BLOOMINGVILLE 2014 NEW WINTER AUTUMN 2014 CATALOGUE

Dear Bloomingville,
please I beg of you - come to North America.
Love from,
Your not-so-secret admirer.

Since Bloomingville released their new 2014 winter autumn collection, i've been reconsidering my entire autumn wishlist - bloomingville, bloomingville, bloomingville. If you've never heard of them before, prepare for a real game changer. They never cease to amaze me.

I wanted to share these beautifully styled and composed photos of the collection. I admire every single piece in this collection, it's safe to say that I would buy everything pictured in this catalogue if I could! At the least I will be getting my hands on a few of their new vases (and lamps..and shelves..). The geometric shapes and mix of materials are irresistible and plus, get a load of this cool and comfy color palette.

Please, do yourself a solid and check it out for yourself.

SOFT SHELF

                                 

The soft shelf is a product of my second year studying Industrial Design, sometime in April 2014. The final prototype dismisses the expectations of a static shelf and confuses the form, in order to allow personalization, customization, along with wear + tear by the user.

I quickly discovered as I was rapid prototyping, that I wanted to use textiles and wood together in a unique way. I started sewing pieces of wood to pieces of fabric, weaving and wefting the two materials together in any which way I could to get different results -  at this point I didn't know what my final product or system would be, however, I was discovering how to push the limitations that the materials were presenting. I was trying to develop the idea of 'sewing wood' so much that I was doing anything I could to make it happen, much to my surprise I found that drilling what seemed like a million tiny holes with the drill press isn't exactly my cup of tea. I then resorted to a new approach [finally] and thus, the soft shelf system was born.  Full PDF on my process book for this project soon to come!