We couldn’t think of anyone more suited- and booted – to designing Christian Louboutin‘s new Harrods boutique than Livingetc favourite Lee Broom.
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This month, London design store Mint is celebrating the arrival of spring (finally!) with an aptly named new exhibition ‘When Things Bloom’.
The show, organised in collaboration with Brompton Design District, features a handful of designers, each carefully selected for their work’s affinity with nature.
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Regular followers of this blog will know we’ve already reported that black and white is having a serious moment in the design world right now. We’ve been seeing stripes (of the monochrome variety) everywhere for the last few weeks and it’s not just us.
Ambassadors of pattern, Patternity, have launched, Pattern Power at their pop up space in East London.
Read more →Have you seen the amazing Livingetc Reveal App? Using the wonders of augmented reality, it offers the chance to see how a piece of designer furniture might appear in your own home, via your iPad or iPhone screen. To celebrate its launch, we’re offering UK Livingetc readers the chance to win one of the designs featured on the App, the Fritz Hansen Series 7 Chair.
All you have to do is share images of the App in action, on Twitter, using the @livingetc handle, and the shot that shows the most creative use of the App will win the chair. Please note the competition is only available to UK residents and the judges decision is final. Entries close at midnight on April 4, 2013,
Step 1: Tear our the marker sheet, enclosed in the April issue of Livingetc.
Step 2: Download the Livingetc Reveal App to your smartphone or tablet. It’s free from your App store.
Step 3: Place the marker on the floor, or wherever you’d like to see a design classic. Open the App.
Step 4: Point your device at the marker and a design classic will appear before your eyes. Scroll through different colour options for five different design classics. Take pictures via the App to share with friends, on Facebook or Twitter. Have fun!
Terms and conditions
Competition details form part of these terms and conditions. To enter the Livingetc Reveal competition each entry must be posted on Twitter with an image created with the Livingetc Reveal App and must tag in Livingetc by using ‘@Livingetc’ in the tweet. Entries must be made before midnight on April 4 2013. The prize is one Fritz Hansen Series 7 chair in a finish of the winner’s choice. Delivery of the prize is to one address within mainland UK only. The winning entry will be the most creative image created from the use of the Livingetc Reveal app, as judged by the Livingetc editorial team. The editors decision is final. The winner will be notified within four weeks of the competition closing. The promoters reserve the right to amend or alter the terms of competitions and reject entries from entrants not entering into the spirit of the competition. In the event of a prize being unavailable, the promoter reserves the right to offer an alternative prize of equal or greater value. Reasonable efforts will be made to contact the winner. If the winner cannot be contacted, or are unable to comply with these terms and conditions, the Promoter reserves the right to offer the prize to the next eligible entrant drawn at random, or in the event that the promotion is being judged the Promoter reserves the right to offer the prize to the runner-up selected by the same judges. The prizes are as stated, are not transferable to another individual and no cash or other alternatives will be offered. For a full set of rules please go to www.ipcmedia.com/terms. The Promoter is IPC Media Limited, Blue Fin Building, 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0SU.
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