Truck | Inspiring Japanese shop

Was the weather beautiful where you were today?
It was wonderful in London...The room where we shot our new linen aprons for men was filled by a beautiful, natural light and this, added to the beautiful dark grey, light blue grey and light grey linens of the aprons made everything incredibly inspiring to style...I was in heaven.
I also started styling the bed linens collection and I think once the shot is finished with the right light, details etc...it will be a very inviting room. You can see more pics on Facebook.

Talking of inspiration, today I also felt really inspired by this gorgeous Japanese shop called TRUCK which was founded by Tokuhiko Kise and Hiromi Karatsu in 1997. TRUCK design furniture with timeless appeal and integrity, the kind of design and concept I particularly affectionate. 
I was also very attracted to their styling which felt real and then I read that they do everything themselves for their catalogue, from styling to photography. 
Like us, they shot their catalogue in the homes and shops they live and work everyday, with their own things as props like I do and I think that's why their brand, and styling feel so personal. 
Having had a very insightful meeting yesterday with Baukjen, Founder of Isabella Oliver - a brand I have long admired - I'm now more convinced than ever, that I need to keep doing what I'm doing, following my guts feeling and instinct to make BODIE and FOU the inspiring brand I want it to become. 
Have a great evening! We may have diner outside tonight, just to celebrate this glorious day!

Est ce qu'il a fait beau aujourd'hui ou vous étiez? Le temps était magnifique à Londres...La pièce ou nous avons shooté les nouveaux tabliers en lin pour homme était remplie d'une belle lumière naturelle, qui ajoutée au joli tissu en lin et les doux coloris de gris foncé, bleu gris et gris clair ont rendu l'ensemble un vrai bonheur à photographier....

J'ai aussi commencé à styler la collection Lin pour la chambre et je pense qu'une fois que la photo sera terminée avec une belle lumière et quelques détails de plus, elle sera très agréable. Vous pouvez voir plus de photos sur Facebook

Aujourd'hui, j'ai été vraiment inspiré par ce beau magasin japonais qui s'appelle  TRUCK et qui fut fondé par Tokuhiko Kise et Hiromi Karatsu en 1997. TRUCK concoit des meubles aux lignes intemporelles, le genre de désign et concept que j'affectionne particulièrement. 

J'ai également été très attiré par le stylisme de leurs photos et puis j'ai lu qu'en fait, ils faisaient tout eux-mêmes pour leur catalogue du stylisme à la photo. Comme nous, ils ont shooté leur catalogue chez eux et dans leur magasin, utilisant leurs objets personnels et c'est pour cela que leur marque et stylisme ont cette touche très personelle.

Ayant eu hier une réunion très intéressante avec Baukjen, la fondatrice de Isabella Oliver - une marque que j'admire depuis longtemps, - je suis encore plus convaincue qu'il faut que je continue à faire ce que je fais, à suivre mes intuitions et mon instinct pour que BODIE and FOU devienne la marque inspirante que j'ai en tête. 

Passez une bonne soirée...nous allons peut-être diner dehors pour célébrer cette magnifique journée!

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In the shop this week: the iconic ball chair

I'm a huge fan of these ball chairs! We have had one these in black and white at home for the past 5 years and they have been regularly moved from Mila's bedroom to our lounge and while I gave the black to a friend, the white one is now sitting in our 'recently refurbished' kiwi-inspired garden.
Once our back garden is completely finished, a few of these ball chairs and the matching slide coffee table will look simple and contemporary, the way I like it.
Last year, Meg Matthews bought the fuschia ball chair for her home. 


I felt really inspired by the new soft pink ball chair which will look amazing in a nursery or a girl's bedroom (see pink pink you stink moodboard) while the turquoise, yellow and fuschia ball chair are right on trend to create a gorgeous West coast style at home.

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De gauche à droite...{By Sophie}

From this gorgeous image found on Pinterest to this beautiful, RAFT stool designed by NORM Architects for &Tradition

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Prouvé RAW

Steve is a G-Star RAW man which suits me fine because he looks very handsome in their clothes and I love how manly yet stylish their cuts are (which is why the Jules leather bag will be perfect for him!).
We went there on Saturday to get him a new pair of trousers before he flew to New-Zealand and I picked up their in-store mag to see the latest campaign shot by Anton Corbijn but then discover the special collaboration between the Jean Prouvé Foundation, Vitra and G-Star RAW.
Prouvé, a forefather of the modernist movement and trailblazer for the machine age, was a metalsmith, engineer, maunfacturer and architect who in his lifetime would design anything from bookshelves to bicycles to buildings. His success would be in uniting honest materials, functional requirements with the complex demands of mass production.The result of this amazing collaboration between the Prouvé Foundation and G-Star is a collection of 15 pieces that channels Prouvé's original intentions in terms of quality and functionality while also bringing the designs up to date with new materials and manufacturing technology
This Special Edition was exhibited during the Summer in the Fire Station designed by Zaha Hadid on the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein and is now available in selected Vitra retailers around the world.

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♥ NORM Architects/RAFT collection

I have already mentioned my love for the work of Kasper Rønn and Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen from NORM Architects when I posted about the Fredensborg home, this gorgeous Copenhagen penthouse and recently about the beautiful MILK lamp they designed for &Tradition.

Well, as we say in France..."Quand on n'aime on ne compte pas" (when we love we don't count), so here is a sneak peek of our 2012 collection with the RAFT collection they also designed for &Tradition.

The RAFT collection was inspired by the contrasting surfaces of corroded wood ageing and industrial metal structures often found in docks or shipyards except that the boys have taken a modern Scandinavian approach to create a collection of stools and tables that combine simplistic purity with a discreetly aged look.

I love that type of ageing wood, don't you? 

Sometimes a simple, old piece of wood can make a beautiful decorative object, same with rusty things. A while back, Steve found a big old shackle (just learnt a new English word today!) and the piece was so rusty that it makes a really pretty decorative piece on my bookshelf. Anyway...I love the stools especially the contrast of brass and sandblasted wood on the barstool version.

Have a great Sunday, I'm off chez le Swedish to get more picture frames for these.

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