i am going to make this my home

Work in progress...

My diploma project regarding decorating my family's house in the mountains. The project is on the run and it is due in few weeks. With a lot of work still needed to be done, I have the feeling that this is going to be my top project.

as strong as you are

How strong are we really? From what life taught me until now, we tend to stop at a certain point, when we feel that that was as far as we could have gone. But situations and obstacles tend to push us above that level of comfort and we discover that there is something more of us, more of who we are and what we are capable of, right?

What would you do if you weren't afraid?



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instagram

i put together some of my Instagram pictures as a collage of my life for the past few months full of projects, coffee, sleepless nights, some high heels and wine then and there, great weather, interior design inspirations, missing playing tennis, my best friend's wedding, and a bit of traveling!

after such a busy time with running around trying to solve everything I had to solve, here I am today just taking a day of my own, laying in bed, reading, watching TV shows, and eating tons of cold watermelon :)

I hope you are enjoying your Sunday as well!

P.S.: I am sorry for the clumsiness of my arrangement.

footloose

as my project is coming to an end, so are my nights of not sleeping:)..here is the final version of my project! fingers crossed - I am presenting it to my peers tomorrow morning!!

up in flames

     My current project is a piece of furniture, of choice, for a specific place. Since my parents are renovating the apartment, I took advantage and went back to an old project of mine - a bookshelf for my room. I have been playing around with the idea since I was in high school, drawing different models, as i was imagining it, without having the idea of the entire room in my head. Now that things have changed, so did the original design. I wrote before about my interest in Moroccan style and the research I was doing on it. Having that said, I thought I should implement this research in my design. With a clear image of my room overall, I started designing my bookshelf as an inspiration from my research.
     So, let Coldplay play its best, and may this project be a success! :)

     During this search of style, I started focusing more on the form rather than the color, so I took an interest on their geometrical meaning and as I was going deeper, my way deviated a bit, and got an interest in the 8-pointed star. The Moroccan Zellige patterns usually culminate centrally in the Rub El Hizb, which was initially used in the Qur'an, and it's main purpose was to facilitate the reading of the Qur'an.
     The 8-pointed star (two overlapping squares) is the symbol used as a marker for the end of a chapter in Arabic calligraphy, but it is also the symbol of Tartessos, an ancient civilization based in Andalusia, which was ruled by Islamic dynasties for over 8 centuries; that leading to a possible origin of the Rub El Hizb ( Thank you, Wikipedia !!!!).
     Getting even deeper, the roots of this 8-pointed star is based in Hinduism. The star of Lakshmi, a Hindu goddess, is a complex star figure, and it represents Ashtalakshmi, the eight forms, or "kinds of wealth" of the goddess Lakshmi - prosperity, good health, knowledge, strength, progeny, and power.
     With all that being said, I have designed my bookshelf as an inspiration from all that. I have to admit, I had few different models of it, but one stood out and was named the winner. I am presenting you right now only my inspiration board, and a rough 2D drawing of how it will look like.
     Thank you!

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breathe again

As I promised, just few pictures from Italy, as more to come once I get them from my friends.
I can say that Italy gave me the energy that I needed to get back on track and finish what I've started. I think that every one of us gets to a point where we feel stuck, and we do not know where to go, what to do, how to solve what we have to solve. And that is when we take a break, we get away from everything just for a second, so that once we are back we can see it with new eyes. This is what happens with my work as well. When I work a lot on one project, I tend to focus so much on it that sometimes I need to step back and watch it from the outside.
Italy gave me that chance that in those 3 days I could step back, breathe, and tried to calm down my mind that was already going crazy. I did not do anything crazy, I just walked for hours every day, visiting everything, I did not even shop...I just walked, admired the beautiful, and not think about anything else. And now that I am back, I can re-start my work with freshness and clear mind!

La Dolce Vita

As summer steps in with full speed, so is my great mood. I have been struggling lately with projects and some others, but as I came back from Italy, I felt this energy and I am decided into getting in my happy mood and start putting everything together. As everyone told me, it depends on me to make my life better; so my plans are to finish strong my school projects, and putting my future plans in function. September is coming up fast, believe or not, and I need to be ready for whatever it might bring me, which, hopefully, means a job:)





Pictures by Diana Toia and myself

La Dolce Vita

Just came back from my very short trip to Italy, where I visited Roma, Firenze, and Siena. Pictures soon! :)

the final show

As I told you before, I have been working on this huge project at school...I finally finished it!! and this is what I came out with: an industrial style where I tried to implement elements from the traditional and the essence of the brand. How do you like it?

absolute white

I have said it before and I will say again today that there is something that attracts me in Scandinavian design!! Maybe it is the presence of this absolute white, pure and powerful. As a child I grew with Italian design influence coming from my mother who loves the style and finds her relaxation in those warm earth colors. But as a young adult I started to explore more of what is outside of this side of Europe, and going up on the map, I discovered the Scandinavian design which I found, at first impression, attractive, different, and to some extend cold - totally different than the warm colors of Italian style. As I look more into what it has to offer, I come to realize the depths, the beautiful persona created around it, the amazing combination of different styles, bringing in the old with the new, the high-tech with the rawness of the objects.

With that being said, I managed to combine this style with a bit of Rococo - and this particular combination stands for my inspiration for my project on the restaurant. Even though, I have to admit it moves slower than predicted, I am, step by step, getting there; therefore, hopefully soon I will be able to show it to you guys.

Until then, here are some photos from my Pinterest showing this white I was talking about.

far far away land

I am sorry for not writing lately. This huge school project (redecorating a restaurant) and doing a research on patterns both in fashion and interior design and an in depth research of Moroccan style kept me extremely busy!

While I have been buried in books, I barely noticed that Australian Fashion Week is on...
Australia must be one of the places I am most curious to visit...I only wished it wasn't so far away!! I did promise to myself I will get there!!! Meanwhile, Australian Fashion Week is on and I was curious to see how things go and, of course, I went on Vogue.com. Not too many details, but I will figure out more and come up with more details. Until then, some photos of Sydney and some of the people at the Fashion Week:)

 

oh Mama!

ok..So I bought this magazine when I came out and I couldn't stop staring at him...In May 2010, Architectural Digest goes out with Gerard Butler on the cover...I mean, that was enough for me to just buy it (leaving aside it is one of my favorite magazines) but when I opened it and found the article about him and his loft in NYC, I was speechless and could not take my eyes off for literally ONE HOUR! I was just in love now more with the apartment than with the man!! If that is even possible...Being one of my favorite actors, I was absolutely pleasantly surprise to see an apartment totally different. With this apartment, Butler won my heart! It is amazing, masculine, raw, and yet extremely elegant! Elvis Restaino did an incredible job in transferring Butler's qualities in one incredible interior design!

Images via Bright Bazaar and Google

this is what makes us girls

my wish list for this summer regarding my flats and my favorite song right now:)

statement jewelery

perfect jewelery!! Find all of them Here