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it's been such a long time since we did one of our currently loving features but we saw Derek's Winter Edit today and had to share.
we've been fans of Derek's beautiful ceramics since meeting him at Origin a few years ago and are lucky enough to own 4 pieces of his work.

"Winter Edit is a curated selection of samples, limited editions and exclusive gallery pieces direct from the studio" Derek Wilson Ceramics

visit Derek's online shop here
beautiful image by Nic Eames here

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our favourite tumblr at the moment is the dark and moody Plumes & Feathers.
a beautiful collection of visuals curated by Deborah.
enjoy.

currently loving: neon wetsuits

we discovered these very cool wetsuits a while back and I {sammy} have been lusting after them ever since.

neon are a small local company with origins similar to ours and we love founder Elsie's blog post explaining how she wanted to do things her own way.
we love the simplicity of the designs and the fact that you can create your own colour combinations, and that all the wetsuits are handmade to order in their studio in Cornwall.

aren't they beautiful ..... I've worked out my favourites.
I seem to be drawn to the greys, pinks & blues.
check out more on their beautiful website {here}

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we've just discovered the work of hungarian jewellery designer janka juhos.
we love the geometric neck pieces in her JUJJ polygons collection and the beautiful cuffs in the colour project collection.

see more of her stunning work here.

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makers & brothers is one of our favourite online shops promoting handmade design & craft objects.
beautifully designed website & well curated collection. 
we like the look of their pop up space in Dublin too.

 

top left: ceramic jug by derek wilson {one of our favourite ceramicists}
top right: mice by cleo
bottom left: spinning tops by makers & brothers
bottom right: pestle and mortar by robert welch

makers & brothers {website}

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we are well overdue a new "currently loving".
we've put together a few beautiful objects from our svpply list
{have a look at the rest of our "wants" on our svpply here}.






top left: hakutan air purifyer, from sort of coal {here}. top right: handmade painted arrow, from quivver {here}.
bottom left: zani & zani smith & smith saucepan in white, from abc home {here}. bottom right: wasp combs by artist laura kramer, from abc home {here}.

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we really like Lidewij Edelkoort's beautifully curated website Trend Tablet - it's full of stunning photographs, great insights into how trends grow & evolve and features some very cool work by artists & designer makers. our favourites so far: water, farm of the future & grey {with a lovely piece by loraine from one of our favourite blogs grijs}.

{credits}

trend tablet {website}

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for our latest currently loving collection we thought we'd feature pia's new online portfolio.

we've followed pia's blog ever since we started our own journal. we love reading her stories about distant places she's visited, or a day spent simply watching the snow fall in winter in amsterdam. her stories about artists and beautiful handmade design. and stories of her own work as a stylist, photographer & writer. they are always told so beautifully and accompanied with the loveliest of images.

pia has just launched her new website/portfolio where you can see a beautiful collection of images of her styling, photography and snippets from her books - paris: made by hand, amsterdam: made by hand & her soon to be published travel memoir my heart wanders.

here is a little selection of some of our favourite images of pia's work - click on the link below to see more & enjoy.





{credits}

pia jane bijkerk {website} {blog}

all images: © pia jane bijkerk 2011

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hope you all had a lovely weekend. we finally managed to spend some time in our garden and sort some stuff out, so there will be a little garden update coming soon. and we finished a bit of decorating too, so a productive couple of days for us.

we added 2 new furniture pieces to our website on friday and our lovely friend David over at YHBHS featured our kaiseki table straight away {here}. thankyou David! we will be doing an interview with David soon for his lovely blog - we'll keep you posted.

so, no.12 of our currently loving series is all about the selby, which we are sure you have all heard of but if not check out the links below & look out for the book too. we have followed todd's website for a while now and got his lovely book for xmas - refreshingly real homes & spaces of interesting people with their stuff. here are 4 of our favourites. enjoy.




annie novak at eagle street rooftop farm, brooklyn {website}
artist meryl smith, east village {blog}
eileen peters {tumblr} & mark wiesmayr {website}, venice beach
retts wood, canal boat, london {website}

the selby {website}

images: todd selby

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no.11 in our currently loving series - a little collection of things we are loving at the moment.
info & links below, as usual. enjoy your friday.




