Styling inspiration: electric blue

80's old favourite is back!

photos: Siren Lauvdal, styling: Kråkvik & D´Orazio, Vårt Nya Hem

Styling inspiration: blue interiors

Vibrant ultramarine or warm cobalt? Tasty blueberry? Clear aquamarine maybe? Topaz? Sapphire? Steel or teal? Persian or parisian? ...or indian indigo? Noble royal blue shade? Simple denim? Phthalo? Cyjan? Aquamarine... decide!

I'm having fun with 'blue-analysis' on my tumblr here: design traveller. Have you discovered this blogging platform yet? If you are tumbling as well, let me know :)

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Philippines: C House by Archipelago architects

Batangas, Philippines. This beautifully located house seems to breath in the fresh sea air. Spacious, open interiors were nicely softened by delicate beiges and natural textures. Simple idea (but not so easy to come up with) that works so well here! Don't you like the warm effect?

Photography: Tom Epperson via: Contemporist and www.archipelago.ph

70's apartment renovation by Ramisa Projects

Black,white and wood: graphic-style interiors designed by the Spanish studio Ramisa Projects and Fun. Classy!

via: design elements

In black & white: Robert and Shana Parke Harrison

Black, white... and sepia. Neo-surrealist, theatrical photography from the series entitled 'Architect’s Brother'. Fascinating power of the elements.

www.parkeharrison.com

Mickey Muennig: Cooper Point house

Breathtaking house by the Pacific Ocean designed by eco-architect Mickey Muennig, famous for his green-roof architecture build in Big Sur (California). Photography: Simon Watson.

www.simonwatson.com

Modernism in Africa

Can you believe that this house was designed in 2003? Both cosy and elegant family home in Accra was created by Ghanaian architect Joe Osae-Addo. Inspiration? The contextual modernism of Finland’s Alvar Aalto, Australia’s Glenn Murcutt and L.A.’s Ray Kappe. The 2,500-square-foot house was build from local materials: timber and adobe mud blocks.

“It is not about edifice but rather harnessing the elements - trees, wind, sun, and water - to create harmony, not the perfection that modernism craves so much.”

via: Dwell