The collection was shot by Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck in Berlin
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Lab.Offers collections of furniture and bedding for the home.

The designer, Elodie, draws its inspiration from designers of the 50s, and his taste for the color found in the choice of fabrics and Liberty tiles adorning the cushions, duvet covers and pillowcases other collections. The fabrics she uses are stocks APC., Or at Liberty of Kvadrat, a brand of upholstery fabrics usually reserved for professionals. For children, Elodie creates stroller, towers, bed cushions, of quilts and comforters in a minimalist style and delicate. Everything is made in France quality: the materials used are hypoallergenic and suitable for all children. The brand offers to make tailor-made for moms who have a clear idea; lab., It’s a little products which we dream, we could not find on the market.

News: From 16/02 to 31/03 2013, discover the ephemeral boutique lab. Among Green in the City, 75004 Paris 7 rue Mahler.

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At Green in the city
7 rue mahler, 75004 Paris
metro : SAINT-PAUL
tel : +33 (0) 9 50 22 91 27

Monday : 2pm - 7pm
Tuesday-Saturday : 11am - 7.30pm
Sunday : 2pm - 7pm

new cushion collection - shot by anne millet

See the new collection HERE

See the picture gallery HERE

Visit Anne Millet’s blog HERE

pink/mustard linen basis cushion

line serigraph cushion

New summer collection, items selected to represent the new designs shown at Maison & Objet 2013
Galeries Lafayette Maison, boulevard Haussmann, Paris

PLAYTIME paris - BOOTH G32

26-28 January, 2013
09:30AM > 06:30PM (closing at 05:00PM on Monday)

Parc Floral de Paris, l’espace Évènement
Route de la Pyramide, 75012 Paris
Château de Vincennes (line 1), exit ‘Parc Floral’

HALL 6 - «L’ENFANT»
STAND E 28

While working on my new summer collection, I wanted to check out the work of Mark Rothko. How beautiful! I can’t wait seeing these color combinations “adapted” to household linen…

the map to come visit our corner at Maison & Objet

Meet us at MAISON & OBJET
FROM SEPTEMBER 7th TO 11th 2012

HALL 6 - «OBJET DE MODE»
STAND I45

“Yellow Lab plaid

This blanket made of lambs wool is soft, and has a pretty yellow color that warms you when it is cold. Nor very big, neither very small, I tuck myself in it when I watch TV. It makes movies even better! In order not to spoil anything, it is made of wool from A.P.C. Archives by Lab, a beautiful brand with ateliers situated in France. It’s a kind of recycling!”

>> See the yellow blanket in the store

>> See the cushions in the store

FrenchTrotters et lab. join their talents to create an exclusive household linen collection. The line is entirely made in France with the emblematic fabrics of the « preppy » style : check cotton, oxford & Liberty. You’ll discover soft feather cushions, a nice blue check duvet cover, a cosy eiderdown & a table set with orange piping that will light our summer diners up. For our babies bed, the very nice Claire-Aude Liberty fabric coordinated with a vanilla percale form an harmonious whole: a baby sleeper, a cot bumper, very soft little cushions & an eiderdown which can also be used as a comfortable playmat.
>> SEE THE COLLECTION

I shot the collection by Elodie Laléous in the beautiful apartment of Clarisse Demory, the founder of charming blog “ensuite”
>> VISIT CLARISSE’S BLOG

Made on demand duvet cover by lab. with linen and striped cotton

Focus on the cover made with fabrics coming from the fashion brand A.P.C.

And the matching pillow cases!

I particularly love this item made especially for Julie by our workshop!
The top of the duvet cover is made with a white/grey striped cotton, the bottom with a very nice raspberry/coral linen. Between the 2 fabrics, on one side there’s a red piping & on the other side a grey one. Julie just has to turn the cover back to front to change the style of her room!
If you’d like to request our made on demand service, just have a look on the boutique to see the fabrics/styles you like and send your idea by email to: [email protected]

We reached out to Parisian furniture and fabric designer Elodie Laléous of Lab Boutique for our very first Raneytown interview. She is truly a sweetheart and we hope you enjoy her responses as much as we have.

