Simple but never boring, that’s a perfect description of Ceri Hoover. The Nashville-based company uses materials sourced from the world’s finest leather purveyors and employs American artisans to handcraft their bags and shoes. The line is full of lovely detailing and timeless designs, any piece would be a fantastic addition to a modern wardrobe.
Caitlyn Murphy‘s slice of life gouache paintings capture everything from corner bodegas to backyards with pets to sporting events. I love her way of blurring the details in favor of the bigger picture.
One of the main rules I follow when decorating my own space is this – keep walls and furniture neutral so you can go crazy with accessories. Laura Slater‘s arrestingly bold textiles that focus on the intersection of color and shape are just the kind I’d like to throw into that role.
Anchors Aweigh by Jon Contino // Becca Stadtlander Flowers by Little Otsu //
County Line by Max Wanger // Enjoy the Little Things by gumberrypl //
Fruit Art Print Set by Idlewild Co.
La Vie En Rose (Color Wheel) by Yellow Owl Workshop // Night Night by Mathilde Cabanas //
Owl Sketch by Isaiah K. Stephens // Relax There’s Whiskey by Allison Comu //
Table Top by Lovely Sweet William
Creating moments of unexpected beauty in everyday living is Wayward‘s mission. The New York-based multidisciplinary design studio creates home products and personal accessories by expert craftsmen and women. Wayward then partners with workshops and small factories in the U.S. to bring those designs to life, honoring the makers behind them along the way. Linen and leather pillows, tote bags and pouches, and jewelry all shine within their current collection.
Stay with me for a minute while I explain exactly what you’re seeing in Ori Gersht’s On Reflection. They are in fact photographs, photographs of mirrors reflecting flowers using no digital manipulation whatsoever. Gersht used an extremely high shutter speed to capture each moment as they were being electrocuted. The flowers themselves are fake, three separate arrangements were created that reference famous floral paintings by Jan Brueghel the Elder. Each photo is focused on the surface of the mirrored tempered glass rather than the reflection, sharpening the breaks in the glass. (Did you catch all that?)
It’s not easy to find good looking house numbers, I’ll tell you that much. Wire Number is a numerical system for both indoors and outdoors, inspired by the customized door numbers on old streets and downtown neon lights. After the necessary machine-made processes, skilled craftsmen bend each wire into several specific curves to form every number.
Have a love for both nature and America? See America: A Celebration of Our National Parks & Treasured Sites was created to coincide with the centennial anniversary of the National Parks Service. Featuring artwork for 75 national parks and monuments across all 50 states, See America celebrates our nation’s landmarks and wilderness as well as revives the legacy of the WPA travel posters. Destinations are catalogued in the order they were established, and 1% of sales will support the National Parks Conservation Association through 2017.
Jaymee Srp‘s mid-century inspired art and designs are everything I love. The patterns that grace her line of print and paintings, wall hangings, pillow and linens, pouches, and calendars are bold, graphic, and entrancing with the fresh color palettes she gravitates towards.
Marta Spendowska‘s watercolors bring so many emotions to the surface for me, I actually have three of her pieces in my own home. The Polish-born artist works with no concept in mind, relying instead on the beauty of color and shape and the variable of chance that comes with creating. The contrast, bleeds, distortions, and even mistakes are what make her work so utterly human. Please take a peek at her shop to pick something up for yourself.