top left: beautiful silver spoons by david clarke {website}
top right: tea blend no.22, noble savage at the lovely bellocq tea atelier {website}
bottom left: original little bird's fabric covered vintage suitcases {website}
bottom right: new pure white bone china ceramics by caroline swift {website}

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it's time we did one of our currently loving collections - this one is all about soft winter light with a little hint of warmth. we hope it's sunny where you are today. info & links below. enjoy.





come darkness, here we are again - photographs & fabrics by maria alexandra vettese for chelliswilson {website}
preciousness of moments - brooch, silver, knitted yarn, natural dye by leila arzaghi {website}
zalm: a collection of naturally dyed scarfs - by loraine (grijs), this one is no5 salmon {website} {blog}
fleurs - beautiful & delicate pieces by artist lyndie dourthe {website}

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we haven't done one of our currently loving collections for a while - we thought it was about time we did. hope you like this one. info & links below.





top left beautiful tunic by barbara munsel - gathered balloon sleeves, shown with cotton guaze tutu. 100% organic, hand-dyed, hand-printed, locally hand-made {website}
top right plume by katherine dejarnette babin - glass vessel holding a feather with delicate antique brass chain {website}
middle ring-pendant by gaál gyöngyvér - silver, quartz, amethyst {website}
bottom the bird's nest dress by mika organic - "protect trees for birds". 100% organic cotton, water base silkscreen printed {website}

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friday already - this week has flown by. we set up for our little joint love factor exhibition yesterday - we all put one piece of furniture each in the exhibition at the baptist hall in appledore ..... if you are in the area over this weekend, you should check out the festival {details here}

in todays currently loving collection we thought we'd show you some of the blogs we have been reading lately - hope you enjoy them. details & links below.







native kee - beautiful gathered bits from kee edwards of organic clothing company loup charmant. {native kee blog} {loup charmant}
ink + wit - tara runs illustration & design company ink + wit and finds the loveliest stuff for her blog from design, illustration, yoga, raw food & travel. {ink + wit blog} {ink + wit shop}
urban legendary - dreamy pics, cool collages & intriguing stories from tasha {blog}
annorlunda - beautiful diptych photography from fanny & virginie {blog}

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collection 7 in our currently loving series - we seem to be inspired this week by nature, soft tones of greys and pinks and greens and, as always, beautiful handmade design.

we hope you are enjoying our currently loving series as much as we are enjoying putting them together for you.

as always, credits & links below.




ceramic container in warm grey with sandblasted oak lid - from Vincent Van Duysen's collection of pots for "When Objects Work" {website}
garden of knowledge by Heidi Romano - beautiful photography of collected botanical specimens (image © Heidi Romano) - please check out the rest of Heidi's work on her website tales of light, it's very beautiful {website} {shop}
sushi tongs (lime) & halloumi hurlers (horse chestnut) - beautiful hand carved spoons & utensils by Nic Webb {website} photography by Michael Harvey
trail house 09 by architect Anne Holtrop - part of the exhibition Unknown Territory 2009, Museum de Paviljoens, Almere {website} photography by Bas Princen

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our currently loving collection this week is all about one shop - Analogue Life. I'm sure it's no surprise to you that we love japanese design - our own aesthetic is based on simplicity and paring down a design to its essence. the japanese pieces that we are drawn to seem to strip away all pretence, leaving humble but elegant designs.

I'm sure we will touch on this subject again and feature more from Analogue Life's beautiful collection - it was difficult enought to choose just 4 to show you here. Do take a look at the rest of their collection and let us know your favourites, if you'd like. We also really love the metal plates, knifes & spoons by Kanehen {here}.

details & links below. enjoy.




cara series - egg cups, milk pitcher & drinking cups designed by Rina Ono and handcrafted by Hidetoshi Takahashi.
small cup - Jurgen Lehl's Babaghuri pottery, moulded & shaped from gourds and coconuts.
perna tea cup & saucer - semiporcelain tableware from 4th-market's Perna line.
ironware ash boxes & trivets - designed by Sゝゝ and created at the Morihisa Suzuki Workshop.

