Happy Holidays All!!!

I cant believe it, it is only 5 days away from Christmas. Here is some holiday gifts giving tips from the fabulous Simon Doonan. Are you ready for Christmas??

Simon Doonan Shares Holiday Gifts Ideas 2011 from BARNEY'S NEW YORK on Vimeo.

Steels and Greens Rooftop Garden

Came across these images while researching for landscape design ideas for a project. Hands down, the best modern rooftop garden I ever seen! By Lutsko Associates for a private residential project in San Fransisco, California.

Thorsten Franck’s Out of Balance Stool

Imagine sitting on these stools. How fun!!! Read More...

Iris Van Herpen Haute Couture FW 2011-2012

2 WORDS FOR THE TALENTED IRIS VAN HERPEN WORK! DISTURBINGLY GORGEOUS!!

P.E. Guerin

P.E. Guerin from The Anthropologist on Vimeo.

I went there when I was an intern working for Thom Filicia in NY. Thought I died and went to hardware heaven. P.E. Guering made each piece like a jewelry, meticulously and it lasts forever.

Sherle Wagner’s Molecule Door Knob

Molecular inspired door knobs by Sherle Wagner. This New York based company known for their opulent bath fittings and decadent accessories. Read More HERE.

End of Summer. End of Eid holiday! Happy Labor Day!!!

Happy Labor Day to my dear US fellas! It is also happens to be the end of our week long hibernation in Indonesia after a festive Eid holiday. For me, it is also a new beginning of our studio. We are expanding to Singapore this month!!! Yayyy!!! Yes we will have a tiny satellite office for a start. Do you remember the feeling of first day of school year? You know that tingly sensation in your stomach?? yeahh...that's what I'm feeling now....hmmm...time for a nice cold popsicle.....Have a great long weekend all!!!

Rainbow Church by Tokujin Yoshioka

Can you imagine having to have a mass inside this Rainbow Church? Look at those beautiful crystals arranged such way to create fascinating light spectrum inside the church interior. I'm pretty sure my ADD will strike, instead of listening to the sermon I will be all fascinated by it. A simple idea but utterly GORGEOUS!!

Gold Shoes

via csebastian

Gold Glitter Bow shoes via dustjacket attic

Satin Slingbacks via Sweet Nothings

Miu Miu Gold Glitter shoes via Garance Dore

Via we heart it

There is always something about gold shoes that I cannot resist. It is crazy how versatile they are. You can practically wear it with anything, I mean Really ANYTHING!!!
When in doubt, go GOLD!

Alaa Wardi - Shalamonti Fel7al

Don't mind the gibberish mambo jambo lyrics at all, very catchy tune, adorable.....such a cutie pie...*sigh*

ViviStone by Forms+Surfaces

Nearly indistinguishable from real stone, ViviStone unites the beauty of stone with the convenience of glass. Interlayers are ultra-sharp, full-scale representations of stones from around the world. Single-sided, double-sided and backlit configurations expand the options. It even has virtual stone quarry for you to manage and design.

Hermès Rive Gauche by RDAI

The palatial design of Hermès Rive Gauche by RDAI reveals an enchanting new space housed within a former swimming pool in Paris. Read more HERE.

Forensic Splatter Pillow

Don't be scared. This is an artwork, a gorgeous piece of hand embroidered pillow mimicking blood splatter at a murder scene. They are utilizing Ari technique from the 14th-17th centuries. Made by The Lost City, you can find them at Vivre shop.

Passioflora

"Silence is my blank canvas. Thought is my ink. Passion is my brush. Courage in my arms." ~SA2011

spying on kate moss

Current Obsession: The Vamoose Jewelry

The Summer is here!! White necklace is on the top of my list to be coveted. I'm in love with thse gorgeous pieces from The Vamoose, she is so talented. Check out her blog too, it has cute inspirational images and her creative thought process. Check out her store at www.thevamoose.com

Bernadette Pascua

Bernadette Pascua is a new breed of a modern fashion illustrator who I discovered during my daily blog browsing fiesta. It is indeed very refreshing to see her selection of colors and simple lines. Her blog DECADE is now on my top list of fav blogs next to Garance Dore.

28 series by Bocci

28 series from Bocci on Vimeo.

