Be the first to experience a brand new, braver way to shop on mydeco.com!
A while ago when we shouted ‘bravery begins at home!’ you asked ‘but where do I start?’. With the new-look mydeco.com, that’s where. No more mass-produced same-old same-old from the high street. Think beautiful, hand-picked, curated homeware that adds wow-factor and personality to your home. What the new-look mydeco.com will offer: The new mydeco.com will... Read more...
mydeco’s guide to London Design Festival 2011
The countdown to London Design Festival began in earnest this week at mydeco HQ! In only two (hopefully short) days, we will be traveling across London to witness the world’s best design talent showcase their new collections. Last year, the mydeco team spent the week rushing round London, sprinting from 100% to Cockpit, from Origin... Read more...
Who said recycling was boring? Loki Longboards prove it can be lots of fun!
See Loki Longboard’s exclusive design just for mydeco! And read on to see how this brand new mydeco boutique designer turns something old into something new and oh so exclusive: For me, there is nothing sadder than a discarded piece of real wood furniture. I pity those poor chunky wooden tables; each one puts in... Read more...
How to become a top-level Designer on mydeco
The highest honour to be bestowed on any mydeco community member is that of the Level 3 Designer. But for all those stuck at zero just how do you get to the Level 3 heights of super-users such as milyca8, laurawoodley or hunny? Hey, this is me! Level 3, get on. Well, I’ll tell you.... Read more...
Undergrowth Design opens a fantasy shop at the Hayward Gallery
Art galleries are supposedly Meccas of boundless creativity, so I am always surprised by the lacklustre experience of their gift shops. More often than not, the average gallery shop will stock an array of personalised coloured pencils, a selection of portrait fridge magnets and, no matter where you are in the country, a tourist guidebook... Read more...
Revealed! Our landmark 400,000th 3D room
Just 6 months ago we were celebrating the creation of mydeco’s 300,000 3D room, but yesterday we – or I should say you, mydeco’s super creative community – suppassed this momentous number and made it to 400,000! The lucky designer to have created this landmark room is Babsie Skinner with this bright and bold 3D... Read more...
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Amazing ‘futuristic’ kitchen appliances of tomorrow from John Lewis
The greatest inventions come from the simplest of ideas. No truer is this statement than when applied to home appliances. All over the world there are scores of inventors trying to solve the daily problems of modern living with high tech gadgets that they hope will become a necessity for everyday life. In a quest... Read more...
Get a pop-up tour of handcrafted homeware from mydeco designers Lorna Syson and Ellen Calvert
On a rare sunny afternoon, mydeco TV headed to Clerkenwell, London, to visit a pop-up shop hosted by two talented mydeco designers, Lorna Syson and Ellen Calvert. Their Something Blue temporary boutique offered style-hungry shoppers a chance to buy bespoke and handcrafted British-made pieces themed around this summer’s most versatile colour, blue. mydeco’s Lorna Syson... Read more...
Autumn/Winter 2011 colour trends for your home
With each autumn and winter comes fresher weather, darker nights and sad goodbyes to BBQs, but one thing that does remain is colour. This may seem odd to those who only think of the dreary skies of a typical winter’s day, yet colour can be seen everywhere in our homes this season. Plum, burnt orange,... Read more...
See mydeco’s new design talent!
Many of the stunning 3D rooms that you see on mydeco are the product of months of practice and 3D tool know-how, but we’re seeing an influx of mydeco newbies surprising us with their design talent. Despite being part of the mydecoratti for only one day, new user Milica Milojevic, has created a fantastic contemporary... Read more...
mydeco boutique designer of the month: Laura Olivia
Vivid colour, charming pattern and indulgent fabrics are just some of the qualities that have allowed Laura Olivia to become one of this year’s most popular mydeco boutique designer. The talented textiler joined mydeco last year after wowing us with her brightly embellished homewares at the 2010 New Designers graduate event. Since then, Laura has... Read more...
My top 5 favourite lights, by Holloways of Ludlow
For some, 27 years is a cornerstone similar to 21. You’re leaving the old, naive ‘you’ behind and embracing the world as a fully fledged adult. The problem is, most of us carry on as before (learning, laughing, crying…) so 27 is ‘adulthood mark two’ – leaving the twenteens behind and heading towards the big,... Read more...