Analogue Life {website}

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how was your weekend ? hope you had a good one. ours was spent gardening and sowing lots more seeds - veggies and some flowers too this time. ox eye daisies because they are just lovely, meadowsweet because we love the scent and tagetes to plant in amongst the vegetables - which, incidentally, have the coolest looking seeds ever.

a new collection of things we are currently loving for this monday - click on the links below to visit the websites and enjoy.




companion parrot by tithi kutchamuch - jewellery from the second generation of "a secret friend": bronze, silver, aluminium {website}
catherine willis - wall of the perfume rings, the batons de parole, the grapefruits. some of catherine's latest pieces, we are big fans of her beautiful work. {website}. and see more on david's blog {here}
leila arzaghi - trace of memory, objects, yarn. fragile, beautiful and fleeting moments of time in the form of objects and jewellery. {website}
peter nencini - beautiful hand werk boxes containing a set of materials & forms for abstract play - we want one of these! {website} {blog} found this morning via the always inspiring lee from 2 or 3 things.

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collection 4 of things we are currently loving {credits, info & links below, as usual}. hope you enjoy these, let us know.

and a big, big thankyou to Catherine at London Lisbonite - we did an email interview with her which is now on her blog {here}. Catherine has featured our work before and we were delighted when she asked if we would answer a few questions for her blog - take a look. Thanks Catherine.





decaARCHITECTURE - stunning architecture from a team of international young architects based in Athens {website} image © decaARCHITECTURE
Lindsey Adelman Studio - new cluster chandeliers with cast bronze links, hand-dyed rope, and hand-blown zanfirico globes by glass artist Nancy Callan {website} image by Joseph de Leo
Thomsen - simple and elegant clothing from Paris, with beautiful photography by Olivier Culman for the fall/winter 2010 campaign {website}
Persephone Bookcase - walnut bookcase by Matthew Hilton. Limited edition of 5 - part of the current show "The Artist's House" at The New Art Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire {website}

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this week seems to have flown by for us. as well as packaging up orders and delivering new tables, we have been working on a sideboard commission, adding things to our website and (finally!) emailing our mailing list with our spring '10 newsletter {here}. hope you have all had a productive week too.

we'll leave you this week with our latest little collection of things we are currently loving {links & info below} and wish you all a lovely weekend.





the national trust treasure hunt blog - a wonderful source of information about the historic & beautiful places that the national trust looks after, written eloquently by Emile de Bruijn. {blog} {image copyright©NTPL/Andrew Butler}
fairy tail card - by studio tord boontje {website} for artecnica {website}
tanya goodwin - uk stylist represented by re:fresh agency {website} ... we found this stunning image on deborah's lovely tumblr page {here}
flora grubb - beautiful garden shop in san francisco's bayview district ... we are totally smitten with the vertical wall gardens {website}

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perhaps this currently loving is going to be a wednesday thing (?)
(descriptions & links below)

enjoy.




derriere - cool looking restaurant in paris {website} {more pics on yatzer by andrea ferrari here}
protect our waves - lovely film by richard stewart {website} for surfers against sewage {website}, with animation by robin bushell {website}
mast brothers chocolate - we would buy chocolate from these guys {website}
field & sea - jennifer creates the loveliest handmade paper goods & art, we have some of her beautiful script beads {website} {etsy shop} {her inspiration}

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every week, or every fortnight, or maybe simply whenever we feel like it, we are going to share with you a little collection of things we are currently loving (in a post like this and on the sidebar above the "we like" list).
it might be a film or a song, a beautiful design, a photographers work, a new blog that we have come across, a book - just a few things that have caught our eye and made us want to show you all.

here is the first, enjoy.




letter to jane magazine - a beautiful online publication by Tim Moore
frame, crescent, eclipse - stunning bottle openers by Oji Masanori
toast travels - the new online cultural scrapbook from toast
lives of the artists - beautifully shot film directed by Ross Cairns