Her Morning Elegance / Oren Lavie

Pretty Carving Detail

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Solemn Gratitude

I've always being taught to be grateful by my parents. My favorite part of Oscar moment is when the award receiver gave their thank you speech. Of course this silly-vain pot- 'ol me since the age of 9 has been imagining this particular moment, delivering my own thank you speech while holding this monumental award (a Mrs. Buttersworth syrup bottle in my reality) wearing a sparkly designer gown, cladded with Dame Elizabeth's worth of rocks, and glorious make-up and hairdo. As a child even as an adult I enjoyed this kind of silly portrayal in my head from time to time. Don't we all? Dont't lie! It is definately a self loving-guilt-free pleasure gesture, definately a fast fix to a self-ego stroke. Sounds pathetic? Na-ah! I can tell you why. Now, there is a new spin to this old repertoire. As a child we all dreamed, hoping that someday when we grow up we would become someone uber cool, successful, or grown up to be someone who we idolized. Along the journey to adulthood, this little child will experience different things, bombarded with series of events, met individuals who are eventually influence or got influenced by our own existence. Eventually this little child becomes his/her own unique adult being. Sadly, sometimes as a result of this cruel world, this little child does not exists within anymore. It all begins with disappointments towards other individuals, then frustration came and it turns into a depression, bitterness arrived clouding minds, hindering growth, sunshine and sucking-up all the joy in life. There are many self-help books and tips on "How to be happy" and "How to forgive" out there. I confess I've read some of them in attempt to fix my dark moments. Come on don't laugh! I know a lot of you guys must have read it too at least once in your life. From all of those thousands tips on how to be happy, there is one particular point that clings to me. It is how we have to be thankful. Especially to be thankful for series of events which involves people that you met along your own journey. So, I've came out with my own list of people to thank for every single day. I listed their name in my little black book in private and put down what I thank them for. Basically it's like building your own little "Thank you lists for your own award acceptance", but the difference is that this list will not get publicized. But, hey it may came up handy in the future if you need them for an award ceremony! You can either say thank you for people who inspires you, help you, all the way to the individuals who pisses you off and because of them you are becoming the now your fabulous self. For example: Thank you ex-boss who always inspires me, now that I always look back to our creative moments together whenever I felt un-creative or Thank you ex-boyfriend for being a true you (a.k.a jerk) that now I am now with this new "oh so cool non-jerk" boyfriend. One other example from small events in our daily life; Barista at coffee shop you pisses me off because you move so slow I almost climb the counter to take over your job and fix my own coffee, but Thank you for being slow because I have a moment to realize that I have to learn to be more patient to other patron. Each day, or from time to time you will add new names and pray for them in private, thankful for their existence, thankful for series of events that happened as the outcome of interaction with them and finally say thank you to the Creator. I've been doing this and it helped me to come down to earth and I can see clearly that things happens for a reason. It is definitely a moment of "Chill, breathe and reflect", and slowly happiness creeps into your life. Happy Sunday EVERYBODY!! Thank you all for reading, now I need to practice my own thank you speech *reaching Mrs.Butterworth's syrup bottle* Teeheeee!Anyhooooo...in the spirit of gratitude I found this gorgeous DIY thank you note. Plus chill music for your relaxing sunday from my new fav band KOOP.

Le Petit Prince Moleskin

HAPPY V-day!

Happy V-day my bunnies!! Here some cute illustrations from my talented petite friend
Grace Firmansjah.

Sweet Lavender

Happy Monday, I love these beautiful shades of lavenders. I forgot where did I got all these images at, please leave a comment if anybody knows. Have a beautiful the rest of the week my darlings!

Banned YSL's Belle d'Opium Parfume Ad in UK TVs

I don't think this ad promotes any kind of drug use at all. Oh what a silly reaction dear Britons! See more of the story here...

Givenchy Haute Couture Spring 2011

Givenchy Spring 2011 Haute Couture only consists of ten looks. Riccardo Tisci promises there will ever be only one of each in the world. Inspired from Japanese transformers robot his long time muse who just recently passed away Kazuo Ohno. See more here...

I'm seeing RED everywhere! Still in the spirit of CNY.

Teardrop shaped diamond and ruby estate earring from Shreve, Crump & Low

Marion Cottillard in ellen von unwerth dress. Via {this is glamorous}

Red Door via Flicker

Modern Red Lacquered Chinese Inspired Buffet from 1stDibs.com

James Nares Painting