Showing posts with label living room. Show all posts
Showing posts with label living room. Show all posts

Monday, February 4, 2008

House of Cards

This is something I covet, but it’s a little too dear to justify buying. We had them in a playroom at my ex-workplace, addictive to play with and lovely to look at. The cards each have a different picture from the animal, mineral, or vegetable kingdoms. They have notches cut in them so the cards are easy to interlock into a visual bonanza.

(The images are from here (UK) and here (US).)

When looking for this online (I’d seen it in the South Bank Centre’s shop), I learned to my surprise that Ray Eames is a girl. I’d always thought Charles and Ray were two brothers.

Friday, January 18, 2008

Bowlerman Mobile

I saw this charming mobile when I visited a friend, who bought hers at the Surreal Things exhibition at the V&A Museum.

Unfortunately the exhibition was over and their shop no longer stocked it, but I did find the manufacturer after much creative googling at Flensted – a Danish family firm that has been making mobiles for over 50 years. They have some truly lovely stuff. I ordered mine from Danish Design, together with this one, which I couldn’t resist.