Yesterday was the first day of Decorex, and the rain held off long enough to allow us exhibitors to stroll the promenade of the Royal Chelsea Hospital, amble up a grand allée of trees, and ultimately enter the grand "tent". The COVER stand is adorned with a gorgeous...
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Veedon Fleece myth, magic and carpet excellence at Decorex 2012
Ladurée macarons are delectable twin petite pastry shells of delicately baked almond paste joined by a liminal layer of creamy ganache. The fame of these teatime treats is global. Offered in a range of flavours and corresponding colours, they form an exquisite palette...
Celebrate Mickey Rourke’s 60th Birthday with Bute Fabrics!
Sunday sees the sixtieth birthday of Hollywood legend Mickey Rourke, the star of your scribe's favourite movie - The Wrestler (2008). Rourke was robbed of the Best Actor award at the Oscars, and it's a mystery why the movie wasn't nominated for Best Picture, Best...
Neue Galerie’s superlative Wiener Werkstätte inspired bed rest
"Give me a beach, something to eat, and a couple of broads, and I can get along without material things." The Santa Monica bus driver who expressed his basic but base view of the sublime to city sage Reyner Banham (who included it in his 1971 book Los Angeles the...
Fiddlehead Ferns and magical copses inspire Melissa Wyndham for Robert Stephenson
Beyond the boundary of the Blackdown in West Sussex lie gentle copses amid tall oaks, and meadows with views to the South Downs. A finger tip forage at the right time of year reveals finely feathered ferns. Furled fern heads hug tight like curled sleeping dormice,...
Vera Za’arour’s Sunrise rug and a long anticipated film sequel
The recent welcome news that Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke will reprise their roles for a sequel to Richard Linklater's film Before Sunset - itself a ten years on sequel to his film Before Sunrise - got your scribe thinking again about the new rug collection of Vera...
Odabashian custom rugs collaborate with leading Mexican architects, designers and artists
"Nuestro trabajo es Arte" was emblazoned on the side of Odabashian delivery vans when the company was founded in Mexico City in 1921. Their custom made, hand woven rugs were conceived as art and indeed still are after almost a century in business. Jaime Odabchian is a...
Vera Za’arour’s award winning Bleachers is a hit with rug fans and wine lovers
Multiple awards including an Oscar were bestowed on the 2004 film Sideways. Its two hapless anti-heroes are aspiring wine connoisseurs on a tour of San Ynez Valley vineyards. One of the film's infamous scenes occurs when failed writer Miles Raymond douses himself with...
Ylva Ogland’s Snöfrid Distillery Pictogram rug wins MMF 2012 prize
The ancient town of Båstad shelters on the shore of Laholmsbukten, a six hour drive from Stockholm. Protected by its water face and the Hallandian ridge which guards land access, this Swedish town harbours a remarkable and long-lived collective of textile artists -...