Father's Day 2013: the outdoors enthusiast

Monthly vegetable seed club subscription by London Herb Garden

Retail trends for Father's Day celebrations and gifting fall into four major trends this year. One dad, the Outdoors Enthusiast, is defined by his love of all outdoor activities. Cards use motifs of gardening and sports such as fishing.

Flower decor at L'Art du Jardin

Truffaut at L'Art du Jardin

The boundaries between indoor and outdoor are very much blurred at this year's edition of L'Art du Jardin in Paris' Grand Palais. Furniture is covered in fresh cut flowers or taken out into the vegetable patch to create cosy garden room sets. Plants seem to take over, creating fairytale sceneries and scenographies.

Living Material: Twig Vessels by Benwu Studio

Designer Peng You of Benwu Studio launched a series of tabletop products and decorative objects made from twigs, branches and mixed media at Clerkenwell Design Week 2013.

BuzziHives by BuzziSpace

BuzziHives by Alain Gilles for Buzzispace

Belgian designer Alain Gilles has quite simply wrapped a protective sheet around two seats to create a space in which two people can conduct instant meeting sessions. Called the BuzziHives and designed for BuzziSpace, these welcoming cocoons can be used stand-alone or in groups to punctuate the layout of an office.

Unoco: pure, pink coconut water

New unpasteurised coconut water brand Unoco is made from raw coconuts that are processed using high pressure rather than heat treatment. The liquid is often light pink in colour because of the antioxidants that are present in it.

Homebuildlife subscribers can read our reports on the trend for pure produce here and the rise of pink drinks here. See how coconut water is taking over the prepared beverage market in our trend report from IFA 2013.

Snout & Paws: luxury fashion for dogs

New luxury British pet brand Snout & Paws was founded by Andrey Savin in October last year, after he became frustrated by the lack of fashion-led clothing available for his dog, Fanta - the small dachshund who now models all of the brand's collections.

Gorilla Perfumes: comic book scents

Based in Shoreditch, east London, Gorilla Perfumes is an independent perfumery founded by Lush founder Mark Constantine, which specialises in unique fragrances inspired by make-believe and comic-book adventures.

The stories that inspire each scent are released every season in Volumes that you can pick up in-store; current olfactory highlights include an orange blossom and neroli fragrance inspired by the honeyed scent of trips to Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt.

Bedeck A/W 2013: collection preview

Natalia from Bedeck autumn/winter 2013/14

British retailer Bedeck will launch six new designs for autumn/winter, including opulent jacquards, sumptuous velvets, cosy cottons and a new White Collection.

UK launch of Yummy Pets: the social network for pets

Pet social networking site Yummy Pets has launched in the UK. The French "social petwork" describes itself as "a community website to serve pet parents" and currently has 150,000 members.

Profiles look similar to those of social networking sites such as Facebook, and include information such as status updates, photos, and lists of friends and fans. Users can also access a number of practical pet services, such as classified ads. Yummy Pets chose the UK as the next place to launch because "One in ten pets in the UK already has a social media presence," co-founders Matthieu Glayrouse and Mathieu Chollon told Wired.

Ocean Collection by the Campanas

The Parisian branch of Carpenters Workshop Gallery is currently hosting the first exhibition of Brazilian design duo Humberto and Fernando Campana in a French gallery. For the occasion, the designers have created the Ocean Collection, an unexpected evolution of the Sushi series they released in 2002. 

At that time, they were looking for a way to create padded furniture without using the traditional techniques. As a result, the objects are made out of a combination of various materials, including bits of felt, plastic rugs and foam rubber. 

Acqua Alta by Giorgia Zanellato & Daniele Bortotto

Murano scent diffuser, Acqua Alta

Italian designers Giorgia Zanellato and Daniele Bortotto have drawn inspiration from the sights, smells and textures of Venice's high waters to create a collection of objects including textiles, flooring, diffusers and a table lamp.

Hanger by Cool Enough Studio

Launched at ICFF in New York earlier this month, this clever hanger by Finnish designers Cool Enough Studio can be used to store clothes, shoes or even jewellery.