Quercus & Co: The Caravan Collection

Apologies if you arrived here looking for pictures of caravans but I do have something lovely... if you are 'into' wallpaper that is.

I recently came across Quercus & Co, a Sydney based printing company launched fairly recently in May 2012 by Adam Jones who taught colour and design at the University of Technology Sydney. The designs are hand painted in watercolour and then printed onto heavyweight matt wallpaper capturing the washy detail and the bleeding edges of the paint.

Emily Green Artwork

// Spearmint Watercolour Clouds by Emily Green

You may have already come across the colourful handmade clay necklaces designed by Melbourne-based designer Emily Green, but did you know she also creates watercolour paintings? I stumbled across her work recently and since then I have been hooked on her colourful world.

Palm Springs Street Tour

A few months have passed since we travelled to Palm Springs but it is still on my mind and influencing some projects I am working on at the moment. So today I am bringing you a walking tour of the streets of Palm Springs. The following houses are in the Las Palmas area which is in the region of the Kaufmann House that I sadly couldn't visit because it wasn't open to the public at the time (but there's always next time??).

Looking through the photographs I took of these houses brings back great memories for me and if you enjoy mid-century design you might like to see them too. Continue on for more mid-century goodness...

Anna Carey

Anna Carey // Sea Mist 2012, digital print Anna Carey // Star Dust 2012, digital print

One day I hope to fill all of the walls in my home - top to bottom - with artwork, predominately Australian art. Our collection is coming along nicely with the living room almost completely full of our favourite pieces and we are keeping an eye out for more.

So it was nice to come across the work of Gold Coast artist Anna Carey who was recently featured on The Design Files. Anna's work are photographic images of the tiny architectural paper models that she makes. The models are pieced together based on her recollection of buildings that are familiar to the Gold Coast landscape.