LAST DAY!!! Want to keep enjoying the latest interior design trends on Interiorator.com? Then please me out help out! I've entered a competition by Dutch interior...

As you read last week, my fellow blogger Elisah Jacobs of InteriorJunkie.com and I have joined forces to share our visual inspiration and interior design ideas with...

As I'm sitting here on the train back from Groningen to Rotterdam, I'm still amazed at all the cool stuff I saw yesterday at Verroest. Owner Sander Drent opened his...

Boucherouites from Morocco are so last week! This Thursday, I was invited to the press preview of the special Tunisian edition of the All in One Carpet by Droog....

A rainy night in Amsterdam. I was invited for the preview of the new Gafsa carpets at Hotel Droog (more about that tomorrow) and had some time left after the...

VIva Frida! And viva this fun new pattern by Alexander Henry Fabrics. This fabric is an ode to Frida Kahlo, Mexico's most iconic painter and proud owner of the...

So, what happens when you ask a crazy-ass and totally brilliant director like David Lynch to design a set of plates? You get The Boundless Sea - a story told in...

It is the Interiorator trifecta of perfection: interior design, bold patterns and American Studies (which by the way, is my original background). The excellent...

It's a small world after all! Blogger Elisah Jacobs of Interior Junkie and I used to write for a previous incarnation of the blogpage on deBijenkorf.nl. And now...

Everyone, meet my new favorite wallpaper, mirror, plates, tiles and rug - all designed by Emmanuel Bossuet. Don't you just love his sense of DRAMA? I'll let the...

I'm going to keep it short and simple today because I want to make some progress with the hallway I'm redecorating à la Abigail Ahern! Here are the pictures I took...

A while ago, my dear friend Valerie Kuster and I entered a competition by Dutch Elle Decoration. The prize? A private tour of the Pastoe exhibition at the Rotterdam...

Boucherouite! I could say that word all day - like I did last year with what was then my favorite word, chinoiserie. But now, I've switched to boucherouite!...

He is the rising star of pattern design in the UK - Sacha Hamed. His patterns are bold, beautiful and brought a big smile to my face when I first saw them two weeks...

Let's get in the mood for summer with these pictures by American glamour photographer Slim Aarons, who documented the lifestyles of the rich and famous from the...

I think I have a serious case of Victor Vasarely on the brain. I keep running into his work - even though I'd never heard of this French Hungarian artist up until...

UM Project is definitely one of my favorite furniture design companies. Their designs are quirky, colorful and instantly recognizable. As you may recall, I blogged...

Isn't it amazing how much visual inspiration you can get in only two days? I took so many pictures during my last trip to London that I'm still sorting them all...

You would think that interior stylists live in immaculately designed homes, wouldn't you? Not necessarily so, in the case I'm about to describe to you. You see, the...

It is not every day that a king is sworn in. And so I've decided to take the day off to celebrate our new King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands. I'll be...

An interview with the deliciously eccentric Belgian interior designer Gert Voorjans – that’s not something that you get to do every day. Together with...

Inspiration and Imperfection - that's the clever slogan of the Vosgesparis blog by my good friend Desiree. I love it how Vosgesparis is in some way the complete...

It's last call for the excellent Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. If you're in the area before May 12th, take out some time for this once...

So, after my visit to the V&A and Jonathan Adler I decided to head to Liberty, by far my favorite London department store. Unfortunately, the battery of my camera...

After my visit to the the Victoria & Albert Museum last week, I figured I'd stop by the Jonathan Adler Store on Sloane Avenue. I've been a big JA fan since my first...

Alas, we have come to the fourth and final installment of our exclusive tour of the insanely talented interior designer Abigail Ahern.Bed, bath and beyond! And in...

We're movin' up one floor today for the third installment of our tour of the fantabulous home of Abigail Ahern. During the design class that I attended along with...

I hope you enjoyed yesterday's blogpost about the home of the enfant terrible of interior design, the one and only Abigail Ahern. Today, it's time for part two: the...

This is where the magic happens! You, my trusted reader, are going to have a great week here at Interiorator. In the coming days, I will be posting the pictures I...

Last week I went to the Sanoma Mediaparade for the launch of their great Blog Today network. I got this exclusive BLOGGER necklace and decided to give it away to...

So, as you all know by now I was in London last week for a one-day masterclass with Abigail Ahern. Because I didn't want to arrive late, I decided to go one day...

The new 57 series by Bocci is definitely a sight to behold. It consists of glass pendants with pockets of air that together look like the clouds of the City of...

Sometimes you have to look back to look forward. This weekend, I found these pictures of the original Vogue fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld - incredible how...

So, earlier this week an interior stylist I know tweeted a picture from the Salone in Milan of a tile pattern called Porn Stars. Needless to say, my interest was...

