light home, light light

more chatter about our 'intricately carved' veneers has been found! this time on light home, an online magazine and resource dedicated to sustainable architecture in oz.  chuffed to be sharing screen space with a selection of our adroit eco lighting peers.  for anyone building or decorating a home that will be loved equally by both you and the environment, there's hours of inspiration and advice residing on these pages so tread lightly this way...

the great (eco) outdoors

eco outdoor's blog Design Feeder harvests mighty alluring design food from la souplette bicycles to grassroots modern and beyond.  if you're in brisbane discover all that is 'beyond' in eco outdoor's fortitude valley store.  to find this empire of innovative exterior, and now interior, products just follow the light.  yes, the grandeliers are glowing in the window

bowerbird and beyond...

the months have flown since the ever successful design fest that is bowerbird bazaar and i must catch my breath to finally thank all of you for wielding wallets and smiles in support... yes, all 11,000 of you!  if you missed us and our fellow mega-star makers in adelaide, then here are some hot east coast dates to keep you luminous through winter...

those in hobart on july 8 (or looking for an excuse to be) should pop by and marvel at the handiwork of tassies best artists and designers at the market.   anywhere from july 19 - 22, you'll want to be in melbourne to see us rub bulbs with our peers at lightsource, the illuminated component of the impressive decoration + design trade fair.   rounding up our winter appearances is the big and beautiful life in style on its return to melbourne from 2 - 5 august.   phew!  so who's coming?

SEED

slow to grow these grandeliers. here's the first of the SEED range...prompted by the importance of australia’s seed saving banks and food sovereignty, plus an ethical concern about GM crops introduced here in '96. the pendulous SEEDS as pendant lights and lamps due early June 2012.

trunk show

maker of very covetable, very fringe shoes, johanna preston, arrives this friday in hobart for her 'trunk show'. friday from 5pm, saturday 10.30. i've been loved up to her leather for 10 years...definitely affaire des pieds.

dry those chips

last month checked out new blackwood veneers at tas wood panels in devonport... it's like a supersized bakery.  with a chip dryer.  TWP just lumbered this into their landscape. apparently significant energy savings can be achieved thru investing in better dryer control, heat recovery technologies and system optimisation.  yes, a building is being constructed around this monster.

two out of ten aint bad

the grandeliers have been quite the media darlings of late.  their most recent rendezvous with the paparazzo sees not one, but two of our 'shapely' beauties casting a warm glow over the pages of this months Home Beautiful mag.  both genie and hoop have made top ten billing in the 'natural light' stakes and mama couldn't be more proud.

one for the oenophiles...

as any grape enthusiast worth their tannins would know, aeration is key to serving a top glass of vino.   happened to be that's exactly what Mandi King and Karen Cunningham, aka Illumini Glass, were doing in the hills of adelaide (where else) when they contrived the beautiful illumini decanter.   those sweet dimples are not only a means to grasp your hand-blown decanter, but also a clever aeration system.   check out their blog to discover the wheres and hows (sans technical jargon).  cheers!

bold. chunky. beautiful.

Agostino & Brown were easy to spy last month at the bowerbird.  their smooth, simple and striking furniture beckons human contact.  sourcing the finest materials in the country and lovingly handcrafting their wares "one by one", this talented duo produce beautiful bespoke pieces that are timeless both structurally and aesthetically.  oh yes, we've a crush.  tho Sam Agostino and Gareth Brown hail from adelaide, folks on the east coast will be pleased to know that Insitu now has them pride of place on their showroom floors (err, the furniture that is).

year of the grandelier

chinatown probably isn't the first place you'd expect to see the words 'made in tasmania'.  but there she is - our little grandelier gleams from the pages of Lifestyle Asia, a trendy lifestyle mag, circulated via popular chinese rag, Australian New Daily Express.  in this feature the blackwood baroque is used as an example of how to create a warm and comfortable home full of personality.  something that certainly isn't lost in translation with us!

bRainbow

we found the pot of gold when we stumbled upon colorfully cryptic bRainbow at last months bowerbird bazaar.  creative duo, akiko and orrr, cut and craft this quirky range of jewellery, clocks and accessories in their sydney home studio... overseen by their gorgeous new babe, emma (whom we're also now in love with!).  "close your eyes and imagine a squadron of sci-fi robots, old school TV sets and flying squirrels.  now you have a taste of bRainbow"... take a bite here.  

cultured purls

Wendy Voons design approach is like that of an architect.  the result is exquisitely crafted, sculptural yarns that transcend the seasons.  another fine new find from this years bowerbird, Wendy Voon Knits are crafted in melbourne and adorn a few select shelves nationwide.  view her versatile (err, yep... some can actually be worn upside down!) collections here.
photo: Freya Esders

little review

and kate's blog is both fun and soul searching. go search...

kate and the lab dress

'Coaching the dissatisfied toward a more creative and ethical life', is kate's - of little adelaide kate - energising byline topped with a sustainable cherry. she b'loved the grandeliers at bowerbird bazaar and we shared a fervor for my ess laboratory dress. lift your day; spy both kate and ess lab's blogs.

best in show

congratulations to the lovely Lia from Perth for capturing grand & glowing love in the eyes of (wo)mans best friend, Casper.  a beautiful bloom is heading your way, Lia.

number 38 christmas cake

i'm sharing the air with 95 other national designer-makers at bowerbird bazaar, adelaide this friday 23rd from 4-9 and beyond til sunday 5pm. this is one premium design market - luscious products, people, food, music + bevies - that's definitely worth elbowing your way into. see you there.

eco chick

enriching the lives of women in business, Business Chick's quarterly magazine, Latte, keeps climate savvy with a march issue dedicated to all things future-friendly including the bloom grandelier.

karim rashid

"design is about the betterment of our lives poetically, aesthetically, experientially, sensorially, and emotionally."  in awe of the irrepressible Karim Rashid and his fluid, polychromatic designs spanning interiors, packaging, architecture, identity, fashion, surface, lighting, product and art.  working across 40 countries to keep over 3000 designs in production, an endurance award would be a fitting addition to his collection of over 300 design accolades.  peruse his bold and curvaceous pluralism here.  oh, did i mention he also djs in his "spare time"?

the daily buzz... and coo and gurgle...

joining a delectable collection of "cutting-edge room decor, uber-chic fashion and toys to treasure", the grandeliers have been spotted by the stylish curators of the daily buzz.  representing the little aesthetes in our lives, these gorgeous mamas proudly source australia and new zealand for the best designs to decorate bump, babe and boudoir.  behold our latest glowing review here.

green review

"There's many iterations on the flat-pack lighting theme, but Loz's wooden lamps evoke a truly understated elegance."   gracious words from one of the interwebs most influential eco authorities, treehugger.   the abundance of ingenious innovation and slick design on this site make it hard to believe that an eco globe and last weeks leftovers are the only green things in some households.  delve into modern sustainable aesthetics, starting with this "beautiful collection"...