What is Lab? Lab. is the company I launched a year ago, the idea was to propose a whole collection for home with items entirely made in France. I also use fabric coming from fashion brands archives such as A.P.C.
This is experimental in that way, trying to make a product which has low environmental impact, preserving French know-how and good design at affordable price.

What / where did you study? At IFM Institut Français de la mode, Design and Fashion Management

Who do you look up to? I’m trying to propose a design adapted to people’s new ways of living and more generally a good design applied to all the items surrounding us (textile design and not only furniture design). For instance I notice my friends are always with a laptop or smartphone in their flat and move with it. Therefore I think it’s almost cruel to make a desk room with a “computer” now because these apparels are linked to every actions in our life know. So there should be an object to help reading it more comfortably and place to hide it when you don’t use it anymore.

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Japanese print made with a "tie-dye" technique

Back from Première Vision, I wanted to share with you my passion for fabrics and talk about a old lady I met there. She collects vintage fabrics & sale them to people interested in the re-edition of those forgotten patterns. Of course I can’t show you any of these well-kept secret treasures but I made a small selection from a book offered by my sister years ago and that I preciously keep in my bookshelf.

-The first fabric is a Japanese print by the artist Itchiku Kubota made at the end of the XXth century. The fabric is sewed and tied before being dyed. This process is called shiburo meaning tied or wringed in Japanese.
-The second is a detail from a silk gauze made in the XIXth century at Okinawa & printed with a stencil. The plum-tree flowers or sunshades were very popular among the local aristocracy.
-The third is a weaved fabric made in Ghana in the 30′s. It’s a good example of very long sewed fabric bands.
-The fourth is made at the same time. The tapistry was created by Gunta Stolzl who ran the weaving workshop of the Bauhaus School from 1927 until 1930.

A promise made is a promise kept! I choose some pictures to illustrate my previous post on Maison & Objet.

I enclose the links and places of these designers on the fair. It follows the order of images. Enjoy!

http://www.alexalixfeld.com/ the great ceramics by Alexa Lixfled who just won the Designpreis Deutschland 2011. Where? M153
http://www.craftscollection.dk/ the Information Center of Danish Crafts showing a great selection of Danish new talents. Where? H176
http://moustache.fr/ the very trendy parisian “Maison d’édition”. Where ? G163
http://www.scp.co.uk/ a very nice british brand proposing kind of vintage furniture in nice colours. Where? G157

After a very exciting visit, which was full of great discoveries, I enclose the places that MUST be seen! It’s all at Hall 7 near the famous “Now design à Vivre” space.

http://www.ruedition.com/ a charming designer whose work reminds me immediatly of Piet Hein Eek, in the french version from Nantes. Where ? C87
http://moustache.fr/ the very trendy parisian “Maison d’édition”. Where ? G163
http://www.editionsousetiquette.fr/ the collective from St-Etienne which just made an exhibition in the new Parisian Design place: Lieu Commun! Where ? behind Moustache
http://www.craftscollection.dk/ the Information Center of Danish Crafts showing a great selection of Danish new talents. Where? H176
http://fourmisbleues.fr/ the beautiful light creations in paper by fourmis bleues. Where ? D108
http://www.alexalixfeld.com/ the great ceramics by Alexa Lixfled who just won the Designpreis Deutschland 2011. Where? M153
http://www.enostudio.net/ the very famous parisian objects editor, which is sold at Merci. Where? G153
http://www.scp.co.uk/ a very nice british brand proposing kind of vintage furniture in nice colours. Where? G157 (in front of Eno)
http://www.agenceartterre.com/fr/ the art terre agency makes ecodesigned furniture which is entirely made in France. Where? K146

I know this is a lot of links, which may be written in the rush the very first night of the fair, but for those who could’nt go to Maison & Objet, be sure I’ll talk about these designers again with pictures showing better their works! To the others, enjoy the visit!

www.cappellini.it to see the chair named Bac One and launched this year. The various finishing allows very nice combinations with the different woods and coverings in fabric, leather and even linoleum.
www.portobello-decoration.fr for the table. This very nice shop and small editor based in the Parisian Marais sells fabrics, make curtains on demand and above all design very nice exclusive furniture: table, sofa and small seats that you can customize with the fabric you want.
www.labellechoppe.fr for the petanque set. A wink to summer which is not yet over and this new online store promoting the “Made in France”. Open few months ago by the very talented creators of the brand FrenchTrotters, no doubt that this store will soon be a reference.
www.muuto.com for the lamp and the various creations of this Danish editor that always surprises us with its bright colors and minimal lines at affordable price. A miracle!