Some pretty damn fierce color blocking going on in RuPaul's new video Peanut Butter. The music is pretty loud, too - perfect for a Friday afternoon office party! As...

Heading for Paris this spring? Then make sure you don't miss the always exciting Palais de Tokyo for the Cold Sun exhibition featuring artist Julio Le Parc. A...

I love it when a brand defies all classification - and KOKET does just that. Founded by interior designer Janet Morais in 2010, KOKET is modern design with a...

My good friend, the amazingly talented Chidi Onwuka has a style of photography that is driven by a simple belief: The world you live in is the perfect antidote to...

With Ashes in the Air, the Flaming Lips and Bon Iver take arty-farty video to a whole new level - and then some. The result is bewildering, beautiful and slightly...

Remember that outdoor wallpaper by Wall & Decò I wrote about last year? That was a pretty tough act to follow! Wall & Decò have done it again, though - they've...

All bow to the queen of paper, the fabulous Mathilde Nivet! The French paper designer, illustrator and art director elevates visual merchandising to the next level...

Oh look, it's the 2013 IKEA Stockholm collection! As you may know Stockholm is IKEA's slightly more upmarket line. And what a pleasant surprise this year's update...

Alright then! I've just ordered the brand new book by interior designer extraordinaire Abigail Ahern. I have a few days off unexpectedly and so I can't wait to...

Generally, I love IKEA but to be brutally honest, I'm not too fond of the legs on their sofa's. So sue me. Anyway, apparently I'm not the only one because Pretty...

I've always had a weak spot for car prototypes of the past. To me, they represent the idea that history can take many paths and that sometimes the road not taken...

Okay, so I have two options today. Either I'm going to try and write a long and highly philosophical blogpost about the theories of Sixties Italian architecture...

Why didn't I think of this? Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best - take, for instance, the Coolr Fruit Bowl. A simple round aluminum base with holes that fit...

Proving once and for all that the iPad is not just for consuming but also for producing, American artist Todd Hale treats us to these wonderful and bizarre...

Dutch designer, director and artist Sander Plug recently created this slightly naughty but highly original music video for the song Elektrotechnique by Dutch...

Italian design porn - there's no other way to describe these rare design items that were auctioned recently by Wright. As you can see, all items of the Italian...

The first time I visited New York City was in 1995 - just before the Disneyfication of Times Square and 42nd Street started. My brother and I were amazed by all the...

It's vertical, modular, magnetic and versatile. That in a nutshell, is the concept behind Urbio. A great solution if your looking for a well-designed storage...

Please meet my newest bestest friends at The Sixtine - the excellent webshop and home deco inspiration site that promises to 'make your home look like a million...

Together with Maharam, Studio Job have just released Bavaria and Bavaria Stripe, two extremely detailed upholstery designs. Bavaria depicts traditional farmland...

With so many gold leaves, branches and curls, this Owl Collage Table could have easily looked tacky. Very, very tacky. But somehow, designer David Wiseman pulls the...

Cool yet dramatic, futuristic but also a bit retro, simple and complicated at once - the work of furniture designer Michael Yeung is full of contradictions. Drawing...

KLOINK! That was the sound my jaw made when it dropped to the floor. I just had a look at the amazing living room of New York interior designer Sam Botero and his...

Mirko Daneluzzo and Mirco Bianchini, who work together under the name Disguincio & Co are two of the most prolific designers I have come across recently. Their work...

A day at the races! The famous Hermès chaîne d'ancre is reincarnated in this fancy schmancy new Rallye 24 service. The result is suprisingly modern. Love the...

YES! YES! YES! I realize I sound a bit like Meg Ryan in that restaurant scene from When Harry Met Sally, but I'm sure you'll forgive me once you take a look at...

What happens if you put a talented illustrator and an equally talented designer in the same room and let them design a show for one of the hottest design stores in...

Pretty gimmicky and and highly impractical - yet also fun in a way. I have to be honest I don't really know why I like these Animal Chairs by Máximo Riera...but I...

Jeongmoon Choi is a Berlin-based Korean artist who creates these really intricate three-dimensional installations made entirely of UV thread. The result, as you can...

Woouf! What a great name for a design studio! Woouf! designs avant-garde bean bags and cushions shaped like musical instruments, cameras or - my personal favorite -...

This incredible Melting Chair by Austrian designer Philipp Aduatz is quickly turning into a big hit on the internet. As you can see, it looks either as a solid...

Christopher Channing Daniels' work is instantly recognizable. In his drawings, he combines crayolas, crayons and pencils to create thought-provoking pictures....

Creator of museum quality custom furniture Frank Pollaro has teamed up with Brad Pitt (yes, the Brad Pitt) for the Pitt Pollaro Collection. The fact that Brad Pitt...

