design for living

I've been in close contact with the interior design/decorating areas lately, since my mom is an Interior Designer at InDiseño (she hasn't updated her web page in AGES, but you can see the portfolio I made for her here), and I've always been keen to learn such expertise. So I've started my journey with a recent client of hers, who wants to redecorate the living room and a couple of other common areas. Yesterday we did some overview of the room distributions and took some pictures inside the house. Today I did some color choices (Grape Nectar, Le Mer and Jet Gray), wallpaper overview and fabrics. However, I got introduced to Roche Bobois, a family business that started out inspired from the Bauhaus, who later partnered with various designer and architects (Jean Paul Gaultier, anyone?) to create striking- yet useful- collections of objects and furniture that embody the idea of design for living.

Nani Marquina

I discovered Nani Marquina during a field trip of my Visual Culture in the City of Barcelona class. We went to a field trip to visit a store and the owner recommended us to take a look at Nani's store.
Her work with textiles is absolutely brilliant...more like out-of-this-world beautiful. Dwell Magazine wrote an article called Little Field of Flowers on her and her process where it describes her carrer:
Nanimarquina—In 1987, Barcelona-based designer Nani Marquina established a textile and rug design studio. Since 1993, the company’s designs have been manufactured in northern India. Marquina has devoted her career to promoting sustainable ethics in production. Her definition of “sustainable” applies both to materials (her rugs are mostly biodegradable, and one, Bicicleta, is made from recycled bike inner tubes) and to fair labor and trade practices. In 2006, Nanimarquina introduced Little Field of Flowers, the first rug by Netherlands-born, England-trained, France-based Tord Boontje.