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Anyone can submit a design to Marimekko, though the lion's share of those chosen for production come from Finns, who best understand what has become, in effect, a national brand. Maija Louekari, 25, who grew up in a far-north home full of Marimekko and had her first design produced when she was only 21, imagines her creations as "little children being sent out into the world." As for why her color combinations are so bold, she responds in a lilting accent, "It's so cold and dark, you need something delightful...
Champagne is known to be expensive, but Veuve Clicquot's Vertical Limit champagne cellar (right) by Porsche Design Studio takes the acquisition of bubbly to new heights. The 6-ft.-tall (1.8 m) Vertical Limit houses 12 magnums of vintage Veuve Clicquot?each behind a hand-soldered door?and costs $70,000. Only 15 have been made, and eight have already sold. This summer the cellar line develops further with a three-magnum model...
Plants and Their Application to Ornament (Chronicle Books) A reproduction of the 1897 classic explores the use of plants in the design motifs of everything from architecture and furniture to textiles and ceramics...
Botanicals (Assouline) Culling from the rare-book libraries of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, this volume is filled with more than three centuries of botanical drawings...
Flower Sense (Rizzoli) Fabric- and wallpaper-design maven Tricia Guild shares her expertise on color and pattern, taking a look at how the art of floral arrangement accentuates a home...