Maxxprint does it all! High-quality interior visuals, textile frames with built-in LED lighting, beautiful plexiglass prints and even vinyl floor visuals. All...

Let freedom ring - disco style! These amazing mirrored Freedom lamps by Davide Medri are shackle-shaped and can be combined to form a chain that can be as long as...

Yeah, baby! You may laugh at this 1970 Encyclopedia of Home Improvement, but if you look behind the shag carpets giant tape recorders, you'll find out that a lot of...

Only in America! This cupcake ATM by Sprinkles serves up freshly baked gourmet cupcakes 24 hours a day. They even have a special cupcake for dogs! The...

The longer I look at this rug, the more hypnotized I get! It was designed by none other than Verner Panton, and it available either in color or black and white. As...

Disgust. Decay. Not necessarily the first words that spring to mind when you think of great art or design. Italian ceramicist Francesco Ardini, however, has managed...

Hot new designer Yazbukey has teamed up with hot old candlemaker Cire Trudon for a special edition candle. The design is inspired by that deliciously campy John...

Leave it to famous artist Anish Kapoor to come up with something so beautiful for something so boring as an annual report for Zumtobel. You can download the full...

I like it. I like it a lot. Kandors is the decade-long effort by the recently deceased artist Mike Kelley to visualize the city of Kandor - the fictitious capital...

Is it art? A toy? Or a bit of both? Whatever your age, these quirky hand-printed building blocks by UK duo MillerGoodman are an absolute visual treat. Are you...

Small Moons by SuttonBeresCuller is a Katamari-esque work of art perfectly catches our Zeitgeist: collect everything you want to get rid of, use it one last time,...

Remember that Magritte Painting Ceci N'est Pas Une Pipe? It seems that product designer Finn Magee has managed to take the Magritte's original idea one step...

One of the many pleasures of my day job as an interior stylist is that I get to meet a lot of creatives. It never ceases to amaze me how multi-skilled they all are...

Let's start the new year with a bang, shall we? Thanks to continued inspiration provided by the wonderful Gert Voorjans, I recently discovered the Bauhaus...

Let's face it, people. Paperweights do not serve any purpose whatsoever. Some of them do look pretty on your desk, though. Take, for instance, John Derian's...

Winter is upon us - which means two things! A - I'm friggin' cold most of the time and B - I'm behind on my Christmas shopping. For both of these extremely pressing...

Oh sweet internet! How you tease and torment me with pretty pictures that are always just a tad too small, even on my shiny new 27" iMac. Take, for example, the...

Whenever I see projects like this, I ask myself: where do people get the time? The 'Candelier' by artist Kevin Champeny is a chandelier made of 5,000 acrylic...

Looking for some more tasteful and original gifts for Christmas? Then look no further! Spanish illustrator and pattern designer Moniquilla has just released a...

Picture it. New York City, 1993. Pimps, pushers and prostitutes ruled 42nd Street. The Disneyfication of the entire Times Square District was already on the...

They say it's better to give than to receive - although with the wrapping paper that comes with every issue of Wrap Magazine I'm not so sure! Wrap is a magazine...

Ah yes, those good old days when I spent my call center nightshifts playing solitaire! I played game after game after game, all for that rare reward of a screen...

Dear members of the jury of the McClellan Sculpture Survey & Award 2012, Even though you are in Australia and I am far, far away in The Netherlands, I ask you -...

Les Outils is a beautiful series of interior objects by French designer Vincent Loiret. The look is kind of Bauhaus meets Doshi Levien's Chandlo and is whimsical...

Nothing beats an big old Hollywood musical number if you're looking for some Technicolor inspiration on a dull and foggy day. This particular song, called On The...

I started this Japanese course for beginners once, but I quit only after a few weeks - convinced that no Dutchman could ever learn a language so utterly baffling....

Lolo Palazzo,, aka Laurence van Seventer, loves to work with reclycled materials like bicycle chains (how very Dutch!) and car parts. She uses these materials to...

Do you fancy becoming an art collector but don't have the dough? Then I have just the solution for you! s[edition] is a hip and happening new way of collecting art...

It's back to the seventies with the new Retro Office line by Dutch design company JSPR. Retro Office consists of a desk in a combination of greens that looks both...

Minimal design, maximum effect - I guess that is the best way to describe the work of Belgian designers Fien Muller and Hannes van Severen. I recently saw their...

I like it. I like it a lot.This winter, furniture chain Habitat are opening their very own vintage store right next to the Saint Ouen flea markets in Paris. This...

One of the many joys of blogging is that I get invited to these really cool events. Yesterday, I got to meet the amazing designer Marc Newson at the Amsterdam...

Do you sometimes think: I really should vacuum more often, but I just don't feel like schlepping that old vacuum cleaner around my living room more than once a...

