Famille Summerbelle

Maison et Objet - Part 3

It was a nice surprise to see so many different products by Dutch designers Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings at the show (Scholten & Baijings Studio for Design). I am a huge fan of their minimal design with always this selected palette of bright colours and fine details.
For the Danish brand Hay, they designed a new range called Colour Tape, Colour Note, Colour Glasses with gradient colours for water glasses and gold lines for the champagne glasses.
Hay had an impressive stand at the show. The structure was made of natural wooden sticks with a mix of vivid colours from their entire product collection.

1. Hay stand in the hall 8.
2. Wooden Wonderland blocks designed by Lee Storm.
3.Colour Tea Towels and Bed Linen designed by Scholten & Baijings.
4.Mirror Shapes designed by Sylvian Willenz.

Colour Glasses and Colour Notes by Scholten & Baijings.

1. Hook Gym designed by Staffan Holm.
2 & 3. Wooden Wonderland by Lee Storm.

Office accessories by Hay.

Match boxes designed by Shane Schneck + Clara von Zweigbergk.

Scholten & Baijings also designed ceramic tableware for Thomas Eyck. The background stripy wallpaper is from Irma Boom.

This collection from Scholten & Baijings for Japanese company Karimoku New Standard was my favourite. The wood of the dotted table and stool was so soft and details of the lines and colours were so beautiful!
1. Colour Stool.
2. Colour Platter.
3. Mix of different products and Karimoku stand (Photo by Agence Violette)
4. Colour Wood table and cushion.
All products and furnitures by Scholten & Baijings.

Isabelle Gilles and Yann Poncelet founded Colonel in 2010. This was their forst collection at Maison et Objet. This fresh and colourfull collection was inspired by outdoor furniture aesthetics (think beach and camping). It is a contemporary re-reading of this universe mixing colours and patterns.

Brightly coloured geometric shapes were everywhere at the show, from Tom Dixon Eclectic candle packaging (3 - btw, gorgeous smell!), to the foldable cardboard stools for children (2) and the Alpaca wool blackets by Lucky Boy Sunday(3).

And... I had to mentioned the oh-so-famous Missoni geometric patterns. I love the oversized lampshades!

That's it for Maison et Objet. The next time i'll talk about it will be in September...now i'm off to pick up the children from school :-)

Macro knits and stitches. Maison & Objet - Part 2.

Since the Aran rug knitted with large needles and thick wool by Dutch designer Christine Meindertsma (a post I did back in december 2009), it seems that the trend of macro knits has taken over in our interiors: from the Phat knits by dutch designer Bauke Knottnerus, to the beautiful Knit stools by Irish textile designer Claire-Anne O'Brien to the Serpentine Chair by Eléonore Nalet for Ligne Roset.

This trends continues with the Mangas Collection for Spanish company Gan designed by Patricia Urquiola. The original idea was inspired in the look of hand-woven sweaters and the results is the most original.

Same very unique design but this time with macro stitches by Charlotte Lancelot. Gan has launched a new concept called Gan Spaces. The rug is the starting point and then you have the option to elaborate in its design by adding coordinating cushions, poufs and accessories.

Maison et Objet - after show review. Part 1

Hi! Bonjour! We are back to our cosy studio after 5 days exhibiting our collection at Maison et Objet in the north of Paris. For a lot of people it has been rather difficult to get to the show as the airport closed down for a few hours, flights and trains were delayed due to the heavy snowfall. But despite the bad weather, we had a great time catching up with old friends and meeting new people.

This time we had a corner stand (they are highly sought after!) and we were surrounded by fantastic companies such as Engel , Oeuf be Good, Laurette and Anne-Claire Petit.
These are a few snapshots from our stand that I took with my phone so I apologise for the poor quality of the photos!

I made a little display of our beautiful photos styled by Aurelie Lecuyer.


We presented our new mug and tray from the collection Un Dimanche à Paris. The new products will be available on our website next week. Also on display are our new tray and mug from Morning in Manhattan collection and the book from Edition Paumes Be Creative with Famille Summerbelle. Our tea towels and cushions are nicely packed in this new brown card and white triangles packaging.


I made 2 wooden swings with bright neon pink strings to hold our promotional cards. Behind are hanging the colourful paper honeycombs by our Dutch neighbour Engel.

Over the next few days I will pull together photos to show you my favourite brands and products I spotted at the show.

Maison & Objet 2013

This week we are setting up our stand at Maison et Objet trade show in the north of Paris. We are very excited to go back as exhibitors for the second time around (our first show there was back in September). We have a bigger, corner stand (hurray!) so if you visit the show, come say hello!

Apologies for not posting much while the show is on. I'll be back very soon...

Coloured resine tables

By Japanese designer Jo Nagasaka of Schemata Architecture Office. The table smooth and colourful surface is achieved by pouring coloured epoxy onto the uneven surface of the wooden table. The colour of the resin is more or less intense depending on the varying depths of the wood across its surface. Isn't it beautiful?

Embroidery of the World

Happy new year to you all! I hope you had a wonderful time during the holidays. We are just back from London where we spent 4 days partying, drinking (tea!), relaxing and visiting friends and family. Now we're back in Paris and sadly the sky is as grey as it was in London...
To start the year I wanted to share with you this beautiful book Embroidery Design of the World I bought it when I was in Japan back in September. Embroidery is not usually my thing, but I was so fascinated by the drawings, patterns and colours that I needed to have it on my bookshelf! I often flick through the pages to find inspiration.