his work captures 'silent' moments. it's as if one is invading someone's privacy almost. they are lovely. graham's work is available at lemon.decor.

2011-05-23T06:39:00.000-07:00

movie barcode compresses each frame into a sliver then lines them up creating a 'barcode' of colors of a film. brilliant! in order of appearance: a clockwork orange, donnie darko, fargo, the shining - found by charmaine

2011-05-09T22:11:00.000-07:00

"Seattle artist Nealy Blau's photographs examine the representation of the natural world within a constructed environment. Blau takes photographs of faux natural settings in natural history museums. Unable to distinguish scale, her photographs question reality. Nealy states, "Viewing dioramas inside natural history museums can be a deliriously disorienting, slightly eerie, and discordant visual experience. Yet photographing them, I often feel or sense a presence in them that parallels my experiences in nature in fascinating and subversive ways…"

found by ronelle via http://forme-foryou.com/

go to http://www.ggibsongallery.com/artists/blau/index.html to see more

2011-04-20T01:38:00.000-07:00

these are just delicious. a series by photographer colin pantall of his kid watching telly. found by ronelle via http://www.16house.blogspot.com/

2011-04-07T01:04:00.000-07:00

german spinning tops. seen on notcot.com

2011-04-07T00:59:00.000-07:00

library in the woods - yes please. scholar's library by peter gluck and partners

2011-04-05T22:55:00.001-07:00

kate boxer is a painter and print maker from london. i think the wolf would look nice on my wall at home. - charmaine

2011-04-04T22:46:00.000-07:00

"dan funderburgh is a brooklyn-based illustrator, artist, and wallpaper designer whose creations are rooted in the world of decorative arts."

there's a lot of vector work on his site, which i feel is a bit done and boring. but then you find these select pieces where he applied his graphics to unexpected mediums. i won't mind having those ceramic tiles. - charmaine

2011-03-30T22:40:00.000-07:00

vivian maier was a street photographer from the 1950s - 1960s. this blog is dedicated to her by someone who aquired her negatives at an auction in chicago where she resided most of her life. her collection of work includes over 100,000 negatives, prints and undeveloped rolls of film. her work is real, raw and sometimes reminds me of the "freak" photography of diane arbus.

2011-03-28T23:52:00.000-07:00

let the right one In is a swedish film based on vampire fiction novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist. the story centers on the relationship between a 12-year-old boy, oskar, and a centuries-old vampire child,eli. It takes place in blackeberg, a working class suburb of stockholm, in the early 1980s. I am really looking forward to watch this over the weekend.yay. Here is the link for the trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3480485913/

by Ronelle

2011-03-27T22:17:00.000-07:00

beautiful sculptures by kate mccgwire made out of carefully arranged feathers. i wish i had thought of this first. - charmaine

2011-03-24T06:19:00.000-07:00

these tapestries are by japanese artist tomoko shioyasu. they are meticulously cut by hand from large sheets of paper by using utility knives and soldering irons. they are so unique, but still reminds me of japanese ink drawings. - charmaine

2011-03-15T22:14:00.000-07:00

thinking of japan

by ronelle

2011-03-10T23:10:00.000-08:00

factory20 is a goldmine if you are into old industrial furniture and objects - charmaine

2011-03-10T22:20:00.000-08:00

this is nice. calendar designed by linda guðlaugsdóttir and ólöf jakobína ernudóttir.

2011-03-08T06:02:00.000-08:00

interesting video. i didn't know they did this anymore. thumbs up to ny for supporting a dying art. (apologies it's a long video, but i thought it worth sharing) - charmaine

UP THERE from Jon on Vimeo.

2011-02-24T21:53:00.000-08:00

i love pierneef's work. the work featured here are of the johannesburg railway station panels series which were commissioned by south african railways in 1929. via missmoss by charmaine.

2011-02-20T21:19:00.000-08:00

grain & gram is "the new gentleman's journal". they do profiles on men in creative fields. i really like the feel of the website and when i have time i would love to read some of these. the pictures featured here is of blair sligar. he is a woodworker. he builds furniture and sculpture from salvaged and local materials. - charmaine

2011-02-10T20:48:00.000-08:00

cavalier essentials seen via miss moss

“If Steve McQueen carried a beat-up leather duffle bag on the back of his motorcycle; what would be in it and how would the products look?”

2011-01-27T04:10:00.000-08:00

beth katleman made a 3D wallpaper out of porcelain figurines which she appropriately named folly as the narrative of each set of figurines are somewhat bizarre and random.

found by charmaine

2011-01-27T03:32:00.000-08:00

i couldn't have said it better myself:

"oscar wilde epitomised the term “dandy”, an 18th-century term for a man for whom sartorial elegance was fundamental, a man who strove to be deemed ‘aristocratic’ – perhaps the “metrosexual” may be the modern day dandy? “dandy” at stockholm’s nordic museum seeks to determine who or what the modern day dandy is, as tailor frederik andersen, fashion researcher rickard lindqvist, journalist olaf enckell, stylist lalle johnson, author björn af kleen, designer göran sundberg and shop owner christian quaglia offer their own unique interpretations. the elegant exhibition architecture is courtesy of the ever-wonderful form us with love , with dismembered mannequins, fused with MDF boxes, giving the appearance of a stonemason having started work on sculptures but only finishing the sections necessary for the exhibition."

quoted from weheart.co.uk by charmaine

2011-01-18T22:08:00.000-08:00

beautiful corporate identity by art & graft

2011-01-18T22:06:00.000-08:00

desk seen on missmoss - charmaine

2011-01-12T03:58:00.000-08:00

dit is pragtig - by London designer Simon Heijdens. found by ronelle who has been a little absent lately on http://www.dezeen.com/2010/12/24/shade-by-simon-heijdens/

2011-01-11T04:13:00.000-08:00

motoi yamamoto's creations are beautiful at first sight, but then i nearly fell off my chair when i read that it is entirely made out of salt. images courtesy of theme magazine - charmaine

2011-01-06T22:05:00.000-08:00

2010 google search pillow seen here

2011-01-06T05:08:00.000-08:00

design studio beta tank has designed a chair with moving panels that transform it from a functional object to an art object.