Made by Frost River, Duluth, Minnesota
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We are very proud of this great article in Elle DECO showing the whole lab. collection with the sofa, bench, household linen, cushions…
Thank you so much to Maud Pilat for the text and Frédéric Vasseur who took the beautiful pictures…which was not easy considering the space optimization! Indeed, the flat is a bit more than 45 sqm…let’s say around 60 sqm. I’m not a magician!

http://fvasseurphotographe.free.fr/

Once I discovered Gesa Hansen furniture under “The Hansen Family” label, I immediatly wanted to meet her. It’s obvious that our work is very close with wood as a main material, with strong colors and the link to fashion. We also share a common inspiration from 50’s, to scandinavian design with a touch of droog design.
The idea of working together on a common furniture mixing textile and wood came very quickly. I’ll show you this furniture within few months…
Until then, I wanted to congratulate Gesa who just gave birth to her first child today!
www.thehansenfamily.com/boardbook

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ensuiteblog.blogspot.com

A nice blog with ideas of walks, inspiring pictures with always a touch of humour!
To follow : http://sowhat.eklablog.com/

Chez Marie

Beautiful home interior pictures, with a soft and poetic touch. On this blog, simple things are sublimated!
To follow : http://ensuiteblog.blogspot.com/

Fotis Evans is a greek designer living in the UK. The shelves/feet desk or the modular table becoming a bookshelf : at the very first sight, one can see his furniture is beautiful as well as practical. Its modular design probably hides a wish of economy but what I truly find singular is the touch of humour that one feel behind his work. Indeed, it’s as if he was playing with daily objects and was inviting us to have an always renewed look on them.

http://cargocollective.com/fotisevans

Carine Brancowitz lives in France. She draws with BIC pens which requires patience but it’s not the only talent she has. Her work is also remarkable for all the stories she can tell with few elements in fact. It can deal with the girl next door or the young trendy guy we’ve all met but portrayed here with such nice details and colors that this everyday life becomes magical. In fact, when I look at one of these images, I just wish I could live in it!

http://carinebrancowitz.com/

Hella Jongerius makes objects we may give to our children as a precious heritage.

She works on the „psychologic durability“ of things around us, how to give them a true meaning, how to get a reasonable relationship between men & objects?

She’s dealing with ecology but mainly with consumption & the idea of focusing it on men, not on objects. She thinks that with a tighter & more priviledged link with objects, people tend not to throw them away or to replace them quickly. To achieve this precious link, it’s important to know where they’re produced, but not only. Her work starts with man’s look : the object has to be first functional & then should create emotion by the care to details given to its making. For this reason, craftwork is essential in Hella Jongerius‘ work even if she doesn’t reject industrial products : she worked with Ikea on large series of handmade painted vases to propose a mixed process where craft brings an additional soul to widespread industrial objects.

www.jongeriuslab.com

Little lamp #1

Little lamp #2

Little lamp #3

With her colorful way of working, Daphna transforms everyday objects into characteristic products. “I research tradition, material, composition and translate it into colorful contemporary forms.” For Laurens Manders : “Being in close contact with the subjects as well as the material in the workshop makes designing a real joy.”

www.daphnaisaacs.nl

Painter, born in 1967, Cleveland, USA. H. Craig Hanna lives & works in New-York.

Text : Sophie Fontanel, drawing : Domino Lattès

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Marcio Kogan was born in São Paulo and graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from Mackenzie University in 1976. He first studied cinema & served as Director until his 30′s. He now works on various exciting projects, mainly in Brazil, with his “MK27 Studio”.

www.marciokogan.com.br/#/studio

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