"Radiant Orchid" ,...intriguing the eye and sparking the imagination

Pantone®, the colour people, have picked the colour of the year for 2014 and it’s Radiant Orchid, a blend of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones. 

"While the 2013 color of the year, Pantone 17-5641 Emerald, served as a symbol of growth, renewal and prosperity, Radiant Orchid reaches across the color wheel to intrigue the eye and spark the imagination," said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute in a news release Thursday."Radiant Orchid inspires confidence and emanates great joy, love and health. It is a captivating purple, one that draws you in with its beguiling charm. " Via Pantone 

Radiant Orchid for Interiors
Spruce up interior spaces by incorporating this eye-catching hue in paint, accent pieces and accessories. As adaptable as it is beautiful, Radiant Orchid complements olive and deeper hunter greens, and offers a gorgeous combination when paired with turquoise, teal and even light yellows. Likewise, the vibrant color is sure to liven up neutrals including gray, beige and taupe. Uplifting and bold without being overpowering, Radiant Orchid reenergizes almost any color palette and provides a unifying element for diverse spaces.

Radiant Orchid for Fashion
Radiant Orchid’s rosy undertones radiate on the skin, producing a healthy glow when worn by both men and women. A dazzling attention-getter, Radiant Orchid permeated the runways during the spring 2014 fashion shows and is already making its way onto the red carpet. Fashion designers featured in thePANTONE Fashion Color Report Spring 2014, including Emerson by Jackie Fraser-Swan, Juicy Couture and Yoana Baraschi, are incorporating Radiant Orchid into their spring collections and variations of this hue will carry into men’s and women’s clothing and accessories throughout next year.
-Via Pantone 

Radiant Orchid for Beauty
A modern and surprisingly versatile shade, Radiant Orchid enlivens the skin, making all who wear it feel more healthy and energetic. Blending both cool and warm undertones, purple is an appealing hue for distinctive combinations and flattering to many hair, eye and skin tones. 

When the imperfection becomes chic ...

Beautiful home in Brazil by Brazilian design studio,Gisele Taranto Arquitectura  ,where past meets present creating the perfect balance of old and new that emobodies what this house's soul is all about . Just Dirty chic style at its best . It's a new kind of atmosphere that starts to add followers...just when past meets present ,imperfection becomes chic .

I wrote an article about Dirty chic style on Dzine Trip magazine ,if you want to know more about it ,please check it out .

Karman ...the beauty of light

 ULULÌ-ULULÀ designed by Matteo Ugulini for  Karman  (2013 Catalog)

Matteo Ugulini has created the indoor suspension lamp ULULÌ-ULULÀ  for the Italian company KARMAN   . " We give you the moon inspiring art ,projects and dreams....".

" Ululì-Ululà is dream and imagination. It’s the moon, mysterious thing winking behind the charming veil of night clouds to take us to the wonderful world of imagination. Once more and again the designer Matteo Ugolini succeeds in turning a natural element into furnishing piece for lighting which absolutely strikes with its power of reminiscence. The shape it’s not new at all, but worth of it: its geometrical perfection with a new interpretation of the designer matching lace and macramé to fibreglass, which can be either painted white or quartz-grey giving as a result a unique piece of lighting. Suspended in the air, endorsed on the floor or in the middle of a meadow, Ululì-Ululà live their lives once lit up, creating warm amber tones even in the darker nights. Ululì-Ululà is a game of words summing up a small version (Ululì) and large version (Ululà) of a sphere available both with indoor + outdoor (IP65) wiring. " Via ARCHIPRODUCTS 

The Italian company specialized in interior design lighting for indoor and outdoor is identified by for an unconventional decorative, design lighting which is proudly make in Italy. Karman loves to deal with materials of different kinds and smooth lines providing to every single lamp akind of special lighting : A lighting bearing a soul

Images via KARMAN website

Technical information > Installation: suspended, table/floor version Material: white or quartz-grey painted fiberglass with lace inserts  Indoor – white or grey > suspended Ululì cm. Ø 45 - max 1x70W E27 energy saving, suspended Ululà cm. Ø 75 - max 1x105W E27 energy saving. Outdoor (IP 65) - white or grey > sospended Ululì cm. Ø 45 - max 1x70W E27 energy saving, sospended Ululà cm. Ø 75 - max 1x105W E27 energy saving. (Pictures: ©O. Boni - iabadabadu.it felice di comunicare)  

KARMAN ..."Il bello della luce"

Dream home ....modern meets ancient

Dream home ....I could live there forever.

The acclaimed Italian designers Ludovica+Roberto Palomba carve a serene retreat out of a 17th century oil mill in Salento ,filling it wiht custom creatinons and their greatest hits .When the couple decided to look for vacation home ,they turned their gaze from the hectic world of Milan ,their home base ,and started h ouse hunting over 600 miles aways in the southeastern part of Italy in Salento (sometimes referred to as the high heel in Italy's boot) .
They found the house of their dreams ,and old mill that dates back to the 17th century in Sogliano Cavour,a small village in the province of Lecce .

For more information ,please check out the full article featured on Dwell

 “It was love at first sight,” says Serafini. “We are architects, and we immediately understood the potential of the place.” The couple realized that they could put their own imprint on the house but still retain its raw spirit, keeping the ancient stone floors, walls, and arches intact." 

Via Dwell 

Jose Villa photography ...Sense & Sensibility

Jose Villa photography ...Sense & Sensibility .

 Jose Villa was born in Mexico and raised on a horse ranch in Solvang, California .He defines his style  as organic ,lifestyle and Fine Art  . I just fell completely in love with his work  . His fine art wedding photography has been featured in many magazines around the World and recently he was named 1 of the top 10 wedding photographers in the World by Photo District New (PDN) .

" I am a fine art wedding photographer .My approac applies fine art photography to teh living ,breathing ,fast -moving phenomenon that is wedding.Yes ,I do some documentary photography ,you need to captire the important moments at a wedding ,but I also compose and direct.For me ,it is all about making something beautiful ,even if I hace to insert myself into the situation .Ultimately ,my goal is to craft vibrant ,energetic ,fine artimages that are as unique as the people in the photographs "
 - Jose Villa 

Sort movie made for Jose Villa  by The Cana Family ( The Cana Family on Vimeo )

"When we are shooting a wedding we are always making sure that we stay out of the photographers shots through out the day .So many times at the end of the shoot we have a handful of footage with the photographer in the frame .It's easy to edit out ,but in this case we were able to make a good use of the shots ." -The Cana Family on Vimeo 

Jose Villa Wedding Photography from The Cana Family on Vimeo.