New Tolix collection for kids

The Tolix chair has become an icon of industrial esthetics. This French brand with an unfailing popularity since 1934 , has launched a new collection for kids with a toy box, a blackboard, an armchair, a desk...
The collection for kids have the same advantages than the mythical chair for adults : crafted of sheet metal, they assure  fool-proof solidity, unequalled lightness,and easy maintenance.
This new children’s range has been drawn up by Normal Studio and the tandem Sebastien Cordoléani &Franck Fontana.
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Let's hope that this new collection will have the same success  than the adults' ones already very famous in USA !
Distributors list : www.tolix.fr
Crédit photos : Tolix

Small spaces full of ideas

The new Milk magazine is out ... in its pages I always find beautiful pictures of fashion and decoration for kids. Here 4 examples of children's rooms full of ideas to maximize small spaces.
The cute sleeping corner for Zoe found a place in the room of her big sister Lilou with a few simple tips: a curtain to separate them, a hand made bed resting on storage space, a folding changing table. Added some little decorative touches to this minimalist space : a bed cover from Petit Pan, the pink butterfly net and  small stars stickers.
Another idea to share a room: a fun wall that allows two small boys to play in a common area and separate them when they need tranquility!

Another way to maximize small spaces and for the older ones: the bed-cabin which let them enjoy a small playground on the ground.
I love this last room with Asian influence in its prints and its cushions. The simple furnishings are highlighted by the range of shades of plum.
Crédit photos: Milk magazine

Bonton a tout bon !

The new spacious store for kids Bonton just opened in Le Marais in Paris ... a few meters from its big brother Merci, another huge store dedicated to the decoration.

It includes the collection of children's clothing, but also Bonton Bazar (decoration and accessories), Bonton baby, Papillon, the very chic collection and a cofee shop!
This new parisian store is another predictable and deserved success for the Cohen family. Here Irene is in control, the step-daughter of Marie-France and Bernard, former owners of Bonpoint and founder of the concept store adjacent Merci.

The place was designed by architect Valerie Mazerat. She has preserved the old details of the building and has magnified them (moldings, fireplaces, chandelier), and mixed them with vintage furniture to give to the place a loft atmosphere ... the atmosphere and the scenography is magical!

800m ² for the pleasure of the eyes ... may be less for your credit card!

Photos : Vanessa Atlan for Bonton.
Bonton, 5 bvd des filles du Calvaire, Paris IIIeme.

Spring atmospheres

In the early days of Spring, our wardrobes want soft colors, shortened sleeves, light trousers and dresses ... I was dazzled with the new kids collection from Zara ....

Flower prints, delicate embroideries, a palette of soft colors, a mix of "must have" this spring, such as as the striped sweater tunics and the western shirts, with more basic pieces...

Have a look at their new collection : you'll sure find great silhouettes for your kids.

Paris family style

Parisian families, artists and designers have opened their front door to the Japanese editor Paumes. "An introduction to the kids , a tour of the home and a glimpse of family's everyday - their loves, their laughs and their favourite pass-times" : this was the purpose of the visits of their interiors. You will have the pleasure to visit the interiors of some of our favorite French designers such as Petit Pan, April Showers...
A great decoration book to discover creative homes, each with a personality of its own, from colourful to flea-market chic, from romantic to cool, vintage to contemporary design... Bienvenue à la maison!
To shop here

Bensimon Gallery

After clothing and home decor collections with his parisian store Home Autour du Monde, Serge Bensimon has opened in the fall a gallery.  
The place is intended to promote design and decoration artists who "sublime creations and modernize the wood, ceramics, crystal of craftsmanship, unique pieces and small series that run around nature. A kind of arts and crafts of modern times ", he explains this month to French Elle Decoration magazine.
The collection rotates every three months so feel free to visit and come back! 
His next project? Why not decorate a hotel or design a green house... we can not wait!
Bensimon gallery, 111 rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris

French decoration shows in Paris

End of January were held in Paris Playtime and Maison et Objet decoration shows launching new 2010 trends for our interiors.
At Playtime, dedicated to the world of the children, the ethnic chic, ecological and multiplication of new french brands trends were still valid.
I admired it on the blogosphere and identified, in particular, stands from two little brands Noix de coc' and les petites emplettes. Their collections offer bedding linens and supplies for kids small rooms. A playful, fresh, bright and colorful 2010 collection for Noix de coc and spontaneous, authentic and natural for Les petites emplettes.
The exhibition demonstrated once again that the decoration for kids grows from year to year and left the pink and blue layettes aside for brightful universe now.


The "path of influence" of the Maison et Objet fair was cut  in three stages: "transculturation," "cooperative," "Hybrid".
For Elizabeth Leriche, Director of her own style office, member of the Maison et Objet Observatory and interrogated by the blog of the show, the mix of cultures was noticeable this year, " with collections resulting from an exchange between western designers and craftsmen, including bringing African culture and know-how. Like the collection of Tord Boontje in collaboration with Senegalese craftsmen for the company Moroso.

 
"The design of this collection, in which other designers have participated, is certainly European, but the forms are inspired by African culture as textiles. The same goes with the chair by Konstantin Grcic, which uses the expertise of master craftsmen and bamboo and enriches their experience. There is a real exchange", underlines Elizabeth Leriche ... and impressed we are by the result!
Photos http://www.unjenesaisquoi-deco.fr, http://blog.maison-objet.com/

Promising invitations

Next week in Paris will open one of the largest gatherings of French designs in decoration: the Maison et Objet fair, followed the next weekend by the Playtime exhibition dedicated to the world of the child.

The French brands often compete with their great ideas for the installation of their stands, the exhibition of their collection ...  
This year the beauty of their work is already in the invitations and give particular desire to explore their new collections. 
Thanks to Polder-April showers we are traveling in their bucolic pictures, Atelier LZC make us discover their new colorful patterns, Minilabo has made a little theater with one on their felt doll .. and the little new ones, Georges et Rosalie and Lale will show collections which sound very promising... perhaps soon on Comptoir d'enfance.

Decorative drops

In few weeks spring is coming and will bring its drops and clouds. But we will be prepared because they already are at home.
 Mademoiselle sous la pluie from Blanca Gomez is walking on the walls. The nimbus lamp from PA design gives a fairy lighting in the rooms.

 The little drops, the mobiles and cushions clouds from Nur Gallery add a poetic touch to our interior.