Bringing Luxury to the Bathroom with Wallcovering from Parete

 Thanks to vinyl wallpapers, today's bathrooms aren't all the same and boring anymore. Take a look below at this beautiful wallcovering from the serie 'Palm of My Hand' from the brand Parete. Who doesn’t need a little tropical escapism these days ...... Earlier I wrote more articles about Bathrooms, SEE HERE Be Inspired .........

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Sources: Interior Design and Parete Walls
Photography courtesy of Parete

Runway: Stylish & timeless S/S 2014 couture collection from Charlotte Licha

Today I would like to show you a flashback of my blog which I posted in 2014. It's a beautiful & stylish couture collection from the Lebanese fashion designer Charlotte Licha for the season S/S 2014. Love her elegant and timeless fashion designs ....... Earlier I wrote more fashionblogs, SEE HERE

Charlotte Licha is a French fashion brand founded in Paris in 2009. The brand is known for its modern, sophisticated designs that combine classic French style with contemporary trends. Charlotte Licha's collections feature a range of clothing and accessories for both men and women including dresses, blouses, trousers, skirts, jackets, coats, bags and shoes. The brand has become popular for its timeless pieces that are both stylish and comfortable. Charlotte Licha also offers a range of accessories such as scarves, hats and jewelry to complete any look. Be Inspired .......

More about the designer:

Charlotte Licha, born and raised in Beirut, in a family that helped her to cultivate an artistic taste from childhood. Since she was 12, she started sketching her first dresses; ”Since that time my small world started to be created”; she says. At the age of 19 and after gaining a high diploma in fashion design, pattern-making and fashion marketing; the designer went to study photography which made of her a designer hungry for fashion and gifted with an eye for beauty; which leads her more to the fashion world.

Being fashion consultant for years, for photo sessions and chief designer, creating and designing couture and ready to wear collections for many Lebanese and international fashion houses, enriched her career and experience. In 2009, after several back and forth in Europe including France and Spain, she moved back to Lebanon to start a new chapter in her professional life. Her career as a woman in the business began and with the support of her husband they established the “Global Fashion Group”, a company that produces luxurious evening dresses and sells for more than 30 boutiques all over the world.

In 2011, Charlotte begins her steps towards the city center of fashion and design. She exhibits her collection in January at the show ready-to-wear in Paris. Although with a positive approach still her ambitions and aspirations were insufficient for the designer. She began her steps towards the fashion where she could best express her personal taste and vision; the woman in her outer and inner beauty and personality: "Sometimes two tissues connect me to a person or a scene." With passion and precision, the designer creates her dresses by searching a perfect harmony between her vision and the personality of her client. She enjoys with her fabrics and sewing materials which traces her steps towards an original knowledge and a perfection for the fashion; the sophisticated dresses, the elegant curves, the crafted embroideries translate in majestic dresses which every women dream about. In 2013, Charlotte decided to go to the heart of the haute couture world to dedicate herself to her dream in fashion design. She showed her first couture collection in Paris during the haute couture fashion week in January 2014.

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Sources: FMD, Orient Palms and  Instagram
Photos: courtesy of Charlotte Licha. 

Dutch Design Week: Lighting design 'Angles' from Alex Groot Jebbink

Beautiful ceiling lamp 'Angles' from the Dutch interior architect Alex Groot Jebbink, earlier seen at the Dutch Design Week 2016 and designed for the brand Odesi. Below you will find a general view of this lamp during the exhibition.

Dutch Design Week .....The biggest design event in Northern Europe presented work and ideas of more than 2,500 designers. This blogpost is a repost of my blog of 30-11-2016. Be Inspired ........

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Source: Alex Groot Jebbink

Furniture Design: 3D printed Cellular Loop Chair by designer Anke Bernotat

Would like to share with you today this interesting furniture design. It's the 3D printed Cellular Loop chair designed by Anke Bernotat. A chair based on biomimetics ....... At first sight, Cellular Loop might be mistaken for an ordinary chair. If it wasn’t for its eye-catching cell structure and its seamless, endless ribbon shape, similar to a moebius strip. The chair is extremely lightweight but also possesses the stiffness and stability as well as the elasticity one would expect from a cantilever chair. In order to achieve these characteristics, concepts from the natural world have been transferred to its construction and production method. The aim of the research project was to develop a production method for components inspired by biological construction principles and based on selective laser sintering. 

Cellular Loop is the first result of research project Bionic Manufacturing, conducted by Folkwang University of Arts in Essen in collaboration with Fraunhofer UMSICHT and other partners on commission of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Cellular Loop is also the first cantilever chair to be produced by Rapid Prototyping. Be Inspired ...... Earlier I wrote more blogs about Furniture Design, SEE HERE

Note: This blogpost is a republish of my blog of 12-03-2014. Today (12-01-2026) I added some extra information. 

