STYLE NV - RAVE - Sophie Cook Ceramics

There is a human quality to Sophie Cook's vases. Her arrangement in rainbow of tall, short, fat and thin porcelain remind me of a queue of people. Their thin necks holding up the lip 'heads', above a round body. I feel that Sophie herself, to some extent considers the vases to have personalities, when she says that she likes to see them "as a three dimensional still life that when viewed from different angles create new relationships between the pieces".


Each piece is hand thrown on her wheel and because of the fragile nature of porcelain, only three vases can be made a day.

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STYLE NV - Trends - Irregular Shapes

In stark contrast to the geometric pattern trend of 2010 - 2011, irregular shaped furniture was seen across all the London Design shows. Inspired from 50s design, corners were rounded and lines were curved.




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My Weekly Shop...

Add a splash of colour to your home this week with STYLE NV'S my weekly shopping list, 
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My Weekly Shop...

There is a brand spanking new shopping list on Style NV's wonderful website blog!
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My weekly shop

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Friday 26th August - My weekly shop

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HOMES WE LOVE - Kasper and Julie Rohn

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Happy Birthday to Eero Saarinen -

There is something quite sensual about Eero' Saarinen's designs. Simple, curved, organic shapes that mirror the human body. If it was not for his sudden death at a very early age, there would no doubt have been many more iconic, Saarinen pieces, still in production and, in high demand. STYLE NV pays tribute to his life, on what would have been his birthday.
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MY WEEKLY SHOP

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Retromania

The campervan in front was driving tediously slowly and whilst I willed it to pull over, it  got me thinking about our desire for all things vintage and our need to constantly look back in design. What makes retro design so good that we always need to look back?
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