I'm feeling blue - and I mean that in a good way. Akzo Nobel have just released their 2013 color forecast and the most important color trend for next...

One day I will learn how to draw. And when that day comes, I will go back to this blogpost and look at these pretty pictures by South Korean illustrator Hajin Bae....

'It's full of stars!' - not just a famous line from 2001: A Space Odessey, but also very much true of this blogpost. I've been collecting pictures that I can frame...

Muriel Grateau, erstwhile fashion designer and now Paris' undisputed Queen of Tableware, has relocated to 37 rue de Beaune on the Left Bank. And when you're as good...

In the early nineties, artist Roy Lichtenstein got into interior drawing - and quite seriously too, if I might add! The drawings are of course in typical...

Office sundries for the modern workspace - doesn't that sound lovely? It's the slogan of Present & Correct, a webshop that sells a very cool Wes Anderson-esque...

Delicate & Daring is not only a the name of a new line of stationery by the FABULOUS Dutch illustrator Ingrid Robers - it also describes her wonderful personality...

Toby de Silva is an English fotographer who he travels extensively to document the bizarre, the macabre,the sublime, the hideous and the humorous. And boy, did he...

Viva la Bemz! Want a new couch but don't have the dough? Then I have just the solution for you! Bemz.com makes beautiful new covers for your favorite IKEA...

Pip & Pop is the nom de plume of Australian artist Tanya Schultz, who makes these insanely - but beautifully - colored installations. If you want to see Pip &...

Masks? Check! Gradients? Check! Pastels combined with bright colors? Check! Supermundane combines a couple of the most important trends in design and comes up with...

Artist Anne Ten Donkelaar has really outdone herself with the latest installment of her Flower Constructions Series! What's not to love? The composition is...

Venus of Cupertino by artist Scott Eaton is a fully functioning iPad docking station. It is not - I repeat, not - a one off art project, but an actual product that...

Proving once again that the simplest ideas are often the best, Canadian designer Garth Roberts adds a luxurious mirrored layer to basic wooden crates and pallets....

Still blogging live from the Woonbeurs Amsterdam where I just had a nice talk with Gispen, who are moving their focus back to the consumer with a surprisingly...

A good neighbor is better than a brother far off - a saying that is particularly true for me today. I'm blogging live from the Woonbeurs Amsterdam today and my...

If you love color, you'll be MAD about the new IJM Colour paint line by Studio IJM. I talked to them briefly today at the Woonbeurs and they are such an...

Eigen Huis & Interieur, let's get back together! I quit reading you two years ago because I thought you were getting a tad boring (sorry about that). But now I'm...

Coming to you LIVE from Woonbeurs Amsterdam, the Netherlands' most important design fair of the year! I will be blogging about all the exciting stuff that's on...

The first pattern I ever came up with when I was an interior styling student, consisted of pictures of skyscrapers that I tried to arrange in a sort of floral...

I'm back after a brief break and after my last blogpost on Baccarat I still have vases on the brain, apparently! This time around, the object of my affection is a...

Baccarat is hip again! No, I'm not talking about the illustrious Spanish singing duo of yesteryear - although I wish I was! But all kididng aside, French crystal...

C'est magnifique! These beautiful lamps by Mathieu Lustrerie have a completely unique style: part modern, part classical and a dash of eighties Italian design. I...

A lot of good American design seems to be coming out of Brooklyn at the moment and the work of Dan Funderburgh is no exception. His wallpaper designs seem classical...

Please don't tell anyone, but I'm on vacation in Benidorm, Spain at the moment - and I'm enjoying every single tasteless minute of it. Still, the show - or rather,...

So, I saw this really modern-looking textile pattern earlier today called Serengeti Spaghetti by Charley Harper - who I'd never heard of before. Turns out he...

These new Bloom Lamps by Norwegian designer Kristine Five Melvær look like they are ready to burst right open. “Like big drops, the shades may be associated...

Inspired by the world fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion, Patrick Norguet's new Jacket chair for Tacchini looks absolutely great. The design is tailored yet comfortable and that ...

Boucherouite - it's my favorite word for today! It translates in Moroccan to something close to "king of the leftovers." These energetic and eclectic free form rag...

Always wanted to meet me? Well, now you can! I will be at Woonbeurs Amsterdam on Saturday, September 29. In my very own exhibition stand in Design City, I will...

In August 2012, I interviewed the deliciously excentric interior designer Gert Voorjans for Dutch luxury department store de Bijenkorf. Gert Voorjans is undoubtedly...

Design can be so simple: Make it beautiful, use the best materials possible, and be responsible and sustainable in production practice. Australian design studio...

Holy MOLY! Talk about shock value! I have to admit, I don't know what to make of the sculptures by Dutch artists Les Deux Garcons. I know I'm supposed to be shocked...

