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CINDY LACKEY

DESIGNER

Trendspotting + Iridescent Lightness

Unicorns and happiness! It’s not just iridescent darkness that’s trending, lightness is also popping up everywhere in a big way from fashion to DIY to furniture. So cheer up and get your sparkle on!

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iridescent kite / Quantum Field X3 by Hiro Yamagata for the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain in 2004 / Glas Italia Shimmer Side Table / A Beautiful Mess vase DIY / cutlery from Zara Home / backpack / Studio DIY, Lisa Frank Markie the Unicorn costume / Tropicalia Chair by Patricia Urquiola

Also, if you don’t know about Maria Marie you gotta go check out her site, especially her Pantone collection which is so joyfully lovely. Happy Wednesday!

 

Trendspotting + Iridescent Darkness

Purple rain and dark, rock and roll iridescence has been stuck in my head on repeat for days now. I love the ’80s glam-ness of this retro-fresh trend. Do you guys fall down Instagram rabbit holes, too? ‘Cause Tom Dixon has been using #tdiridescence to promote his new Oil and Warp collections and the tag is quite inspirational.

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oil on asphalt (above) / oil on asphalt (below) / Frends Headphones, Taylor Oil Slick / Casamance, The Parallel linen wallcovering / Kate Spade New York, Glitter Stud Earrings in Multi Glitter / Tom Dixon Warp Vase / barber scissors / rug, Linie Design, Grace in Purple / Starbucks stainless steel cold cup / Skye Oil Slick Hologram Bikini / iridescent effects on metal

Light, bright iridescent is also having a moment (hello unicorns and rainbows!!). Check back here on Wednesday for my Iridescent Lightness mood board!

Trendspotting + Natural Tones

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shift dress / Tom Dixon brick diffuser / LADY Minerals chalk paint in rustikk terracotta

You know how sometimes one color just dominates trends forever that you almost don’t even see it. Then something new comes along.

It seems like we’ve been living in gray and white city for a few years design wise. It’s become ‘safe’ and it’s just about time to mix things up. Shake off the gray skies and let some spring time nature in!

I’m so excited to see browns and neutrals sneaking in to the latest offerings of fixtures and furnishings. Lovely, solid, natural greens seem to exude that perfect a fresh pop of newness and light. My particular favorite is that perfect medium brown leather, like a warm cognac, slightly distressed and with green undertones.

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H&M Home patterned pillows  /  IKEA Sannolik vase in pink  /  Tubéreuse large candle indoor + outdoor edition  /  Rowan pendant  /  West Elm Hamilton leather sofa in Brooklyn Candle Studio’s home  /  Pottery Barn leather pillow  /  plant  /  LADY Minerals chalk paint in cashmere

Faves + Spring Art

Happy Easter Monday everyone. Today we’re reviving our favs column with seven beautiful works of art to freshen up your walls and get ready for spring. I’ve included non-traditional takes on flowers, non-pink color choices and one fabulous bird. Some are originals (I’ll start saving my kroner now) and some are super affordable prints (I think you may know #5’s artist… #shamelessplug) but all are sure to breath new spring life into your space and mine.

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This post is brought to you by Email Debt Forgiveness Day which I am celebrating a bit early this year. Maybe consider this a PSA and get to work on those annoying emails, posts, voicemails and other media that’s been nagging in the darkness of your digital life. Perhaps we’ll talk some more next time on what I’ve been up to these past months!

Pick of the Week + BEdesign

We’re California sunshine bound! My sis and her beau are getting married at the end of this month and I could not be happier to share the day with them. We’ll be spending nearly a month catching up with family and friends and just hanging out. I feel so lucky to have the best friends house and kitty sitting for us back here at home, and that means at least one case of Cali wine is coming home with us as presents! I’m so excited to visit our favorite vineyards, like Big White House and Concannon, and taste all the new releases. It’s gunna be an awesome trip. I’ll be sure to keep you all updated on Fridays’ posts and over on Instagram + Twitter.

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This week’s pick is a design company founded by a pair of inspiring sisters from Finland, BEdesign. Bette and Cilla Eklund, designer and marketing manager respectively, have stuck to the ideals of Finish design, staying true to raw materials and creating clean geometric forms that are intuitively functional. Above is one of my favorite piece from the collection, the Wave Table (which is in prototype). I love the effortless magazine rack wave that works set as a high or low table.

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I also really like the Lume Coatrack, which comes in two sizes. The design is minimalistic but with a playful catch. The expected third and fourth leg to the rack are missing giving the whole piece a twisting feel and that extra bit of intrigue that makes this design irresistible for an entryway or ganged together in the bedroom.

This design team has such a great focus on creating the next generation of great Finish design. I got a change to meet with the sisters at the Stockholm Furniture Fair and their creative energy is infectious. BEdesign is definitely one one to watch.

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Hello! I’m an interior, user experience, and graphic designer with a love for purpose-driven minimalism. I am also a digital nomad originally from California, currently living in Barbados, by way of Colorado, with my husband and our two cats.

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