Retreat to An Illuminated Garden of Serenity
Romantic, warm, and inviting candle-lit rock and water garden nestled along the wooden pathway with dried-bamboo stalks create an organic and natural divide between the exterior and the interior of the garden. White Orchids arranged in polished silver vases lend an ambience of exotic beauty and tranquility to the outdoor space..Floating round glass and hammered [...]
Exotic Jewel-toned Garden Statues & Wall Décor
It was impossible to pass by the Shermans’ booth at the 2013 Ambiente show without stopping to explore the divine and exotic décor treasures within its well-curated exhibit. Treasures from far-away lands steeped in an intoxicating mix of tradition and mysticism set next to modern wall art for a well-balanced tension between the old and [...]
Massimo Lunardon’s Coral Glass Tabletop Collection
Elegant, minimalist and delicately colored this striking blown glass tabletop and serving collection with coral branch details by Massimo Lunardon creates a magical tablescape dispensing with the need for a centerpiece – Massimo’s tabletop sculpture is all the art your table needs. Massimo Lunardon’s Glasswares booth at Ambiente 2013. Décor Resources: Ambiente, Massimo Lunardon
Anne Black 2013 Ceramic Tabletop Collection
I first discovered Danish ceramics artist Anne Black at the 2012 Tendence show, and I was thrilled to see her exhibiting again at the 2013 Ambiente show. I’m smitten with the simple, yet beautifully elegant lines and soothing color palettes of Anne Black’s 2013 handcrafted ceramics collection. Two of my favorite discoveries are shown here. [...]
Borosi Blown Glass Stemware and Decorative Tabletop
While at the 2013 Ambiente show I had the incredible fortunate of meeting the man behind the Borosi brand, Michael Schwarzmüller. I was intrigued with the artful bespoke design of the glass vase shown in the above photo and I asked the artist how long a piece as exquisite as that one takes to create. [...]
Christian Lacroix Maison Tabletop for Vista Alegre 1824
Butterflies and stripes were trending at the 2013 Ambiente show and so clearly on display at the Vista Alegre booth. Famed fashion house Christian Lacroix has lent its designing talent to a new porcelain tabletop collection for Vista Alegre which includes Lacroix’s celebrated watercolor stripe pattern. The Christian Lacroix Maison collection for Vista Alegre consists [...]
Scalamandre Bouvier Pattern Fine China by Lenox
The beauty and timeless elegance of Scalamandre coverings was on display at the 2013 Ambiente’s tabletop section. This beautiful collection is named “Bouvier” in homage to style icon and former First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis who had this classical Scalamandre patterned wall paper gracing the walls of her Fifth Avenue apartment. Each piece in [...]
Rosenthal 2013 Versace Iconic Heroes Collection
Debuting at Messe Frankfurt’s Ambiente show, Versace’s elegant, sophisticated and luxurious new porcelain tableware and crystal stemware series “Iconic Heroes” for Rosenthal merges strength and power drawing upon Greek mythology and ancient sculptural art.The Versace tabletop collection combines the colors associated with southern Italy: orange, red, blue, brown and gold with several iconic Greek symbols [...]
Latimeria: Poetry in Metal
Finish designers and 2013 Talents, Juha Luukko and Katrina Seppala of Latimeria, created these beautifully engraved metallic serving dishes above and the creative tree-like pasta serving utensils, below. The designing team exhibited their artful tableware designs at Ambiente 2013.
A Tale of Pairs: Tableware Born of Love
Czechoslovakian designers Iva Tattermuschova and Jakub Stepanek’s 2013 Ambiente Talents’ tabletop exhibition was both captivating and evocative. They asked noted artists and designers to create a unique hand crafted and hand painted tableware product; be it a plate, bowl or crystal stemware, but there was a slight twist to the invitation. All contributing designs had [...]
Paris Under the Frankfurt Stars
Magical Paris Under the Stars Messe Frankfurt brought Paris to Frankfurt in a big way. The opening festivities to kick-off its popular lifestyle and home design fair, Ambiente 2013 and to celebrate its country design partnership with France was replete with iconic images of France including the Eiffel Tower, Mont Martre art scenes (pantomined, of [...]
