The beauty of mosaics

 Photo by: Linny MorrisThe concrete floor balances beautifully the bright mosaic. The Gideå table is from IKEA, the Karim Rashid Oh chairs are from Umbra, and the Erik Magnussen kerosene Ship’s lamp is by Stelton - a kitchen I would definitely like to to cook and eat with family and friends :) (source - Dwell)

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I used mosaic as a means of uniting all the colours in an open kitchen-dining-living room space in one of my earlier projects:

Do you like the idea? I am available for help with your home renovation :)

How to make a long room look more balanced

 This is one of my projects, where in a small apartment with unsightly dark living room I had to solve several problems:
- make it look more proportional, because it was long and narrow; with just one window at the far end;
- combine in this small space the functions of a kitchen, dining room and living room;
- preserve the available flooring.
Through the use of colour techniques and suitable materials I think we succeeded to make the room much wider, lighter and inviting.
Here below is the result:

A great example of using wood scraps!

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You like it? This mosaic is made exactly of wood scraps remaining from the work of designers and woodworkers Jason and Lars Dressler. The huge pixelated image out of scraps adorns the facade of the Yorkdale Mall in Toronto. The tsak was to create something that would evoke Ontario’s north. Inspired by their photograph of a fallen leaf, the Brothers Dressler crafted the mosaic from 35,788 wooden blocks made from a variety of woods salvaged from the collected history of their workshop.  As they explain, 'They include off-cuts from pieces, leftovers from jobs and extra pieces collected over the years and are shown all in their natural colours.'


Interested in other examples of clever recycling? Go here.

Glamourous small bathrooms

Small bathrooms present much more challenges to the interior designer, but that does not mean they cannot be glamourous and functional, even look spacious.

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How to achieve this? One way is by leaving only the essentials - no shower curtain, no any othe space separating elements, just a sink, a shower and two nooks by the sink and by the shower. And cover all the surfaces with one material - like this beautiful mosaic above.

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In the bathroom above a white wall that continues on the sloping ceiling makes this small space look much larger. In both bathrooms a lot of natural light adds to this feeling of much larger space. Of course, the large mirror above the white sink helps for this, too.

The Bathroom - Pure Glamour

I don't like ostentatious vanity, but this design below is just perfect - it has the right amount of glamour in a beautifully designed bathroom where every expensive material and product is used jut because of its qualities and the perfect match with therest of the interior.

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The white marble blends well with the white and gold Bisazza mosaic and the yellow glass lighting above elegantly adds modern elelement as if saying that gold is not the only and most important component of glamour :) Great design! I wish this was my project!

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Art In Your Home or Office

Interior design is not only about space planning or arranging and coordination of furniture and furnishings. It is also about creating an atmosphere, coziness, mood. How do we achieve that?


Through professional implementation of of all the rules of interior design for balance and coordination, but also through inspired conceptual design and use of emotionally connected to us pieces of art or anything that makes us feel good. I have showed you an excellent example of Art Furniture in Office Design that is something not many of us can allow, but the small table or any other inspiring piece of design-art is worth the investment.



There are many forms of art that we can incorporate directly into our interior design - like tiles! That can be in the form of murals or mosaics.
3rings have wonderful examples of how tiles are “the ideal

New at Milan Salone: Mosaic Shoe Bathtub

This is not only the most unusual idea of a bath tub, but it also seems to be very comfortable! And probably the first one intended for women - or not?
This new bathtub model will be unveiled at the Milan showroom of SICIS, April 22 to 27, 2009.
The mosaic detail on this shoe is made from very tiny glass tiles, less than a tenth of an inch each.







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More news for Milan Furniture Fair 2009

Тенденцията е светодиодите в интериора да стават все повече

Това е факт: светодиодите навлизат в интериорния дизайн все повече. Докато преди година-две те се използваха главно в обществени интериори, днес те присъстват в домовете ни под най-различни форми. Тук се вижда вариантът на вграждане в плочки, но напоследък те все повече се използват и като средство за цветотерапия в баните, като фоново осветление, вградени в мебели и т.н.

Примерът тук е от todl.com

New Interior Design Products: Wood Mosaics

Imagine the warmth of wood under your feet in the shower! The new series of wood mosaics by CANCOS Tile & Stone offer exactly that - natural tones with visible texture in 5 different varieties. You can even make a backsplash or tile the fireplace with them. Completely in tone with the green trend that gains more and more followers.

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First news for Milan - Sneak Previw

Only weeks after IMM Cologne the first news of the big show in Milan this spring appear:

Frame magazine publishes sneak preview of some of the new collections.

To be released at the Salone in Milan: Dutch duo Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings will show vividly coloured plaids

to create a colour explosion in the interior. The blankets are made of Merino
wool and cotton, and display interrupted colour sequences. The fabrics are woven
by the Dutch weaving mill De
Ploeg.

A bathroom collection by Dutch architect Wiel Arets for Alessi. Not officially launched yet, the collection comprises a washbasin, toilet, bath tub and furniture that will be manufactured by Swiss company Laufen. Taps, fittings and accessories will be manufactured by Finnish company Oras. Alessi is responsible for the design of the collection, for which it hired Wiel Arets. The three companies collaborated in 2004 on a bathroom series designed by Stefano Giovannoni.

Bisazza will present installations in Milan this April by Jaime Hayon and Studio Job that will showcase a range of new objects by the designers for Bisazza’s homeware range Bisazza Home at Superstudio Più in Milan’s Zona Tortona.
Right: the Spanish designer Hayon will present an installation featuring “Pinocchione” - a giant Pinocchio-type figure - plus a range of new products including lights and pedestals clad in Bisazza mosaics.

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