HBL Blog of the Week: Loveliness

Loveliness

Great for print inspiration, Loveliness gathers together a diverse selection of illustration, photography, art, and pop culture memorabilia; the most recent posts on any given day can range from EP covers to animated GIFs, pencil sketches and watercolour paintings.

Four chairs by JAILmake

Pictured left to right: Evening, Afternoon, Noon, and Morning by JAILmake

London-based studio JAILmake has designed a series of four solid ash chairs which encourage increasing stages of relaxation throughout the day; from narrow chairs to work from in the morning to a rocking chair for the later stages of the afternoon, and a lounge chair for the evening.

Paper Music by Molo Design

Softwall by Molo at Milan Design Week 2012

Understanding the possibilities a material like paper has when removed from its primary purposes provides a realm of creative opportunities for designers. Canadian design company Molo took hold of this at Milan Design Week, creating an installation for MOST made entirely from paper.

The Sill brings houseplants to New York City

The Sill is a new retail website focused on houseplants in unique, high style containers. The Brooklyn-based company, founded by Eliza Blank and Gwen Blevens, aims to make owning and giving houseplants as easy as ordering a pizza in New York City by offering delivery to Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn beginning mid-May.

Marimekko opens in Hong Kong

A Marimekko-patterned bus advertises the Causeway Bay store today in Hong Kong

Finnish design brand Marimekko entered the Chinese market today, with the opening of its first Hong Kong store. The brand aims to open 13 more stores in China by the end of 2016, and is currently searching for a premises for its upcoming Shanghai branch.

Vitra at Salone del Mobile

Vitra at Salone del Mobile 2012; photo by Eduardo Perez

At this year's Milan furniture fair, Vitra presented new products stemming from collaborations with Antonio Citterio, Hella Jongerius, Jasper Morrison, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec and G-Star. The result is a confident new collection with a strong sense of accessibility - enhanced by Vitra's welcoming stand design at the Salone.

HBL Book of the Week: Remake It Home

Remake It Home: The Essential Guide to Resourceful Living by Henrietta Thompson (Universe, 2009) offers a thoughtful guide to the home-hacking movement - which forms the basis of our Hack-tivate macro trend, and was one of the strongest themes to emerge from this year's Milan Design Week.

The book presents twenty practical projects, as well as offering inspiration from the greatest examples of repurposed art and design in recent history; from Ron Arad's car seat chair Rover, designed in 1981, to Stuart Haygarth's portfolio of found object sculptures and lighting.

WGSN-homebuildlife subscribers can read our interview with Beatrice Galilee, curator of Hacked at La Rinascente, here.

Hydro-Fold by Christophe Guberan

ECAL student Christophe Guberan showed an adapted inkjet printer, which can create self-folding origami paper, at Salone Satellite in Milan last month.

HBL Blog of the Week: Living Gazette

Living Gazette

Although Bárbara Resende is more known for her fashion blog (Fashion Gazette), her interiors blog Living Gazette, created two years afterwards to reflect her passion for design, furniture and architecture, has proven to be yet another hit for the Brazilian blogger.

Right Here, Right Now by Four'n'Five

Woodini by Bakery Design; photo by Shachar Fleischmann

Four'n'Five Designgroup will host an exhibition of 15 emerging Israeli designers' recent work at its studio in Jaffa Harbor this month, as part of Tel Aviv's Houses From Within programme.

The Sleep Room becomes Loaf

Pascale wardrobe by Loaf

British bedroom brand The Sleep Room has expanded its product offer into the rest of the home, with a range of furniture and accessories for the kitchen, living room and hallway. To reflect the new, broader product direction, the brand is changing its name to Loaf, and will relocate permanently to www.loaf.com this October.

Reiko Kaneko for The Drink Factory

Oyster Shell by Reiko Kaneko

British ceramicist Reiko Kaneko has designed a bespoke oyster-shaped vessel to complement the Prairie Oyster, a new cocktail created by bartenders' laboratory The Drink Factory.