Iced Vo Vo's: January 2012

Monday, 30 January 2012

Clean and Elegant ...

I first saw this image on Pinterest and was attracted to the elegant simplicity, but also thought what a wonderful way to store all your magazines.

I have since found more images of this elegant Belgian home ...

{Milk Magazine via}

I hope you all had a wonderfully relaxing weekend and ready to tackle a new week.

xx

Friday, 27 January 2012

Cool lighting from the Maison et Objet

The number of really cool lighting ideas that were on display at the M & Objet were too numerous to show, but here is a small snippet ...

industrial pendants were very popular

this company, ango, had a very tactile display of floor and table lamps, as well as pendants ... the hanging pendants above were made from empty silk cocoons

great idea for illuminating a large empty wall space

looking closer at these lights, this simple idea was made from a fire retardant fabric draped over a wire frame ... easy to do and very effective ... these pendants surrounded the JNL Collection stand ... very cool

my favourite lighting display company was Blackbody which uses OLED technology,

each lamp plate was about 5mm thick!

the company produces lighting solutions based on a new lighting philosophy, which encourages creativity and emotion

when you stood underneath this display, it felt like you were in a scene from Avatar ... very cool!!

Blackbody

some other great lighting companys were:

Karman

Atelier Thierry Vidè

suzusan

via

well thats my wrap of the Maison et objet

I will miss you Paris

until next time ....

happy weekend my friends

{all other images belong to Iced VoVos}

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Maison & Objet + Paris

Jardin des Tuileries

My friend Janet and I decided to stay in the heart of Paris at the Hotel Brighton and make the easy commute to the Parc des Expositions for the Maison & Objet.

I love the app AutoStitch for the iphone, which enables you to create a panoramic image ... this was the view from our room, which was directly across the road from the beautiful Jardin des Tuileries
(unfortunately I can't enlarge it, as it will not fit across my blog page) ... it was the perfect location to be in Paris

Saying the Maison & Objet is exhausting and overwhelming is an understatement. Trying to tackle the vast halls of this exhibition definitely needs planning before you arrive! Photography (unless you are press) is prohibited, but I managed to snap some shots on my iphone, after asking politely ...