It’s time for another vitamin injection! Vivid turquoise in a nice colour mingle. Love the folklore portion & the homespun vibe. Great 70′s style mixin’! | via May issue of homes & antiques Have a great week! I’m looking into a fun one – off to London to see Henen! And hey, have a look [...]
Inspired by Henen’s comeback, and exciting new product releases, I must say a few words on the new IKEA PS collection. I guess you’ve seen these pics around quite a lot lately, but in my opinion it’s all worth the buzz. I’m impressed! Great styling too, let’s begin with my fav pic: In this seventh [...]
This weekend has held the Autumn 2011 Formex Fair. As always with these fairs – and maybe with this one in particular – there is much ado about nothing. Of what makes this event, fresh ideas & insights, trends and innovations are extremely small parts. Actually, you almost only find it in the marketing material! [...]
The retro trend shows no signs of cooling off – quite the opposite! In 2011, we love things retro, calling on 50s and 70s mainly it seems, but all decades from 70s and further back are having a groovy revival. One single retro detail (like a vintage radio, retro phone, etc), some pices of retro [...]
I hope you’ve all had a wonderful start of 2011! If not, It can only get better :) You will see some changes in Trendey this new year and one of those is I’ll post less often. Sad but true, need to finish some work. And that’s why this post is looooong! Can’t stop you [...]
A couple of fresh interior magazines claim the 70s is the next hot trend. And they are probably absolutely right! The caramel sofas have hit the scene and many 70s designer items are already in, as part of the vivid mid-century retroness. Here´s some original 70s pics to get you in the mood :) | [...]
Two cooccurring magazine references are proof enough. Caramel is on the way! Match with strong blue. And watch out for the 70s hype…. | image from Style At Home Jan-11 |
The flip clock was apparently first invented back in the 1950s by Italian architect Gino Valle. It’s an analogue clock which, instead of levers showing the time on a clockface, uses little flip cards to show time digitally. These clocks were very popular in the 1970s but then went out of fashion as the technology [...]
