Natasha Marshall’s blog
On the blog we will include photos and ideas we have taken out and about or seen that inspire our work , so you can see where the ideas come from for the collections. We are always seeking inspiration in new places, nature, architecture and things!
Thursday, 19 January 2012
I went to see the David Hockney Exhibition yesterday at the Royal Academy which was superb. I loved his very stylised paintings especially 'The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate', the way his paintings run over all the different canvases in the one painting and in the same way he used 9 different cameras to film the seasons. His charcoal drawings were also exquisite. A really inspiring afternoon.
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
I loved this sculpture we walked past in Frankfurt today and the patterns created in the photos I took.
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
We stayed in Roomers in Frankfurt which was a fun place to stay. It was all very dark with lots of very quirky details including the swan looking velvet chairs and skull and cross-bone clock included in the lobby photos I took below. The fabrics were different velvets, soft metallic vinyl on the walls, linen look voiles, skins, mohair and high gloss lacquered lights and surfaces.
The bar was a really busy happening bar serving great food and cocktails.
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
Stayed in Roomers this year in Frankfurt which we enjoyed while visiting a trade show this week. The whole hotel is very dark and quirky. Definitely a night hotel with a really busy fun bar and restaurant.
The rooms mixed blacks, dark aubergine, taupe and a tiny bit of white across mohair, velvet, lacquered surfaces, fur, soft metallic vinyl, subtle woven stripe curtains, metallic voile and painted walls.
Wednesday, 11 January 2012
At a trade show in Frankfurt this week and it was great to see in the trends hall for 2012/13 that colour and pattern is still going to be so strong, modern and fun. These photos I took of one area really sum up the bold and intense saturated colours that we can mix with lots of White in our interiors.
The craft trend continued as well seeing craft look or hand made items being combined with industrial influences in luminous natural colours. This is a lovely homely look of mixed textures, colours and patterns in a contemporary style.
Also there was a lovely luxurious dark lux trend that was very mystical in feel using effortlessly rich and lustrous materials in blacks, greys, taupes, metals and soft metallic beiges - Mixing geometrics and textures.
