Fingers Make Early Flowers

The worn & carried flowers made for Matt & Jenna’s...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:15:16 +0100

The worn & carried flowers made for Matt & Jenna’s wedding.

2 hens and their party favours

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:08:00 +0100

2 hens and their party favours

Four (of twenty) party-favours we made for a hen party.

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:52:00 +0100

Four (of twenty) party-favours we made for a hen party.

Something I did when studying… I like the tumble.

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:28:00 +0000

Something I did when studying… I like the tumble.

Another shot of the Hanging Garden.

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:47:07 +0000

Another shot of the Hanging Garden.

I wish… Thierry Boutemy: Floral Artistry. By Nowness.

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:02:00 +0000

I wish…

Thierry Boutemy: Floral Artistry. By Nowness.

I do like floral headwear.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

I do like floral headwear.

Paris flower market. (Photo by Nadia.)

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:19:00 +0000

Paris flower market. (Photo by Nadia.)

From an old copy of Elle, I think.

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:01:00 +0000

From an old copy of Elle, I think.

floralls: Love (by Echo Swanepol)

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:56:20 +0000

floralls:

Love (by Echo Swanepol)

Recently conversation between friends has often turned to books;...

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:01:00 +0000

Recently conversation between friends has often turned to books; what to read, what you’ve read, what you liked, disliked and so on. I love this, but what’s surprised me is that a number of them are carrying kindles or the like, and I’m not really sure why (why I’m surprised, that is). All these friends are intelligent, tech-savvy people who should, if they want to, read on an e-reader. Their arguments for carrying one are sound too. It’s got me wondering why I don’t want one, and why I seem to hate them (the e-readers, that is).

Perhaps it’s that I feel like the conversations have become one and the same. The book club conversation becomes the kindle conversation and vice versa. And I think we are talking books more now, because we are talking kindles. The problem is, in a purely selfish and indulgent way, I don’t want to join in the kindle conversation and I think this is why…

This image of Karl Lagerfeld’s library is not unknown, but to me it projects everything that’s special about books. Books are tactile, collectible, beautiful. I often browse design sites and keep images I like. Most often they contain flowers (obviously) but so often they contain books or book covers. For me, Lagerfeld’s library is a dream. This article is spot on. There are ‘Book People’ who like to show other people that they like books. There is an emotional attachment. So the next question is how to personalise the e-reader technology.

But this is it… I don’t want a personalised kindle, I don’t even want a personalised message in my book, I just want a bloody good library. I want the art that the books make, spine to spine on the shelf.

More from Stephen Eichhorn

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:17:00 +0000

Cats wear hats (By Stephen Eichhorn and via It’s Nice...

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:25:00 +0000

Cats wear hats

(By Stephen Eichhorn and via It’s Nice That)

Hugh Turvey’s flower x-rays. (Via Trendland)

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:01:00 +0000

Hugh Turvey’s flower x-rays. (Via Trendland)

Close-ups from Matt & Jenna’s.

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:44:00 +0000

Close-ups from Matt & Jenna’s.

Photos from Rebecca Law’s ‘Hanging Garden’ at...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:08:00 +0100

Photos from Rebecca Law’s ‘Hanging Garden’ at The Royal Opera House. A great installation to be a part of.

Quick phone photos prepping for Matt & Jenna’s...

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:39:00 +0100

Quick phone photos prepping for Matt & Jenna’s wedding.

Whilst visiting a friend in Paris last week we took a day to go...

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:31:00 +0100

Whilst visiting a friend in Paris last week we took a day to go to Versailles. Of course we packed a patisserie picnic and a bottle of champagne (it was all girls) and spent the day constantly referring to (and pretending to be in) Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette. Not only does the film do the place justice, if it’s possible to make Versailles look more beautiful, this is how. I’m not sure there’s a film I like more for its absolute dedication to colour and abundance. The food and the flowers do the half the work; the costume and the cast the rest. Even the women look like walking/talking sugared flowers.

If you need escape or inspiration, watch it. At the least it’s an excuse to stay in, eat cake and stare at something beautiful… I’m sold.

Close-ups of the TASCHEN window.

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:18:00 +0100

Close-ups of the TASCHEN window.

Photo

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:15:00 +0100