White bald forty-something creative male with grayish beard broadens his horizon by dabbling in architecture photography. That could technically be me - except that...

Stockholm is hot, hot, hot at the moment - but then again, it has been for quite some time! Take the legendary design shop Svenskt Tenn, for example. They recruited...

So you thought the low-energy Plumen light-bulb was a tad too bright to hang on its own? Well, so did I! Imagine my surprise when I saw that Decode London have now...

If you can't hide them, SHOW them! Electricity cables can be such a nuisance if you don't have a power outlet where you need it. So why not make the best of it,...

A typewriter for your iPad. Normally I'm not really into design that tries to be funny, but somehow I really liked this concept by Edinburgh designer Austin...

Picture it. Versailles, 1772. Queen Marie Antoinette gets this amazing android that was made in Germany with her own hair. It could play eight different songs on...

Finally, FINALLY a parquet floor company that takes design to the next level - and the one after that! Penrose Wooden Flooring have boldly gone where the...

Ah yes, back to the good old days when a young Interiorator read issue after issue of the deliciously pulpy John Sinclair Ghost Hunter before sending himself off...

For their Handmade exhibition at the 2012 Salone del Mobile, design magazine Wallpaper commissioned (how fittingly) a wallpaper design. And not just any old design!...

Finally, a stunning design we can all afford! Milan-based designers Carnovsky have joined forces with Blik to come up with Rosone - a series of removable wall...

Imagine having a swimming pool in the living room of your New York townhouse - with a swing, no less! Asking price? A whopping $10 million...but that includes the...

The Porthole is a simple, beautiful infusion vessel designed by Martin Kastner of Crucial Detail design studio. The Porthole can be used to create striking...

Talk about bad timing! As I confessed to you earlier this week, I recently got rid of most of my book collection. But last week I discovered the new ABC Bookcase by...

Now this is a chandelier unlike anything I have ever seen before. The Eclipse Agate Chandelier by Emporium Home combines six beautiful slices of agate with slightly...

Worrying about growing old? You really don't have to! Just take a look at interior designer and self-proclaimed 'oldest teenage of the world' Iris Apfel. Her...

Arranging your books by color - that is so incredibly last year! Unless, of course you give it an interesting new twist, like UK fashion retailer Boden have...

The Goliath Sportswear exhibition stand I recently designed for the Modefabriek fair is an almost exact replica of the Goliath flagship store in Rotterdam. It...

With his new Cutline furniture line, Italian designer Alessandro Busana takes minimalism to the next level. By using very simple, yet carefully chosen, shapes and...

Bold and gold on the outside, football luxury on the inside - that was the concept for the July 2012 Modefabriek exhibition stand which I designed for shoe and...

Perfect for displaying your treasured Kinder Surprise toys or Happy Meal toy collection, the Capsule lamp is also a beautifully designed fixture. Apparently, the...

When I was in western Michigan in 2009 - which is a lot nicer than I expected, by the way - I visited this huge open air flea market packed with antiques and retro...

Today I'm going to open a big bag of compliments and give them to one of my favorite interior stylists, Despina Curtis. Her work is going from strength to strength...

Who said that the 'wall' in wallpaper can't be outside? Wall & Deco have designed an innovative exterior wallpaper line - and a striking one at that. The patterns...

Not one, but two pretty interesting new concepts from the German design duo Lightboys! First, there's Polaboy, a giant backlit Polaroid photo frame. You can either...

Remember you will die - that is the uplifting translation of the Latin Memento Mori. Up to this day, It is an art genre in itself. One of the most beautiful...

So...you think Mario is not so super anymore? And Zelda makes you go Zzzzzz? Forget those tired old games - you need something hip and happening! Something fresh,...

Always wanted to live in your own life-sized dollhouse? Then you might want to check out Canadian artist Heather Benning's installation. Benning transformed an...

Colorful and modern on the outside - yet classic and luxurious on the inside - the Pixel Cabinet is a dizzying mashup of different styles and materials. Over 1,000...

Did you ever look at your living room and think: "What this place is missing, is a antique prosthetic arm?" If so, then today is your lucky day. In the deliciously...

"When night falls, I want to feel like I'm in a bar in Shanghai" - that is the vision that Cindy Gallop had for her Chelsea apartment. And so every single surface...

Proving once again that you inspiration can be found on the street, Palermo Viejo by Eduardo Fialho is a beautifully colored photo series of abandoned cars in a...

For the Euro2012 football championships I designed this simple, yet effective store window for the Cruyff Shoetique in Amsterdam. Even though the window display...

Bling + Blob = Mattia Bonetti. It's as simple as that. And whether you like his designs or not, you cannot deny that this self-taught Swiss designer has a style...

The only word for this is transplendent! A beautiful and innovative mix of art, theater, amusement park ride and spiritual experience - The Ascent by artist Yehuda...

