Unconditional mother's love. Happy Mother's Day!

Being a mother is the upmost exercise of unconditional love.
Always giving...
Happy Mother's day!

Edith Heath, the Visionary Lady of Ceramics

Edith Heath (1911–2005) founded Heath Ceramics in 1948 after her solo pottery show at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor. She was a talented ceramicist with a great respect for craft and material, and a strong point of view on the product that her company would make — simple, good things for good people.

Edith's passion for ceramics led to advances in clay and glaze development, which secured Heath its unique place in ceramics history. Her pieces were designed to enjoy a single kiln firing, at a lower than normal temperature, thus saving energy, while remarkably producing a durable and non-porous product. This Great Depression mentality motivated her to design and produced long-lasting products with integrity, natural quality and responsibility.

Edith also developed a line of ceramics for architectural wall surfaces. Her unique tiles are considered today as classics of the mid-century design. Oval, Diamond, Bowtie, Triangle and Crease are part of the Collection of Dimensional tile that was unearthed and brought back to life in 2003, after 50 years of lying dormant in the Heath factory. The sculptural, 3-dimensional surface has a distinct, clean, modern-era feel, making the Dimensional collection a stunning and unique art piece as much as a functional tile installation. 

Today, over sixty years later, Heath Ceramics is considered among the most enduring examples of mid-century design. Found in restaurants, homes and museums worldwide, Heath's name is synonymous of simple, functional and thoughtfully designed tableware and tile. As well, many of Edith’s original pieces live in the permanent collections of museums such as the MOMA and LACMA. Heath's iconic tableware and tile are still made in small runs on the premises of our Sausalito, California factory, just as they have been since 1948. Take a tour at heathceramics.com and watch a video about the Heath tradition in the Sausalito's studio today.

"House Industries at Heath Ceramics" was an eclectic exhibition shown in 2010 where carefully-curated House Industries alphanumeric installations were combined with Heath's fresh clay aesthetic. Letters, numbers, ceramics and craftsmanship collided in a month-long House Industries exhibition at the Heath Los Angeles studio and store. House transformed the legendary tile and tableware maker’s airy Beverly Boulevard space into an unprecedented emulsion of clay, metal, ink, cotton, wood, lacquer, lithography and letterforms.




HEATH in LA
7525 Beverly Boulevard (between Sierra Bonita & Gardner)
Los Angeles, CA 90036 Phone  323 965 0800

Thomas Heatherwick's intriguing sculptural spaces

Heatherwick Studio was established by the creative designer Thomas Heatherwick in 1994. A British multi disciplinary studio that creates architecture, product design, model making, fabrication, landscape design, fine art and curation. Visit heatherwick.com

Wellcome Trust's chandelier sculpture in London

Thomas is an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA and a Senior Fellow at the Royal College of Art. He is the recipient of honorary doctorates from four British universities – Sheffield Hallam, Brighton, Dundee and Manchester Metropolitan. He has won the Prince Philip Designers Prize and in 2006, was the youngest practitioner to be appointed a Royal Designer for Industry. Watch the video below where he explains the ideas behind his projects.

Discover more about his projects from small, medium to large.

British Pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai.

A cafe at a British beach.

An energy plant that embraces nature.

A Buddhist temple.

Model of the temple follows Gaudi's technique of bending fabric.

Dominique Imbert and his Gyrofocus Fireplace

French born Dominique Imbert studied Literature in London and Paris where he became a Sociology profesor at the Sorbonne. After a few years he decided to shape young minds with metal instead and opened a workshop for steal sculpture where he designed his first fireplace for personal use that eventually became his passion. "There is nothing like family gathering around a fireplace." Dominique Imbert.

Watch it in English.

Voted ‘World’s most beautiful object’ in the Italian Pulchra Design Awards 2009, Gyrofocus is also the world’s first ceiling suspended fireplace that rotates 360°. Learn more at focusfireplace.ca and focus-creation.com.

Another great evolution of the ceiling fireplace, built in Illinois with a Californian flair, is the Fireorb.

Fun Talented Young Designers at SNDVL Crew

Watch a fun promo teaser for  VZMAG designed by Diego and Catalina, a young couple of graphic designers working hard from their own studio SNDVL Crew in Buenos Aires.



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Inspiring glamour of the 30s, Water for Elephants

Peter Lindbergh for Vogue

If you know anything about Ella, well... this is her. Watching Water for Elephants you are transported by the masterpieces created by the costume designer Jacqueline West perfectly complimented by Jean Black and Frída Aradóttir's make-up and hair.




"It was realistically portraying through the costumes the contrast between the austerity of the Depression circus-goers and the glitzy glamour of the circus performers"_ J. West.

"Before filming started, we constructed a circus tent dressing room and made these gowns right on Reese's body," West says. "She did research on the style of the 1930s and watched old movies in order to do a complete character study. She's an amazing actress."

Read more about West's inspiration for the movie in this full interview. Below are some of the photos of the editorial of American Vogue inspired by the movie and shot by my most admired photographer Peter Lindbergh. Learn more about him in my previous posts and follow him on facebook.

Peter Lindbergh for Vogue

Peter Lindbergh for Vogue

Peter Lindbergh for Vogue

Dana Tanamachi's chalk is taking over Oprah

Following on my previous post of Dana Tanamachi I am happy to see how proliphic her work has been the last months. Dana works full time as a custom chalk letterer and has been commissioned by clients like West Elm, Google, The Ace Hotel, Adidas, Rugby Ralph Lauren, EveryDay with Rachael Ray, Lululemon Athletica and O Magazine. Read more about her latest work for Ophra.

I always enjoy watching her work! The video below shows her in action while creating a new board for the ACE Hotel.

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Coco Mademoiselle, Retro Chic and Keira Knightley

Wearing a perfectly matching catsuit and Ruby Helmet, that I love, Keira Knightley rides her sexy camel café racer bike through the streets of Paris. A three minute short film that captures Chanel's irreverent chic elegance.



Check my previous posts about Ruby helmets, Café Racers and Chanel, all in one... what an atomic combination.

It is a man's world.... nothing without a woman or a girl... and this femme jumps on board a classic 1973 Ducati 750 Sport - air cooled V twin with low upswept silencers. Coco's embodiment of beauty, what an stylish statement.

¿Ti batte il cuore? ¿Ti gira la testa? Fiat 500.

The Fiat 500, overpriced but irresistible. Italians....
I like it in ivory, convertible and red top.
Who wants to go for a ride?

Inspired by sweet ingenuity, Doughnut Plant NYC

The most rustic and delicious doughnuts I've ever tried! Doughnut Plant is a bakery that makes very unique and creative variations of the classic doughnut: Yummy Pistachio, Meyer Lemon, Tres Leches, Valrhoma Chocolate, Coconut Glaze, Peanut Butter Glaze among others. The owner Mark Israel, started out in a basement, making doughnuts based on his grandparents’ recipes and delivered them on his bicycle to Dean & Deluca, Balducci’s and other NYC coffee shops. He finally opened a storefront in 1999 on Grand, East Side. Now he has 2 shops in New York and 9 in Japan that he opened with a Japanese partner. By the way, the adorable doughnut pillows on the wall are not edible!