Posted in jewelry, tagged color, Design, dinnerware, inspiration, jewelry, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer clay on June 18, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The owners of Dinosaur Designs met in art school and began the company by selling handprinted fabrics and painted jewelry at Paddington Markets in the mid 80’s. “Dinosaur Designs now stands as one of the most visible and successful design-based businesses in Australia, operating its own stores in Sydney, Melbourne and New York as well as exporting to more than twenty countries worldwide.”
The featured photo is from the Fungi Range Collection. It is a visual feast.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged color, Design, dinnerware, inspiration, interior design, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer clay on May 15, 2009| 1 Comment »
When I think of Kate Spade designs the word constraint comes to mind. The purses featured here are a terrific example of knowing when to stop. Download this pdf for the full line of Kate Spade Dinnerware. It is well worth the time.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Design, dinnerware, inspiration, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer clay on March 18, 2009| Leave a Comment »
The new Veranda magazine arrived over the weekend. It is fun to explore categories that we do not carry in the showroom. This issue has a feature on tabletop design. I was fascinated by the gold/chocolate/turquoise color scheme from Deshoulieres. Unfortunately, the link does not show the depth of the color combination. So, plan B brought me to the design featured here. I found these on the “Createurs” page.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged contemporary, Design, dinnerware, interior design, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer clay on March 5, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Elements is a store in Chicago that features interesting design from a wide variety of designers. The owners are “Always in search of exceptional quality and personally select every item“. I was intrigued by that description. My husband and I follow a similar buying strategy for our designer showroom. We travel to the High Point furniture market twice a year to select items for our showroom.
Many of the items on the Elements web site are not photographed
well…but take some time on the Tabletop: Dishes page..interesting patterns and color photography.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Design, dinnerware, inspiration, interior design, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer clay on February 27, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Even though this photo does not show the intensity of the celery color this is a terrific color combination. The dinnerware from Golden Rabbit (don’t you love that name) features a timeless damask design updated with fresh coloration.
On Monday we featured the hot interior and fashion color of the 
season…RED. Golden Rabbit’s dinner collection features the same Damask design dinnerware in red. Look for more of this ‘hot’ color in the world around you.
Posted in glass, tagged Design, dinnerware, glass, inspiration, interior design, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer clay, tile on January 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »
It is only January and I’m already thinking of Spring…it must be the 8 days below freezing temperature in Ohio. These bright flowers are from Peggy Kass Glass. Stroll through the FUZiON section for some interesting patterns and color combinations.
Posted in inspiration, tagged dinnerware, interior design, kate spade, laurie prophater, ornamental elements, polymer clay on January 9, 2009| Leave a Comment »
It is a dark gray day here in Ohio. This dinnerware from Kate Spade brightened my day…and hopefully yours as well. I have admired Kate Spade for years. Her designs are so clean and crisp…many are just the repetition of a single element.*
If you go to her website you can download a pdf that features all of the patterns in her dinnerware collection. HAVE FUN!!!
*(Kate went to high school with my sister in Kansas City, MO. The day after graduation she left for New York.)
Ornamental Elements 