The simplest ideas are often the best - just look at this stunning new tile collection from Swedish designers Claesson Koivisto Rune for Marrakech Design. The Casa,...

I used to dabble in collage and let me tell you, that stuff is hard! You find your images more or less by accident, you have to cut them all by hand and then you...

America, let your freak flag fly - today is your birthday! No matter how weird, extreme or just plain wrong you can be, I still think your the world's greatest...

I'm going to get medieval on your...nose! As I sit here writing Interiorator.com, I burn a scented candle by Cire Trudon, the traditional Parisian wax manufacturer...

There are so many great things you can do with light - either in your own home or on the street. Luzinterruptus, an anonymous group of Spanish artists, create...

Some designs never get old and Fornasetti's seemingly endless Themes & Variations series is a perfect example. The new buffet range, presented at the 2012 Salone...

Extremely loud and incredibly close...to making me gauge my eyeballs out - The amazing photo series Roma Interiors by Carlo Gianferro gives us an uncensored view...

Don't get me wrong - I love Danish design. But sometimes it can look very bland and colorless. The exception to that rule is Finn Juhl, the famous Danish designer I...

Remember last month when that Rainbow Queen page from Vogue made the rounds on Facebook? Turns out that Pantone saw this idea fit for a queen and has turned it into...

Looking for weird and wonderful color combinations with a classic twist? Then you can call in the dogs, because your hunt can stop here. These Manuel Canovas...

You'll probably either love or hate these Good Boy lamps by English artist Whatshisname. In any case, I'm sure you'll feel very uncomfortable about lamps with...

Is it mass-produced? Or handmade? The line blurs in the case of this insanely good-looking series of lamps and objects designed by Brooklyn-based UM Project....

Oh. My. Effing. Word. I am SO loving this new Hyundai IX 35 commercial right now! The separated RGB colors are totally up my alley. In fact, I did the same thing in...

Photography lovers, take note: the excellent website Slate.com publishes an inspiring daily selection from the deepest depths of the Magnum Photos archives, simply...

Scary and fascinating at the same time, this insect series by Pheromone Design proves once and for all that if want to be inspired by nature, there's more than...

Etsy by aliens - that's the first thought that came to my mind when I saw Lauren Clay's fantastic, otherworldly art works. But after a more careful second look, I...

Sometimes I open up a magazine and see a photo series that is so completely ME! Those moments are exhilarating and frustrating at the same time. I wish I could have...

Gemütlich, kitschig and supertoll - three German words that perfectly describe the new Altdeutsche Möbel collection by Dutch designers Studio Job for Moooi. The...

Flying intercontinentally used to be so glamorous - and Virgin Atlantic is trying (very successfully, I might add) to bring back some of that old glamour in the...

To mark the 20th anniversary of Christian Louboutin, StudioXAG were commissioned to design & produce a spectacular World of Louboutin concept space within landmark...

Do you like your art installations just as loud and colorful as I do? Then look no further. The excellent Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art is currently...

Interior designers on a budget, rejoice! The new IKEA PS Collection is coming to an IKEA store near you on May 1, 2012. Its designers were challenged to make new...

Yes, but what is it? - I hear you ask. And frankly, even after a second look at Atelier Olschinsky's new metamorphosen II series, I haven't got a clue. What I do...

Just got your new iPad 3 and haven't found the right wallpaper yet? Then look no further! You can download these beautiful wallpapers by graphic designer and...

Do you enjoy reading Interiorator? Then nominate this blog for the ultra prestigious VT Wonen Meet the Blogger Award! Nominating is easy and will only take a...

It's very Jonathan Adler's Pill Carafe meets Iittala's Vitriini boxes meets Cesare Casati's Pillola lamp - but somehow Fabio Novembre's new Happy Pills come out...

Check out the fabulous mid-sixties modern New York interior - and instantly fall in love with the incredibly catchy song Zou Bisou Bisou, both of which are featured...

Time flies when you're having fun - and before you know it, summer comes around and your children start their annual search for the perfect stationary. This...

Cindy Sherman is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential American artists in contemporary art. Throughout her career, she has presented a...

Got a few cans of leftover paint you just don't know what to do with? Then take a good look at this amazing video by artist Holton Rower. "Just a little mix and...

Not to be outdone by Ozone - the current highest bar in the world - the new Alegra bar at Dubai's Burj Khalifa ups the ante on over the top yet ultra hip bar...

Andy Warhol must have turned in his grave when he saw these Uonuon tiles - and then he probably wondered why his casket wasn't as colorful! Manufactured by...

Although not as hip as Pantone, RAL is still the international leading color standard. And to be honest, I prefer RAL's understated and factual trend forecast to...

This three-and-a-half minute long Cartier commercial took a whopping TWO years to make and has to be seen to be believed. It is beautiful, vulgar, chique and trashy...

