Design Thinking

I love this visual, explaining the creative process.

It explains just how much intellectual capacity, experience and time goes

into the creative process…. and that’s next to planning,

coordinating, logistics, operations, contracts, budgets and so on!

…… Go Green !

Raphael Saadiq - Good Man

Shawn Dulaney

Apartment of Daphne Guinness
J’ador

Window shopping in Paris - Green Velvet !

Lalique

Photo by Michael Eastman - Cuba

It looks like a beautiful painting, but it’s made out of one million six hundred thousand jewel-scarab wing cases. In the 19th century, it was customary for the king of Belgium to give a space in the Royal Palace to contemporary artists. This tradition died with King Leopold II, in 1909. Fortunately, Queen Paola is an art enthusiast and decided to revive the custom by commissioning an artwork by artist Jan Fabre. With the help of 29 young artists, Fabre created Heaven of Delight, a fresco in the Hall of Mirrors, completely out of the glowing shells of jewel-scarabs. It contains various shapes that glow in a greenish-blue light, depending on the angle from which they are viewed. Jewel-beetles are not a protected species so it was easy for Jan Favreau to gather them from countries like Thailand, where they are eaten as a delicacy, and use them for his Heaven of Delight. This masterpiece can be admired in the Royal Palace of Brussels.

Via Angelos

Heaven of Delight

…… Purple and Lavender

Artist: Anselm Reyle
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Pair of Barrel Back Swivel Lounge Chairs by Milo Baughman - from 1st dips

Gold and Purple accents

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Lavender launch chairs

Gold, brass and purple accents

Gold and brass accents

Austin Harrelson

Designer Paola Lenti - here

Vintage table from ‘The well appointed house'

Amethyst rock crystal lamp cluster via 'chic living'

Lavender walls (!!!) - Designer: Rafael de Cardenas - Photo: Roger Davies

Vintage find

Barney Ellaga

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Rafael de Cardenas - Photo: Sophie Munro

…… Shocking pink

Phyllis Morris - Regency Sofa

Hot pink velvet Hollywood Regency sofa, ooh la la!…

Phyllis Morris - Sutton Daybed

Handcrafted daybed with shelves shown in Espresso walnut finish with inset

stainless steel details.

J. LELEU

Pillow in pink cow hide

DECO NET Heart Cone chair by Verner Panton

1970s CoffeeTable by Leleu-Deshays, France

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Interior Designer Sarah Tuttle

Sometimes it’s just a dash of pink color….

Pink velvet…

Australian artist: Eubena Nampitjin

EAMES LA CHAISE here

nterior Designer Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz

Designer Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz placed a large bed next to a 14-foot-high rose-tinted mirror for the Mondrian Scottsdale, a luxury hotel in Arizona. “The reflection makes you look amazing because after all, everything looks better when you look at it through ‘rose color glasses,’” says Noriega-Ortiz.