Yurio Seki and Salvia design

Yurio Seki is a Japanese designer with a mellow and sparsely beautiful drawing and design style. Her portfolio includes a myriad of products from textile repeats, book design, art direction, apparel design (including some rather lovely patterned socks), CD covers, and packaging. This wonderful book 'Yurio Seki - Japanese Graphic Designer' documents Yurio's body of work, her home and workplace surrounds, and her travel inspiration. Every page is a visual delight!

I love this simple yet elegant pattern repeat of bluebells.

Sweet cherry blossoms

A lovely mimosa colourway
And I love this hand-embroidered cushion.

In 2001 Yurio launched her 'Salvia' brand which utilises traditional Japanese craftsmanship across a wide range of products. Visit the Salvia website to view this inspiring collection.

Babies to teens

A few lovely images from the children's bedroom feature 'Changing rooms', which can be found in the July - August 2009 edition of Inside Out.

Sweet mix

Colourful kid's bedrooms from the pages of Skona Hem magazine. I love the wall art in this image!

A creative nursery

1970's hippy chic

Tonal turquoise blues and stripes - a great place to sleep and play.

Girly dress-up boudoir

Natural History notemaking

Here are a few images of the lovely new collection of notebooks, envelopes and gift wraps featuring Cavallini & Co's distinct take on natural history and botanical subject matter. Cavallini products are distributed in Australia by Zetta Florence - one of my favourite weekend browsing (and purchasing!) destinations. You can visit this magical store (in Melbourne) at either 926 High Street Armadale or 197 Brunswick Street Fitzroy.

Parisian decoration inspiration

I have noticed a few local Melbourne bookshops are now stocking very small amounts of the wonderful Japanese decoration books by Paumes and Editions de Paris. Happy times! 

Ma deco a Paris is another glimpse inside the creative homes of Parisian stylists, textile designers, graphic designers, design boutique owners and artists.  I'm hoping this will inspire me to tidy up my pad today.... 

Styling ideas for kooky kids

Whimsical images from the portfolio of talented German stylist Maria Grossman. A nice place to browse on a Friday afternoon!

Bedtime stories

I love this vintage inspired 'Little Red Riding Hood' fabric design, available for a short time (as it is now discontinued) from Reprodepot.

A lucky little girl....

... named Colette calls this Parisian bedroom home. I love the dramatic dark grey wall combined with the pretty pinks and chartreuse accessories. This bedroom is featured in the Marie Claire Maison April 2009 edition.

Photography by Nicolas Matheus.

How does your garden grow?

Lovely verdant images photographed by Louis Gaillard from the pages of Marie Claire Idees.

Hiccups in Bambini Directory

The 2009 edition of Bambini Directory has just been released - here are a few images of the Hiccups products and advertising that can be found inside.