When I was in Spain last weekend, I discovered this wild and wonderful new wallpaper collection by Colombian artist Catalina Estrada for Coordonné. The patterns...

Spanish designer Jaime Hayón’s Hope Bird is a tabletop-sized sculpture that symbolises the importance of “an optimistic approach to what lies...

This pair of early rescue masks, shown above, dates from between the mid-1800s and World War I. They look a bit familiar, right? Almost 100 years before Darth...

Finally, a camera design I can get behind! This Pentax K-01 was designed by Marc Newson and is causing quite a stir with its bright yellow color. The K-01 is also...

Stylish but dangerous blobs of jelly take over famous lamps - that is the weird but beautiful concept behind Fabrice Fouilet's latest work Triangle.

More is more! That was the motto of legendary American artist, interior and jewelry designer, costume and set designer Tony Duquette (1914 - 1999). Here are...

I'm very proud to announce that Interiorator is expanding! Starting later this month, I will be publishing a monthly blog post for The Netherlands' leading...

Sometimes it takes me a while to find something that truly inspires me. I choose to wait instead of posting something that I kind of like but am not terribly...

Boxy by designer Johanna Grawunder is a stunning series of storage furniture in colored mirror. With these new designs, Grawunder won the 2012 Wallpaper Design...

Too much is not enough - that is what design agency Wonderwall must have thought when they designed Ozone Bar at the top floor of the swanky Ritz Carlton hotel in...

It is not often that I make a foray into women's wear, but this time I could not resist when I saw the bags that German artist Anselm Reyle has designed for Dior....

How do you present four totally different shoe brands on a seventy-five square meter surface at the visually very loud Modefabriek fair in Amsterdam? By physically...

Quiet please - while Interiorator provides the styling for the latest Robey Sportswear campaign starring Holland's highest ranking tennis player Robin Haase....

The best stylist in the world is a movie director - and his name is Wes Anderson. I organized a private screening of Andersons's masterpiece The Royal Tenenbaums ...

Unfortunately no longer on display at the Venice Palazzo Grassi, Contamination by artist Joana Vasconcelos consisted of a patchwork sprawl of brightly colored forms...

What happens if you give thousands of children thousands of stickers to decorate your pristine white living room? That is a question Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama...

Anthony Hartley is a Yorkshire based furniture designer and maker who creates dynamic and engaging furniture of the highest technical quality. He produces each...

The most memorable pages of Elle Decor Italia tend to come from renowned Italian stylist Candida Zanelli - at least, for me! Her color combinations are surprising,...

Long out of print and worth hundreds of dollars, the extremely rare Blade Runner Sketchbook is finally available online - for free! Check out almost one hundred...

This clip from John Waters' Female Trouble always brings a smile to my face. Happy holidays from Interiorator!

Oh la la, check out the new packaging and brand identity for Point G - that's French for G spot! It's fresh, colorful and very now. Just the way I like it! }

In November 2011 I popped over to Stockholm for Goliath Sportswear to do the styling for the Doin'It Party at Drop Coffee. Great music and wonderful people: a...

For more than 50 years the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York has selected the perfect wall colors to complement the celebrated collection of modern art...

Skinemax by Smash TV is Koyaanisqatsi for a generation raised on late night television and B-movie VHS tapes. It's long form entertainment for short attention...

Thalia de Jong likes to watch people with their pets, as she finds that careful observation not only reveals a great deal of information about animals, but also...

Ultracool French car magazine Intersection recently collaborated with Honda to create the Honda CR-Z Intersection concept car. The beige and fluorescent orange...

A giant lamp that slowly breathes in and out - a visually interesting if somewhat unnerving concept by German artist Nils Völker. It can be seen at the Art Lab...

Just when I thought Fornasetti was over and out (the famous Tema e Variazioni plates have really been done to death by every interior design magazine in the world)...

During its heyday, the American circus was the largest show-biz industry the world had ever seen. From the mid-1800s to mid-1900s, traveling American circuses...

Take two-hundred flip clocks, a couple of thousand colored sheets of paper and you end up with Automated Colour Field by Australian artist Rebecca Baumann. The...

Dev Harlan is a multidisciplinary artist whose hybrid practice combines the physical and the virtual with the use of sculpture, light and projection. As a self...

One of the most famous illustrators you have never heard of, Richard Amsel has designed some of the most iconic American movie posters and album covers of the...

The bigger, the brighter, the better - that is the motto of Japanese video artist Takuya Hosogane. Surprisingly little is known about Hosogane, so I guess his work...

Who knew Roomba vacuum cleaners could make such beautiful art? There's even a Flickr group pool dedicated to these artistic robots. The pictures you see below...

