Inspiration - Chocolate Brown Squares

From India Hicks 'Island Life'

Brown and white square flooring

Mosaic tiles from Bisazza

After looking at India Hick's interiors last week, I had been admiring the chocolate and white pattern on her chairs. Surprisingly I came across the similar pattern as flooring. Wondering if I could do this pattern with tiles, I found the Bisazza example. It's rather effective, isn't it? I wonder if my client will like this idea...

Inspiration - India Hicks' Island life

I started another new job last week and this particular client is inspired by India Hicks' Island Life.
A great society beauty, India Hicks is the grand-daughter of British icon, Lord Mountbatten and daughter of design icon, the late David Hicks - so clearly British tradition and design is in the blood.
India and her family are based in the Caribbean and it is her homes and other interiors that this book is based on. The interiors demostrate a combination of the Caribbean's informality and simplicity along with the classic British good taste. I think it works well.
Photographs from Island Life.

Inspiration - Table Vignettes ('Scenes')

It is common when I meet a client and their house for the first time that they get coy and be rather flippant about their 'things' and belongings and say "we don't need to keep these, or you can do whatever you want with them". Of course, I try to keep the objects because they say a lot about the inhabitants and their lives. Sometime they just need to be composed or moved to shed new light on them. Table Vignettes (or scenes) make these belongings come alive. Here are some examples from my growing file of collected vignettes images that I haver found from other designers.

Photos 3 and 4 - India Hicks, Photo 5 - Inside Out, Photo 6 and 7 - Phoebe Howard