2011-01-06T05:00:00.000-08:00

this lightweight lamp by french designer léonard kadid uses a book as a base. seen on dezeen.

2011-01-05T02:16:00.000-08:00

this beautifully designed calendar is by silnt. good way to start the year* - charmaine

2011-01-05T02:11:00.000-08:00

iphone cases by byrd&belle

2010-12-19T22:46:00.000-08:00

a piece from oliver kosta-thefaine's monde sauvage exhibition. seen on todayandtomorrow.net by charmaine

2010-12-15T02:52:00.000-08:00

matsu wine seen on lovelypackage.com - charmaine

2010-12-13T05:23:00.000-08:00

bent basket found on mnml.it

2010-12-12T22:44:00.000-08:00

let's go to iceland! - charmaine

Inspired by Iceland Video from Inspired By Iceland on Vimeo.

2010-12-07T03:37:00.000-08:00

www.meatandbread.ca/

found by ronelle

2010-11-26T00:29:00.000-08:00

this makes me smile on the inside

2010-11-26T00:26:00.000-08:00

Louis Vuitton and German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann's light installation 'showplay'.

found by ronelle on http://trouvaillesdujour.blogspot.com/2010/11/shadowplay-at-louis-vuitton.html

2010-11-25T06:32:00.000-08:00

italy set 1

taken by charmaine

2010-11-11T23:05:00.000-08:00

kevin found this image somewhere. i rarely get excited by people motion blurs. this scares me a bit, but is really cool. image by alexey titarenko - charmaine

2010-11-09T21:39:00.000-08:00

2010-11-07T22:05:00.000-08:00

really cool johnnie walker ad i saw at the movies this weekend - charmaine

2010-10-22T08:10:00.000-07:00

ai weiwei: sunflower seeds at the tate modern.

found by ronelle on http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/11836/ai-weiwei-sunflower-seeds-at-the-tate-modern.html

2010-10-22T05:46:00.000-07:00

super cool 'camelion floor tiles' by ivanka studio

found by ronelle

2010-10-13T07:14:00.000-07:00

bits & pieces of amsterdam - part 7

2010-10-13T07:12:00.000-07:00

bits & pieces of amsterdam - part 6

2010-10-13T07:06:00.000-07:00

bits & pieces of amsterdam - part 5

2010-10-11T21:50:00.000-07:00

bits and pieces of amsterdam part 5

by ronelle

2010-10-11T21:45:00.000-07:00

bits and pieces of amsterdam part 4

by ronelle

2010-10-11T21:42:00.000-07:00

bits and pieces of amsterdam part 3

by ronelle

2010-10-11T21:36:00.000-07:00

bits and pieces of amsterdam set 2

by ronelle

2010-10-11T08:43:00.000-07:00

bits and pieces of amsterdam part 1

by ronelle

2010-10-11T07:31:00.000-07:00

i'm a bit moeg van the whole bookshelve vibe but this i really like. Nema Workshop took the concept of a library and turned it sideways in this little espresso cafe in NY.

found by ronelle on http://www.contemporist.com/2010/10/08/despresso-cafe-interior-by-nema-workshop/

2010-10-08T08:12:00.000-07:00

I am a Forest from Alex Schulz on Vimeo.

'i am a forest' by alex schulz, dit is pragtig.

found by ronelle on http://www.vimeo.com/14179374

2010-10-05T07:19:00.000-07:00

i hereby warn that plenty of the posts to come will

be amsterdam related because that's just what happens when one sits in front of the computer all day, get to travel some (with a camera), come back and sit in front of the computer all day.

this is the first. an introduction if you must. in our little apartment in molsteeg str, amsterdam next to a 'kapper' (hairsalon).

by ronelle

2010-10-04T06:13:00.000-07:00

new richard du toit work - available at lemon

2010-10-04T01:28:00.000-07:00

amazing vertical garden spotted by kevin in london last week. the guys from lemon have recently started a new business called GROW which specialises in living vertical gardens. call kevin if you want more info at 072 206 0200.

2010-09-28T21:33:00.000-07:00

i adored the triplets of belleville, so i can't wait for this. 'the illusionist' is an animated adaption of a 40 year old script by legendary filmmaker, jacques tati. - charmaine

2010-09-27T23:06:00.000-07:00

this door knocked me out (figuratively of course). found on wolfeyebrows.wordpress.com by charmaine

2010-09-27T22:39:00.000-07:00

these are images of that volcanic eruption in iceland earlier this year. pretty fascinating stuff - charmaine

PND photo of the day

2010-09-26T22:23:00.000-07:00

land carpet found by charmaine

2010-09-26T22:20:00.000-07:00

bike shelf by chris brigham found by charmaine

2010-09-22T05:28:00.000-07:00

italian light design by francesca rogers & daniele gauleni found on http://acriacao.com/2010/09/17/light-form-by-francesca-rogers-and-daniele-gualeni/ by ronelle

2010-09-22T04:10:00.000-07:00

london design week 2010 - framed by stuard haygarth & john jones. found on http://mocoloco.com/archives/018929.php by ronelle. this bloody blogger is making things difficult again - i can't change the font.sorry.

2010-09-20T00:47:00.000-07:00

pretty things in inge beckmann's room found on myroomnow.com by charmaine