Is it possible to lust after a table? Apparently it is! The Beech Table by Amsterdam-based designers DUM is the must-have table of the season with its color...

A true Homo Universalis, writer, clothing designer and interior decorator Douglas Coupland shows off his unique style at his Vancouver home. Be sure to check out...

Mirror, mirror on the wall...who has the coolest shop in all of Warsaw? It is the tiny Zuo Corp pop-up store designed by Super Super and Inside / Outside. Mirrors...

Three wallpapers for the price of one - if you have a living room with alternating red, green and blue light, that is! RGB is by far the most over the top wallpaper...

How amazing it must be to surf these beautiful fluorescent blue waves off the coast of California! The color is caused by bioluminescent plankton, whose cells...

In preparation for my new career as a visual merchandiser, I was looking for exciting window displays - and they don't come any more exciting than the Fiorucci...

Currently on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the House of Annie Lennox celebrates the creative vision of one of the most original performers of...

And we're back from the totally amazing London Design Festival where Cole & Son presented their upcoming Geometric collection at the Andaz Hotel. The absolute...

Troy Emery is an artist who lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. Emery’s art practice is an ongoing project of producing a series of artworks that investigate...

Hundreds of visual ideas in this totally overwhelming video collection of French artist Jean-Paul Goude's work. It's amazing how relevant and original his ideas...

Convincing.tv is a poet and artist who works in collaged writing and digital formats. Other than that, very little is known about him (or her). Have a look at this...

Craig Redman and Karl Maier live on opposite sides of the world but collaborate daily to create bold work that is filled with simple messages executed in a...

"I had to make a decision of shifting my weight from one foot I got on the building to one foot I got on the wire. This is probably, I don't know, the end of my...

Photographer Ben Sandler and stylist Julie Vianey combine their talents in the retro-futuristic photo series Tomorrowland.

Witty and colorful graphic design on the Paris vs. New York blog by Parisian graphic designer Vahram Muratyan. Get the limited edition posters - or affiches, if you...

Chatbots are internet programs used to cheat people into thinking they are chatting with a real person. What happens when you let two chatbots talk to each other?...

Sometimes inspiration iles just around the corner - literally in this case. I found these lenticular 3d posters at Etje's Little India for 5 euro (small) or 10 euro...

Wood. Paper. Textile. Which is which in German designer Elisa Strozyk's work? Striving to "give importance to surfaces that are desirable to touch" Strozyk provides...

Erotic Rush is part of my Endorphin Rush project, a trend forecast and design inspiration book for a fictional nightclub by Puma.

A growing collection of cool Californian photographs submitted by readers of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some of my favorites. You can see the full...

Toxic Rush is part of my Endorphin Rush project, a trend forecast and design inspiration book for a fictional nightclub by Puma.

Lladró is quickly transforming from a matronly Spanish porcelain manufacturer into a twentyfirst century design house. Its new Metropolis collection of vases,...

Winner of the third prize at the 2011 Satelliet Design Challenge.

A master of color and geometric composition, Andy Gilmore's work is often characterized as kaleidoscopic and hypnotic, though it could just as well be described as...

What happens when you bring a respected brand such as Artifort into the space age? That was the theme of this 2010 photoshoot assignment in collaboration with...

Stylists, this is how you do color! The highly original Parisian duo of Tsé & Tsé Associées are now in their twentieth year of collaboration and have recently...

Food, glorious food - done the Interiorator way with bold colors and tongue firmly in cheek. Photography: Sander Veltman Styling: Patrick Kooiman

Payton Cosell Turner loves stickers. Thousands of them. She arranges them in fantastically elaborate patterns that reference vintage wallpaper. Want...

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step,” a Chinese philospher once said. How true! Here is some of my early work, mostly collages, drawings,...

This BIG photo essay provides tons of inspiration for all you colorists out there: Washed out, melancholic tones - but at times also bright and shiny. Want...

Cool song, cool video...what more can I say except that Sufjan Stevens is one of the coolest musicians of the moment. Be sure to check out his latest album Age...

Screw minimalism. Here's House of Hackney - Britain's latest interior design sensation. House of Hackney takes the concept of British home wares and turns it on...

There are only three letters in the world that could possilby even begin to describe this wacky brainfart video by きゃりーぱみゅぱみゅ: O, M and G....

Coming this fall to the LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolis 2 by Chris Burden is an intense and a complex kinetic sculpture, modeled after a fast...

I saw this photograph by Katrin Korfmann last June at Art Amsterdam. Cool, huh? Korfmann works with different media, mainly photography and art in public space,...

I never thought I'd have the courage to admit it...but I like poesieplaatjes! Check out this gigantic photoset of Victorian scraps on Flickr.

At the moment I have six of the fab Foekje Fleur bottle vases but I WANT MORE. Apparently Foekje can't keep up with demand because all vases are sold out at the...