Design Studio Bernotat&Co (Anke Bernotat & Jan Jacob Borstlap)
Photography Anneke Hymmen

More about the Design Studio Bernotat&Co – Design is Unlimited

Bernotat&Co is a Dutch-German Design Studio, run by Anke Bernotat (the German one) and Jan Jacob Borstlap (the Dutch one). Together they design, develop, curate and manage local as well as international design projects and exhibitions.

Bernotat&Co believes in unlimited design. The designers work on all scales and in all disciplines: exhibition architecture, product design, graphic design, illustration, art direction and so on. Their scope is also unlimited: they embark on self-initiated projects but also make designs for corporate clients – ranging from high to low budget and from idealistic to pragmatic.

Anke and Jan Jacob have a passion for creating (spatial) worlds, often with the help of clever low-tech solutions. Convinced that designers should have a helicopter view, Bernotat&Co dive deep into any matter. From this starting point, they develop designs which have depth as well as a sense of humor and reveal the poetry in the everyday.

The designs of Bernotat&Co have received various awards (German Design Award, Red Dot, Innovation Award for Architecture and Office, IF Design Award) and their work has been exhibited in many renowned museums worldwide (Die neue Sammlung, Munich; Museum Trapholt, Denmark; Design Museum Holon, Israel; Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam; Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt; Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter).

Anke Bernotat also holds a position as professor of Industrial Design at Folkwang-University of the Arts and regularly acts as juror on professional panels.

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Sources: Bernotat, Archello, Architectenweb and Biomimetics via Bing

Gorgeous evening gowns at the fashionshow of Zuhair Murad F/W 2025

Take a look at these gorgeous evening gowns from the couture fashionshow of Zuhair Murad for his season F/W 2025 ....... In a vibrant tribute to Hollywood’s golden age, Zuhair Murad summons the radiance of a transformed heroine. Inspired by the 1930s and 1940s, his F/W 2025 collection elevates the silhouettes of Barbara Stanwyck and Rita Hayworth, offering them an escape toward a reinvented ending, one of choice, flight and triumph. Be Inspired ........ Earlier I wrote more blogs about this interesting designer, SEE HERE

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Source: Zuhair Murad
Video: courtesy of Zuhair Murad

A glamorous kitchen in brass & oak by interior designer Kelly Wearstler

For a couple on Mercer Island, Washington, designer Kelly Wearstler conjured an atmosphere of dark and moody glamour. Below you will find their glamorous kitchen. The island in the kitchen is brass, the cabinetry is cerused oak and the countertops are marble. Be Inspired ........ This blogpost is a repost from my blog of 28-04-2016. The original article was published on 22-07-2012 at Elle Decor. Earlier I wrote more blogs about this interesting interior designer, SEE HERE

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Sources: Kelly Wearstler and ELLE DECOR

Fashion: 2026 Biggest Fashiontrends

Good Morning! Would like to share with you today some biggest 2026 fashiontrends, seen at  the You Tube channel from The Essence of Elegance. Great fashion channel with lots of fashionable and practical information! Discover eight key fashion trends predicted for 2026, from runway to everyday wear (nr. 8 Messy hairstyles was extra added). The Essence of Elegance demonstrates how to style these looks using existing wardrobe pieces. Expect practical tips on layering, color pops and statement outerwear.

The fashiontrends they mention are: 

1. The coat is the outfit. 

2. A pop of colour. 

3. Layering. 

4. Oversized leather jackets. 

5. Trench coats. 

6. Balloon pants. 

7. Napolean jackets. 

8. Messy hairstyles. 

9. Capes.

I made some photos with my mobile phone to give you a first impression. However in the enclosed video below the fashiontrends are very well showed. Be Inspired ...........

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Source: The Essence of Elegance

Bridalwear: Viktor & Rolf S/S 2024 Bridal Collection

Take a look at this beautiful S/S 2024 Bridalwear collection from the fashion duo Viktor & Rolf. The designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren presented their latest Marriage collection. Their signature sculptural designs are highlighted with surreal embroideries of this season’s flower bouquet detailing and fairytale flowers. Gowns are embellished with dreamy bows and frosted pearls. For the first time, a sheer illusion bodice is introduced within the collection and adorned with sheer organza-crafted fairytale flowers that bloom in 3D from the bodice.

Bridalwear is a common thread running through the Viktor&Rolf collections, as Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren state, "we have always been fascinated by the wedding dress because it is a small universe in itself. It is an icon of the most wonderful moments in life". The collection is produced in partnership with Justin Alexander, an international bridalwear designer and manufacturer. Be Inspired ....... Earlier, I wrote more blogs about 'Wedding Dresses', SEE HERE

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Sources: Wedding Style Magazine and Viktor & Rolf
Photos: courtesy of Viktor & Rolf