See the colourful trends for spring/summer 2012 at the new Home exhibition
January saw the launch of Home, a new homeware show exhibiting alongside the reputable Top Drawer at Earls Court, London. The show boasted the best designers and companies from the UK and Europe all showing off their new accessories for 2012. Of course, we couldn’t resist a chance to get a sneak peek of the... Read more...
Take a video tour of design-led Christmas pop-up shops in London
Happy Christmas design enthusiasts! At the mydeco.com Christmas party last Friday the Secret Santa sleigh was overflowing with quirky presents and original gifts for the home. But where did our Secret Santas do all their Christmas shopping? At the North Pole? Oh ho ho no. The mydeco.com elves had zoomed round all the festive London... Read more...
Ones to watch – three talented designers show you the key colour trends for 2012
The new-look mydeco.com is on a crusade to give people confidence about shopping online for their home. Imagine this: A new clothing boutique pops up in your neighbourhood. You see a sleek suit jacket or a sparkly pair of shoes in the window at an affordable price. What do you do? Silly question! We want... Read more...
See how mydeco models their furniture in realistic 3D (hint: there’s no plasticine)
Every day we receive stunned messages commenting on how realistic our 3D models of home furnishing and accessories are. ‘Are they photographs?’ we’re asked. ‘Plasticine models?’ We laugh in the face of plasticine. Daniele Babusci, our talented 3D artist, creates a computerised mesh mirroring the structure of a product and builds it up layer upon... Read more...
New to mydeco: Squint Limited makes us colour confident like never before
Last week I invited you to be the first to grab a glimpse of the brand new mydeco.com full of gorgeous, curated homeware that will transform the way you shop for your home and garden. And, as promised, I have some further enticing snippets to get you as excited as I am. The new-look mydeco.com... Read more...
Helen Morris shows us how to get busy with stencils in her new book
I’m always trying to think of creative and budget-friendly ways to spruce up my home and what’s better than the humble stencil to add flair to a blank wall or plain furniture? Bypassing school memories of stencils made of recycled cereal boxes and primary-coloured poster paint, Helen Morris, the founder of The Stencil Library, has... Read more...
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Watch our video highlights of boutique design at London Design Festival 2011
In a recent blog showing Crane.tv’s video highlights from London Design Festival I promised that mydeco.com’s own video of LDF 2011 would be coming soon and, true to my word, here it is! We spun around the shows and events faster than a screenprinter ‘in the zone’, but managed to catch quite a few of... Read more...
Take a tour of designjunction at the London Design Festival 2011
One of my stops at the London Design Festival this week was designjunction – a great place to see cutting-edge design from small-scale companies across the globe. As I wandered around inside the striking Victoria House in Holborn where the exhibition was held, the wealth of innovative and exciting design was abundant and it was... Read more...
Watch video highlights of the London Design Festival so far
With London Design Festival in full swing, I had a brilliant morning at the 100% Design exhibition which opened today at Earl’s Court 2. The exhibition was full of the latest cutting-edge, vibrant designers and I felt like a magpie amidst a field of treasure and didn’t know what to film first! Thankfully I had a... Read more...
Watch our Top Drawer video of mydeco boutique gorgeous eco design
As my last blog told you, London Design Festival is literally knocking on the capital’s doors and mydeco boutique designers are right there, rapping their knuckles against their handmade, unique and original product. In fact, tomorrow kicks off the style-packed event and I just cannot wait! So much so, that I couldn’t resist treating the... 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...
How to become a designer – our video of New Designers 2011
New Designers 2011 had a lot to live up to. Having been cited by mydeco’s features editor Ellie as her ‘highlight of the year,’ (direct quote), we had high expectations heading down to the event and awards presentation at the Business Design Centre in London last week. We weren’t disappointed – and not just because... Read more...
