what's going on? red and golden berries on the trees, leaves changing colour and falling to the ground, a nip in the air.....it must be autumn. naoooooooooooooooooooooo! im not ready! yes i know it's my favourite time of the year but autumn would be much more welcome here if us scots had had a proper summer first! ah well whinge over, now it's time to embrace the changes in all their glory!
one of the very many (over 200) amazing exhibitors at tent london is showshow 'sustainable danish design with a loving touch'. i am drawn to these capulo and condessa chairs from oficina kreativa, not only because they are based on classic mexican designs from the 1950's but also the fact that the designers engage socially with the factory in a low income region of mexico, working with issues such as saftey, fair wages, equal rights and make sure all the plastic used is recycled and free of toxic metals.
design store scp are hosting two launches, one by all lovely stuff - a range of unique homeware founded by carl clerkin and ed ward (includes this bare face mirror i rather like) and 
dolls and drums -music, dance and play at the arcola theatre cafe dalston.
this new work by richard wright uses a handpainted repeated blue mofit that plays on prespective, varying as the eye travels across and down the wall. turner prize winner wright considers paintings less as discreet objects but more as ideas. the paintings only become activated by the vision of the spectator and exhibition ended, the work is painted over and the event is complete. this temporary nature is deliberate: ''i am interested in the fragility in the moment of engagement-in hightening that moment, to see a work knowing it will not last, emphasizes the moment of its existance''.
a perfectly lovely way to spend a rainy sunday in september, keeping cozy in the glass houses at the botanics checking out all the weird and wonderful plant life.
this little blog is one year old today!
a lovely sunday afternoon at the hidden gardens. a green space that used to be industrial wasteland, i always love being there. i wish everyone had a smile on their face too.
