Who: My House Party – Portland, OR

What: Love House

Where: My House Party – $16

Why We Love It: Since our trip out to Oregon last summer, we’ve been fixated on air plants – a miraculous and beautiful spiky plant that could survive even the most inattentive gardener. Requiring no soil, hence the name air plant, you can ‘plant’ these mini-sculptures in dishes, shells or simply leave them lying in a nook to complete a display. Click to continue »

Who: Lorna Syson Textiles – Coventry, UK

What: Wall Flowers

Where: Lorna Syson – £100 – £3999, in a variety of colors & sizes.

Why We Love It: These ‘Wall Flowers’ by textile artist Lorna Syson are anything but. We fell in love with the rich colors, the vibrancy and complete originality of these sculptural wall hangings. They truly are stunning.

Made of 100% wool, sued and silk, the textiles are screen printed or digitally printed with patterns designed by Lorna or in solid colors.  The petals are then laser cut and meticulously hand woven to create the 3-D form. One piece can take up to a week to create. Click to continue »

Who: VivaTerra – Pueblo, CO

What: Porthole Mirror Collection

Where: VivaTerra – $369 (set of 5)

Why We Love It: Such an eye catching focal point for any room whether grouped together or separately. Love the way that the beautiful grain of the woods is left exposed so you can see all the whirls and color variations of the wood. The mirrors are crafted from naturally aged sustainable sheesham wood, a fast growing hardwood grown on plantations in India. Click to continue »

Who: Ink + Wit – New York

What: Everything Counts Poster

Where: Fawn & Forest – $50, 16×20 (mat & frame not included)

Why We Love It: This is just the latest fodder for our obsession with number and alphabets poster. Tara Hogan’s “Everything Counts Poster” blends delightful graphics and a fabulous color palette (love love love the blue and red!) with an important message that all things, big and small matter, reminding us to find joy and peace and reverence for the world around us. It reads: “One Earth, 2 pears ready to eat, 3 trees to plant, 4 peace symbols, 5 high fives, 6 bowls to fill with food, 7 happy days, 8 cupcakes made with love, 9 wind turbines conserving energy, 10 cans to recycle…”

Artist Tara Hogan practices what she preaches, designing with the environment in mind. The “Everything Counts” Poster is offset printed on 100% post consumer recycled paper with soy inks and packaged in a recycled kraft tube mailer.

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Who: TING – London, U.K. (soon to be in L.A.)

What: Seat Belt Cushions

Where: TING – £40 – 70

Why We Love It: Besides being an absolute sweetheart, designer Inghua Ting, is a master at taking salvaged materials like seatbelts and old leather belts and reworking them to create high luxe products. At ICFF 2010, she debuted her new collection of leather belt flooring (more to come on this) along with a vibrant and enviable collection of floor cushions and throw pillows in cool shades of blue. Made of durable reclaimed seatbelts and stuffed with a dense feather fill, the pillows have an unexpected heft that is perfect for a pillow – gives you the feeling that this is a product is going to keep it’s shape, withstand anything and last a lifetime. Click to continue »

Who: Areaware (Ross Menuez) – New York, NY

What: Kuma Pillow, Zig

Where: Exclusively Home – $54 with free shipping, also available in Dot, Feather, Fingerprint, Herringbone & Tatami

Why We Love It: We can’t wait to get our hands on this new collection of throw pillows from Areaware. The patterns are just incredibly cool, modern and colorful and fun. In fact, we were so taken by the Zig pattern when we first saw it, (these prints were first introduced as a limited edition collection of teddy bears), that we just couldn’t resist and ended up convincing ourselves that, yes,  it’s totally normal for grown-ups to have teddy bears… Suffice to say we were psyched to see the patterns resurface in a collection of throw pillows. (Trade you a bear for a pillow?) Click to continue »

Who: the fabled needle – Los Angeles, CA

What: Louise, A Narwhal, 5×7 Print

Where: the fabled needle – $10

Why We Love It: The tragedy in the Gulf is heart breaking – we can hardly talk about the devastation afflicting the delicate ecosystem without breaking down. Such a sense of helplessness as we ask, what can we do to help? Jen at the fabled needle has asked the same question and her answer is Louise, A Narwhal.

In an effort to help with the BP oil spill clean up in the Gulf of Mexico, artist  Jennifer Kee will be donating 100% of all sales of her sweet and innocent Narwhal print to the National Audobon Society. “Meet Louise, a wee narwhal. She really is sweet and she wants to do something important.” The 5X7 reproduction of her water and ink painting is printed on archival matte photo paper with archival HP Vivera inks that are guaranteed to last for over 80 years. Click to continue »

Who: Greenform - Santa Monica, CA

What: Twista

Where: Nova 68 – $580

Why We Love It: These modern planters are made of natural, 100% recyclable fiber cement that contains cement, powdered limestone, cellulose, synthetic fibers, water and air making them a lightweight and more eco-friendly alternative for traditional concrete planters.

They are handmade in Switzerland and each is dated, numbered and tagged with the name of the person who actually made it which is a nice touch with all the autonomous mass-production out there.

The design, by Austrian Architect Martin Mostboeck, is simple yet stunning with a slight twist that’s particularly cool when the multiple planters are placed side by side. Such a dynamic look. They’re designed for outdoor use (they can handle frost and heat) but are great for indoor use as well. Availabe in anthracite and gray.

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Who: Jill Bent – Cambridge, MA

What: Vintage Grain Sack Pillow

Where: Etsy - $90 14″x18″ &  $120 20″x20″; or locally at Gray Mist Studio in Cambridge

Why We Love It: One of my favorite heirlooms is a handmade quilt my great grandmother made from sugar sack bags. It’s a tribute to her thriftiness and a time where nothing was wasted.  These pillows from Jill Bent remind me of that quilt. They are lovingly hand sewn from vintage grain sacks that were originally used by European farmers to carry their seeds and grains. The linen fabric is incredibly durable and surprisingly soft and each is filled with down feather inserts. Click to continue »

Who: Skout – Anaheim, CA

What: Destination Canvas Signs

Where: One King’s Lane – $139 (2 day only sale!)

Why We Love It: Recently we eyed these incredibly cool train timetable schedule in the background of movie set and have been fixated on finding out where we can get our hands on them. Well, today we got an email from One King’s Lane featuring a sale of Skout products with this exact destination signs for sale! And what locales were featured? None other than London and New Orleans, and it just so happens that two of our most favorite people are coming to town this weekend – one from London and one from New Orleans! Mere coincidence? We think not… Click to continue »