francoise nielly impacting portraits

A couple of years ago walking outside a closed gallery in Barcelona me and my friends had been amazed by some amazing, colorful, paintings of faces close ups. They had such a strong impact on us that some time ago when I came across the French painter Francoise Nielly, I immediately remembered that day when I had first saw her work, even though back then I didn’t know her name. As it turns out she is quite well known, she lives and works in Paris, but was raised in Southern France where the imagery and nature is probably what inspired her incline for the fluorescent colors of his portraits.

zhou fan's jellyfish paintings

Zhou Fan is a Chinese artist, who was selected as one of the 25 Emerging Chinese artists by international art critics. He was born in 1983 in Shanxi Province in northern China and graduated from the art department of Shanxi University. Zhou Fan was given the "special mention" prize in 2007 as part of the Chinese Art Prize. That launched his career, and allowed him to gain much more exposure and go on to exhibit his work all around the world.

french bull bowls and more

French bull is a homeware company that was created on 2002 by the Parson’s School of Design graduate, Jackie Shapiro. She had a different, young approach to melamine, marking its return but with a pop twist. The line begun with kitchen products but has gone into the needs of all the rooms of a modern home. Here are some pictures from their site and you can look around yourselves here.

spring is here

The h&m home spring collection is out and this is a preview. It looks all cute and cozy and you can chose between colorful and flowery or edgy and urban.

ribbons all around

Over the last few days I worked on a new idea for my jewellery and this is what I came up with. 

Add some spice to life with Rice

Rice is a Danish based homeware and accessories company that was founded in 1998. They are known for their colourful melamine, handmade baskets and storage and our hand glazed Italian tableware. They describe their sping summer 2011 collection as a mix of rainbows, floral peace signs, love birds and a lot of kissing.