Feather Fever at Bergdorf Goodman

Bergdorf Goodman gets playful for spring with New York windows full of colourful apparel and a technicolour pillow fight, all set against a backdrop of white furniture.

MAKE // SHIFT: Homebuildlife & Obsessionistas in Milan

WGSN-homebuildlife and Obsessionistas are proud to announce MAKE // SHIFT, a visionary installation at Designersblock at MOST during Milan Design Week 2012.

MAKE // SHIFT describes a new industrial age, in which hand-crafted and machine-made exist side-by-side, at the same time and sometimes in the same object. A time in which trends both define a moment and propel it fast-forward to the future. A moment in which collections tell personal stories and at the same time communicate a shared heritage.

A series of six curated collections will explore WGSN-homebuildlife's three spring/summer 2013 macro trends - Wonderlab, Story of Now and Idiomatic - and identify key concepts, colours, patterns, shapes and materials for each direction. They will also invite visitors to consider how the categorisation, display, heritage and narratives of collected objects can act as an inspiration for product developers, retailers and visual merchandisers.

Washi tape eggs: Easter craft with a Japanese twist

Image via Teip

With home crafting increasing in popularity all the time, Easter eggs decorated with Japanese washi tape are a key theme for Easter 2012 - providing a simple but intricate way to create vase fillers and seasonal decor. WGSN-homebuildlife rounds up some of the best examples.

Melinki collection by Scion

Melinki collection by Scion

New interiors brand Scion has just launched its first collection, Melinki, which comprises a mix of printed fabrics, embroideries, jacquards and wallpapers.

Art & caffeine: The Streamer Coffee Company

The practice of latte art, when decorative designs are created on the surface of a latte, is a vital component of the speciality coffee movement - which grew predominantly in the US in the 1990s and has since become a global phenomenon.

WGSN-homebuildlife profiles The Streamer Coffee Company, a brand which operates at the cutting edge of the trend.

38 Series by Bocci

38 Series by Bocci

Omer Arbel, creative director of Canadian lighting brand Bocci, will showcase a new chandelier in an installation at Spazio Rossana Orlandi during Milan Design Week later this month.

HBL Book of the Week: Couture Chocolate

White Chocolate Martini by William Curley; image via The Guardian

Couture Chocolate: A Masterclass in Chocolate (Jacqui Small LLP, 2011) is a journey into the intersection of chocolate and art written by William Curley, one of the most respected chocolatiers in the world.

Citrus Fruits: Spring VM trends

Williams-Sonoma, New York; photo WGSN

This spring, cloudless skies, blooming gardens and fresh citrus shades inspire VM trends across the USA, Europe and Asia.

Justin Fantl: still life style

Justin Fantl

In this series of still lifes, US photographer Justin Fantl has turned his lens on exquisite patisserie and technicolour fruit, and even found beauty in the fast food industry.

EDITION by De Castelli

Ginko by Marco Zito for De Castelli

Italian brand De Castelli will launch its new EDITION range, created in collaboration with a series of international designers, at the Salone.

HBL Blog of the Week: Toildrops

Toildrops is a webzine which focuses on sustainable design concepts, categorised by very loose themes such as haptic, paper, water and food. This arrangement encourages more organic browsing than the average blog; we recommend it for CMF inspiration in particular.

Anthropologie on the Upper East Side

Artwork by New York-based artists and designers fill the space and push the local in Anthropologie's new store - its first Upper East Side location, and fifth Manhattan branch.