New York Times Spring issue of T-Design

"Family Style" is the cover story of the New York Times spring issue of T Design celebrates the lived-in look, in which a young family shakes up a grand English manor house.


in 2004 it was bought by Chris and Jo Mycock, the owners of a successful I.T. company. Four years (and five architects) later, they finally moved in, once the soul of the building had been restored — as a family house, for a modern family — by the London designer Ilse Crawford. Very impressiv, see for yourself ...

all images from Time Magazine blog.

Jumina - a Norwegian Fairytale

Elisabeth G. Rognmo, a Norvegian designer, founded Jumina in 2006, handmade norwegian design. She started from  here home and combines her work with her 3 children that give her lots of inspiration for her work. I met Elisabeth first in Amsterdam, at the kleine Fabriek and immediately fell in love with her extraordinary design. Elisabeth is creative and environmentally aware, and puts quality a top priority, which characterize the clothes from Jumina.

The current summer Collection 2011 is a limited edition. You will find vintage details that make the collection so special and unique! All clothing and accessories for spring/ summer 2011 are designed and handmade with love in only a few copies by Elisabeth herself. You will not find a garment that is completely identical. The brand produces a collection of about 20 sophisticated pieces for each season and uses a story and concept within the design to create a ”Fairytale nordic design”. www.jumina.no

The current Junima summer collection will be the last season handmade . Next season autumn/winter 2011, Juminas collections will be produced fair trade in Norwegian factories. The clothes are all in natural materials as organic fair trade cotton and wool. 

You can shop the Jumina collection on their online shop. Jumina will have retailers in Norway and trough out Europe from Autumn/ winter 2011. If you want to be a retailer please contact Elisabeth by mail on elisabeth"at"jumina.no.

Jumina Spring/ Summer 2011 Collection all pictures © Jumina

Here some more images from Jumina, meeting Elisabeth G. Rognmo, the designer of Jumina in Amsterdam, kleine Fabriek in January with her outstanding winter collection for this fall 2011.

Someday ...

The #1 New York Times Bestseller and perfect gift for Mother's day! 
Someday, a book by Alison Mc Ghee and Peter H. Reynolds.


A mother's love 
leads to a mother's dream -
every mother's dream -
for her child to live life
to its fullest.

and ...
Someday, a long time from now, your own hair will glow silver in the sun.
And when that day comes, love, you will remember me.


One day I counted your fingers and kissed each one," opens McGhee's (A Very Brave Witch) understated yet emotion-charged expression of a mother's love and hopes for her child. Reynolds's (The Dot) spare, wispy pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations depict the narrator and her daughter sharing everyday moments that mark milestones in the girl's maturation: the mother watches snowflakes "melt on your baby skin" and crosses the street as her little one grasps her hand. A transitional spread first reveals the youngster on a tricycle, aided by her mother, and then riding solo on a bicycle ("Then, you were my baby,/ and now you are my child"). Quietly the emotion builds, as the mother thinks of the future in store for her daughter, its joys and sorrows: "Someday I will stand on this porch and watch your arms waving to me until I no longer see you." Here Reynolds depicts the woman, older than she was at the book's start, on the left, gazing forlornly across the white expanse of the spread. The narrative comes full circle, as the parent looks ahead to a day, "a long time from now," when her daughter's own hair will "glow silver in the sun." Handlettering by Reynolds augments the story's deeply personal quality, which will resonate with both new and seasoned mothers. All ages. (Mar.) 


from amazon, Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 

Paul Smith SS11 Junior Collection

The New Junior Collection from Paul Smith is now online!

Staying true to the Paul Smith character, print rules this season along with colour. Familiar silhouettes inspired by the men's and women's catwalk collections have been reinterpreted for Paul Smith Junior, giving a truly playful character to this collection. For Boys & Girls from Baby size up to 10 years.

all pictures via Paul Smith www.paulsmith.co.uk.

Room Seven - Adventures on Coco Loco Island

Room Seven was established in 1994 by Brecht Olsthoorn, daughter of the founders and owners of the Dutch brand ‘Oilily’. Initially designing only a bedding and accessories line, a start with a children’s clothing collection was made after the birth of her first child. 

Their new spring collection 2011 is a trip to the happy island of Coco Loco, far away from here. A magical environment where it is great to play in the cool sea and to enjoy delicious Italian ice cream during a hot summer on this sunny sunshine island. When the wind blows over the island, the fabrics from the collection will rustle around your bare legs. Fresh cotton, voile, linen and white jeans are the basis for the wonderful new Room Seven collection. 

The colours the designers have found on the island are used for the collection to give it the sparkling character of the new summer. Early in the morning they saw coral pink, pearl white and pistachio green. On the beach, under the full sun, they discovered the green from the hummingbird, the blue from the ocean and the yellow of the summer sun. After the setting of the red sun they went to sleep under a starry infinite sky.

The bedding collection is also remarkably bright and southern tinted in two different colour ranges know as: yellow, green with pink and red or classical red, white and blue. Gino drives his blue ice cream truck around the island and has absolutely no problems selling his Italian ice cream to the dancing hula girls. Naturally the elaborate and richly embroidered quilts lead the new summer collection. The quilts, which over the years have become the signature pieces from Room Seven, tastefully show all themes from the bedding and clothing collection.

The boys’ bags collection shows that Room Seven bags are made to travel. Based on the old suitcases of the past, you can put all your clothes and toys in them to start your trip to Coco Loco Island. And because the laptop increasingly has become a travel companion, Room Seven even added a couple of laptop bags to the new collection. Executed in the typical Room Seven way, this bag can not be left out of any travel bag collection.

In short, the sunny feeling of Coco Loco Island is reflected in the cheerful bright girls and boys clothing, bedding and in the bags collection. Enjoy the new Spring 2011 collection of Room Seven!

P.S.:  

Room Seven is distributed to more then 30 countries worldwide. In 2009 Room Seven obtained the license from Oilily World, to design and distribute the new Oilily Newborn and Children’s Classic collections for Oilily World worldwide. More information you will find on: www.roomseven.com

all images via Room Seven.

Labels to watch -Wovenplay from New York!

Wovenplay - a kids' fashion label from New York, designed by Katherine Edmond, embraces the use of old techniques, hand-crafted textiles,practical form, and the natural qualities of materials. Wovenplay cultivates the savoir-faire and inspiration of the past to create modern, sustainable couture for the everyday artist and adventurer. 

Wovenplay inspires creativity, self-reliance, appreciation of art and the inherent beauty of traditional arts and crafts. The collection is hand-made or hand-finished in Wovenplay's Manhattan studio. Fabrics are tinted in natural or low-impact dyes. Garments are constructed with the highest standards by local workforce or fair trade producers and packaging is recycled and/or biodegradeable. The company supports theInternational Solar Energy Society with a portion of profits every year. Founder and designer, Katherine Edmonds, has a background in art, textile design and traditional french dressmaking.

pictures via Wovenplay

Get Funky - Lili & the Funky Boys!

Paris-based Lili & the Funky Boys offers minimalist childrenswear in 100% pure cotton. After the birth of her daughter, Lili, in 2006, Dutch designer Esther Loonen established her own childrens’ label with a showroom on Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris. The brand’s signature muted colours and chalky tones are subtly chic with clear Parisian ‘bon chic bon genre’ influence in the design. Look for yourself!


For more information where to buy www.liliandthefunkyboys.com

all pictures via lili & the funky boys