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Taste Place: January 2012

Posted on January 5, 2012 at 3:19 pm

For my first post of 2012 I’d like to share an art installation by London based Israeli artist Zadok Ben David. In his work ‘Blackfield’ he has taken plant illustrations from Victorian botanical drawings and replicated them in steel. With exacting detail 12,000 miniatures bedded in sand make up one immense sculpture that as the… Read more ›

Taste Place – November

Posted on November 16, 2011 at 1:26 pm

I’m not sure how comfortable this ‘Membrane’ chaise Longue by Korban/Flaubert would be but I think it’s stunning to look at. Korban/Flaubert is a Sydney based studio & workshop founded in 1993 by metal specialist Janos Korban and architect Stefanie Flaubert. K/B develop innovative forms by approaching their work as a process of discovery. They… Read more ›

Taste Place – October

Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:03 pm

I’m not sure that I can introduce this stunning sculpture as a garden bench. Peter Donders made ‘bench’ from a string of carbon fiber wrapped around a form later removed. It is has the ability in appearance to defy it’s own strength and has the fluidity of design found pieces with no or apparently no… Read more ›

Taste Place – September

Posted on September 7, 2011 at 3:20 pm

This month I thought I’d add a few low budget but super innovative planting ideas ! This great money saving, not to mention environmentally friendly solution to a green wall can be found on lifeonthebalcony. What a great and fun use for this bra, maybe draw the line at your old Y- Fronts though !… Read more ›

Taste Place – May

Posted on May 10, 2011 at 4:13 pm

This month I’d like to introduce you to the designers and producers of objects with a contemporary but very natural themeĀ  – Blue Nature www.bluenature.com You may have seen this table in a design magazine as it won the European Consumers Choice award for design, practical use and innovation. It is in the Natsiq collection…. Read more ›

Taste Place: January

Posted on January 5, 2011 at 6:24 pm

Another feature I’d like to introduce this year is the ‘Taste Place’ section of the blog. I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled and posting up anything that I think is original, cool, interesting, useful or just that I like !! Please contact me through the site if you require me to source and supply any… Read more ›