Kim Designs: September 2013

Monday, September 30, 2013

Deer Lino Print - pretty - nicely balanced:

Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=602620706442691&set=a.602620486442713.1073741832.126010014103765&type=1&theater

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Spotted Designs sold from Kim Designs in retail.

Find these journal products at Barnes and Noble:

This giftbag at Bath and Body WorksL

This decor mat at CVS:

This pouch for food:

Love Pucci

Source about Pucci - image above taken from Google

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Pucci

The first clothes designed by Pucci were for the Reed College skiing team.^[3] But his designs came to wider attention in 1947, when he was on leave in Zermatt, Switzerland. Skiwear that he had designed for a female friend was photographed by Toni Frissell, a photographer working forHarper's Bazaar. Frissell's editor asked Pucci to design skiwear for a story on European Winter Fashion, which ran in the winter 1948 issue of the Bazaar. Although there had been some experiments with stretch fabrics in Europe before the war, Pucci's sleek designs caused a sensation, and he received several offers from American manufacturers to produce them.^[1] Instead he left the Air Force and set up an haute couture house in the fashionable resort of Canzone del Mare on the Isle of Capri.

Initially he used his knowledge of stretch fabrics to produce a swimwear line in 1949, but soon moved onto other items such as brightly coloured, boldly patterned silk scarves. Stanley Marcus of Neiman Marcus encouraged him to use the designs in blouses and then a popular line of wrinkle-free printed silk dresses.^[1] Pucci added a boutique in Rome as business thrived, helped by Capri's role as a destination for the international jet set. By the early 1950s, Pucci was achieving international recognition, receiving the Neiman-Marcus Award in Dallas and the Burdine's Sunshine Award in Miami. By the 1960s Pucci was further thrust into greater status when Marilyn Monroe became a fan. She was photographed by George Barris in a number of his items in what would be some of her final photographs. She was buried in one of his dresses. As the decade progressed his designs were worn by everyone from Sophia Loren to Jackie Kennedy. And latter day pop icons such as Madonna in the early 1990s.^[4]

In 1959, Pucci decided to create a lingerie line. His atelier in Rome advised him to develop the line abroad, avoiding the difficulties of a decade earlier in matching available fabrics to the patterns of his first swimwear line. As a result, Pucci came to Chicago giving the lingerie contract toFormfit-Rogers mills. The venture proved to be successful, and Pucci was made vice president in charge of design and merchandising for the company a year later. Also in 1959, Pucci was introduced to Baronessa Cristina Nannini, a Roman baroness, at his boutique in Capri. Pucci would later marry her, claiming: "I married a Botticelli".^[5]

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Vivid Swirls

Source: Holton Rower http://holtonrower.com/?page=contact

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Geo's / tribal / texture in office:

Each month, Megan of all moxie inc, who heads up our site updates, assigns each of us on the Nate Berkus staff a blog topic and due date. This month she emailed me my topic of "Show Us Your..." along with her usual sweet but direct reminder of the due date (Megan's southern so she does sweet, yet direct, like only a southern woman can do). I'm guessing she expected me to share the pic of the lamp I just found at the flea market or my collection of vintage boxes. But, because it's my blog and you, like Megan, award creativity I thought I'd show you something far more personal--my process. Process is not something you can reach out and touch, like the grain of the wood table I just hauled home or the fabric from my line that I chose for my family room sofa (promise I'll share that before & after next time!).

Process is far less tangible but no less important. In fact, as creative as I am, I'm a creature of habit. I've carried out the same process for every project I've done since I was 12 years old and moved myself into our basement. It's a process that's anchored by one central organizational item, the list. I start it Day 1 of any new project and watch as it grows longer and longer until it spills over the pages of an entire notebook. At first it's just gut instinct ideas for the space, but then it becomes a checklist of "high lacquer the bookcases, find a sconce for the master bedroom, have Kelly order my favorite jute rug from my line, set aside time for a buying trip in Michigan to find the fireplace mantel." I'm a list-maker and, one by one, I indoctrinate the people on my team into list-takers. We're like an army of well-styled individuals, moving room to room in a space with notepads and pens poised, adding to our already too-long to-do lists. The reason I'm a fan of the list is because, even when it's long, you can see what you've already accomplished with each black line on the paper. Leaf through a good checklist once and you get a read of where you stand in your timeline. So, when I started designing my office line of products (check them out at Target!) I put lists at the top of the list. Now, we show up to client meetings holding our Nate Berkus clipfolios (Kelly says it's her favorite by the way) ready, willing and able to cross another successful project off the list.

Source: http://www.nateberkus.com/show-us-your-2/

Monday, September 23, 2013

Lace - we get asked for lace designs about once a month.

wink-smile-pout:

Giambattista Valli Spring 2013 Details

Source: http://design-decoration-craft.tumblr.com/

Friday, September 20, 2013

Missoni - Just love the vibe of this designer!

Source:

For the 2013 edition of Vogue Fashion's Night Out, Missoni launches ''Nailpatch Art Missoni''.
Iconic patterns become available in 3 shades, available for the event only.
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