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Orla Kiely Presentation LFW AW/13 from James Hatt on Vimeo.

Sometimes things really come together..like this morning while preparing another lesson for Blogging Your Way - BlogBoss - I was doing some research online and stumbled upon this amazing video from Orla Kiely’s newest collection ...

You might wonder what Orla Kiely , BlogBoss and my lessons have in common, well ... Friday's lesson will be all about "Planning, prioritizing and handling unexpected surprises as a full-time blogger"  and "staying true to your own style"...

Orla Kiely 's presentation of her new aw13 winter collection captures exactly how I picture the ideal home office environment – very, very stylish but also structured and functional. Planning and coping with big or small home-office disasters will be a walk in the park in an environment like this…perhaps I should dress up as well each day….pyjamas sort of look out of place in such a sophisticated workplace…

I just LOVE it! thanks Orla for your world of inspiration.   [MORE IMAGES BELOW]

Colorful living with Hellen van Berkel

Come and see this beautiful home .. again :) ... here on Bloesem. Hellen van Berkel who lives here already shared her amazing place with us a couple of years ago, but this time my friend Marjon Hoogervorst made the pictures, not only of her home but also of her new collection gorgeous silk scarves ... I really like what Marjon did to the images scarves ... letting them flow and bringing them to live ...                       [READ and SEE MORE after the break]

 

Sponsor spotlight: La Casita de Wendy

{1. pillow 2. top 3. scarf 4. dress 5. stamps illustration } 

La Casita de Wendy is back in the spotlight with their Winter Collection “montañas” Reminds us a little of a winter fairytale .... this collection does have a magical feel to it. We love the bold colors and the retro feel. La casita de wendy are a genius in making beautiful patterns, the ones on the scarves and posters are by far our favorite :) 

We at Bloesem also love  ‘The Crafters Project’ section. On their blog you’ll be able to check out new unique items designed for La Casita de Wendy.

Take time looking through their website they do have a lot to look at from accessories, kids stuff and even housewares. That’s where you will find all the pillows. ~ sponsor spotlight

..La Casita de Wendy 

World Map by Julie Marabelle for ISSEY MIYAKE

While writing this post this morning about Famille Summerbelle's new collection the Performers ... I discovered that founder and paper cut artist Julie Marabelle collaborated with fashion icon and designer Issey Miyake from Japan for their Pleats Please range.

The items of the WORLD MAP series from Famille Summerbelle are used as printes for a whole range of clothes and home accessoiries. Isn't that very impressive! according to Issey Miyake the world map series vividly express that all aspects of the world, such as people, animals, plants, nature, and buildings, live together on this earth. 

World Skin Colors by Reineke Otten

Today I start with Reineke Otten and her amazing World Skin Colors carves. The silk scarves are printed digatilly with not just a nice looking patteren. Reineke has studied and interperated data for the last couple of years and litterly spend 4 months working with excel sheets resulting in these patterns.

For a designer working in the field of visual sociology Reineke's goal is to to reveal society’s patterns and orders — and occasionally, to generate beauty by recording and assembling images and information. Each scarve shows a graphic for a particular country ... 200 in total. 

"imagine people as color pixels. Flying over the world, you would look down and see . . . what? Our planet is an unstable composition of complexions: through migration, intermarriage, cosmetics, war, trains, planes, and automobiles, the ‘view from above’ of the earth’s skin tones is in a continuous state of evolution."

One day this beautiful looking one-of-a-kind lady came to Reineke to the tuttobene booths at NYIGF and expressed her awe and love for Reinke's scarves ... you can probably imagine who much fun we all had and of course were intrigued by this colorful person. 

Turn demographic data into a visual language and then into fashion... World Skin Colors

New collection 2013 minä perhonen

I can never get enough writing about Japanese label minä perhonen ... and have done it quite a bit over the past couple of years, but seeing the new winter collection 2013 this morning was again drooling over all the things I saw ...

Where shall I begin .. one of the choucho's, the notebooks or the coasters, the moon letters or a kimono dress... what would you choose?

I will just let you enjoy the images and many more you can find at the minä perhonen website.